Isn’t it time that your readers can receive the views of a positive forward thinking conservative writer to replace the time worn negative ramblings of an ex-Republican candidate for governor whose sour grapes attitude and rejected philosophy got him the lowest vote of any losing candidate in Washington history.

John Carlson’s last two columns are the best example of why his

views are neither relevant nor thought provoking. Perhaps the GOP precinct committeeman whose letter “GOP needs to shed religion-tinged politics” you published, might be a good candidate to replace John.

Richard U. Chapin

Bellevue