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Riverside County sheriffs deputy was doing his job

Re No need to manhandle vendor at graduation (Sal Rodriguez, July 22):

Regarding Sal Rodriguezs column on the Riverside County Sheriffs Deputy taking down a woman selling flowers without a permit at the Perris High School graduation, Rodriguez made a forceful case against the heavy-handed enforcement against the perpetrators of victimless crimes, but he lost me in his final paragraph where he states, Something has gone wrong when a woman selling flowers can find herself manhandled by an overpaid deputy allegedly tasked with upholding the rule of law.

First of all, our law enforcement officers are, by definition, tasked with upholding the rule of law. Theres nothing alleged about it. Secondly, how does Rodriguez know that this deputy is overpaid? And what the heck relevance does this have to the incident at all?

For me, Rodriguezs pejorative characterization of our police officers nullified the several good points he made in his column.

Greg Schneider, Redlands

Why no input from residents of Fontana?

Winston Churchill once said, Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

He could well have been talking about Fontana. This past week, the Fontana City Council voted to move forward a proposal to enact electoral districts without allowing for reasonable input from the community.

In a city comprised of over 200,000 residents, the council felt that two, yes two, public hearings would prove sufficient to gather the intel needed to move forward on a plan of action. Only that didnt happen. On July 25, Mayor Acquanetta Warren arrived at City Hall with a prepared statement and resolution language to move forward.

In other words, the mayor and her two sure votes on the council already had planned their intent to ignore civic input. Compare this to the implementation of the city General Plan, when the city held countless hearings, community workshops and town halls. I guess their message is simple: when decisions are tied to money, an earnest effort will be made to gather input. When decisions are tied to political longevity, the less the public knows, the better.

Carlos D. Bravo, Fontana

GOP threw Inland Empire residents under the bus

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Re Mayes must go as Assembly leader (John Pillips, July 30) and Republican support wasnt needed (Jon Coupal, July 30):

The GOP threw Inland Empire residents under the bus with their votes. With the gas tax set to increase and adding the additional cost of cap and trade to a gallon of gasoline will hit motorists in Riverside and San Bernardino hard in their pocketbooks.

The reality is public transportation is not a viable entity in California, unlike in New York or DC. For instance, when I took a public transportation from Yucaipa to Ontario Airport, it took approximately four hours catching two buses.

Finally, the bus dropped me way off from the airport and I was told the public transit does not go anywhere near arrival or departure areas, only cars, taxis and shuttles go there. It was almost as if a citizen taking public transportation was not expected to fly.

In addition, a significant amount of the cap-and-trade dollars are going to be spent on high-speed rail going from Los Angeles to San Francisco; How does that benefit San Bernardino, Riverside or San Diego? Overall, it was a poor choice by the GOP and any goodwill they have will be gone as well.

Hari Iyer, Yucaipa

Enough with the bullying

Re What does the Republican Party stand for? (Question of the Week, July 31):

The seemingly eternal verbal bullying about which major party is the better reminds me of when kids used to get into an argument ending with each one claiming, Oh yeah? Well, my old man can lick your old man!

Now, in my 86th year as a Californian, I recall when I was growing up, my older brother explaining to me that its the job of the Democratic Party to come up with new ideas, and the job of the Republican Party to make them work. Lets help both parties do their job.

Ralph Manus, Banning

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