Jeff Proctor

Editor: The reaction to John Antonelli’s letter, about U.S. Rep. Jim Moran’s vote on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, has me smiling out of one side of my mouth and frowning out of the other.

I enjoy every moment I spend reading about people who trust the government too little to give it additional spying power. My fear, however, is that we fail to apply the same logic across the board.

By and large, Arlingtonians love government. We gave our county a billion dollars to play with this year. We want our representatives to vote to give the government more power over issues like welfare, labor wages and health care.

Where is the cynicism about government when it comes to these issues?

It is time to be consistent. It is time to decide whether we take responsibility for ourselves or to hand it over to the government. I’m tired of sitting on the fence.