Letters to the Editor — Texas Supreme Court, child welfare, masks, homeless, voter fraud
Show how the judges vote in Texas
I would like the Dallas Morning News to pay more attention to the voices of individual Texas Supreme Court judges. We choose these people. I think it’s important that we know where you stand on important issues.
Jim Hobbs, North Dallas
Fight for the wrong things
What if Governor Greg Abbot and Attorney General Ken Paxton fought for the children in our youth welfare facilities instead of fighting mask and vaccination regulations to protect the public and our school children? What if, instead of passing through bills to suppress voters, they worked to make Texas’ energy system and grid safer and fairer?
I am annoyed that our tax dollars and chosen positions are being used against us and that our important issues and needs are being neglected.
Karen Roberts, Old East Dallas
Empathy and actions praised
Re: “My friend Charles – The HOA warned us about a homeless man in the forest. Twenty years on, he and I are a family, ”by Rawlins Gilliland, Sunday Opinion.
Rawlins, if there were more people with your empathy and willingness to get involved and act, the world would be a much better place.
Clyde David Smith, Royse City
Solve homelessness
You solve homelessness by getting the homeless back into work with adequately paid work. The largest 100 companies in Dallas could hire and train the most homeless people for the annual bonus of a decent executive vice president.
You solve homelessness by getting rid of wasted groceries and groceries by using Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to collect and then redistribute it year-round instead of just once a year.
Then solve homelessness by having the slum lords clean up instead of looking away. They insist that developers build apartments and small houses for every 100 luxury homes they are approved for. They tax building permits to pay for temporary housing.
Stop investigating and fix it!
Eric Foster, Gun Barrel City
Addiction to address mental illness
The city’s proposal to spend millions of taxpayers’ money to provide converted motels for up to 2,700 homeless people completely ignores the core problem: 63% of homeless people suffer from drug addiction and 54% suffer from severe debilitating mental illnesses. There is no point in providing them with unassisted accommodation in these vital areas.
Unfortunately, most of these people refuse treatment because of their addictions and / or mental illnesses, which is why many of them are primarily homeless. Any solution to helping the homeless of our city must start with an aggressive plan that addresses the root cause of homelessness, which was not and was never about affordable housing.
Clyde Mercer, North Dallas
Holding on to false beliefs
George Bernard Shaw once said: “Beware of false knowledge; it’s more dangerous than ignorance. ”With social media and questionable news sources spreading conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated“ facts, ”Shaw’s warning is more important than ever.
The willingness of the people to believe in “wrong knowledge” escalated with the former President Donald Trump. He began undermining respected mainstream news media with claims of “fake news” while filling the airways with his deceptive tweets. He called climate change a joke and ignored the overwhelming evidence of its dangers. He encouraged Americans to rebel against scientists’ recommendations on how to deal with COVID-19, and instead offered his own theories.
He warned of widespread election fraud with no evidence to support his claims. His worst lie is his unsubstantiated claim that he won the 2020 elections. The ensuing uprising cost lives, damaged property, threatened our democracy, and left taxpayers billed for $ 30 million.
Many of his followers still hold onto this belief. For many people, the truth is less important than their desire to believe that the world is what they want it to be.
Sally Lee, Frisco
Vote fraud does not scream convincingly
To those who say that new voting restrictions are needed to stop electoral fraud, I say, “Convince me!” When was hearsay fraud proven? In Texas, only about 500 cases have been successfully prosecuted since 2005 – not enough to change a choice.
I am not against any of the proposed changes. But why should it be easy to turn down an election on charges of fraud? Why should partisan election observers watch me vote? Why should electoral judges be prohibited from disqualifying election observers, inhibiting voters, or committing illegal acts?
Nor do I see how more post-in polling stations, more polling stations, or transport aids to the polling stations affect the integrity of the vote. Can someone name specific cases in which these were problems? I want my officials to tell me what fraud has been committed in the past that this law would have prevented. Inundating yourself with election changes based on fabricated claims of electoral fraud is not voting integrity for me – it is deliberate voter suppression.
Deanna Jacoby, Midlothian
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