Steve Riehle

As I was dressing this morning, I noticed all my clothing was “Made in China.” Americans used to wear “Made in the USA” clothing and drive American cars almost exclusively. I fear America’s huge trade imbalance with much of the world is a condition that potentially may destroy America as a world power nation. If […]

I have reservations about the wisdom of implementing the well-intended Teacher Advancement Program here on the Central Coast (“TAP into the future,” April 7). I thought our school districts and the federal and state governments were broke. The TAP program is a very expensive program to administer. The start-up costs for the Lucia Mar Unified […]

Roy Berger in his recent letter (“Teachers: Stop whining and quit,” Feb. 17) says he’s tired of teachers whining. If they don’t like their jobs they should quit. I’m reminded that teachers are the lowest-paid members of a major profession, a profession that molds our young people into knowledgeable productive adults. I can think of […]

Norman Mehl’s recent letter to the Santa Maria Sun (“Let’s pump our way into better financial shape,” Feb. 3) suggested a partial solution to California’s unemployment problem and weak economy would be to bring back the full-service gasoline station, hire service station attendants, and have them pump our gasoline as is done in Oregon. It’s […]