The guilty
Stay tuned for the next daily episode, “Slaughter in America,” brought to you by the NRA. Using their ridiculous fear of big brother taking over our nation, bought into by the less educated members of our country, the NRA has blackmailed our political leadership into doing nothing to enforce reasonable and righteous laws to lesson the daily slaughter we have to view with each evening news programs.
We spend billions protecting our citizens from the nut jobs in the far east, and pennies to do the same from those who live in our own nation. Does it get anymore dumber. Any voter who casts a vote for any politician who supports the NRA is just as guilty of all the slaughter here in this nation. Just as guilty of arming the nut jobs who are legally armed with military types of weapons, designed to be used during wars, to kill our fellow man!
What will it take, for the voters in this nation of ours, to reduce the gun use violence and deaths of innocent people we and our children are exposed to every day of the year?
Jim Hall, Clearlake Oaks
Berryessa
Land is valuable, and the one thing we can’t make any more of. The unanimous vote by the Lakeport City Council to support the proposed Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is a welcome decision for both the conservation and protection of public lands, and the vitality of the local business community.
Protecting our public lands is of the utmost importance because they stimulate many local economies across the nation and right here in Lake County. Small Business Majority recently released an economic report showing public lands strengthen economies and job markets in California, drawing in tourists, new residents and entrepreneurs who boost the economy and local businesses.
Additionally, the Berryessa Mountain region supports more than 600 jobs, and being designated as a national monument could generate up to $50 million for the local economy over the next five years.
Measures like the one Lake County just passed to protect this 100-mile stretch of land are good for business, plain and simple. As support for public lands preservation continues to grow, it’s imperative we let our lawmakers at the local, state and federal level know that public lands are a boon to small businesses and economies everywhere.
Rhea Aguinaldo, Northern California Outreach Manager for Small Business Majority
Adopt a pet
Some time ago I wrote a message to the editor about our feral cats. The letter causes a lot of people to adopt cats from the animal control facility, a far better ending for the kitties. Many of the animals found good homes and children found great friends. We all benefitted because cats eat rodents and small snakes, compete for food with the larger snakes and cause them to move on, greatly reducing the possibility of snake bite. Cats don’t belong in small cages and children need unconditional love.
Edgar Gillham, Hidden Valley Lake
Then and now
The background against which a concept is conceived has the greatest consequence for the feeling evoked by a work of art. By background, I mean not merely the immediate circumstances, but also the permanent background, such as the horse and buggy days as opposed to the days of advanced technology. The squish of a horse’s hooves in a muddy road, the squeak of the saddle as one mounted his horse — these had a different emotional effect then, than they would have in our time. Tennyson’s poetry made a different impression when it was written than it makes today. It was altogether different poetry then.
Dean Sparks, Lucerne
