To the editor: Gov. Gavin Newsom says the pictures of prepare tracks in Los Angeles strewn with shredded containers from rampant package deal thefts “appeared like a Third World nation.”
Maybe we glance “like” a Third World nation as a result of now we have round 40 million folks dwelling in poverty in america. Is it actually shocking that trains carrying beneficial cargo by way of areas of poverty aren't resistant to theft?
It's now not acceptable for folks to not earn a dwelling wage, but there are lots of employers and politicians who imagine in any other case.
It's well past time to deal with the folks on this nation as First World residents. Then we'll see the various optimistic elements of dwelling in a First World society.
Michael Barnes, Altadena
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To the editor: Within the spring of 1959, once I was a freshman on the College of Illinois, the varsity had had sufficient of standard water fights.
With the intention to cease college students from opening the hearth hydrants, the hearth division outfitted all potential retailers (and their hoses) with a inexperienced dye that didn’t come off pores and skin for not less than 10 days. Anybody with seen with inexperienced dye was instantly suspended.
That was the final of the raids.
A railroad automotive door opening that sprayed dye if not opened with a mixture simply may do the trick. Nobody will get injured, simply arrested.
Francine M. Cohn, La Quinta
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To the editor: Your front-page articles on package deal thefts from trains aren't about provide chain points. Fairly, they're graphic representations of lawlessness.
A Los Angeles Police Division captain was quoted as saying that Union Pacific is partly responsible for not deploying extra safety. Is partly 5%, 10%, 50% or one thing else?
What's the share accountability of regulation enforcement to cease this embarrassment?
Craig Campbell, Palos Verdes Estates
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