Missing documents seem like a ploy by Democrats to push off Biden | Bee letters

Sees dark motives in documents case

Regarding the recent findings of classified documents at the Biden office and residence, and the special counsel appointment, I think this is a Democrat ploy intended to accomplish three things:

(1) To take down Biden, because Pelosi and Schumer want Gavin Newsom to be the presidential nominee;

(2) To take down Biden before the House starts investigating the Hunter Biden laptop, because that could harm more Democrats than just Biden;

and (3)) To create an illusion that the DOJ and FBI are not partisan, before the House starts its investigation of them.

Clearly this whole thing is engineered. Democrats do not allow such things to happen by accident. They are the masters of Machiavellian tactics.

A call to plant more trees

I don’t think I need to remind anyone in the Valley that the recent weeks were wet. While some have (rightfully) pointed out the climate change connection to this spate of storms, it’s important to note that there are solutions we can use alongside fossil fuel reduction.

One that stands out is tree planting and healthy forest maintenance. Healthy foliage is among the strongest buffers to flooding we can hope for: it soaks up the water, breaks up the flow, and spreads out the rainfall. But, after decades of drought and mismanagement, we’ve lost millions of trees in the Sierra and the Central Valley. That’s to say nothing of the lack of urban tree cover in Fresno’s poorer districts.

Luckily, this is a problem with palatable and direct solutions. All of us can take part in helping to strengthen our forests and increase urban tree cover, either on our own or by joining groups like Citizen’s Climate Lobby, which recently launched a new Healthy Forest Initiative. Not only will this reduce the impact of floods: it’ll clear up the Valley’s notoriously bad air and give us shade during our infernal summers.

Calwa gets new streets, sidewalks

I am pleased to share that the unincorporated community of Calwa will be receiving $4 million through the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, recently passed into law by President Biden. The funding will go toward repairing and building new streets, sidewalks, and ADA compliant curb ramps. This will benefit students who walk to nearby Calwa Elementary School, residents traveling to work, and better access for those visiting local businesses.

My office, in partnership with Congressman Jim Costa and the County of Fresno Public Works and Planning Department, is dedicated to updating and rebuilding crumbling infrastructure to provide safer means of traveling through the community.

Currently, Calwa ranks in the 8th percentile on the California Healthy Places Index, which screens locations based on factors such as employment levels, transportation options, and clean environment conditions. This means that 92% of the state has healthier living conditions than Calwa. I have heard from residents and local community groups about the urgent need for repairs, and the Department of Public Works and Planning has and will continue to conduct outreach regarding these concerns to keep the public involved in this process.

We are committed to creating a safer and healthier environment for our residents and encouraging movement throughout the community. I want to thank Congressman Costa for working to secure the funding necessary to complete projects like this and actively investing in the future of Calwa.

On handling, having secret documents

I served in the U.S. Navy from 1950-70, as a senior chief petty officer (radioman). After a through background investigation, I was granted a Top Secret Security, Secret, Crypto, NATO and Cosmic security clearance to handle documents of these classifications.

Classified information was a “Need to know” only. Documents given to an individual became that person’s responsibility to safeguard that document.

The penalty for failing to do so was severe.

Now here is what is really strange

Say what you want about crazy, loony, leftist California. I mean, there are a lot of avenues to pursue there. We are wacky.

But, at least, we don’t have elected politicians pushing to stop women at the border in case they are going to another state for an abortion.

Like in Indiana.

Jim Banks (a Republican, duh) thinks this is an outrage since Indiana outlawed most everything to stop a pregnancy after conception.

So, what is the plan there? Pregnancy tests at the border for any woman leaving?

A contract they sign to state they will submit to testing on the way back in to prove they are still pregnant?

Pregnancy passports stamped on the way out and back in? Pee on this stick or go back home?

You and I can bash California for its weirdo ways all we want, but at least we don’t try to tell women what they can and cannot do with their bodies based on mysogynistic laws and the men who make them.

Fortunately, we only tell them they’re worth about 70% of men when it comes to payroll. Unless they’re not white and then...damn.

Badly needs health insurance deal

I live in Coalinga and am a cancer patient at the Community Cancer Institute in Clovis. I was notified on Jan. 13 that the Community Health Partners had failed to reach an agreement with my insurance provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and that my treatment would now be out-of-network; my next appointment was to be on Jan. 17. I called my insurance that afternoon and, thankfully was granted continuation of care, so I could go to my appointment confident that I would still be considered in-network.

The point is, that I did not receive a letter from either my insurance or Community Health Partners indicating this was a possibility. I learned later that this newspaper had reported during the fall on the negotiations. Since I don’t get the newspaper (I will now!), I had no idea what was going on.

In conversations with my insurance and with the Cancer Institute, each seems to blame the other. In the meantime, the patients (me and many others) are caught in the middle. For our sake, I urge Community Health Partners and the insurance providers to reach an agreement.

This story was originally published January 29, 2023 at 5:30 AM with the headline "Missing documents seem like a ploy by Democrats to push off Biden | Bee letters."