Wake Congress todanger posed by Trump
Re: “Cities eyed for military drills” (Web page A1, Oct. 1).
That is actually scary and must be opposed by all. What’s Trump planning to mobilize for or towards? Free speech? Freedom of Meeting? Freedom of Faith? Being Black, brown or Asian? Or perhaps being Palestinian? Jewish? Something he opposes?
It’s time to contact your U.S. representatives and senators and inform them to exert no matter strain they’ll to cease this scary try at silencing us.
Eleanor LevineOakland
Trump abandoning lastshred of following regulation
Re: “Cities eyed for military drills” (Web page A1, Oct. 1).
The emergency assembly of high-ranking navy officers at Quantico this week was a thinly veiled maneuver to organize the navy for the approaching police state.
Donald Trump says, “We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy but more difficult in many ways because they don’t wear uniforms.” That enemy is anybody who disagrees with Trump. This units the stage for a police state proper right here in America. Generals may need to resolve to disobey an unlawful order or face termination with a attainable lack of pension. Positive, this termination might be unlawful and could be fought in court docket with very costly and prolonged authorized counsel. What would you do?
Legal guidelines don’t appear to matter anymore. Witness the continued cargo of 2000-pound bombs to Israel in assist of the relentless slaughter of harmless girls and youngsters of Gaza in direct violation of our personal Leahy Legal guidelines.
Forrest CioppaBenicia
Antioch should do moreto defend residents
Re: “Two dead, two hospitalized in shooting near restaurant” (Web page B3, Sept. 20).
I used to be saddened and infuriated by the latest double murder in Antioch. With the crime charges going up and incidents seeming to be endless, I’ve change into numb to the entire violence that has been taking place.
I’ve to all the time ask what the mayor of town of Antioch and the Metropolis Council are doing concerning the violence? There must be one thing to get the youth and younger adults off the streets and direct their consideration and late-night actions to one thing extra productive. Think about a thriving metropolis and bustling downtown Antioch with eating places, nightclubs, artwork galleries and perhaps even poetry slams.
Town must execute a stable plan to create a secure area for all of its residents.
Bunnie MaysAntioch
Moraga Canyon housingopponents silenced
My neighbors and I in and round Moraga Avenue have been working onerous to convey to the general public’s consideration our issues concerning the enormity of scale of the 197 items proposed by the Piedmont Moraga Canyon housing improvement.
Moraga Avenue is a very windy, two-lane highway with blind spots in a particularly high-fire space that begins and ends in Oakland. Our primary focus is security because it pertains to evacuation in case of fireplace or earthquake, and our purpose is to aim to downsize the challenge to the unique variety of 133 items. One of many ways in which we’ve been getting the phrase out is using garden indicators that present what 197 items would appear to be. In latest weeks, these indicators, on personal property, have disappeared.
These actions impinge on our rights to free speech. It’s disheartening that we’re feeling it at our neighborhood degree.
Jane Pingatore HollandOakland
Walters is lettingTrump off the hook
Re: “State has only itself to blame for big issues” (Web page A6, Oct. 1).
In his column, Dan Walters bashes Democrats for all California’s issues, Donald Trump for none.
That is ridiculous, as Trump targets Democrat-controlled states, deploying the navy to intimidate and crush the lives of immigrants and anybody who suits ICE racial profiling, cuts funding and sues our establishments.
Doug McKenzieBerkekey
Conservatives abandonpoor, frequent decency
Re: “Mallard Fillmore” (Web page B9, Oct. 1).
I’m horrified by this comedian as we speak. Insinuating that poverty is a alternative and that conservatives assume that is frequent sense is why there are fewer and fewer security nets for individuals in actual want. What ballot is that this referring to? A made-up ballot to assist not funding social companies. That is propaganda at its lowest. There are lots of causes for poverty, however not one is by alternative.
Within the occasion of African American poverty, being robbed of generational wealth and experiencing systemic racism are good locations to begin to perceive why that group has confronted poverty. Add to that, poor ranges of training and well being care, and you’ve got a fantastic recipe for poverty throughout the primarily crimson states.
Why don’t conservatives use frequent sense and customary decency to assist individuals out of poverty as a substitute of creating insurance policies and defunding packages to maintain them there?
Kim ClarkDanville
