OTHER VOICES

Two trees

Not much new in the “Tale of Two Trees” (The Capital, Dec. 10). There are those against taking down any tree.

Theydo not realize trees are mortal and even these 80year-old (the same age I am) have only a few years to go anyway. From the picture, they appear to be too tall for the homes nearby. A decent plan for replacement with smaller trees seems reasonable and supported by the two arborists mentioned.

A tree died in a similar situation on Giddings Avenue after “mitigating conditions” were implemented. Just a few years ago two large oaks were involved in building the hiker/ biker path along Cape St. Clair Road.

After the required amount of weeping and wailing for a number of years, the path was diverted beyond the drip line of the trees for a few feet. As I expected one tree died the first year and the other in the second spring. New young trees are developing. The path makes two nice but unnecessary curves aroundthe old tree locations.

Please save your breath and enjoy the new birth of trees which will follow these two old ones. JIM FONS Annapolis

DonaldTrump

If you want to know why post-election unity will be, at best, difficult, Richard Striner’s column provides ample evidence (The Capital, Dec. 10).

There’s no room here to examine each of his examples of presidential “crimes” but he gives the game away when he cites “collusion with a foreign enemy.” Which foreign enemy? Russia? The Russian collusion investigation was conducted byDemocratic lawyers who hated President Donald Trump.

After two years of investigation, they foundno evidence of such imagined collusion. “Faulsus in Uno, Faulsus in Omnibus.”

Striner probably wants Trump voters and supporters sent to re-education camps. If they have one in KeyWest, I’d gladly go.

Striner is just another vile partisan who exhausts the thesaurus to make all his non-points. Ifhe’s anacknowledged historian, then it’s no surprise why many of our younger generations are so historically ignorant. MICHAEL ELLIOTT Annapolis

Paul Sarbanes

Just a hurried note to thank you for the well-written and beautiful tribute to our dear

U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes (The Capital, Dec. 9).

He might have been satisfied to work in the background, but we shouldn’t let him be unknown. People who claim that “all politicians are crooked, bad, selfish, etc.” should read your editorial.

Paul is a shining light for all who are interested in good government, in good public service, good politicians.

ANN- MARIE REMILLARD

Millersville