Letters to the Editor: Feb. 4, 2022 – Monterey Herald

Why Monterey County?

I track the COVID statistics for areas of interest to me, with the New York Times COVID tracker. It is much more user-friendly than our Monterey County Health Department website. As I look at these numbers I have to ask myself What is wrong with this picture? Why is it that Monterey County is so far behind, even nearby counties, in getting this pandemic under control? Of the surrounding counties that I track only Monterey and Kings County have rising case rates. Can Dr. Moreno provide some answers?

Helen Ogden, Pacific Grove

Its still a mystery among many in the entertainment media why Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA winner and successful journalist, suddenly decided to leap from the ninth floor of her New York apartment. Maybe she was lonely and depressed about growing old, having heard so many popular myths about the negative side of turning 30. Why would someone so attractive and successful do such a crazy thing?

Most of her time seems to have been spent entering beauty contests and studying for a law career. She was one of three black women who all won beauty pageants in the same year, and one of the oldest Miss USA winners. Perhaps too much political correctness has entered the judging of beauty contests and pressure to choose winners based on racial quotas or, forgive me mentioning this, tokenism.

It is truly ironic that this happened only a few days after Biden had announced his plan to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court. Only two brain cells tell me we should always consider the best-qualified person to fill a crucial job in government or even a dishwasher at Dennys. I believe a man named King once said this was judging people by the content of our character, and not the color of our skin.

Too often, race and gender are being considered first instead of not at all. After all, selecting a judge for the Supreme Court shouldnt be like judging a beauty contest.

Bill Graham, Salinas

How many times has Biden been accused of a crime? Too many times to count. And yet, he has never been convicted. We have been told nobody is above the law in this country. Does anybody actually believe this?

Are Republicans, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Congress afraid of the truth about Bidens administration unmitigated, unconstitutional decrees requiring the Supreme Court to step in and admonish him. Then there is son Hunters admissions regarding Biden family collusion with Russia and China, and demand for payments for worldwide services provided for them. How is it that Biden and most of his cronies have so far escaped accountability for their transgressions? Republicans need to go on the offensive immediately!

There can be no doubt that Biden is guilty of financial crimes, political crimes by self-incrimination (fire Ukrainian Prosecutor or you wont get the money), assaults on women (all women should be believed), etc., but has never acknowledged any of these crimes. Most Americans understand that our justice system has always been flawed. Those who have power (47 years in office), money and the right skin color, have always gotten away with more than others.

But Biden and his woke Marxist accomplices keep chipping away at what remains of democracy (actually a Republic) in America, we just dont have time to wait. If we ever truly had a reasonably fair justice system, this is the time to prove it. Otherwise, we will continue living in an autocracy/plutocracy and governance by executive fiat (Bidens preferred method), but no longer a democracy. I dont want that to happen, but it very well could happen.

Eric Schultz, Spreckels

Will Russia invade Ukraine, and how will we respond if we do? All this belligerent posturing and brinkmanship, with poor Ukraine, caught in the middle, has me concerned. You might say that both sides are playing chicken Kiev with Ukraine, and its a sure recipe for disaster.

Glenn Nolte, Carmel Valley

Wealthy men with private space programs. Homelessness and poverty. A twice impeached ex-President attempts to destroy democracy. The coronavirus pandemic and Tom Brady retires.

Aint life grand!

Bob Hogue, Pacific Grove

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