Year-round daylight saving time?

Dec 16, 2023
Dec 16, 2023 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

Our Congressman, Kevin Mullin, has sent me a survey about switching between standard time and daylight saving time each year. It had a single question: “Should Congress make daylight saving time permanent? (Yes or No).”

(7) comments

Dirk van Ulden Dec 16, 2023 4:45pm

I did receive his questionnaire and was hoping it would ask me about his support for the Biden impeachment inquiry. Instead, he is wasting my tax dollars on a useless survey. It went in the round file as does most of his mail.

Tafhdyd Dec 17, 2023 9:06am

Good morning Dirk,

I am not sure if I follow your comment correctly. Are you asking if Mullin supports the impeachment inquiry (I think not). Are you talking about the impeachment inquiry that even the old guys that are loosing their influence to the radical right have said that they have no evidence or reason to impeach? As for wasting tax dollars, I would like to see that something shows up in the mail even if it’s trivial just because then I know something happened with my money even if it was “wasted” rather than just disappearing.

Dirk van Ulden Dec 17, 2023 10:17am

Hello Taffy - tongue-in-cheek here. Mullin would not support a Democrat impeachment no matter what. Right now we are dealing with an inquiry, not the impeachment itself which should only happen if there is irrefutable evidence. The Democrats violated that standard twice with Trump and the Republicans once with Clinton. We should learn from those mistakes.

Ray Fowler Dec 16, 2023 6:48am

"Does anybody really know what time it is?" Chicago Transit Authority, 1969

Tafhdyd Dec 16, 2023 2:23pm

Ray,

Yes, it’s 5 o’clock somewhere. Time for a dram or two.[smile]

Tafhdyd Dec 16, 2023 5:47am

I have not seen a survey from Congressman Mullin but if asked I would opt for Standard time year around, not Daylight or switching time as we do now.

Ray Fowler Dec 17, 2023 1:53pm

This questionnaire is a head scratcher... of sorts. Five years ago, San Mateo County voters approved Proposition 7, which would effectively put us on year-round daylight saving time. The vote was 61% to 39%. Unless our congressman believes those numbers have changed, do we really need a questionnaire? Just sayin'...

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