Letters to the Editor

Editor:

In hindsight, I regret submitting a letter to editor (June 19) indicating that the SCAN office was not staffed, when in reality it was and is.

I regret my haste in submitting the letter.

My apology is late but sincere.

SCAN is alive and well in Leisure World. In the future, I will research circumstances prior to drawing incorrect conclusions. Thank you for understanding and your forgiveness.

R. Gene Vesely Mutual 3 Editor:

Thank you to the Long Beach City College Evening Wind Symphony Orchestra and to The Band of The California Battalion, each under the direction of Dr. Gary Thomas Scott. On June 9, musicians provided a capacity crowd of Leisure World residents and guests with an evening of not one but two concerts!

It was well over two hours of non-stop orchestra and brass band music, plus some band members sang and invited the audience join in (no matter what our individual do re mi might sound like).

There was also a magical band uniform change.

It was a musical evening extraordinaire for this Leisure World resident who loves music.

In speaking with Dr. Scott after the music stopped, he noted he would like this orchestra and band to do an Amphitheater concert. So heads up to our Leisure World Recreation Department, here is your opportunity to present a different type of Amphitheater show!

Debbi Fudge Mutual 1 Editor:

Shortly after America’s birth, French moralist Joseph de Maistre said, “Every country has the government it deserves.” Doubtful that he was thinking of America specifically, but I think his statement is relevant when viewing our history. We were taught that America was settled by folks fleeing religious persecution and who made friends with helpful indigenous people.

This was true for a very small percentage of settlers.

Our country came into being as a captialistic, exploitive investment. Slavery of imported and native people began on both coasts in the early 1600s. Minimizing labor’s cost is a fundamental principle of capitalism. Slavery was the ultimate expression of that principle until the Industrial Age.

In the early 20th century, Henry Ford explained to a friend how his assembly line innovation reduced labor costs enough to allow him to cut the price of his cars.

The reply: how will people get the money to buy them? Probably apocryphal, but now CAD-CAM production and AI cause corporations to outsource jobs to countries paying lower wages and no unions with which to contend. This has resulted in welcome lower prices for consumers.

Trump’s tariffs, however, if he ever makes up his mind on what, when and how much, will reduce the consumer’s benefit.

We sing “God Bless America.” We were blessed: arable land aplenty, pristine waters, lush forests, ample fish and game, and what did we do with it?

Lee Hoyt Mutual 11 Editor:

I’m reminded of Ronald Reagan’s famous missive whenever I read Democrat drivel in the LW Weekly: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”

The people clamoring about our president being a king are the same people who applauded Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom shutting down our economy, forcing people to take the vax, and sending the National Guard to break up church services.

It’s also ironic that they anointed their last three presidential candidates. Some are upset that Donald Trump is legally enforcing federal immigration law and has shut down what we were told by Biden and (Alejandro) Mayorkas was a secure border.

Last May, saw 62,000 illegal aliens released into the United States. This May saw zero.

It appears that new legislation wasn’t required, only a new president. According to DHS, three quarters of all illegal aliens detained and deported are “criminal” illegal aliens, murderers, rapists, drug and child traffickers. Removing these people from our streets is good, no?

The Biden DHS acknowledged that “they” lost track of 30,000 missing unaccompanied children. Please don’t speak of empathy if you tolerated an illegal invasion that saw record fentanyl deaths and the trafficking of children.

ICE officers wear masks because the “crazy Left” target, dox and swat the homes of agents, judges and other conservatives.

By the way, Latino’s make up 30% of immigration enforcement and 50% of border security. Lastly, inflation is down, and wages are rising. Facts.

Earick Ward Mutual 7 Editor:

There is an alternative to raising Seal Beach water rates that very few are aware of. Use more water. It restores revenue to the city.

It seems preposterous, but Northern Orange County has the world’s largest water recycling plant, which purifies the water from our sewers and deposits the water into the Orange County Groundwater Basin, a 270-square-mile underground aquifer fed by the recycled water, the Santa Ana River, and rain and irrigation water that also seeps underground. Google it. Unlike the rest of Southern California, OC is much more insulated from drought.

In addition, watering lawns, trees and gardens removes airborne carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, creating sugar for the plants and oxygen for us to breathe. The chemical equation, 6CO2+ 6H2O+ sunlight =C6H12O6(sugar)+ 6O2 (oxygen molecules) reveals how using water to proliferate plants, removes carbon dioxide from the air, also pleasing global warming enthusiasts.

Simply put, six water molecules, along with sunlight, takes six carbon dioxide molecules out of the air and gives us a sugar molecule and six molecules of oxygen for us to breathe. Also, water draining through our lawns and gardens prevents ocean salt incursion. Winners all around. We get something for our extra revenue. The city gets the revenue. There is miniscular waste. And, the planet survives.

Jack Faucett Mutual 14