The other day I went to a neighborhood park and witnessed something I find very troubling. City workers (perhaps contractors) were spraying poison around the shrubs and plants. This poison was which is a .
There were warning signs posted advising people to avoid the sprayed areas. This is absurd. San Jose should not be using glyphosate-based products in any public spaces.
What are they thinking? It’s bad enough that Valley Water sprays glyphosate products on county waterways, ostensibly to prevent vegetation growth that might interfere with flood control. Government agencies should not be using glyphosate-based products. Period.
Quite frankly, Roundup and similar products should be banned nationwide. San Jose can stop using it on its own. It’s time to do so.
Re: “ ” (Page A1, Nov. 18). A drive down Montgomery Street in San Jose serves as a reminder that Major League Baseball prevented the best solution for the A’s.
That land, where a proposed stadium would be, now sits empty, awaiting some future development by Google. MLB would not force the Giants to give up their exclusive rights to Santa Clara County, a right granted in a different era. A stadium would utilize land that may remain empty for years and provide some justification for the billions being spent on BART.
Maybe this idea isn’t completely dead if the Las Vegas deal falls through. I stand with Israel. Israelis and Palestinians have the right to sovereignty and security, but peace cannot happen if Hamas represents the Palestinian people.
Peace will require the larger Arab world to reject Hamas’ mercenary strategy and to adopt the spirit of . A two-state solution would allow Gaza and most of the West Bank to emerge as a demilitarized Palestine. Large Israeli West Bank settlements would remain, but smaller settlements would be disbanded.
Western Jerusalem would remain Israeli, however, the IDF and the UN would provide safe passage to all important religious sites plus a safe corridor for travel to and from the West Bank and Gaza. A two-state solution can bring peace. Hamas stands in the way of peace; I stand with Israel.
Re: “ ” (Page A6, Nov. 28). Eugene Ely’s Nov 28 letter ends with an accusation about intellectual dishonesty.
Yet his comparison between Israel and Russia in Ukraine is laughable. The Gaza conflict presents classic asymmetric warfare. Hamas, not a state, is supported by the Palestinian Authority — a “wannabe” state — whose actually participated in the Oct.
7 massacre of innocents. Israel cannot respond to terrorists with one hand tied behind its back. No other nation is expected to do that.
Hamas are monsters who are apparently immune to international law. They’ve shown what they will do and threaten to do it again. Sane people understand that Israel must eliminate them, notwithstanding their cruel use of human shields.
That’s exactly why Hamas took hostages. To blame Israel for their deaths is to deny it the right to self-defense. That’s the most profound bigotry of all.
America needs better federal anti-discrimination laws for trans people. Related Articles As anti-trans sentiment rapidly rises in the United States — for example, have been proposed and 85 passed in 2023 alone — it has been made increasingly clear that the anti-discrimination laws for trans people that are in place are lacking. On the federal level, there are no laws that clearly protect trans people from discrimination, and some things like the Americans with Disabilities Act exempt trans people.
State-level anti-discrimination laws do exist for trans people, but often are not well-enforced and are less well known than federal laws, so discrimination continues. As long as anti-trans sentiment continues to rise, trans people will need better protection. More federal anti-discrimination laws protecting trans people would be a good step toward better protection.
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From: eastbaytimes
URL: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/11/29/letters-1508/
