Letters To The Editor

My recent letter to the editor (“Do veterans deserve socialist health care?” July 30) included such lines as “Let’s save our vets from big government and its socialized medical programs.” and “Patriots! Tell the Veterans’ Administration no more funding.”   Those comments, as well as the entire letter, were written tongue-in-cheek and not intended to […]

To your correspondent who decries our veterans’ health care system as socialized medicine (“Do veterans deserve socialist health care?” July 30), I can only say that as a military widow, I feel very well served by the present combination of Medicare and Tricare for Life for us older ones—“the best insurance in the country,” two […]

Somehow, I missed the outrageous letter from Jamie Ford of San Luis Obispo, titled “Do veterans deserve socialist health care?” when it first appeared in New Times and the Santa Maria Sun (July 30). While much in it is just cant and nonsense, certain points need a response.   If he/she defines veterans health care […]

I hate insurance companies. Let me explain. Let’s start with car insurance. You pay your car insurance each and every month in case you get in an accident. Then you get in an accident. The insurance company balks at having to pay anything. Next, you can guarantee your monthly fee will go up, or the […]

In this, the freest country on Earth, there is no excuse for relegating those who have served our country with honor, maintaining the freedoms we all cherish, to a creeping growth of socialist programs. This is not what our veterans fought for.   Government run programs, funded by our tax dollars, staffed by government employees […]

In the Cambridge brouhaha about the white cop arresting a black professor in his home, what is being ignored is who called the cops and why.   Was it a neighbor with a grudge? Was it a white who saw a black trying to get in the house? That call is what set the stage […]

We have the best medicine in the world because the American free enterprise, capitalist system developed it. Let’s not ruin it with socialism.   Medicare is a good example of what not to do. It cost too much; seniors older than 65, like ourselves, are forced to use it; we are forced to pay for […]

I have one suggestion to help solve our budget debacle: Effective today, have every law enforcement representative across the state, including local authorities, immediately start ticketing for hands-on cell phone usage while driving. Every day I could easily hand out three tickets per car trip, even in my small commute between Nipomo and Santa Maria. […]

In case you have not noticed the increase of CHP cars, whether visible or hiding, within San Luis Obispo County and beyond, it has gotten heavy. Obviously, this is due to thestate needing money: But at what cost? I have never experienced such aggressive and dangerous behavior, when these hotfooted CHP officers are scaring and […]

When you or I can’t pay our bills, we get to sell our assets before the bank comes and takes them away. This may include our home. It doesn’t matter whether the real-estate market is up or down, or if we want to sell or not. The state of California has gotten itself into a […]

I would like to take this opportunity to offer a sincere thanks to our 33rd California Assembly District representative, Sam Blakeslee, for his unending efforts in support of our Armed Forces, and especially our veterans. It is through the continued work of Assemblyman Blakeslee that he was able to establish the Air Express van service […]

It’s unfortunate that our elected state legislators from both parties, along with our myopic governor, have forgotten why they are in Sacramento. They are there, among other reasons, to serve the people and run the state’s business in a responsible way. Years ago, in my civics class, I learned about all governments and why our […]