Have some guts, governor
Editor: We now have a radical, ultra liberal governor, Gavin Newsom, who has wasted no time in imposing a moratorium on the death penalty.
This was one of his top priorities when he took office. He shows more sympathy and compassion for the 700-plus cold-blooded murderers on death row now than he could ever show for the victims.
On April 12, 2019, a group of victims went to Sacramento. They were the loved ones of those murdered by these killers who Mr. Newsom has such compassion for. They were pleading for Newsom to discontinue the moratorium. Of course, their pleas fell on deaf ears. He didn’t appear before them because he hasn’t got the guts to face them. To save face he conveniently went to El Salvador. Jeri Oliver, the mother of Danny Oliver, a Sacramento Sheriff ’s Deputy who was murdered, challenged Newsom to a face-to-face meeting. I’m sure he doesn’t have the guts to meet her.
Mr. Newsom should read the crime reports of some of these atrocious crimes committed by these killers. The vicious murder of Terri Winchell has always stood out to me.
This murder was committed by Michael Morales of Stockton. Morales, with his cousin driving, he in the rear seat, attempted to strangle Winchell with a belt. The belt broke so Morales grabbed a hammer and hit her in the head numerous times. As she was dying they dumped her in a vineyard. Then Morales raped her as she drew her last breath.
Morales has been on death row over 40 years and has no more appeals. He continues to live off the taxpayers as all these murderers, with three meals a day, medical and dental care, and probably a TV.
With Gavin Newsom as our governor for the next eight years, you haven’t seen anything yet. Us lawabiding and taxpaying citizens will feel the brunt of him. CLYDE DAVIS Stockton
Political power outage
Editor: I am writing to alert the public that a panel of state senators recently gutted common-sense legislation to protect everyone’s right to make their own solar energy without the utility getting in the way — and free ourselves from high electricity prices.
It’s called the Solar Bill of Rights (SB 288 — Wiener) and it would have ensured that everyone can make and store solar energy on their property without punitive fees designed to discourage solar.
The utilities lobbied our lawmakers to kill these provisions, and lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee obliged, without any public notice or discussion.
This is a great example of how the utilities will do anything to protect their monopoly, even as they raise electricity rates on consumers.
I ask the public to contact your state senator and ask them to resurrect the Solar Bill of Rights. Let’s insist that our lawmakers stand up for our right to make energy on our property without red tape or punishment, and free ourselves from the expensive utility monopoly. GURBAKSH SANDHU
Galt
A despicable act
Editor: Animal lovers need to be aware of individuals or one individual targeting animals with a BB gun or pellet gun. We live in an area off Lower Sacramento Road that has the Woodbridge Canal in our backyard. We have a small cat that is basically an indoor cat but does go outside on occasion to play.
She at times goes to the canal behind our home. Last Thursday, we noticed she was gone for a longer period than normal. Later we found her on our patio and she was noticeably hurt. We learned after taking her to the vet that she had been shot with a BB gun and suffered an injury to her back thigh that caused her to limp badly. We are not sure at this point how she will recover.
It is appalling to realize that there are very disturbed individuals that are using guns on helpless animals for target practice. Animal cruelty is not only despicable, it is against the law. Ours is not an isolated case according to the veterinarians that treat animals. In San Jose there is a $10,000 reward out to identify a serial animal killer.
We hope that if someone has any knowledge of the person or persons responsible for shooting our cat would report it either to the police or animal control.