Letters to the Editor – Gov. Greg Abbott, Clay Jenkins, voter ID, vaccines, Lance Gooden, Bob Hall

By Editor On Aug 8, 2021

Well done, Grigsby

Re: “Abbott’s missteps drive insane – Texans continue to be haunted by governor’s decisions and anti-vaccine rhetoric,” by Sharon Grigsby, Wednesday Metro & Business column.

Kudos to Sharon Grigsby for calling on our governor to double an ordinance against masking requirements in governments and public schools across Texas. Indeed, the governor can take responsibility for many, many unnecessary deaths in Texas.

Kudos also for challenging the journalists who sensationally reported the raw number of groundbreaking COVID infections without doing third grade math and calculating the tiny, minuscule percentage of the breakthrough. This only gave unnecessary ammunition to those who refused to be vaccinated, compounding the problem of getting everyone vaccinated. Keep it up, Sharon!

Ernie Stokely, Far North Dallas

What is Abbott’s concern?

The Texas Medical Association announced that there were nearly 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 in Texas last week and that pediatric and adult intensive care units are enrolling across the state. In addition, this accounts for nearly 20% of the cases in the US and more than 95% are among unvaccinated Texans. I am again amazed at the “expressed” knowledge and expertise of Governor Greg Abbott in medicine and public health as he mandates that any institution that receives public funding, including hospitals and schools, must not require masking or vaccination in order to obtain one Transmission and infection with COVID- 19.

Where is his humility and concern for the well-being of all Texans? In particular, he said nothing about the extent of the current outbreak or the dangers we are facing; does that sound familiar? Do we want a leader in Austin who cares so little about the general health and welfare of all Texans, including children? This is not a constitutional question. By the way, is the power grid secure?

Charles R. Rosenfeld, Dallas

Horrified and outraged

Re: “Jenkins Orders Maskless Cook – Official Says He Will Sue for Removal From Meeting,” On The News Wednesday.

I am appalled and enraged to see the photo of dictatorial Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins on the cover of the Dallas Morning News. I don’t know Dallas County Commissioner JJ Koch, but I respect his right as a US citizen to obey Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to wear masks. I don’t respect the high-handed Jenkins for removing Koch from the meeting. Koch is fully immunized against COVID-19 and I commend him for standing up for freedom and freedom.

We are not going to bow to the dictates of some Democrats who appear to be drunk with power.

Mary C. Abell, Dallas / Lake Highlands

Good editorial team

Subject: “Honor Heroes with New Voting Law – Legislation Must Provide robust protection that activists risked their lives for,” August 1 editorial.

Thank you for this editorial. I particularly liked this sentence: “Changes must not undermine the historical path of all citizens, regardless of race or gender, to vote.” burden unnecessarily.

I voted for the first time in 1970. Voting taxes, voter intimidation, voting proficiency tests – those were things we learned in history. I am ashamed that my Texan lawmakers are trying to pass laws that would undo much of this progress.

Cathy Murphree, Richardson

If it smells like hypocrisy …

One of the biggest problems within recent voting rights laws has been the issue of voter ID. In all honesty, I am in no way tenacious, but the voter ID card seems like a practical step in the right direction to ensure that only those citizens who are legally registered to vote have access, especially considering that almost everyone Americans have the option of obtaining ID.

While I do my best to understand their perspective, I am honestly amazed at how liberal activists can campaign for a vaccine mandate to work and interact – and yet get a massive outcry over the idea of a government-issued ID (if there are alternatives and utilities). If someone is threatened with losing their job and livelihood because they don’t stand a chance, how much more hideous is it to ask for any form of legal ID in determining the outcome of a local, state or national election, what? probably determined the course of the country? lasts for the next four years and beyond?

I’m not an expert, but it smells a little like hypocrisy to me.

McKenzie Holmes, Waxahachie

So there is a mess

Re: “Look at the Source – Cole Beasley and other vaccine doubters are misleading this country at the worst possible time,” Monday Editorials.

I really appreciated this editorial. I think it is important to emphasize that these “public figures” are also our own elected officials. Just check out the social media / Facebook sites for our local officials like U.S. Representative Lance Gooden and State Sen. Bob Hall as examples.

Gooden boasted at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas in July that whether or not he got the COVID-19 vaccine was not the “damned business” of President Joe Biden or anyone else, and says the centers are working for the Disease Control and Prevention will not publish any data supporting their mask mandate as the CDC has no data to support their decision.

Hall likes to post anti-vaccine discussions with so-called “Boots on the Ground Professionals” and speaks to his constituents about “Stand Strong. Don’t be pushed to take the vaccination, ”and report any doctor who does not offer hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to the Texas Medical Board of malpractice. No wonder we have such a mess.

Dawn Dryden, shopkeeper

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