Letters to the editor for March 19
Bernie again!
Once again the snake oil salesman is pitching Medicare for All to all the uninformed out there, and once again he’ll be a large part of the reason Democrats lose again.
People! Do you not understand it takes both houses of Congress to appropriate funds for government programs? No Republican will ever vote for Medicare for All and probably damned few Democrats either. Get serious and start talking about real solutions to such problems.
Bottom line: Bernie has moved the Democrats out to far left field and the Donald has moved the Republicans out into the far right. What do you think can come from this?
Why doesn’t the Port of Olympia join fight against climate change?
From sources I trust, I must ask: Why are efforts to get the Port on board with those of us in Olympia and Thurston County fighting the greatest challenge of our time – the gravest threat in all of human history – a threat to all life on earth – failing? Temperatures are rising everywhere, the Sixth Great Extinction is hitting its stride, the oceans are becoming hotter, full of plastic, and acidified for life that humans the world over depend on to live.
So why was a free offer from a local expert to design a solar power program for the Port ignored, even after $20,000 had been allocated for a study? Why does the Port’s environmental director pour cold water on the meekest efforts to combat climate change? Why have efforts of one of the Port’s commissioners to do the right thing been stymied, tabled, or shouted down? Is it only because of the “no-time-for-that”/ “only business counts here!” attitude of the other two commissioners?
It seems that one answer, given freely – if not so publicly – is that action to fight climate change is bad for “business,” and the Port, according to these two commissioners, is only and all about “business.”
As precious time flies by, another possibility – and a really dark one – is that certain of the powers-that-be at the Port are much too friendly with big corporations and their $$.
Why? I must ask: Is there corruption at the Port of Olympia?