Letters to the EDITOR

Thanks to the Good Samaritan Who Helped Me Home with Groceries

I’m an 80-plus-year-old woman recovering from a broken wrist. I decided Saturday morning to walk to VONS and do my shopping, with the idea of using the shopping cart to go home. Not as easy as it sounds.

I got as far as Emblem Elementary School and realized the street is on a slight incline and it was becoming very difficult to manage the cart with only one working hand.

Several young people walked past me as though I was invisible. I was just about to admit defeat and call for help when I noticed a truck that just passed had stopped.

This young man named Jason approached me and offered to help me.

I gratefully accepted. He got me, my groceries and cart home.

When I asked this total stranger what I could do to show my appreciation for his kindness, his response was, “Have a nice day.”

I just wanted to share this experience and wish all of you a nice day. Colleen Hamilton Saugus

Kavanaugh, Uncle Earl and the Role of Politics in Judicial Confirmation

Steve Lunetta, regarding your commentary on Sept. 20, “Kavanaugh, Uncle Earl, and #MeToo,” I must question some of the comments from “Uncle Earl.”

First, the lack of testimony or evidence of other possible witnesses is missing, along with an investigation by the FBI, which is entrusted to perform such duties in the public interest.

Second, the other alleged witness to this incident, Mr. Mark Judge, made a public statement, but it was not under oath, which can be a whole different thing if a possibility of a felony for lying under oath or to law enforcement becomes an issue.

Third, minors who commit a serious crime should not be considered for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, or any other judgeship for that matter.

Fourth, alcohol is not an excuse, and Mr. Judge has published a memoir of his excessive drinking and foolish exploits, along with his buddy “Bart O’Kavanaugh.”

Fifth, Kavanaugh testified under oath that he never observed any sexual improprieties by one of his early legal mentors, Judge Alex Kazinski, who has been accused by 15 women of such (now we really need that polygraph test on Kavanaugh).

Finally, I do agree that there is far more politics involved in this confirmation process than there should be. Republicans are defending Kavanaugh without calling for an independent investigation. Democrats are questioning his qualifications based upon political and legal history of the judge, not just the allegations of Dr. Ford.

What we do not want is a flawed nominee to be appointed to the highest court of the land, nor a fully qualified and good person to be disqualified based on inadequate investigation of the allegations.

Oops, we already did have a nominee rejected by politics, Judge Garland.

Never mind. Thomas Oatway Valencia

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