We don’t want parking meters
Editor: Did anyone else read Lodi City Councilman Doug Kuehne’s article in the Sentinel “An argument for parking meters?”
What a bunch of double talk. I have not talked to one person that is in favor of those meters. We elect our officials to run our city as the majority of the citizens desire.
How about some information about these meters, how much will they cost to purchase and or lease, how much revenue will they bring in? And how the heck do they work?
He also stated that the parking garage only had six vandalism cases out of about 20 police-related incidents in 2017 so don’t worry about parking there,
Doug Kuehne says you’re safe. I have never parked there and I never will, I wonder if Doug has?
If Lodi needs money from parking fines or law enforcement fines, put a traffic cop on Lower Sacramento Road. That would be a real cash cow for sure. DOUGLAS MERCER Lodi
Reminiscing about the Obama years
Editor: Thank you Barack Obama; You gave us eight wonderful years as our cool, calm and collected president. Donald Trump, our 45th president, is the antithesis of all that Obama represented and is trying to undo as many of Obama’s achievements as possible. The man is sick.
Rarely have so many things — from stocks to bonds to property to bitcoin — exhibited such a sense of promise. The run-up in stock markets over the past eight years was the result of the Obama administrations handling of the economy; house prices have bounced back since the financial crisis and companies are flush with cash and the country is in the throes of a bull market in everything. RON LOWE Nevada City
President wise to support young immigrants
Editor: War and politics make strange bedfellows. After the president met with lawmakers of both major parties recently to discuss many subjects, including immigration reform, the result caused a right-wing network news anchor to question who that man in the suit really is.
When the confab produced news Donald Trump would accept whatever the bipartisan negotiations produced, including protection of young people brought to the U.S. illegally, the erstwhile supporter of Mr. Trump was amazed. He apparently was also not pleased.
Ferocious opponents of immigration — some disdain even legal migrants to the United States — thought Trump would be their greatest ally. Apparently not, according to a Jan. 10 report by HuffPost writer Ed Miazza:
“Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been a staunch defender of President Donald Trump, but that may have changed ....
“Carlson called it a ‘weird scene’ when Trump met with lawmakers of both parties and indicated he’d sign just about any deal they make on immigration.
“‘I’m not going to say, ‘Oh, gee, I want this or I want that,’ Trump said. ‘I’ll be signing it, because I have a lot of confidence in the people in this room that you’re going to come up with something really good.’
“Trump also indicated a willingness to protect young undocumented immigrants, known as Dreamers.
“Carlson said that’s a ‘completely different Donald Trump’ from the one that talked tough on immigration on the campaign trail.”
Carlson may not realize that with the country at practically full employment, businesses are desperate to find new employees. Nor do his comments reflect awareness that many of the young people among the Dreamers may elect to remain. Those who stay will be educated, motivated contributors to society. Those who return to their homelands will hold warm regard for the U.S. as well as adding to their countries’ prosperity.
President Trump has acted wisely. By bunking with Democrats, he may have boosted the nation’s competitive position worldwide, as well as recognizing that some bright youngsters are the hope for a better world. LANGE WINCKLER Lodi