Rex Rhoades’ column Feb. 8 is a diatribe against SUVs, and he may have some points there.

However, the issue here is not the vehicle, but the way in which it was being handled given the road conditions that morning.

It was apparently going at an imprudent speed, above the posted speed limit, driven by a law enforcement officer who should know better. They have to obey the laws too, shouldn’ t they?

It is also possible that the governor was pushing him, as they were apparently late for a meeting.

Our governor should not use his exalted position in this manner. Also, given the fact that this trooper has been involved in many accidents before, it would seem to many that he is not a qualified motor vehicle operator and that he should not be given a pass for his misdeeds.

Somehow we have to rein in our politicians, as they seem to forget that it is we, the citizens, whom they should be serving, and not the other way around. Most of them forget that part!

Our entire being, state and federal, would be better served if we could get our exalted ones back in the mainstream and out of the idea that we owe them, just because they got elected.

We are not creating a monarchy where they have the divine right of kings, but apparently many of them take that attitude.

Hap Gallin, West Sumner