In response to “20/20 Vision is Blurred” which appeared in the Oct. 5-11 issue of North Country This Week. Yes, I’m sad to say it’s here. It’s a quiet form of racism with rare cross burnings or the flying of the stars and bars, but it’s here. We have it all, just like the rest of the country. Bigotry, violence, drugs, corruption and blatant stupidity. St. Lawrence County is no better than the rest of the country. No worse, but no better. We have a great lifestyle here in our rural setting and it’s a wonderful place to live and raise a family, but let’s not pretend we don’t have our warts. 20/20 came here without any preconceived notions about us and saw us clearly. We’d like to pretend that we don’t have bigotry amongst us, because we have students and teachers of all races and creeds among us. Oh, we let them in for part of the year because they bring big bucks to the community and we make “nice-nice.” The pursuit and prosecution of Nick Hillary showed us at our worst. We need to own it. Those who want “Justice for Garrett” aren’t going to see it unless that case is reopened with an open mind that isn’t blinded by bias or personal agendas.