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Oakland wants plan
to maintain metropolis clear
Re. “Oakland ought to put money into maintaining metropolis clear,” Web page A6, Aug. 11:
Sure, it actually ought to. Nevertheless it ought to do it intelligently, with a plan that may truly make a distinction.
As a substitute, the Metropolis Council “invested” $85,000 of your tax dollars to put in cameras to “catch” the unlawful dumpers. See “Focus is on unlawful trash dumpers,” Feb. 26, Web page A1, East Bay Occasions. Nonetheless, the cameras don't have facial recognition, synthetic intelligence and even license plate readers. What good are they? These proposed cameras will do nothing to cease unlawful dumping, and my letters to members on the council to this impact weren't efficient in stopping this nonsense. This could stir Oakland taxpayers into motion.
Hayward has a volunteer job pressure that helps hold town clear and offers an app to report trash, graffiti, deserted automobiles and the necessity for weed abatement. Oakland ought to provide such a plan, which is far more efficient and prices much less.
Jim Cauble
Hayward
Animal rights advocates
are asking an excessive amount of
Re. “Proposed ban on wild-cow milking threatens rodeos,” Web page A1, Aug. 14:
Having pressured the Ringling Brothers Circus out of enterprise, animal rights extremists now search to close down the beloved Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley.
In response to the 2018 Gallup Ballot, solely 5% of Individuals are vegetarians. With a purpose to serve a hamburger to the 95%, cows should be wrangled. That’s the place ranching abilities are available.
Actually, the game of rodeo should comply with humane requirements. However the laws being thought-about by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors is absurd:
“A. No individual shall conduct roping of any equine …
“B. No individual shall use spurs or bucking straps upon any animal throughout any leisure or sporting occasion …”
Andrew Turnbull of the California State Horsemen’s Affiliation, states: “Like most instruments, spurs, ropes and bucking straps may be utilized appropriately and can be abused.”
We urge the county supervisors to oppose this. Let the animal rights folks eat their tofu burgers.
Amelia Marshall
California State Horsemen’s Affiliation, trails chair
Oakland
Legalizing medicine one other
unhealthy plan from the left
Re. “California ought to legalize medicine — it really works elsewhere,” Web page A6, Aug. 17:
Joe Rosenheim’s premise is that by legalizing medicine and having the federal government present the medicine free, customers will magically give up committing crimes and grow to be “bored” as a result of they won't need to spend treasured time with the unlawful drug procuring course of. Nonetheless, I don’t consider we noticed that consequence after we legalized marijuana.
This is only one extra leftist viewpoint that has the federal government paying for every little thing, requiring those that truly work and contribute to society, who the left name the highest 1%, to pay for many who select to contribute nothing to society: You recognize, “the underside 1%.”
Joe did make one legitimate level: Decriminalize all of the drug-associated exercise and you'll scale back drug crimes.
Bob Thompson
San Ramon
Wyoming GOP fails
to see Cheney’s worth
Re. “Trump foe Liz Cheney loses election,” Web page A4, Aug. 17:
As an American, I watched as Liz Cheney misplaced within the Republican major in her state of Wyoming. This follows my watching all of the Jan. 6 hearings following the raid on our Capitol.
Because of my seeing Liz Cheney be a very powerful participant in these hearings, I got here to respect her for making the hearings significant and watchable. Although I used to be conscious Cheney was predicted to lose handily I used to be shocked that the folks of Wyoming rejected this patriotic American. Although I think about myself to be a average Democrat I used to be pressured to confess that Liz Cheney epitomizes what the “loyal opposition” contributes to our democracy.
So far as the voters of Wyoming voting her out of the Home of Representatives, I can solely conclude the voters have been spending an excessive amount of time on the vary as a substitute of studying about Liz Cheney’s worth.
Fredrick Ford
Walnut Creek
Biden’s largest win
over Trump: Integrity
Beth Elliott’s Letter on Aug. 11 (“Biden’s wins pale in comparison with Trump’s,” Web page A6) lists Donald Trump’s accomplishments and disregards Joe Biden’s. I don't agree together with her.
However, greater than itemizing the “wins,” I really feel a very powerful one for the nation, and particularly for our younger folks, is the standard of integrity. Joe Biden wins arms down on that.
Virginia Kamp
Berkeley