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Josey has experience
to be Dublin’s mayor
I enthusiastically support Jean Josey for Dublin mayor. As the most experienced candidate in this race, Jean has been on the City Council for six years and served as vice mayor in 2022.
Jean cares deeply about the safety of Dublin citizens and she recently received the endorsement of Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez. She doesn’t just talk the talk; she walks the walk. She has heavily lobbied for the retail theft bill package that was recently signed into law, as well as Proposition 47 reform. She sits on the National League of Cities Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee learning best practices and working to procure resources from the federal government for our local jurisdiction.
A diversity of Dublin residents support Jean Josey.
Kimberly Jong
Dublin
Trump’s past a good
predicter of his future
There are lies, damned lies and Trump talk.
One key takeaway from the presidential debate is Trump’s use of lies to manipulate voters through fear and to justify his politics of grievance and retribution. During the debate, Trump made baseless claims about Haitians eating dogs and babies being murdered after birth. While his lies elicited giggles, they are extremely dangerous. His lies about Haitians were followed by bomb threats against municipal facilities and schools in Springfield.
In 2020, Trump lied about the election and attempted to overturn its results. His falsehoods fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and he falsely blamed out-of-control Capitol police and Nancy Pelosi.
Looking ahead, Trump’s past behavior is a strong predictor of future actions. He has threatened to prosecute politicians, judges and media personnel. Essentially, this overrides the Constitution. Trump’s use of lies to justify self-serving ends will continue if he is elected.
Larry Bieber
Castro Valley
Trump’s Swift post is
typically hateful, small
Re: “Donald Trump ‘hates’ Taylor Swift after her endorsement of Kamala Harris” (Sept. 16).
It seems logical that any serious candidate for president should be morally, if not legally, required to refrain from expressing overt hatred for any individual or group. Yet Donald Trump posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT” on his site, in all caps.
This expression of hatred is repulsive when directed at anyone — but Taylor Swift? He has never expressed hatred toward Vladimir Putin or Hitler — indeed, only admiration — but hatred for Taylor Swift, the most beloved artist on the planet at the moment.
I believe that Trump secretly does not want to be president again.
Jim Hogan
El Sobrante
Trump’s vitriol at play in
assassination attempts
Re: “Agents fire at suspect near Trump” (Page A1, Sept. 16).
Political violence and hate can never be managed or contained.
During the presidential debate, the Republican nominee for president falsely accused migrants from Haiti of kidnapping and eating pets of citizens in Ohio. This false claim resulted in bomb threats and the closure of local schools. Subsequently, the Republican nominee posted a direct message of hate toward one of the most inspiring and beloved musical artists in the world. On the same day the Republican nominee posted that message, a violent attack against him was (thankfully) thwarted by the Secret Service.
Propagating hatred and violence results in hatred and violence.
Barry Gardin
Hayward
Undecideds should
throw support to Harris
It amazes me that there are still undecided voters in this year’s presidential election. The differences between the candidates could not be more stark.
It’s living in freedom in a democracy or living in a police state under a dictator. It’s being led by a lawyer who knows and respects the law or a convicted felon who thinks the law doesn’t apply to him. It’s having affordable health care or being uninsurable because of pre-existing conditions. It’s having hope for the future or living in fear that the Proud Boys will roll into town and start breaking heads. Their respective records speak for themselves. What more do undecided voters want?
I’m not sure at this point if they even know what else they want. Vote for democracy and not dictatorship. After the second debate and the vitriol coming out of Donald Trump and JD Vance, it’s a no-brainer.
Ramona Krausnick
Dublin
Letter gets its civics
lesson backward
Re: “Electoral College guards against majority tyranny” (Page A8, Sept 15).
Letter-writer Philip La Scola got his civics lesson backward when he wrote supporting the Electoral College because it defends against “the tyranny of the majority.” In a democracy, our constitutional democratic republic, the majority vote decides. That is not tyranny; that is a fair measure of the will of the citizens.
The Electoral College weighs some people’s votes more than others, four times more for Wyoming’s voters compared to California’s. That’s not fair. It resulted in two presidential candidates with fewer votes becoming president in this modern century.
While the letter-writer says it would not be fair if “New York and California elect a president,” he should realize that, absent the Electoral College, people elect the president, not states. With the Electoral College, seven so-called swing states get all the campaign attention because only those states matter in the current election. The rest of us have no voice. That just ain’t right.
Bruce Joffe
Piedmont
