Dorrance Collins

The listening session by the trust management will be a good first step to improving rights for trust beneficiaries.

Alaska does not have a history of always providing good psychiatric patient care and protections.

It is past the time for Alaska to apologize — there should be legislative recognition of the mistreatment of Alaskans over seven decades at Morningside.

Alaska must, in state law, set a fair, standardized grievance and appeal process statewide for people in locked psychiatric facilities or units.

The Alaska Legislature must pass laws that protect all people in locked psychiatric facilities or units, and those laws must have an enforcement mechanism.

Alaska must provide an adequate educational system that prepares people to live independently and provide appropriate care and housing for people with an acute mental illness.

For the safety of the homeless and surrounding neighborhoods, there should be a reconsideration of the mayor’s proposed navigation center.

I would like to see state agencies point out needed improvements in mental health care and oversight.

There has to be some question if the people today are still receiving the same pleasure at viewing the less fortunate.

A wall can funnel people to points of entry even if it is not perfect.

A more interesting tax story would be: Why does Congress — Democrat and Republican — pass tax laws that favor the wealthy?

As of now, Alaska has a very poor record of protecting psychiatric patients in locked facilities in a timely way.

It seems like the only people not being asked their opinion are the homeless population themselves.

The power of media to shape opinion even in the face of reality is astonishing.

Trying to protect somebody in the court system should not include releasing violent individuals who have committed a crime.