Sanctuary metropolis
William Hernando Usma Acosta is an unlawful immigrant and a convicted killer. He might be returned to Colombia, the place he’s needed as a fugitive. (Herald, April 13, “Killer illegal immigrant busted.”) Where did this legal reside? In the Sanctuary City of Somerville. It was there that he married an American citizen and obtained a lawful, everlasting resident standing regardless of murdering his spouse in Colombia. Acosta selected to cover in plain website in Somerville as a result of it was a sanctuary metropolis.
— Don Houghton, Quincy
Retirement
So reviewed my IRA, is round 5-6% down from 12/31/2021. The inflation price is 7.9%, add the 2 collectively round 14% lower. Our Congress for the final 12 months has centered on BLM, coronavirus, riot and now Ukraine. In the non-public sector, an important majority of individuals retire at 67 years previous, perhaps time to mandate this in Congress, Senate and presidency.
— Tony Meschinim, Scituate
Pot reform
The final 5 phrases I anticipated to learn after “those historically harmed by marijuana …” is “prohibition from entering the industry.” Who do these progressive legislators assume have been promoting marijuana up till now?
“When we passed that law, we made it clear that our goal was to take steps to repair some of the harms caused by previous policies during prohibition wielded against communities of color,” states state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz. I assume she’s referring to the illegality of the sale of marijuana as a type of earlier insurance policies. Does the senator actually empathize with the poor, downtrodden drug sellers who’re shedding their prospects to a newly professional business? Does she not perceive that the insurance policies she decries have been in place for many years as a result of the sale of marijuana was in opposition to the regulation?
— Sean F. Flaherty, Charlestown
Wind generators
Yes, up to now decade, wind generators killed a minimum of 150 eagles (out of 300,000 within the continental U.S.) (Wind power firm kills 150 eagles in US, pleads responsible, April 6). Nobody desires to see eagles or different wildlife die. But which power sources kill probably the most birds? A Danish examine concluded that “wind farms killed approximately 20,000 birds in the United States in 2009 but nuclear plants killed about 330,000 and fossil-fueled power plants more than 14 million.” Instead of suing wind power firms, a way more efficient strategy to cease killing birds could be shutting down coal, fuel and oil powered crops.
Oh, and don’t overlook cats. The low estimate is that they kill about 1 billion birds yearly. Should we be suing cat homeowners?
— Larry Rosenberg, Cambridge
Guns off streets
Why is it that authorities champions “getting guns off the streets” when it ought to be “getting criminals off the streets”? Get the criminals off the streets, and the weapons by no means seem thereon!
— Don Schwarz, Stoughton
Cape fears
The summertime visitors on Route 6 from the Orleans rotary to Provincetown scares me much more than the potential of an important white shark assault at any one of many Outer or Lower Cape seashores. Apparently for a lot of summertime drivers after they hit the Orleans rotary and head east their dashing mindset is “Get out of my way, I’m on vacation” and no matter they’re driving mysteriously turns right into a Lamborghini Huracan Evo together with Route 6 at that time turning into the Autobahn. Scary.
That roadway is extraordinarily harmful in the course of the summer time and I cringe each time I see a household bicycling alongside of Route 6. One can keep away from the potential of a shark assault right here by staying near shore and being conscious of these predators, but it surely’s not possible to keep away from guests whose driving is an endangerment to others. Beware.
— Mike Rice, Wellfleet
Source: www.bostonherald.com”