Well-done, Mayor Patterson! I was very happy to read the article “Mayor requests rehearing of Industrial Safety Ordinance vote” in the July 13 edition of Benicia Herald. I applaud our mayor’s determination to reopen review of this critical issue before the proposed November date! I was very surprised to learn that staff reports had not […]
Letter: Medicinal benefits
Medicinal benefits The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a cannabis-derived medicinal product formulated specifically to treat seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsy. This means that clinicians can now write a prescription for the product, and patients or their caregivers will obtain it at a pharmacy, including the pharmacies in our town. The […]
Letter: Why wouldn’t people want renewable energy?
Why wouldn’t people want renewable energy? I have been reading a string of comments on an earlier letter online and am having a hard time understand the resistance there is to renewable energy by some members of our community. One writer says renewable energy is only 28 percent efficient and to wait until it is […]
Letter: Planning is important
Planning is important In response to the doomsday letter (“Patterson and Young just ended their political careers”) on July 4: We can look at Benicia’s future in your negative, ‘fraidy cat, archaic way, or we might see that planning for the world without fossil fuels is a forward-looking crucial stage in Benicia’s future. Wind, solar […]
Letters: Cannabis won’t impact small-town charm
Cannabis won’t impact small-town charm I enjoyed the recent Benicia magazine feature article about Fairfax in Marin County, citing small-town charm and other amenities. Fairfax is known as the home of the first medicinal cannabis dispensary in the nation, opening soon after passage of California’s Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. The dispensary […]
Letter: Patterson and Young just ended their political careers
Patterson and Young just ended their political careers We are now seeing the true political personal agenda of Mayor Patterson and Vice Mayor Young: anti-fossil fuel, and in the case of Benicia, anti-Valero. This is not new to me. I have been talking about it for years. I do now hope the residents/voters now understand […]
Letter: Not a simple issue
Not a simple issue As a citizen of Benicia who lives close to a refinery I, like many other Benicians, would simply like to know what is in the air that we breathe. At the June 19 City Council meeting, the council missed an excellent opportunity to get us that information. Valero clearly does not […]
Letters: Clean energy, ISO and cannabis
California’s clean energy leadership is needed On July 3, the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee will be voting on SB 100 which would mandate that California utilities produce 100 percent clean energy by 2045. The final Assembly vote in August requires a fifty percent majority and Gov. Brown’s signature. Moving California toward 100 percent emission-free […]
Letters: Religious views on family separations at border
Religious community HAS condemned family separations at border This is in response to the paid advertisement from Lawrence Dutch saying that he’s heard “nothing from the religious community” regarding the separation of children from their families and keeping them in detention centers Huh? All you need to do is Google “religious leaders’ statements on detention […]
Letter: Grateful to citizen who returned cane
Grateful to citizen who returned cane A few days ago, a lovely lady– so my neighbor told me– brought my lost cane right to my door. I had left it somewhere one day last week, but I couldn’t remember where. Losing ym cane was one thing but not remembering where was worse. I rationalized that […]