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If we change time,
change to standard
Several years ago, California voters passed a proposition to be on permanent daylight saving. A law would have to be passed in Congress. Fortunately, such a bill has never been introduced.
Currently, dawn is at 7:21 am. On daylight saving, dawn would be at 8:21 am. Students would be going to school in the dark. In our neighborhood, many students ride their bikes. I cringe at the thought of cars and bicycles on the road when it is still dark.
If we are going to go on anything permanent, it should be permanent standard time.
Margaret Lawson
Sunnyvale
Let’s make 2023
a year of hope
Americans have always been hopeful people. The last couple of years has been difficult for so many people around the world and for our country. As we embark on a new year, let’s all work to bring optimism and hope back to our lives and to the lives of others.
Fifty years ago, Apollo 17 splashed down to earth returning the last astronauts to walk on the moon. Astronaut John Young said, “You saw an example of goal-oriented teamwork in action … the kind of thing that made this country great and the kind of thing that’s going to keep it that way.”
The vast majority of Americans are people of goodwill. In 2023, let’s ignore the naysayers and bring back hope and optimism. America is a great nation. Americans are good people.
Happy New Year.
Pete Campbell
San Jose
Special counsel, AG
must indict Trump
Our nation owes immense gratitude to the congressional leaders who fearlessly put their lives on the line in serving on the investigative committee to pursue the truth in the heinous and treasonous crimes committed on Jan. 6, 2021. The tragic part is that the insurrection was initiated, encouraged and fueled by none other than an unscrupulous president. Donald Trump neither abided by, defended nor protected the United States in violation of the sacred oath he took.
Never again should we allow this to happen, and Trump should be held liable and punished for his crimes. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Special Counsel Jack Smith should waste no more time in indicting and prosecuting Trump to ensure that there is swift justice and punishment. No one, including the president, is above the law, and the punishment should be severe enough to be a deterrent against such crimes. The GOP can redeem itself if it severs ties with Trump.
Rameysh Ramdas
San Jose
Former president
is not a precedent
Re. “Trump tax returns to be made public,” Page A1, Dec. 21:
The only sense in which the words “Donald Trump” and “precedent” should be used together is in the sense of preventing them and denying that anything associated with him or his presidency should be seen as a precedent.
To cite Donald Trump or his presidency as a precedent for anything should be seen as an affront to America. To use anything that happens to Donald Trump as a precedent for doing it to anyone in the future would be to suggest that he was not a unique and unfortunate anomaly that must never be allowed to happen again.
William Gascoyne
San Jose
Santos should face
consequences for lies
We’ve all read about parents paying to get their kids into elite schools. The recent scam included false athletic abilities, volunteer and club associations, staff recommendations, and relied on willing participants. The parents and others who facilitated the scam faced legal consequences with fines and jail time. The children were expelled.
Now we have George Santos, a Republican recently elected in New York, who has lied about his college affiliation, religion, sexuality, job and volunteer experience. What will be his consequences? Apparently none. Over Democratic objections to his swearing-in or a lack of House sanctions, the Republican Party has remained mute and intends to seat Santos.
Under the Constitution, it would take a two-thirds vote in the House to expel him. Let’s see if Republicans can regain some integrity and vote to unseat him.
Claudia Parker
San Jose
Source: www.mercurynews.com