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Prop. 4 an investment
to fight climate change
Re: “Now isn’t time for unfocused Prop. 4 bonds” (Page A6, Sept. 11).
The recent editorial did a good job detailing the costs associated with bond measures. It is not free money and comes from the state’s general fund. Proposition 4 would increase California’s payments for environment-related bonds to about $1.8 billion of an overall $311 billion budget.
Prop 4 is a wise investment. Natural hazard mitigation saves $6 on average for every $1 spent, and California’s Natural Resources Agency estimates that the cost of climate change to our state will be more than $200 billion by 2050. Perhaps the question we should be asking is: Are we spending enough now to deal with an increasingly expensive future?
Forty percent of Proposition 4 expenditures must directly benefit lower-income or climate-vulnerable communities. It also requires regular public spending reports.
California needs bold, big-scale climate funding plans. If not now, when? Vote yes on Proposition 4.
Dennis Murphy
Redwood City
Madison Nguyen for
District 2 supervisor
I have worked and lived in Santa Clara County District 2 for nearly 40 years. Today we are facing tough issues of safety, homelessness, cleanliness and jobs. I’ll take a well-rounded candidate who has firsthand experience as an elected official on the San Jose City Council and as vice mayor; a nonprofit leader with Hunger at Home helping to feed the needy; an advocate for jobs and small business while an executive at the San Jose Chamber of Commerce. I have seen all of this work firsthand.
The one candidate who has all of this experience is Madison Nguyen, and yes, experience does matter. Because of this, Madison has my full support as the next county supervisor for District 2. Please vote by Nov. 5.
Mark Wilson
San Jose
Trump’s rhetoric is
driving political violence
Re: “Normalization of political violence in the modern era is scary situation” (Page A1, Sept. 17).
Since the beginning of his rallies, Donald Trump has been spewing hate and verbal violence.
He blames Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the attempts on his life; but, with his totally unfounded descriptions of Haitian immigrants eating neighbors’ pets, he has thrown the town of Springfield, Ohio, into chaos with the Haitian people fearing for their lives.
I agree with Rep. James Crow, D-Colorado, that political violence has become pervasive and normative in our nation, and I lay its source and continuance at the feet of Trump.
Rosemary Everett
Campbell
GOP’s hateful speech
is backfiring on them
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have not campaigned on scary, false stories about immigrants consuming neighbors’ pets, the execution of newborn infants, communism taking over our country, etc.
Donald Trump and JD Vance have used such hateful, violent rhetoric that they’re inciting hate mongers and especially unbalanced people to arm themselves. Some are apparently ready to become violent and stalk candidates.
I shudder to think of what can happen in the next month and a half before the election, let alone after. Consider the prediction Trump made about a “bloodbath” if he loses. His hateful comments appear to be backfiring. He and Vance need to shut down the hate.
Lynda Martinez
San Jose
Harris, Trump should
focus on real issues
Gas and grocery prices are still too high, and food prices are still going up. On top of that, there’s no sign the wars in Ukraine or Israel might ever end.
As election time draws near, what are Kamala Harris and Donald Trump worried about? Harris is worried about keeping abortions legal, and Trump thinks immigrants might be eating my cat.
Seriously, both of them need to stick with the issues most important to voters right now.
Bill Graham
Salinas
We have the power to
change factory farms
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Factory farms are destroying the environment and harming animals on a massive scale. Their waste pollutes our water, harms sea life and creates awful conditions for people living nearby. And now, these big U.S. meat companies are moving their operations to developing countries, which will hurt local farmers, food supplies and the environment there, too. It’s like “meat colonialism,” and it’s not okay.
We have to care. This impacts global resources and the lives of people and animals everywhere. On Oct. 2, people across the world will be speaking up for animals on World Day for Farmed Animals.
There are options in every restaurant and grocery store to replace animal products with plant-based foods. We can all do our part to make a difference.
Eric Slovan
San Jose