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Tesla grandstanding
seems to be ridiculous
John Blumenthals’s article relating to feeling “embarrassed” to drive a Tesla is an ideal instance of how political polarization has change into ridiculous (“I purchased a Tesla; now I’m embarrassed to drive it,” Web page A7, Jan. 4).
It’s individuals like him that create the animosity we've in the present day and why it’s arduous to get something executed on this nation. Love him or hate him, Elon Musk made the electrical automobile extra accessible and widespread on this nation, and in case you really care about local weather change you then would look previous petty political variations to embrace an actual resolution to carbon emissions.
He says he doesn’t really feel “comfy” driving it anymore. Give me a break. If he polled the CEOs and boards of administrators of all the firms of merchandise he consumes then he may determine he has to stay off the land within the woods someplace; actually. we’d be higher off having that sort of intolerance out of our society.
Max Ritter
Livermore
Ranked alternative saves
cash, attracts voters
After I was on the San Leandro Metropolis Council I helped convey ranked alternative voting to San Leandro.
The explanations have been: it saved town cash (pay for one election as a substitute of two), it saved the candidates cash (solely needed to fundraise for one election which helped less-well-off individuals run), and it was extra democratic since two to a few instances as many individuals end up in a November common election than the June main, or a run-off particular election after November. That's what democracy is all about. It shouldn’t be about who can enchantment to particular pursuits or is wealthy sufficient to self-fund.
If readers need to be taught extra, please go to fairvote.org. Research present RCV helps elect extra ladies and folks of coloration, who're underrepresented in most elected governmental our bodies. Instantaneous runoff voting is simple.
Jim Prola
Former vice mayor
San Leandro
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Voters deserve higher
that 2020 replay in 2024
If Republicans be taught from their disappointing midterm efficiency that it’s lastly time to dump Donald Trump, then the result of the midterms would be the finest it might presumably have been for the celebration.
If Joe Biden decides on account of the midterms that he has a mandate to run in 2024, then the result would be the worst potential for Democrats.
We will do higher in 2024 than a rerun of the terrible decisions of 2020.
Daniel Brinton
Lafayette
Seeno III dedicated
to household firms
As we strategy Saturday’s essential listening to with the Harmony Metropolis Council on the time period sheet for the Harmony Naval Weapons Station undertaking, an editorial Friday within the East Bay Occasions has tried to tie a familial authorized dispute to this essential growth.
Albert D. Seeno III categorically denies all his father’s allegations. The editorial is a part of a persistent marketing campaign to assault the Seeno household and its members. The dispute and editorial will not be materials to the undertaking — and its multitude of advantages. The editorial does nothing to advance the work required to entitle, course of or ship the weapons station undertaking as envisioned.
Albert D. Seeno III stays dedicated to the Seeno household of firms and its staff. It's unlucky the editorial is exploiting a household dispute, making an attempt to derail the work of Harmony First Companions as they proceed working to implement the Metropolis of Harmony’s imaginative and prescient for the weapons station undertaking.
Louis Parsons
President, Discovery Builders
Harmony