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Central San ought to
broaden variety
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District’s Board is contemplating 4 candidates for its open board seat, in Division 3, Walnut Creek.
Central San’s 75-year historical past has by no means included an individual of shade on its board. It has predominately been older White males. This has slowly modified with the addition of two White girls and must proceed on this trajectory to herald extra variety. Central San may benefit from variety to extra precisely mirror the composition of our neighborhood.
Of the 4 candidates, two are girls of shade, whereas the opposite two are older and white. It’s time to make governing boards mirror the range of the folks they signify. Central San’s Board ought to select both Florence Wedington or Mona Gupta.
Boards want to acknowledge variety, fairness and inclusion to advertise higher decision-making, stop blind spots whereas making board selections and attain a broader neighborhood.
Caitlyn Smith
Walnut Creek
Fuel worth spike are
unrelated to grease costs
Oil costs surge after OPEC’s manufacturing minimize. Simply watch pump costs soar instantly.
Everyone appears to neglect that gasoline costs as we speak shouldn’t mirror oil costs as we speak. There’s on the order of a six-month distinction between crude buys as we speak and gasoline arriving at stations.
That is the place Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to be focusing his consideration. And Congress needs to be reining in commodity speculators. They’re the biggest contributors to the outrageous costs we pay, far more than the oil firms.
Bruce Onken
Fremont
NYC indictment solely
begin of Trump’s troubles
Re: “Trump indicted” (Web page A1, March 31).
Simply noticed within the headlines that the Manhattan DA’s workplace has indicted Donald Trump for paying hush cash — lastly.
That’s solely certainly one of his many crimes. What in regards to the findings of the Jan. 6 Committee? Was their work for nothing? The proof is straight in entrance of everybody’s faces that he’s a felony and must be imprisoned. Why is it taking so lengthy for that to occur? He’s a transparent and current hazard to this nation but so many on a regular basis People, together with these in Congress, are ignoring his felony actions and need him within the Oval Workplace once more.
I assume it’s not possible to underestimate the intelligence of so a lot of his supporters.
Ramona Krausnick
Dublin
Lack of postal service
ought to encourage outrage
I’m sufficiently old to recollect the talk in Congress with regards to ending Saturday supply of mail from the put up workplace. The US Postal Service was dropping cash. Debate was ongoing and fizzled out with no determination reached, no laws created.
Not a lot has modified. The Postal Service continues to lose cash. What has modified is the rising and worrisome scenario of the absence of mail supply, to residential addresses, for days and weeks at a time. I subscribe to Knowledgeable Supply and get a day by day electronic mail relating to the mail I ought to discover in my mailbox, so I do know what’s not being delivered.
My query: Why am I not studying reportage of this rising violation of federal regulation? Why am I not seeing letters to the editor on the topic? I perceive, and share, the outrage about gun violence and political malfeasance; this could event expressions of concern as nicely.
Trish Elliott
Oakland
Congress should set up
accountability for courts
It’s clear that the judiciary has been hijacked by an anti-democratic conservative motion, particularly the Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Courtroom, and is actively working to undermine the efforts of the elected branches.
I urge my representatives to take motion to reform the judiciary and restore its independence and integrity. It’s crucial that Congress take a management position in addressing this concern. The next actions needs to be thought-about:
