Council should have done what's fair

To the editor:In response to the story "Cape rejects housing plan for recovering mental patients": I find the attitude of the city council disturbing. More disturbing than the idea of recovering mental-health consumers living next door is the fact that the council said no, but then gave a standing ovation to the patients. The council members don't care about the consumers. what they care about is votes. They should have done what was fair, not follow what a few uneducated people think is right.

TERRY M. BOLLINGER, Scott City