Thank a retired teacher! The first week of November has been designated to honor retired teachers. Each teacher impacted hundreds of lives during his or her teaching career. Think about who helped you learn to read this, to balance your checkbook, to learn from history, to appreciate the contributions of others and to write your […]
Letter: Marijuana sales ordinance needs more research
Marijuana sales ordinance needs more research As an answer to the projected shortfall in the City of Benicia’s budget, the majority of the Benicia City Council is proposing the legalization of retail recreational (non-medical) marijuana in our community to boost tax revenue. However, this proposal is being made with no study or research being done […]
Letter: Preventing suicide in our community
Preventing suicide in our community According to the National Alliance of Mental Health, suicide is the third leading cause of death from ages 10 to 24. Approximately 90 percent of people who die from suicide actually have a mental illness. Suicide has an immense effect on our community. In 2014 we had a suicide at […]
Letter: City meetings are the real Comedy Central
Comedy central at its best What am I talking about? One guess could get you the answer. It was the Planning Commission’s Oct. 12 meeting and the City Council’s Oct. 17 meeting. The first two-thirds of the Planning Commission meeting went as usual, but when it got to the cannabis issue, it all fell apart. […]
Letters: School closures and opioids
Lack of preparation I wanted to express my opinion regarding the article George Johnston wrote about the Benicia schools closing due to the smoke from the wildfires. I think he did a good job of reporting the situation, including the details of postponed events like Benicia High School Homecoming. My only real complaint was it […]
Letter: Oppose Medicare cut
Oppose Medicare cut The proposed Republican budget contains a proposal to raise Medicare eligibility to age 67. This is a huge benefit cut and will do great harm to our middle and working class people. It is difficult for a lot of people, especially those who have done manual labor, to work to age 67. […]
Letters: NFL solution
NFL solution If the NFL Players kneel or raise fists in disrespect for the national anthem or flag, let them give up their bloated salaries the U.S. system lets them receive and go to another country where they can respect its national anthem and flag. Stuart Posselt, Concord
Letters: Citizen engagement edition
Building to engage Benicians “Partisan politics are great, but to put non-partisan politics in the same boat is wrong” was the last line of a recent Forum article, penned by Benicia resident and serial letter writer Bob Livesay. The sentence concluded an 850-plus word essay on the dangers of Benicia residents gathering to discuss politics […]
Letter: Save Our Social Security Fund
Save Our Social Security Fund One Benicia resident trying to Save Our Social Security Fund. Here is her story. I am trying to save our Social Security funds for all people in the United States that have paid FICA tax. I made five calls to Reps. Mike Thompson and John Garamendi’s offices in Washington, D.C. […]
Letter: Unfair billing practice
Unfair billing practice I appreciate Larnie Fox’s letter re: “Civility” regarding some of the comments being made on social media relating to the general unhappiness with the increase in water bills. Some have taken this as an opportunity to stage unnecessary and unwarranted attacks on our mayor. I remained silent on this issue for personal […]