Doing nothing aboutguns isn’t an possibility
Re: “2 children killed in school shooting” (Web page A1, Aug. 28).
On Wednesday, we heard about one other killing and wounding of kids and adults as their Minneapolis college, Annunciation, started its college yr at mass. Extra lifeless youngsters, lifeless as a result of they have been shot by what we now know is the basic American mass shooter — our uniquely native-born younger individual whose craziness, whose have to destroy, gained’t be contained as a result of Republican legislators be certain that he has entry to assault weapons.
Going to high school has grow to be one of many riskiest issues a baby can do. Why? Unbelievably, somebody in America is as we speak planning an assault on a college district that we gained’t establish till extra youngsters are lifeless. Isn’t that essentially the most insane assertion you’ve ever learn?
The taking pictures is not less than the fifth at Ok-12 colleges within the U.S. for the reason that college yr started on Aug. 1, in line with the anti-gun violence advocacy group Everytown for Gun Security. Cease the insanity.
Katha HartleyWalnut Creek
Redistricting state isdesperate however wanted
Sure, gerrymandering is improper. We’d like a nationwide ban on it, however till after the 2028 election, we should make this determined effort to cease Donald Trump from stealing our likelihood to place an finish to his fascist takeover.
The 5 congressional seats he has had engineered to win with gerrymandering in Texas, mixed with the aggressive voter suppression the Republicans are pursuing, may tip the election in his favor. Passing Proposition 50 in November merely provides California the prospect to neutralize the Texas steal and is essential to the survival of democracy on this nation.
Please vote sure on Proposition 50.
Jacqueline BlackCastro Valley
Don’t be fooled byanti-Prop. 50 flyers
A mailer from the “Protect Voters First” coalition proclaims that mid-cycle redistricting in California can be “weakening our democratic process.”
It doesn’t say that the current Texas gerrymander, meant to make sure a Republican majority within the Home of Representatives, triggered the California redistricting effort and weakens democracy. The mailer makes use of a quote from California League of Girls Voters President Gloria Chun Hoo, implying that her group endorses the coalition effort; it doesn’t.
And the coalition’s high funder is social conservative and anti-abortion activist Charles T. Munger Jr. Purchaser beware.
Karen Lee CohenWalnut Creek
To make US wholesome,eliminate RFK Jr.
It’s doable to question a cupboard secretary. Let’s begin with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
He’s clearly demonstrating that he lied throughout his affirmation hearings. The actions he has taken as secretary present that. A protracted-time vaccine skeptic with no medical background, he claimed he would comply with the science, however his actions point out in any other case. He changed all members of the vaccine advisory committee with vaccine skeptics, he canceled funding for MRNA initiatives, and now he’s firing the director of the CDC who says he’s “weaponizing public health.”
Let’s begin making America wholesome once more by placing somebody in cost who is aware of one thing about public well being. Let’s eliminate him.
Darcy JohnsonBrentwood
Trump crying frauddoesn’t maintain water
Re: “Trump fires Fed governor, opening new front in fight for central bank” (Web page A4, Aug. 26).
Isn’t it ironic?
I learn among the excerpts from President Trump’s termination letter to Lisa Cook dinner, the Federal Reserve Board Governor, whom he’s firing for being accused of committing lender fraud on her mortgage functions.
In a holier-than-thou stance, the president explains that he should defend the American individuals from the questionable integrity of high-level officers.
What? The president himself has already been convicted of enterprise fraud. He isn’t eligible to take that stance.
James MorphyMartinez
‘Donor states’ musthave federal aid
Previous to the Trump administration, California contributed practically $88 billion extra to the federal authorities in taxes than it acquired in federal contributions. Nineteen different states even have this “donor state” distinction.
Cuts in schooling, analysis, wind and photo voltaic improvement, client safety, Medicaid, arts endowment, public broadcasting, Deliberate Parenthood, Head Begin and catastrophe aid, to call just a few, will develop the hole between giving and receiving.
The president, whereas telling us how effectively he’s caring for the federal authorities by tariffs, payoffs from tariff negotiations and lawsuits towards his enemies, accumulating “tens of billions per month,” expects states to be self-sufficient.
The lawsuits to get our federal funding reinstated can take years to resolve. Federal laws is required that closes the hole. There are each blue and purple states which can be thought-about donor states. A bipartisan invoice may assist donor states reclaim what they’re due.
Frank JonesConcord
