Letter: Sheltering Contra Costa’s Homeless Population
Editor; Like most people living in our county I feel blessed to have a roof above my head and food on my table. I am lucky and I know it. Living here is a blessing many only dream about. As I walk and see people sleeping rough or in tents or under overpasses I wrestle…
Letters: “What Gives You The Right?”
Editor: Like a whole lot of other people in Richmond, San Pablo and El Sobrante over the weekend I was among those awakened by a endless loop of high volume techno dance music playing non stop from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Like many of those people I went outside and then got into my…
Letters: Groomed To Run; Newsom Makes A Move
Editor: In case you missed it, our governor just positioned himself as the spokesman for the democratic party it does not have. At the same time he positioned himself for a presidential run in 2024. Many might feign shock and surprise at this, pointing out that Gavin Newsom has been groomed for higher political office…
Letters: Did That Really Just Happen?
Dear Editor; Today I watched a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former National Security Advisor plead the 5th when asked if he supported the peaceful transfer of presidential power. For a second I thought I was watching an episode of Homeland. Sincerely, David Cooke/ Concord
Letters: Dangerous Liaisons
Editor: Just in case anyone missed it today: “Trump, his allies and his supporters are a clear and present danger to this country.” – Judge J. Michael Luttig Sincerely, Michael Rutherford/San Ramon
Letters: “A Word About Uvalde…”
Editor; I write fully aware the recent horror in a small Texas town is outside your coverage area but I will broaden my comments to hopefully make them relevant. Comments focusing on how the police response failed in Uvalde are off the mark IMHO because they distract from the real issues behind mass shootings: our…
Letters: We’re Trying To Conserve Water… Are You?
Editor; I’m hopeful my fellow Contra Costans are aware of the fact that we are rapidly approaching a critical water shortage and that if we do not succeed in this statewide water restrictions may be needed. We are showering less, running our dish and clothes washers less, flushing less frequently and hoping our neighbors are…
Letters: Rebalancing The Tilting Board
Editor; Lately, it seems life in this country resembles a game we played as kids, the one where we manipulated two controls in order to balance a tilting surface and keep steel balls – which in this example I’m going to suggest is us – from falling through holes drilled in the tipping board. Our…
Letter: Holding Onto Our Water
Editor; Our current drought emergency appears to be getting worse with this spring promising to be one of the warmest and driest on record with another destructive fire season ahead of us. We have been asked to conserve and I believe some of us are. But for every one of us showering less and sinking…
Letters: Cody Supports Murphy For Contra Costa Clerk-Recorder
Dear Reader(s), Representation and civic engagement do not start and end on Election Day and we need to 100 percent continually ensure all communities in Contra Costa County have the tools, resources, and energy to make our voices center in our own future. In Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda, this is especially important as Lamorinda is…