Letters for February 16, 2017

Honk if you want it both ways

Re “Pipe(line) dream” by Karlos Rene Ayala (SN&R News, February 9):

“Cars honked their support”? These drivers are missing the key connection between their driving and these pipeline projects: fossil fuels. If it had been bicyclists and pedestrians waving their support as they went by, that would be great, but instead we have hypocritical drivers honking their support.

Dan Allison

Sacramento

Bernie is for feminists, too

Re “Thanks, Bernie” by Christine Craft (SN&R Letters, February 9):

Ms. Craft appears to be saying that women feminists who criticized Hillary Clinton during the election and supported Bernie Sanders instead are misogynists and responsible for Clinton’s loss. Ms. Craft is saying that feminist women should have supported Clinton just because she is a woman. That was the same nonsense espoused by Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem. These three women demonstrate their prejudice, arrogance and ignorance by this ridiculous contention. A woman legislator or executive is no more capable of supporting women’s rights than a man. Anyone who states that women should support women candidates based on their female gender insults the intelligence of women and is sexist.

Janet Mercurio

Sacramento

Fixing homelessness starts with support

Re “Out, numbered” by Dave Kempa (SN&R News, February 2):

This was a very informative and well-written article. I appreciate the detailed and fair reporting. It is sad to see others on the streets or struggling, especially people with kids. I was driving down Third and V streets earlier today and saw a middle-aged man with his little boy who looked to be about 5 years old. They were definitely homeless.

The father was hugging the kid so tight, and the boy had no clue to their horrible situation. To the kid, it was all an adventure.

How does this happen? I have no idea. What we don’t realize is that there are already programs out there to serve the needy and homeless. But, for whatever reasons, the programs are either not getting to the people in need or the same people are not needing the programs. Thus, it’s a tough solution to a horrible situation. The question to ask is: What do we do? Seriously. And it has nothing to do with money. Period.

Hieu Tran

Sacramento