Letters to the Editor – Dallas parks, Roe vs. Wade, state propositions, Facebook, airline travel

The city center is getting greener

Many thanks to the visionaries, the philanthropists, the Parks for Downtown Dallas and the City of Dallas for realizing four parks in Downtown Dallas.

Carol Anderson, Dallas

Behind the question of abortion

There is something far more important at stake than the issue of abortion with the imminent inevitable Supreme Court challenge of Roe v. Wade. The Burger Court did not rely on a coin toss to rule out the entire litany of moral and legal ramifications that were eventually addressed in the final majority opinion. If the great “American Experiment of Democracy” is ever to develop its full potential to establish the fairest possible political and judicial system based on the rule of law, then the permanent partisan music chair version of the court, which must set an eternal precedent of quicksand a greater need to take a reasonable, definitive position on fundamental moral issues.

In the case of abortion, the question of whether it is intrinsically ethical can simply be too subjective for society as a whole to ever form a stable consensus. But when the issues are too divisive to reach collective consensus, deterring government from micro-managing citizens’ lives may be a morally more decisive turning point than even correcting potential moral harm.

John Williamson, The Colony

Wait for more information

Like many others, I have just received my postal ballot for Government Proposals 1-8, most of which contain reasonably coherent explanations for making a voting decision. While I know that the Dallas Morning News will be presenting their usual voter guide to help us vote, what about the other 90% who don’t subscribe to The News?

That ballot proposed changes to eligibility for various judges and added powers to the State Judicial Conduct Commission without providing any information about what those changes are. How is a responsible citizen supposed to vote on matters for which there is no information? It could be that, for all we know, felons are allowed to become judges.

Are the leaders of the state election machine just incompetent or do they quickly prefer us? I guess I’ll have to wait for the wits The News brings to the table with the voter handbook as it looks like it’s not from Austin.

Rod Scales, Dallas

Funding of Biden’s proposal

Recently, the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee approved the annual Defense Policy Bill with an increase of $ 23.9 billion, bringing the budget budget to $ 768 billion in 2022. The defense spending was passed with an air of publicity by 316-113 votes. Over a period of 10 years, that adds up to $ 7.8 trillion. Compare that to the Biden government’s $ 3.5 trillion, 10-year construction and social spending proposal of $ 350 billion a year.

Here is a thought. How about cutting defense spending by $ 350 billion a year to pay for the Biden proposal?

Paul Dreimiller, Plano

Aging with dignity at home

Re: “Growing Old at Home – The aging population of Texas calls for a rethinking of long-term care,” Friday Editorials.

Aging with dignity at home and family support is what most older adults want and public policy should be because it costs less to support people at home. Of course, government and local officials, as well as non-profit organizations, can and must offer solutions.

The Texas Ramp Project is one of those nonprofit organizations. This volunteer organization has provided free wheelchair ramps to low-income older adults and others with mobility problems since 1985, first in Dallas and then across the state since 2006. Over the years, the Texas Ramp Project has built more than 21,000 ramps – 5,600 of them in Dallas. If each of these customers ended up in a care facility, the cost would be astronomical.

The nice thing about the Texas Ramp Project, and many other nonprofits, is that it’s volunteer-run. The ramps help the elderly stay at home in a familiar environment where they will be loved and cared for. The costs are borne by the donors and the ramps are always available to customers free of charge. Never underestimate the good that comes from neighbors who help neighbors.

Kay Champagne, Plano

Avoid media manipulation

I’m happy to hear a whistleblower commented on Facebook’s profit motives in spreading falsehoods and sustaining anger. I pray that other principled people from various media, aware of the deliberately skewed design of information for political purposes and financial incentives, will also have the courage to tell their stories.

The state of our democracy and the health of our citizens have been badly damaged for selfish purposes by those who presented false and unproven information disguised as truthful reporting. How much better could our country work together and solve current problems if we were all more careful to seek the truth instead of falling victim to manipulation.

Linda Johnston Arage, Waxahachie

Something is wrong here

I recently did a round-trip trip on a major US airline. One of the requirements was to provide evidence that I had not been tested for COVID-19 more than three days before the first flight. Despite being fully vaccinated, I was happy to do this because I knew the airline was 100% concerned about the safety of all passengers and preventing the virus from spreading.

However, when checking in I was not asked to provide such evidence. Neither have I ever been, and I have to believe that I was no exception. The question arises: why not? It should be consistent with mask requirements.

And now I ask myself: how many passengers did not take the test and are actively spreading a known killer virus? Oh, and the federal “mandate” for everyone to wear masks inside the airport and on the plane? The young man who sat in the row in front of me on the return flight had either lowered or removed his mask for the entire flight. And not a single guard has confronted him with it. Hm.

Richard Street, Carrollton

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