Re: “,” Sept. 26 news story.
Itap apparent from Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s comments about his employees that he is in need of some remedial civics instruction.
Zinke characterized 30 percent of his departmentap employees as pirates due to their lack of loyalty to him and President Donald Trump. This comment might be appropriate were we living under an absolute monarchy, a totalitarian dictatorship, or a mafia-run state; fortunately, however, that is not the case. We live in a constitutional republic with a professional civil service that is not subject to any political litmus test. Civil servants are tasked with serving their country, not with displaying blind loyalty to the various presidents and cabinet secretaries that come and go over the course of their careers.
Secretary Zinke should show some respect for the civil servants who have dedicated their lives to overseeing our public lands and resources.
龱۴dzܲԲ, Castle Rock
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