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Oakland wants plan
to maintain metropolis clear
Re. “Oakland ought to spend money on retaining metropolis clear,” Web page A6, Aug. 11:
Sure, it actually ought to. But it surely ought to do it intelligently, with a plan that can really 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 drive that helps maintain town clear and gives an app to report trash, graffiti, deserted automobiles and the necessity for weed abatement. Oakland ought to provide such a plan, which is rather 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 compelled the Ringling Brothers Circus out of enterprise, animal rights extremists now search to close down the beloved Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley.
In accordance with the 2018 Gallup Ballot, solely 5% of People are vegetarians. With the intention to serve a hamburger to the 95%, cows should be wrangled. That’s the place ranching expertise are available.
Definitely, 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 accurately and can be abused.”
We urge the county supervisors to oppose this. Let the animal rights folks devour their tofu burgers.
Amelia Marshall
California State Horsemen’s Affiliation, trails chair
Oakland
Legalizing medicine one other
dangerous 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 stop committing crimes and turn into “bored” as a result of they won’t should spend valuable time with the unlawful drug procuring course of. Nonetheless, I don’t consider we noticed that end result once we legalized marijuana.
This is only one extra leftist viewpoint that has the federal government paying for every little thing, requiring those that really work and contribute to society, who the left name the highest 1%, to pay for individuals 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 cut 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 an important participant in these hearings, I got here to respect her for making the hearings significant and watchable. Regardless that 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. Regardless that I take into account myself to be a average Democrat I used to be compelled 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 an alternative of studying about Liz Cheney’s worth.
Fredrick Ford
Walnut Creek
