Letters to the Editor — July 9, 2023
Wildfire listening to
Whereas I’m no huge fan of Mayor Adams, I don’t perceive what the Metropolis Council is on the lookout for by investigating his response to final month’s wildfires (“Hazy eye on mayor,” July 5).
I don’t bear in mind when the warnings from the town businesses went out, however there was loads of warning.
If the councilmembers would watch some information as an alternative of Fb, TikTok and the like, they’d have recognized.
I wish to know what the council anticipated from the mayor. Forest fires have been a part of nature for the reason that first bushes had been upon this Earth.
My daughter lives in Vancouver, Washington (with a view of Mt. St. Helens from her again porch). Smoke from forest fires is a part of regular life within the Northwest.
I suppose the council will allocate cash to place up large followers? They must be positioned round the entire perimeter of New York Metropolis, as solely God is aware of the place the following smoke entrance will come from (until they assume they will get all New Yorkers to go exterior and blow).
Joseph Susol, Ridgewood
Younger gun vics
It’s scary and unhappy to examine younger taking pictures victims, although they survived (“Save the Kids, Mr. Speaker,” Editorial, July 6).
In Fort Price, Texas, one of many victims was a juvenile, and in New York Metropolis, a sufferer was 13 years previous.
What had been these younger individuals doing out late at evening? Within the Fort Price case, I have no idea if the sufferer was with older adults, however in New York, the teenager is described as “hanging out with a bunch of mates” and it was “simply earlier than 1 a.m.” Who thinks that is OK?
What sort of mother or father permits children to be out at this hour, accompanied or not? Is there nobody with good sense to set boundaries?
A neighborhood New York TV station used to ask simply earlier than the ten p.m. information: “Are you aware the place your youngsters are?” Evidently, many mother and father don’t. These are the dire outcomes.
Sallyanne Ferrero, Naples, Fla.
DoorDash axing
I don’t assume the DoorDash driver ought to’ve been fired for cursing over a $5 tip (“A ‘tip’ for him: Attempt being good,” July 6).
The shopper on this big home is appearing like she is the sufferer as a result of she claims she will’t drive to get meals due to a earlier accident. However she ordered pizza — take-out meals. That’s a luxurious.
This poor DoorDash driver is now fired as a result of a rich shopper threw a match. That is basic America in 2023. How dare this mere employee converse up about compensation?
This supply in all probability took no less than half an hour from the time he obtained the notification, drove to Pizza Hut, picked it up and drove to her home. That’s $5 {dollars} for half an hour, which might come out to $10 an hour. A 25% p.c tip on a $20 order is just not acceptable for somebody who drives his personal automobile and covers the upkeep and gasoline prices of the automobile used to ship the meals to this shopper.
He isn’t strolling the meals over in a restaurant, with different prospects’ orders coinciding with this order, like a waiter. DoorDash is improper to fireside him.
Steve Preziosa Sr., Deptford, NJ
Unhappy De Niro loss of life
My heartfelt condolences exit to the household of Leandro De Niro Rodriguez (“De Niro Mother Drug Rage,” July 6).
They now be part of the 1000’s of different households whose youngsters had been murdered by the inflow of fentanyl that comes into our nation over the southern border on a regular basis.
Maybe De Niro, Leandro’s grandfather and a high-profile liberal, can use a few of his affect to attempt to cease this bloodbath of our youth by the cartels. Maybe then Leandro’s loss of life is not going to have been in useless.
J.J. Levine, Miami Seashore, Fla.
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