LETTERS: America’s Train Wreck – Watching The “Slow-Motion Coup”
Editor; I write out of a growing sense of concern I have over the direction taken by a significant number of my countrymen and women I feel is pushing us further away from democracy and closer to an apparently preferred conservative dictatorship. After the defeat of the disgraced former president I believed for a moment…
Remembering Mr. Singh
Editor; Like most of Benicia I woke up Wednesday morning to learn someone had been murdered in town and when I saw your story I realized it was Mister Singh, a good man trying to make a living and being good to people along the way. He would wave whenever I passed and we would…
“Are You Seeing Anyone? Will You Ever Again?”
Editor; I just turned 40. And I’m still single. The last two years haven’t exactly been conducive to finding the ideal mate but I’m wondering if I should be worrying? I’m not, but I’m wondering if I should be? Because I show up to the few gatherings sanctioned by the Department of Health and my…
Letters: Who’s Keeping Us Safe? TSA? FBI? No, The Rabbi…
Editor; Against my better judgement I’ve had to fly a few times on business during COVID and it hasn’t been fun. Long lines, cranky passengers, anti-maskers, etc. Every time I did it I hated it – so I just thought about 9/11 and how that had changed things for everyone and how I needed to…
Letters: The Doctor Will See You Now
Editor; Much has been and is being said about the state of our health care system, apparently stressed by our current COVID crisis. Our ability/willingness to cope with a health emergency is being tested I am told, with health care workers, ambulance personnel and other first responders affected as many experience symptoms and are forced…
Letters: Palace Coup at Moraga Town Council
Editor; Vice Mayor Steve Woehleke Denied as Next Moraga Mayor, Defying Tradition and Excellent Performance In a 3-2 vote the Moraga Town Council defied a 47 year old tradition and denied Steve Woehleke as the next Mayor. This tradition was rarely violated in 47 years and has served the Town well avoiding conflict. Renata Sos,…
Make Mine Renewable, Please
Dear Editor; Recent attention given to gas prices in our area should be the backbreaking straw to swing people away from fossil fuel and toward renewable power sources – which continue to improve as technology advances and production scales up. As an early adopter not wishing to rub salt in anyone’s wounds I will only…
Letters: An Oasis Of Incivility
Editor: With all that is happening in the world it was shocking to see Facebook taking up so much of the airwaves this week – with an actual whistle blower in the witness chair and many people talking about the damage that the company does. I must start by saying that I don’t use Facebook…
Marching Steadily Back To 1952 – As 9-11 Looms
Editor; As we remember the American lives lost to one brand of extremism in 2001 I write to express my concern as yet another example moves through our government and our courts. Although a brave Texas district judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Texas Right to Life the fact that an anti-abortion group…
Letter: Time For That Whole Déjà Vu Thing Again…
Readers of a certain age may – like me – be watching coverage from what’s left of Afghanistan and saying: “This reminds me of April, 1975 again.” And of course they are right. Those of us able to place Vietnam on a map remember the dramatic collapse of that country and the panicky exit from…