Rural landowners lose use of land and face legal costs while seeing no benefit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTexans need a reliable, affordable grid \u2014 not an unchecked $33 billion-plus buildout serving special interests. I urge readers to ask legislators to re-examine ERCOT\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n
Joanna Friebele, Erath County<\/p>\n
Cuts affect food safety<\/p>\n
Shore up and buckle up Texas (and the other 49). The decimation of science has been covered by The Dallas Morning News several times in the last months. I have repeatedly written U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Rep. Brandon Gill. The few responses I have received have had nothing to do with the content sent.<\/p>\n
The recent firing and subsequent departures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were preceded by a reduction of surveillance of foodborne pathogens on July 1 for all but two foodborne pathogens. . <\/p>\n
Per the CDC\u2019s website, the pathogens that are most likely to contribute to illnesses, hospitalization and deaths are:<\/p>\n
Illnesses: norovirus, campylobacter, salmonella, C. perfringens, and STEC (Shiga Toxin Escherichia Coli). Hospitalizations: norovirus, campylobacter, salmonella, STEC and listeria. Deaths: salmonella, campylobacter, norovirus, listeria, and STEC<\/p>\n
The cutback on surveillance to only two of these (salmonella and STEC) leaves the population vulnerable to much larger outbreaks such as what has happened in the last 18 months with the recalls on Listeria.<\/p>\n
Sharon Beals, Corinth<\/p>\n
City services require money<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cDon\u2019t Add Costs to Dallas\u2019 Budget \u2014 Lower tax rates across Texas is proof mission creep must stop at City Hall,” Sept. 10 editorial. <\/p>\n
The city of Dallas budget does not fund any department other than police and fire enough, and lowering the tax rate is misguided. <\/p>\n
Lowering the tax rate is not the purpose of a city government; ensuring a good quality of life for residents is. During its budget workshops, the city conducted a poll on whether residents preferred 1. the same tax rate and level of services, 2. lower taxes and reduced services, and 3. higher taxes and increased services. The highest percentage chose No. 1. Staffers cited this stat at the District 1 town hall I attended.<\/p>\n
Apparently, the editorial board is engaging in magical thinking about the city\u2019s coffers. It seems to believe that the city can dedicate 50% of new revenue to public safety as per Proposition U (a mandate we will never meet) while animal services, parks and libraries struggle for crumbs, and somehow still cut taxes. You need money to provide services. The math doesn\u2019t add up.<\/p>\n
Lastly, a special shoutout to council member William Roth, who cannot conceive of the idea of funding something that does not have an immediate payoff tomorrow. Who cares about preventing traffic fatalities or making Dallas climate resilient, anyway?<\/p>\n
Brinda Gurumoorthy, Dallas\/North Oak Cliff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But Bible community is OK? Re: \u201cLawmakers cheer ban of \u2018Sharia cities\u2019 \u2014 Abbott\u2019s ceremonial bill-signing targets EPIC…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":237224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14840,5495,59866,11412,42423,1141,7281,18253,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-240757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-city-council","11":"tag-energy","12":"tag-ercot","13":"tag-faith","14":"tag-guns","15":"tag-health-care","16":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","17":"tag-science-and-medicine","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115235106773416636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}