Anybody but Trump: Letters to the editor, March 1, 2020
‘Anybody but Trump 2020’ is her slogan
It is Trump's conduct in office. It isn’t about the 2016 election. It is his conduct.
He represents a minority of this country and ignores those that are not supplicants.
Is no one embarrassed or ashamed of this person being the face of our country internationally? We have suffered three years of chaos, hate, hypocrisy and division from this White House.
Were a Democratic president to have strong-armed a foreign power to benefit his re-election, he/she would have been impeached within days.
How can anyone continue to support the utter chaos and corruption of this administration?
Where is truth, integrity, conscience and belief in our system of government?
My slogan: Anybody but Trump 2020.
Carole T. Laval, Fresno
Impeachment will forever mar Trump
My wife told me that she had an interesting experience at the bank. While waiting in line, an older gentleman dressed in Western attire walked in and yelled out, “Trump won and Nancy lost! Yee ha!”
And that got me thinking. Trump won because Republican senators ignored their constitutional pledge of impartiality. He won because these senators ignored 80% of the American voting public who wanted both documents and witnesses to be presented at his impeachment trial.
In reality what he won was an asterisk by his name in future history books as one of only three U.S. presidents to ever be impeached: *Johnson; *Clinton: and *Trump!
Forget the acquittal brouhaha, for "acquittal" does not mean "innocent." Focus on the asterisk. For in the coming election you will see it a lot right next to the names of Republican senators running for re-election who ignored their constitutional pledge to give impartial justice and at the same time ignored the will of the American people.
So go ahead, Chuck, Nancy, and Adam, say it: “Yee ha!”
David Hooper, Fresno
Social Security cut by Trump is coming
During Obama’s final year in office the federal budget deficit was approximately $438 billion. The budget deficit for 2020 is projected to be over $1 trillion. The deficit has risen significantly each year since Trump’s election due in large part to dramatic tax cuts for the rich and significant increase to the defense budget, which is projected to make up 57% of the 2020 overall budget.
Republicans historically have vigorously fought budgets that raise the deficit. So why aren’t the current Republicans more outspoken about it? I believe it’s because the Republicans plan to suddenly and loudly sound the alarm regarding the growing deficit once Trump is re-elected. Trump and the Republicans can then use the deficit, which they created, as justification for drastically cutting the human services portion of future federal budgets. Programs to be cut could include public health care, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education, pensions, housing, transportation, environmental protection and other services that typically benefit the middle class and the poor.
Hopefully the electorate will be observant of Trump’s future actions and comments regarding this possibility and take it into consideration when voting for a presidential candidate come this November.
Brian Johnson, Fresno
Borgeas rightly shows CEQA’s flaws
I applaud state Sen.Andreas Borgeas for his recent piece on the California Environmental Quality Act in which he pointed to how the misuse of the well-intentioned piece of legislation has contributed to California’s affordable housing crisis.
CEQA is being used by predatory trial attorneys to coerce affordable housing developers into offering concessions under the guise of protecting the environment — the law’s actual intent. With the already skyrocketing cost of housing in California, lawmakers must make the necessary reforms to CEQA to prevent any further delays to affordable housing development, while still ensuring reasonable environmental protections remain intact.
As Sen. Borgeas notes, California is a geographic wonder that must be protected. However, if reforms aren’t made to CEQA, the cost of frivolous litigation and the lack of affordable housing will continue to hurt the people and economy of California.
Devin Frost, Fresno
This story was originally published March 1, 2020 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Anybody but Trump: Letters to the editor, March 1, 2020."