Letter: ‘What am I missing?‘

I would like to comment, or maybe ask for an explanation, on two recent news stories.

First, the oyster. Let me see if I get this straight: 15 people, most with immune deficiencies, die from eating oysters, so our esteemed government will ban the sale of oysters during warm months.
How many people die of tobacco-related problems?

Second, Gov. “Bob Almighty” Riley sends a message to the Legislature that all expenditures must be made by bid only, just before or right after granting a no-bid, $13 million extension to a computer company with no Web site, no e-mail address and no listed telephone.

What am I missing? Where is the media outrage?

Sorry, make it three — with all of the problems in Alabama, loss of jobs and not enough taxes to cover necessities, to say nothing of the school funding, and our governor’s biggest concern is electronic bingo?

What am I missing?

Pamela Jacobs
Cottonwood