FresnoBee.com: Letters To The Editor

Complete veterans home

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

Within federal and state government, we are expected to accomplish the high priorities within the budget. As a veteran and private citizen, I believe care and housing of Central Valley veterans is at least equal in priority to care and housing of California's prisoners. Read comments

Successful, not selfish

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

President Obama and the media are working overtime to make it appear that successful people are out of touch, selfish and evil. A recent major network newscast ran a montage of Mitt Romney statements, including his quip, "I like to fire people," despite the quotation being taken out of context. Read comments

Polarizing the debate

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

I'm losing my patience with Occupy Oakland. I fully support the Occupy movement's goal of curbing the corrupting influence that money has in our government. Read comments

Helping our farmers

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

I think it is only fair that the federal government keeps its word, and cleans the water that the farmers need for irrigation. If the Westlands Water District needs the government to keep their part that they were supposed to have been doing for years, they should push the fact that this needs to be changed, in court. But it is also important that the damages are fixed. Read comments

Backs death penalty

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

I agree with Michael Der Manouel Sr. (letter Feb. 3). We want both vengeance and justice when it comes to the death penalty. Read comments

A silent spring?

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

According to Scripture, everything that is happening now has happened before. The same goes for recycling, with recorded advocates as far back as Plato in 400 BC. Read comments

Students carry burdens

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

As a middle school teacher, I am concerned about the dropout rate. Shockingly, about 20% of my students have serious social/emotional issues. When students have significant problems in their lives, having to write a persuasive essay simply is not important. Read comments

Prop. 98 and the CTA

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

Proposition 98 has served spectacularly the group that created it. According to the latest Estimates and Rankings published by the National Education Association, the average salaries of K-12 instructional staff in California's public schools are the fourth highest in the U.S., trailing only New York, Massachusetts and Alaska. Read comments

What is real motive?

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

George B. Kauffman believes the U.S. "... has become the laughingstock of the civilized world" because Republican presidential candidates don't tend to believe that life came into existence spontaneously. Read comments

What about streetlights?

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:26 PST

Our neighborhood's streetlights have not been working since June 2011. It's been eight months and the city still has not fixed them. I know it's a citywide problem, but eight months? Read comments