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Dianne Feinstein was
bound by her word
Dianne Feinstein came to my parents home in 1977. My father and brother were arrested for destroying a swastika on the Nazi bookstore on Taraval Street in the Sunset. A demonstration was planned to “free the Weiss Men” in San Francisco.
Dianne sat with my family to make promises. She said that the charges against my father and brother would be dropped and that a swastika would never be allowed to be displayed in San Francisco. As she sat in our living room with my parents and other Holocaust survivors she displayed a warmth, respect and humanity that made all of those present feel like true members of the human family and proud Americans and San Franciscans.
The demonstration at the Hall of Justice was called off. The charges of malicious mischief against my father and brother were dropped. No swastika display was tolerated in the city. Dianne kept her word.
Norm Weiss
Orinda
Column miscasts Senate
promise by Newsom
Re: “A solid Senate pick — and a craven move by Gov. Newsom” (Page A6, Oct. 4).
I believe Mark Barabak misinterpreted Gov. Newsom’s statement that, in selecting a successor to the late Senator Feinstein, he didn’t want to interfere in the Democratic Senate primary.
I don’t think that was a commitment to nominate somebody who couldn’t or wouldn’t run in the 2024 election; the intent was not to boost one of the three candidates who had already declared for that office. The exact quote is “…unfair to the Democrats that have worked their tail off. … I don’t want to tip the balance.”
The selected successor, now-Senator Butler, clearly has not “worked her tail off,” so her selection does not constitute the governor breaking his commitment.
Merlin Dorfman
Livermore
