Mr. Randy Agnew,

 I am writing this to you in response to your letter in the Leavenworth Echo dated 11/12/2020.  

 I don't live in Washington, I live in Texas near a small country town called Normangee.                    But, having traveled to Washington state for vacations 11 or 12 times from the late 1990's through 2015, with 10 of those times being winter trips to the Leavenworth area, my wife and I have an affection for your part of the state. It seems it was our second home for a while.                               I check in with the Echo occasionally to follow the local happenings in Leavenworth and that part of the state. 

  Knowing the liberal Seattle side of the state is the driving force for all things political there,I was very pleasantly surprised to see your letter. It was very eloquently written with the sentiments that  many others in your state, as well as many folks here in Texas, share in these crazy times.                So many of us here in Texas see this whole pandemic as a precursor to the next step in an attempt to deprive us of more freedoms and to institute a tighter noose of governmental control.       You hit the nail right on the head all through your letter, but the last two paragraphs really drove home the whole point so well. I agree with you...it's a test.                                                              How far will we go before we say ENOUGH!                                                                          Quoting your letter, "Is this the Land of the Free or the Pasture of the Sheeple?"

I want to thank you as an elected official in Washington state, for being bold enough to stand up and say what so many others are saying and talking about everywhere. It takes a man with a spine to stand up in the crazy political climate that our nation is in right now, and say ENOUGH!

Mayor Randy Agnew, you have my deepest respect and admiration, all the way from TEXAS!

Best Regards,

Dennis Powell