Land should be used for intended purpose
Re “UCSD lobbies San Diego City Council to remove deed restrictions on 500 acres” (Sept. 14): UC San Diego is requesting that its property gifted from the city of San Diego to it “for university purposes” be allowed to be used for retired faculty for “intergenerational housing.” That is the same thing as the San Diego Unified School District asking for free city property to be used to house retired teachers.
Both instances would clearly constitute an illegal gift of public funds. I doubt that either UC San Diego or the SDUSD, in the absence of a contractual obligation and full consideration from teachers, could legally allow use by retired teachers. It’s a no-brainer that even Mara Elliott should be able to figure out in a few weeks. Cory Briggs could figure it out in minutes. already-overcrowded streets and highways that service the beaches, and with no trolley, thousands of new cars will pile onto already crowded roads. That is the equivalent of trying to pour a gallon of water into a quart jug. No thanks.
Mayor Faulconer, who never met a bad real estate deal he didn’t love, is desperate for a legacy and the promise of a shiny new arena (with no new tenants) is the bauble of choice. Reject Measure E and keep our roads sane. Let them build trolley lines to the site before any new massive development is allowed.
It’s time to give up on clean elections effort
Re “Voters should reject pay-to-play politics” (Sept. 13): From time to time I recommend people whose letters should be printed and others whose letters should not.
This letter writer is too much like essayist Ruben Navarrette, who, despite The Washington Post’s bragging, has only one topic to sell.
We seem to be tired of this clean elections topic. The letter writer has been proposing clean elections for a dozen years or so, unable to get traction, unable even to fill a modestsized meeting room with like-minded folks.
He’s a nice guy, but enough’s enough. He should disappear from the letters column until he has something other than clean elections to offer.
Our election process needs to be repaired
Re “Money should not be driving San Diego development decisions” (Sept. 13): Isn’t it obvious that we need campaign finance reform? Support clean elections locally and nationally.
Our politicians are having to spend 50 percent of their time getting elected and re-elected. Support our local clean elections movement.
Where is proof city deserves reputation?
Re “Santee protesters march against police brutality” (Aug. 29): Santee supposedly has a troubled racial history. It might be nice to have some evidence. Two incidents of masks at a local grocery store and false information and rumors have caused the city to be painted again as “Klantee.”
Where is the proof this is true or that Santee or any other city in the county targets Black and Brown people for police brutality? False narratives repeated by the U-T foment trouble and cause damage to businesses and harm to individuals. Take some responsibility for what you print.
Desert.
I guess he also never heard of the Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised millions of Black people for nearly a hundred years. I guess he never heard of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Somebody should find him a history book.
What happened to fiscal conservatism?
Re “Budget deficit hits record $3T through 11 months” (Sept. 13): The ocean of red ink is a product of the government’s massive spending to try to cushion the impact of a coronavirusfueled recession that has cost millions of jobs.
This is consistent with our president’s reported history of multiple bankruptcies, but at least he didn’t let us panic.
Biden and his supporters will choose hope over fear, unity over division and truth over lies.
Whoever wins must reunite our country
I have never seen this country, my country, so divided in my 69 years. I have seen division — the Vietnam war, race riots in the 1960s — but none like today.
What I would like to see from our national leaders after the November elections is real bipartisan negotiations and agreements that benefit most Americans. We have some big, serious problems to solve: the pandemic, racial inequality and global warming, to name just a few.
They will not be solved with the constant bickering, grandstanding and intractable ways of the past. If there are some honest efforts made to reach agreements that will benefit the country as a whole, then maybe we can once again call ourselves the United States of America.