Dan Walters’ column of Aug. 2 accuses Gov. Gavin Newsom of authoritarianism. While I am no fan of Newsom, I think that accusation is extreme. Walters goes on to describe Newsom working with the Legislature to make the government run smoother. He describes a democratic process. But he calls it un-Democratic because Republicans didn’t have much of a say. If the Republican party (and I’ve been one for a long time) would show a modicum of sanity and support for democracy, more people might vote for them. As it is, we have a Democratic supermajority because Republicans are incompetent.
Mr Covey reminded me when I took a kayak trip on the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry. The guide said, "this is the Potomac River, it separates the idiots and the morons."
Thanks for your letter, Lou Covey, but if Republicans are incompetent, what do you call the current state of Dem-controlled California that we’re living in? High taxes and crime and homeless folks that are pushing people and corporations out of the state, and they take their state and local tax burdens (now lighter) with them. Seems to me that although you say you’re a Republican, you appear to be one in name only. Hopefully you’ll change that and vote for Trump to Make America Great Once Again.
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Mr Covey reminded me when I took a kayak trip on the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry. The guide said, "this is the Potomac River, it separates the idiots and the morons."
Thanks for your letter, Lou Covey, but if Republicans are incompetent, what do you call the current state of Dem-controlled California that we’re living in? High taxes and crime and homeless folks that are pushing people and corporations out of the state, and they take their state and local tax burdens (now lighter) with them. Seems to me that although you say you’re a Republican, you appear to be one in name only. Hopefully you’ll change that and vote for Trump to Make America Great Once Again.
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