Letters to the Editor

Colarusso Makes No Sense

Dear Editor,

Congressional candidate Caroline Colarusso made statements in last week’s issue that make no sense to me!

The keystone pipeline would bring dirty sand from Canada to be processed into crude oil! This is Canadian owned, so very few jobs in America would be produced. It would also be years before any gasoline was produced and where are they going to dump all that filthy sand!

I also don’t believe in oil exploration in National Parks!  The January 6 investigation isn’t a political smokescreen and it is proving that Donald Trump tried to change the results of the 2020 election!

Steve Moran

I See You

Dear Editor,

As a straight, white ally to the LGBTQ+  and BIPOC communities, I want to attempt to clearly state what my goal is, which I believe is shared by most.  I want members of these communities to know that I see them.  I recognize their existence and their right to enjoy all the same rights that I enjoy.  I want them to know that I don’t care what their skin color, religion, beliefs, or sexual preference is.  I celebrate all of the interesting diversity of it.  How boring it would be if we were all the same! I attempt to show that I am an ally by flying things like BLM or Pride flags, because as a straight white person, it may not be immediately obvious that I am an ally.  I fly those flags because those communities have been marginalized in this society, and their civil rights have not always been enacted into law or enforced in this country.  In fact, some of those rights are being threatened today.  I do not fly a “White Pride” or “Straight Pride” flag because white people and straight people are not and have never been marginalized, have always had their rights, and everyone knows that.  It is understood.

Daniela Foley