Richard Perry wrote a letter to the editor recently questioning a statement by a previous writer saying that Antifa does not exist.
Well, I have a new hat. It says: Antifa c.1945. Next to the wording is a picture of the U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. The point is, one must recognize that antifa means antifascism, and that all those brave Allied soldiers were fighting fascism when they raised that flag.
Fascism started with Mussolini and was adopted by Hitler. So if you say you oppose antifa, you support Mussolini and Hitler.
They did not want citizens determining how they were governed. In that sense, Antifa is in no way a "woke" idea, but a patriotic idea.
And Antifa is not an organization. There is no place to pay your dues, no president or secretary and no letterhead stationary. What there are, are individuals who are saying, "we don't want one or a few individuals in D.C. changing the country we love.”
Significant changes must come from elected officials, either approved by the executive or by overriding a veto if needed. Changes by executive orders alone, recently numbering in the hundreds, attempt to change our way of life is fascism, independent of which party does it.
Imitators of Mussolini, Hitler, Putin, Orban and their lot need to be opposed. That is what antifascism is. We need more of it.
Mark Miller
Seattle
Who represents long-term renters?
I am writing this letter to the Lewis County commissioners and to The Chronicle.
It is in response to actions Lewis County has taken (mostly inaction, actually) in regards to Lewis County zoning rules on short-term rentals and on why I believe the process does not represent the wishes of the majority of people in Lewis County.
In a recent survey conducted by Lewis County Democrats, the two most important issues for all groups of people in Lewis County are the cost of housing and the cost of health care. Working class people typically rent while richer people own the place they live in. To help lower income people, we (the voting public) need to find ways to decrease the cost of long-term rentals.
In much of East Lewis County, especially where I live in Packwood, there are very few available places for renters. Most of the houses are used for short-term rentals. This means there are few houses left for lower income people who live in my part of East Lewis County. With lower supply comes higher prices. So if you are a low-wage worker in Packwood who needs a place to live, you are out of luck.
The Lewis County Planning Commission recommended stricter short-term rental regulations. Several owners of short-term rentals expressed their anger at public hearings. The Lewis County commissioners decided to ignore the recommendations of the planning committee and appoint a commission instead.
The committee that Lewis County commissioners made is rigged. Here is a quote from the article referenced above about the make up of their commission, “Six members will be short-term rental owners with two
