Don’t water lawn after soaking rain
Come on, people! We get a good rain on Monday, a good soaking rain during the morning and what do I see on Wednesday morning, but sprinklers running in several yards. The yards don’t need water two days after it rains. They definitely don’t need a lot of water since it’s not even hot anymore. Turn off the sprinklers. Please!
We haven’t had water for 180 days and yet I don’t see people making any effort to save water. California Water Service is about to start fining people and/or companies that are wasting water. You certainly don’t want that.
Look at the dams and rivers that are going dry. We don’t know how much rain we will get this year but it still won’t be enough to get us out of the drought. We need to do our part NOW or we may not be able to water the lawn at all.
— Betsy Gosling, Bakersfield
SOME BASEBALL THOUGHTS
As I have sat and watched the World
Series, this lifelong Dodger fan has come to the realization that I am now an Atlanta Braves fan. It shouldn’t be this way since the Braves beat the Dodgers, but it is. I think it is because the Braves are playing the Astros. I think that maybe there are a lot of Dodger fans that are rooting for the Braves.
It really came into focus for me when I saw comments by the Astros owner that he wanted to put the Astros cheating scandal of 2017 behind him as he and the team had paid for their cheating. Until MLB takes away their ill-gotten championship and makes them return the rings, the slate will never be clean. They will always be cheaters to me.
I was also hoping that the Astros and the Dodgers would meet up in this year’s World Series and for Dodger home games, anyone bringing a metal trash can lid to the game would get in free. I guess there would have been as much chance of that happening as Astros players giving up their rings!
— David Ewert, Bakersfield
POLITICAL AMBITION VS. SERVICE
I have watched with great dismay as Kevin McCarthy has chosen his own political ambition over service to his constituents. After condemning the insurrection of Jan. 6 from the floor of the House, he beat a hasty retreat to Mar-a-Lago and joined the parade of politicians who believe following Donald Trump is the only way to maintain power. McCarthy believes that by embracing the “big lie,” he can get himself elected speaker. He seems more interested in raising money than in serving us.
Louis Gill, on the other hand, understands service to others. In 21 years as a CEO, he provided much-needed help to homeless families and children and to those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. With the exception of McCarthy fostering bills to address valley fever, I cannot recall him promoting projects to improve the lives of Kern County residents.
I urge readers to take a look at what Louis Gill can offer Kern County residents. Check out his website where his platform includes the need for well-paying jobs, access to health care as a right, and immigration that benefits farmers and farm laborers. I believe Gill can provide what McCarthy has not — help with our issues.