A debate is crucialfor sturdy mayoral race
I supported Loren Taylor within the final Oakland mayoral election, and I help him now.
It’s troubling that after her failed run for U.S. Senate, Barbara Lee is now operating, with indications the native voters is greater than able to “anoint” her as the following mayor of Oakland. Whereas I supported her in Congress, I don’t help her for mayor.
I strongly encourage a public debate between all mayoral candidates. If we aren’t allowed to listen to and see candid responses from everybody, then Lee might be rubber-stamped as the following mayor. It doesn’t should be this manner. Her Washington insider standing is meaningless throughout the subsequent 4 years of the Trump administration and an unfriendly Congress. The truth is, it might be a detriment to Oakland.
It could be nice for Taylor to publicly request a debate.
Ross AlmazanOakland
Trump’s plans veerinto inane, unworkable
Re: “Trump pauses threat of tariffs” (Web page A1, Feb. 4).
Donald Trump realized his tariff concept was silly when the inventory market went down, and he realized his concept of clearing Gaza of Palestinians was silly, so he added extra stupidity to it, to make it a resort. Hopefully, as every of his silly nominees fail at their job, he’ll notice it, and get somebody competent.
What I didn’t notice was the depths of Trump’s heartlessness. Killing USAID will imply that hundreds of youngsters will starve to dying; that unstable nations will turn into extra destabilized and want the army to become involved. Shopping for rice is a lot cheaper than shopping for fighter jets. Eradicating safety particulars from folks he doesn’t like will trigger certainly one of them to be killed. Will he notice how silly that is, or will he pardon the killer?
Let’s focus extra on the essential stuff, and fewer on theater.
Cliff GoldFremont
Who will decide upthe slack for USAID?
It’s a tragedy that this administration has illegally and unwisely stopped USAID, which has been main America’s greatest worldwide humanitarian efforts for over 60 years.
What can we do to assist proceed the work being executed by the USAID organizations internationally?
I wrote Invoice Gates, asking what the Gates Basis can do to choose up the packages of vaccination that USAID funds had been supporting.
I wrote to the previous USAID administrator, Samantha Energy, asking if she may assist us perceive what we are able to do as residents to help the work of USAID in feeding hungry folks internationally. Is there a corporation or two that she thinks can shortly decide up the slack? Someplace to donate cash as we’re ready?
I need to know what I can truly do to assist.
Robert FeraruEl Cerrito
Media should report onclear constitutional disaster
Re: “Musk calling on young techies to help with DOGE” (Web page A1, Feb. 5).
I used to be disgusted on the front-page headline within the East Bay Occasions. Musk, a nongovernmental appointee, who lacks acceptable safety clearances, has recruited a bunch of children with who-knows-what backgrounds and {qualifications} to entry extremely delicate cost programs and U.S. residents’ private info. So far as we all know, they haven’t gone via any safety clearance processes both.
This goes past “helping with DOGE.” Certainly one of Musk’s suggestions based mostly on information that was retrieved from the monetary system was to shutter USAID, which is able to additional put Individuals’ lives in peril.
There’s a constitutional disaster underway, a coup to overthrow the U.S. authorities as we all know it. It’s time mainstream media wakened and began reporting on what is actually taking place.
Cathy TeegardinPleasant Hill
When will Democratvoters get up?
Re: “Dems pass bills to ‘Trump-proof’ state” (Web page B1, Feb. 5).
Your article exemplifies the stupidity and selfishness of these ruling California’s Democratic Celebration.
One wonders how for much longer it should take for the Democratic voters to clever up.
Chris KnielOrinda
As establishments crumbleso will democracy
One of many underappreciated nice moments within the historical past of our nation got here after the presidential election of 2000.
I bear in mind pondering how few of the international locations on this planet would have the outcomes of an election hanging by a chad with out having tanks on the street. I used to be proud that the energy of our establishments and traditions preserved the peaceable transition of energy and democracy itself.
I fear that the piecemeal destruction of these establishments is destroying the inspiration of our democracy.
James KuhnOakland
