Letters To The Editor

Ken McCalip either lied or failed to check his facts when he stated that since 1996, when Australia banned and confiscated certain types of weapons, they’ve “had ‘zero’ mass shootings” (“Australia got tough,” March 1, New Times; see commentary). Had Mr. McCalip taken the time to perform a quick Google search, “mass murders in Australia,” […]

Thanks for publishing my oil letter (“Support offshore oil in California,” Feb. 15). But you insist on showing the anti-Trump jibber-jabber rantings of  McCalip (“Attack on U.S. farming interests,” Feb. 15). Isn’t some balance needed in evaluating the work this great man—President Trump—is doing for us? Trump has done everything right for this country. Washington […]

Regarding last week’s review of the description of the walking trail “between the city and the town” (“Crucial concerns,” Feb. 22) … What town and what city? If a trail along the “levee” is envisioned, let it be known there is no levee in Guadalupe. The Santa Maria River embankment/levee stops above (east of) the […]

The plans by President Trump to “build the wall” is the present-day continuation of this effort to control the very porous 2,000-mile U.S. and Mexican border, which began in 1994 with the George H.W. Bush administration. It was continued by the 1996 Republican Congress and President Bill Clinton. At that time three walls were funded […]

In the Feb. 8 article, “Off-roaders will see changes … to Oceano Dunes,” The Tribune informed us that state parks wants to work with off-roaders, and “a lot of the ideas are coming from them.” That is exactly the problem: State parks, the fox, has been asked to take care of the chickens, all of […]

We strongly support the continued oil development along the California coast. This must be considered a No. 1 priority for this state. There should be no limit to offshore drilling. President Trump is right. We oppose the efforts of the radical Democrat, 24th District Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), or 19th District State Sen. Hannah-Beth […]

The 2018 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) released on Feb. 2 represents a reckless realignment of an already dangerous U.S. nuclear policy. The review specifically calls for the development of new, low-yield nuclear weapons that have lower explosive force. Many experts warn that such smaller weapons would blur the distinction between nuclear and non-nuclear weapons, […]

A legal product called tobacco is freely sold nearly everywhere. People use tobacco for the pleasure that it provides. This product causes illness and death. Thousands dead every year. A legal product called alcohol is freely sold nearly everywhere. People use alcohol for the pleasure that it provides. This product causes illness and death. Thousands […]

I would like to point out that there is no “pension problem.” What is purported to be bloated pensions and the inability to fund them is actually a direct result of 40 years of corporate and wealthy class tax-slashing. After World War II, many corporate CEOs and directors felt a responsibility to their employees and […]

Elizabeth Schneider’s letter, “What is California’s future,” in the Jan. 4 of the Sun contains a glaring error. The 2016 rainy season was not a “once-in-a-century” event. The best example of why (it is not) would be the winter/spring of 1977 and 1978. At the time, the mid 1970s drought was considered one of the […]

I must take issue with remarks from the Canary in the Jan. 18 edition of the Sun (“Take it seriously”). I don’t understand how someone who obviously voted for a community organizer with only a little under three years’ experience in politics and campaigned with the vague “hope and change” slogan, has any room to […]

From the BBC, the picture of tomorrow that climate scientists warned about for years has arrived. South Africa is rationing water to residents. California and the American West is not far behind South Africa. Yet politicians do nothing to protect our national security threatened by fossil-fuel-caused global warming. The fossil fuel lobby is just too […]