It was more than distressing to read in the Reporter that Anthony Shindler will receive more prison time for robbery than Patrick Rexroat will receive for vehicular homicide – where is the “justice” in that?

Rexroat left a family devastated with two young children fatherless, while Shindler just walked away with someone else’s money and not a great amount at that.

Rep. Roger Goodman’s proposal to strengthen the laws for DUI drivers falls far short of accomplishing anything.

The ignition interlock devices are a joke and were perceived to be that even before legislation was passed recommending them; the idea that we can somehow have DUI drivers pay child support for the parents they will eventually kill while we can’t even enforce having deadbeat dads pay for the families they abandon is just too bizarre to contemplate.

I don’t have any answers either – were it left up to me, I’d have public executions immediately for any DUI driver, period. That might begin to resolve the problem.

As it is, I think all our lives are at stake when we drive the roads here in Washington, particularly in the evenings and during the holidays.

We have a very serious problem with drunks on the roads and until we get really serious about resolutions we will continue to read about the deaths of our citizens by the idiots who decide they can drink and drive without impunity. Currently, they certainly can drink and drive with very limited impunity.

Certainly leaves one wondering about the power of the liquor industry in this state.

Linda Bonin, Kirkland