President, backers will face the consequences

Now that the smoke and dust have cleared somewhat after the election, amid failed efforts by the president and the GOP to overturn the democratic process, it will be interesting to see whether, and at what point, we will learn how many of the more than 318,000 lives lost so far, and the deaths to come, were a direct result of presidential neglect and ineptitude, deliberate and otherwise.

That long sentence aside, consequences portend for Donald Trump, his family, and the “Trumptown Kool-Aid team,” including Rudy Giuliani, William Barr, Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and all the good folks on Fox News. There is ample blood on all their hands to fill the Potomac River.

It’s going to be fun to watch the karma click in.

— Craig J. Corsini, San Rafael

County Parks Department and the Marin Municipal Water District, FireSafe Marin should concentrate on eliminating the dry fuel load in the hills of the watershed. Do some prescribed burns like the Native Americans used to do. Create more firebreaks in open space before any wildfires start.

Neither the Parks Department responsible for Marin’s open space, nor MMWD are well managed as to fire prevention.

They also should be held to account as they seem mostly focused on debating how to increase recreational opportunities for mountain bikers and ebikers.

I know our Marin bicyclists are mostly responsible types. They don’t want to see paradise destroyed with a careless flip by a smoker on a dry hillside.

But I have less faith in the out- of-towners or out- of-staters who come to Marin to recreate in the birthplace of mountain biking.

I applaud the MMWD board of directors for voting Dec. 16 to delay their decision to open the district’s 22,000 acres to ebiking via fire roads. At present — with only six full-time enforcement rangers, a contract sheriff ’s deputy and two seasonal workers on staff — MMWD simply does not have the resources to properly patrol and enforce 59 miles of single track trails with 40 access points.

MMWD needs to take seriously its role as protector of the watershed and preventer of wildfires caused by human recklessness.

— Peter Hensel, Corte Madera