Going through fires’ tragedy,GOP presents nastiness
On Jan. 12, Margaret Brennan interviewed Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso on “Face the Nation.” When requested concerning the horrific California fires, he replied that Wyoming did ship assist and instantly blamed the California authorities for being unprepared. Can he or anybody else management 100 mph winds brought on by local weather change, which he, Donald Trump and Trump supporters out and in of Congress deny? They can’t.
These fireplace victims at the moment are homeless and their lives have been shattered. They want compassion, encouragement, bodily assist, shelter, meals, clothes, and so forth., not meanness and criticism of their California authorities.
First responders, those that opened their houses to strangers, those that are offering meals, clothes, shelter and donations are “working with the angels” to assist these in such dire want. To Sen. Barrasso, Donald Trump, et. al., cease it. Cease the nastiness, have a coronary heart, do what’s proper as a result of it’s the precise factor to do.
Ramona KrausnickDublin
Pleasanton to supply moreof the identical on deficit
Re: “Council focuses on budget solutions” (Web page B1, Jan. 11).
The Pleasanton metropolis finances deficit represents a state of uncontrolled monetary affairs not so unusual in lots of cities and public companies. They took a lazy and simple method, which failed, to attempt to remedy the issue by growing taxes on residents. The mayor expressed lame optimism and fluffy phrases, however no particular actions, in a hopeful try to predispose the residents to approve tax will increase sooner or later.
The town is now contemplating reducing funding all through a number of departments however doesn’t appear to have a selected motion plan. They don’t appear to have any concept the right way to handle unfunded pension liabilities both — a standard downside. It’s a misnomer to characterize the council as laser-focused on fixing town’s finances in mild of their proposed resolution of spending extra money on hiring a advisor and a really doubtless ineffective 11-member advisory committee.
Good luck to the residents of Pleasanton.
Kirit ShahFremont
Trump ought to negotiatepeace in Ukraine
Re: “Ukraine will make Trump a winner or a loser” (Web page A9, Jan. 12).
Trudy Rubin’s delusional screed makes an attempt to make the case for Donald Trump persevering with Joe Biden’s failed Ukraine proxy battle towards Russia so he may be perceived a “winner.” She argues for the brand new Trump administration to proceed Biden’s shedding and unwinnable battle towards Russia with the intention to sign that America remains to be the only real world chief over Russia and China.
Rubin, a constant critic of Trump, is ignoring the apparent actuality that Ukraine is shedding this battle, a precedence undertaking of Biden’s since his days as Obama’s proconsul in Ukraine as vp. The present harmful scenario of a deepening stand-off between the world’s two greatest nuclear-armed powers within the absence of any direct negotiations should not proceed.
Hopefully, the brand new Trump administration will break with the failures of Biden’s “no negotiations” coverage and interact with the Russians to discover a negotiated finish to this disastrous battle.
Michael DunlapOakland
Republicans embraceanti-American growth
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida was quoted lately as proudly telling Donald Trump that making Canada a state is a foul concept as a result of Canada would simply elect two Democratic senators, and that making it a territory may be higher. Speak about lacking the purpose.
People are proud as a result of they revere freedom, having fought a revolution towards the British to ascertain their proper to self-determination. Now Trump would deny that very same proper to the Canadians? How might these two nice patriots, Donalds and Trump, be so blithely discussing the anti-American concept of taking on different nations with out regard to the needs of their residents?
However that is the Trump world, the place up turns into down and convicted criminals by some means grow to be the victims. It must be an excellent 4 years.
Jay ChafetzWalnut Creek
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