How Woke Kindergarten fuels right wing
Regarding “Woke Kindergarten critic put on leave by Bay Area school district amid national backlash” (Bay Area, SFChronicle.com, Feb. 8):
Let me see if I understand this correctly.
The owner of a for-profit company posted on their social media platform that the United States has “no right to exist,” that “y’all” are “the demons” and “villains,” and that “we’ve been trying to end y’all.”
And American taxpayers, the demons and villains, have paid $250,000 to this company to indoctrinate Hayward kindergarteners.
And a respected Hayward teacher, who appears to genuinely care about teaching children, has been summarily suspended with pay for daring to suggest that tax money intended to educate might be better spent, presumably by hiring good teachers to teach Hayward children how to read and write and acquire mathematical skills.
This means that tax money intended to educate will be used to pay this teacher for his enforced idleness.
This also, presumably, means that more tax money will be spent to hire a substitute teacher to replace the suspended teacher, one who possibly will be less qualified, less experienced and — this seems to be important to those in charge in Hayward — more in tune with the Woke Kindergarten owner’s views?
And is it any wonder that Trumpism (another pernicious doctrine) has gained many adherents due to news stories like this?
Blair Hoffman, Moraga
Oust Pelosi
Regarding “Endorsement: Nancy Pelosi is the best candidate to represent S.F. in Congress. But there’s a catch” (Editorial, SFChronicle.com, Feb. 10): You must be kidding, endorsing Rep. Nancy Pelosi for reelection.
Lately, Pelosi has been in the news for her outrageous, absurd and dangerous accusations regarding activists who come to her house to implore her to call for a cease-fire and to stop funding the genocide in Gaza with our tax dollars.
Pelosi shook her finger at me and said, “Go back to China where your headquarters is” when I pointed out that nearly 80% of Democratic voters want a
cease-fire.
Then on national television, she said that cease-fire is “Putin’s message.”
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted for a cease-fire resolution.
Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire.
The slaughter of innocent children and families in Gaza is collectively traumatizing everyone I know.
What about a cease-fire is “Putin’s message”?
What about saving the lives of civilians who have nowhere to go to escape the relentless bombing in Gaza?
Pelosi is unfit to serve in Congress.
Cynthia Papermaster, Bay Area coordinator, Codepink
Keep AT&T landlines
Regarding “Millions in California could lose their AT&T landlines. Here’s why” (Bay Area, SFChronicle.com, Feb. 10): I urge the California Public Utilities Commission to deny AT&T its application to discontinue traditional landline phone service.
While mobile phones provide convenience, they are far from an all-encompassing mode of communication.
California has miles of coastline and mountains where cell phone reception is compromised. Service outages are common in disasters when cell phone towers are taken out of service.
As a responder on the state and federal medical disaster teams, I am well aware of these shortcomings. One of the major tenets of emergency preparedness and disaster response plans is redundancy. Do not allow AT&T to remove this redundancy in communication.
Sandra Bardas, Menlo Park
Sunday was super
On Sunday, our daughter and son-inlaw hosted a beautiful, raucous, Super Bowl party that was attended by our children, our grandchildren, and many of their friends and family.
At the end of the game, it hurt when my beloved Niners lost. My heart is not new to this feeling, as a lifelong Giants and 49ers fan, I have lived through thrilling victories and many disappointments.
The result of the game was not what I wanted, but the love, joy and beauty of sharing the experience with friends and family, new acquaintances, young and old, was my Super Bowl. Anne Washmera, Alameda