Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.
When you vote, vote
for common sense
Why is it we are punished for water use that is already low by standards for residential usage? CCWD rates and EBMUD rates are already causing customers to conserve.
Now we are expected to pay more for less? Maybe it’s time for the boards and the agency to collect fewer dollars. We in the CCWD were told the Los Vaqueros Reservoir would be our savior years ago. Then we were told the expansion would save us.
What a bunch of lies we have been fed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and every other political hack. They talk about new water storage or other projects, but nothing gets done.
Let’s start voting for people who get things done, not just talk and talk about it while things get worse and worse. Bring back common sense to government and agencies.
Steven Benkly
Clayton
Sex abuse victims
need support, care
Re. “Ex-priest admitted to drinking and driving after fatal crash, police say,” Page B3, May 5:
I just wanted to thank you for running the above-referenced piece. I appreciated the new information that you provided, and I am happy that Mr. Kiesle’s history of child sexual abuse was again exposed.
Following Mr. Gunn’s tragic death, I was surprised to learn that his widow and other residents of Rossmoor were apparently unaware of that information. I guess that the general public does not follow the news about child sexual abuse as closely as I do.
I hope that no children visiting Rossmoor have been harmed, but Mr. Kiesle’s first conviction apparently did not deter him from abusing again. Child sexual abuse is a crime that often goes undetected, but the sooner the victim receives help and support, the better the outcome.
Melanie Sakoda
SNAP Survivor Support Coordinator
Pleasant Hill
Emissions need swift,
radical action by all
We cannot go on as usual – ignoring the facts newly released in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
Net-zero emissions are not zero emissions. You must act now. Any policy that does not phase out fossil fuels is not a real climate plan.
Thank you in advance for your attention.
Linda Esner
Walnut Creek
Students need guidance
in their college journey
Re. “Should applying to college be this hard? Bay Area seniors look back at a stressful year,” March 30:
I came across this article and thought to myself, it shouldn’t be extremely stressful or time-consuming for students to be applying to college, especially during their senior year of high school.
The amount of pressure these students put on themselves is horrendous, staying up for hours and hours writing the perfect essay to get them into their top university. Many of the students are first-generation students, many of them do not really know the processes of applying and have much trouble with these challenges – extremely stressful and time-consuming.
This is detrimental to the students’ health. I hope you take my words into consideration and think about what the students must be going through.
Simran Sahota
Livermore
SCOTUS leaker violated
privacy of justices
While we don’t yet know the name or political ideology of the SCOTUS leaker, as usual with the liberal Democrat crowd, not a single one of those in “leadership” positions even mentions or cares that the privacy of the justices has been violated. That’s mainly because the outcome is beneficial to their cause and ideology.
For the record, I don’t care how the abortion debate ends. Legal, illegal, states decide; makes no difference to me.
Devin Foley
Fremont
Source: www.mercurynews.com