We should stand upfor our libraries
Throughout the nation — and right here in our personal neighborhood — public libraries are dealing with probably debilitating funding challenges. For instance, in California, the state Legislature is poised to enact a 50% minimize in California Library Providers Act funding, from $3.6 million to $1.8 million, at the same time as the price of operating libraries continues to extend. And nationally, an government order concentrating on the Institute for Museum and Library Providers threatens almost $4 million in federal funding for California libraries.
Libraries are our communities’ “living rooms,” offering very important providers, together with entry to data and expertise, job sources, literacy packages and secure areas for individuals of all ages.
On behalf of the Walnut Creek Library Basis, I urge you to please let your elected representatives in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., know that our libraries deserve extra assist, not much less.
Lorie TinfowPresident, Walnut Creek Library FoundationWalnut Creek
Voters should stopmisleading Measure T
Re: “Voters should stop Acalanes’ latest tax hike” (Web page A6, March 25).
Acalanes Union Excessive Faculty District’s Measure T poll abstract misleads voters:
It implies that $130 is the full parcel tax, omitting AUHSD’s current $301 parcel tax and $1,010, $804 or $538 current parcel taxes for Lamorinda feeder TK-8 districts or $82 for Walnut Creek’s.
Senior exemption? Truthful-minded seniors is not going to assist tax will increase for others.
In the meantime, Measure T would inflate AUHSD’s spendthrift take yearly, whereas neighborhood voters can solely hope for such common will increase. If handed, Measure T would itself develop into a neighborhood inflationary issue.
“Independent oversight” inevitably turns into insider rationalization of latest taxes. Even had been “oversight” genuinely unbiased, there’s no authority for ending new taxes, as soon as handed, if introduced functions are usually not carried out or fulfilled.
“Funding the State cannot take away”? {Dollars} raised regionally by misleading schemes like Measure T cut back strain on state-level politicians, leaving them extra in a position to spend cash elsewhere.
David BertiMoraga
Lee ought to attain outto Taylor for unity
Once I thought that Loren Taylor was forward within the current mayoral race, I hoped, after seeing the breakdown by ZIP code of the votes forged, that he would convey Barbara Lee into his tent, one way or the other, to unify town.
Now, I hope Barbara brings him in.
Congratulations, Barbara. I’m so sorry, Loren.
Margaret KennedySan Leandro
Trump has continuedhis failed first time period
During the last eight years, Donald Trump inherited a booming financial system and wrecked it, added $7.8 trillion in debt, mishandled a pandemic that finally killed 1.2 million individuals, incited an assault on the Capitol over election lies and stole labeled paperwork — among the most delicate, by no means recovered.
This can be a man who has primarily served Putin’s pursuits in plain sight, and now he’s again — claiming migrants eat pets, that he received in 2020, and Ukraine began the battle. He walks again into a robust financial system. If I hear another distraction about trans youngsters, I’m going to lose it.
James WilsonSan Francisco
HHS autism effortmust be with out bias
Re: “HHS will launch an effort to determine the cause of autism” (Web page A2, April 11).
The Instances reported that the underfunded and understaffed Well being and Human Providers Division beneath Robert Kennedy Jr. is initiating a analysis mission to find the causes of autism.
Whereas I applaud this vital effort, I hope they make use of the ideas of fine analysis — i.e., to not start to show assumed outcomes, and to be freed from all biases.
James EricksonBrentwood
