Re: the Feb. 21 article "Lawmakers to debate allocating $2.5 million for Jan. 8 memorial"
It's nice that Arizona wants to create a memorial for the January 8 victims. BUT, BUT, BUT, I'd like the legislators to reconsider the amount of money used. I think there is a better way to honor the January 8 victims: scale-down the memorial and instead use the millions to treat the many mentally ill people in Arizona. Such measures could potentially prevent future violence.
And, perhaps adding more counselors to our schools would also have the potential to prevent at least some future violence in our state.
Wouldn't this be a far better way to honor the January 8 victims?
Karen McKee
West side
