Heath Flora is a politician who doesn’t care about his constituents | Opinion
Flora represents own interests
“Heath Flora’s GOP leadership, controversy and Modesto ties,” (sacbee.com, Oct. 7)
Assemblyman Heath Flora does not adequately represent his constituents. He has never passed up an opportunity to benefit himself financially at the expense of Lodi residents. Luckily, enough is finally enough.
Maybe we can finally replace Flora with someone who wants to be there for the right reasons.
Koriann Einsel
Sacramento
Flora doesn’t care about constituents
“Heath Flora’s GOP leadership, controversy and Modesto ties,” (sacbee.com, Oct. 7)
I am tired of being represented by politicians who claim to want to cut corruption but then benefit financially from it.
Christina Middleton
Sacramento
Excluding the secular
“Merced schools regain funding as Trump ends grants freeze,” (mercedsunstar.com, July 29)
The deck is stacked — and it’s stacked with our money.
At the University of California, faculty and administrators are paid with public funds — our tax dollars. Christian nonprofits, too, receive government funding, tax exemptions and public grants — again, our tax dollars.
But if you’re secular? You’re out in the cold. There are no robust secular nonprofits funded at the same scale to serve the non-religious — no government-funded secular support networks, no equivalent institutional force to advocate, uplift or represent the one-third of Americans who live without religion.
The UC system — a public institution that should serve all Californians equally — amplifies this imbalance. It partners with faith-based organizations, invites them into public space and lends them legitimacy under the banner of diversity, while offering nothing equivalent to secular students or communities.
This isn’t neutrality. It’s subsidized exclusion.
Micki Archuleta
Merced
Whale memories
“Whale of a tale: Remembering Humphrey’s magical journey up the Delta 40 years ago,” (sacbee.com, Oct. 9)
This article literally brought tears to my eyes. I was five years old when this happened, living in the Bay Area, and I remember this was all that was talked about by my teacher and in the news. Eventually, there was a book entitled “Humphrey The Lost Whale.” It was so popular at my school library that I still remember what the cover looks like and can recall the excitement I felt when I read and reread it. Ana Medina
Modesto
California fights back
“Why rejecting Prop. 50 would save California Democrats from themselves | Opinion,” (sacbee.com, Oct. 9)
Perhaps a “yes” on Proposition 50 will someday lead to a consensus that all redistricting should be non-partisan.
Bruce K. Morse
Sacramento