Editor,

San Mateo and neighboring communities made good trouble on Good Trouble Lives On day on July 17 when honoring Congressman John Lewis on the five-year anniversary of his death. We marched from the Hillsdale Shopping Center to Central Park, with our signs, flags and music makers. We got a lot of horn honks from the cars driving past. Even a car full of nuns honked and waved and showed their Good Trouble Lives On signs.

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Dirk van Ulden

What is even scarier is that these marchers are allowed to vote. Clearly, they are misinformed and do not bother to read the provisions of Trump's tax bill in detail. The only cuts that are made to Social Security and Medicaid intend to remove a category that is not eligible for these programs but were signed up during the Covid19 scare. They must now start paying for their own health and retirement benefits, like the rest of us. March on into oblivion, please!

Terence Y

Thanks for your letter, Ms. Beavins, Mr. Caggiano, and Ms. Collins, but it sounds like the only progress you’re making is in getting exercise. There’s no change in what our (yes, our) great President Trump is doing in Making America Great Again, again. The One Big Beautiful Bill passed. A rescissions bill passed which defunds USAID, PBS, and NPR. I believe this was the first of more to come. ICE is concentrating enforcement in sanctuary cities and states.

Perhaps the Indivisible organization funding these marches should instead donate their money to PBS and NPR or whatever programs they’re outraged at Trump for defunding. Perhaps marchers should ask for walkathon pledges so while they’re doing future marches, they can earn some money and donate first to PBS or NPR. Tote bags, if they’re still being given out, are useful in holding fluids during long walks. In the wilderness or on El Camino.

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