To the editor: Kudos to columnist Mark Z. Barabak for a considerate response to the decision for Sen. Diane Feinstein’s (D-Calif.)'s resignation. Clearly, at age 88, she will not be the identical energetic and dynamic legislator that she as soon as was, neither is it shocking that the variety of her “senior moments” has been steadily growing.
However it is usually clear that she has sufficient assist amongst her workers and fellow senators to again her up when mandatory, and her extraordinary previous service to her California constituents and the U.S. Senate has earned her the fitting to finish her time period of workplace with dignity and with the appreciation of Californians whom she has represented diligently for therefore a few years.
As Barabak suggests, let those that search to switch her start their campaigns on their very own time, and let Feinstein spend the stability of her time period working for the residents of California.
James Zimring, Tarzana
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To the editor: Until you've got skilled the demise of a loving associate, you don’t know the way grief will have an effect on you.
Three years in the past I watched my sister and sister-in-law grapple with the deaths of their husbands inside six months of one another. It took a 12 months and a half to 2 years for them to begin to resemble their previous selves.
The phrase that I bear in mind most from this era: “I don’t know what to do with myself.”
So give Feinstein a break. She simply misplaced her husband.
Cathy Gregory, Lompoc
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To the editor: Barabak’s article on Feinstein’s health made me understand the seriousness of probably not working as much as one’s potential. However what actually struck me was his pronouncement that in an ideal world, everybody would “cross the road solely when the sign permits.”
In the identical concern, The Instances reported two separate killings of individuals by automobiles, and yesterday it carried the story of the tragic killing of a bike owner by a rushing driver in Griffith Park.
I think about Barabak was joking, however he must replace his dialogue of street security and use; in any other case he sounds as out of contact as an 88-year-old senator.
Individuals crossing the road will not be the issue; distracted, rushing drivers and insufficient street designs are.
Taylor Nichols, Los Angeles
The author is Council District 5 consultant to the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee.
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