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Article on sports activities
superiority slights A’s
The entrance web page of the Jan. 30 East Bay Instances featured the article (“Collision course for sporting superiority“) and a big illustration about Northern California sports activities versus Southern California sports activities for superiority.
There have been the Giants, the Warriors and the 49ers pictured.
Final I appeared the Oakland A’s have been nonetheless in Oakland with native followers and elected officers preventing to maintain them right here. How can the artist not put them within the photograph? An oversight?
Solely 5 groups within the Bay Space and the crew struggling to remain right here was missed. Really abysmal.
John Mooney
Walnut Creek
California can’t handle
single-payer well being care
Lately there have been requires California to eradicate insurance coverage firms and create a state-run well being care system. If you have a look at different massive initiatives California tries to handle it's inappropriate to even think about letting the state mess with well being care.
The EDD gave $20 billion to convicts and others not eligible; the bullet practice (to nowhere); the record goes on.
Preliminary projections for California to take over well being care are as a lot as $356 billion way more than the complete state’s $286 billion finances. Are you prepared in your California taxes to go up?
The well being care system is very damaged, however California is totally inept at managing any massive undertaking. We can't afford to allow them to attempt managing well being care.
Chris Wooden
Pleasanton
Out of majority, GOP
now likes moderates
I'm writing in response to the latest feedback by Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and others calling for President Joe Biden to appoint a “reasonable” candidate they will help for the Supreme Courtroom emptiness brought on by the pending retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer and the hypocrisy of her feedback.
For the previous three nominations the Republicans have chosen conservative nominees and pushed them via on party-line votes, bipartisanship be damned. Now that the Democrats have a gap the Republicans rapidly desire a “reasonable”? All the Republican nominees to the Courtroom have ties to the conservative “Federalist Society,” hardly moderates by any reasoning.
Bipartisanship means working for consensus if you find yourself the bulk, not simply if you find yourself out of energy and opposing the opposite celebration’s actions.
Roger Wooden
Fremont
U.S. ought to tread frivolously
on Russia sanctions
I write as a volunteer for the nonprofit East Bay Peace Motion, to be able to handle the escalating battle between Russia and Ukraine, and the USA’ unlucky and inevitable involvement.
It is very important observe that U.S.-led sanctions imposed on Russia could be a poor determination. Sanctions usually do little to discourage decisions made by nations and solely affect residents who've little say in potential or ongoing conflicts, to not point out the in poor health will it imparts on the leaders whose nation receives mentioned sanctions.
But, if unavoidable and regardless of the in poor health will, use of sanctions remains to be finest restricted to freezing belongings of leaders offshore accounts, and so on. to keep away from impacting residents.
Darby Pitts
Richmond
Solely voter IDs will
guarantee election integrity
To make sure that now we have voting integrity for all elections, native, state and federal, it's essential that we require a government-issued ID to vote.
If we should have a license to drive a automotive, a government-issued ID to board an airplane, and a vaccine card and ID to enter a restaurant, sporting occasion or live performance, then there needs to be no motive to not require an ID to vote.
A requirement to supply an ID to vote is not going to restrict any authorized citizen the power to vote. Now, greater than ever, it's time to let the winds of freedom and integrity blow once more.
David Ott
Pleasanton