Letters for June 8, 2017

Bee lines

Re “Bee-leaguered,” by Raheem Hosseini (News, June 1):

The Bee used to be the big dog in town. As such, they made a fortune holding advertisers hostage.

You’ve nicely detailed some of their dumb moves, but as a subscriber for more than 50 years, I’m here to suggest they want to do away with a physical paper entirely.

In the past year my subscription cost has doubled, the actual paper has been more than cut in half, and the delivery service just plain sucks.

My Bee is chronically late, and calls to The Bee and its distributor are a mere annoyance and no big deal to all involved. All I get for my money is a way to start my day angry.

Saddest of all, I’m addicted to my Sacramento Bee, because like an idiot I keep renewing.

Ron Kay

Sacramento

Just add dirt

Re “Fried fish,” by Michael Mott (News, June 1):

Virtually every environmental group and fishing association, as well as residents of the Delta, have come out against the tunnels. It’s simple logic that you can’t save fish by shipping their environment south to water desert areas for corporate ag.

The tunnels are the Peripheral Canal with dirt thrown on top. California voters rejected this idea, but now the governor and his water thieving friends are trying to railroad through this $65 billion boondoggle. You could rebuild every Delta levee for one-tenth the cost.

Roger Thibault

West Sacramento

Hot summer

Re “Man with a plan,” by Shaun Dillon (Letters, May 25):

Sadly, [alleviating homelessness] is not a matter of this plan or that plan, or whether one city’s ideas are better than another’s or a new this or a new that, blah, blah, blah. It is a matter of having the courage to act in a humane manner and effectively deal with the chronic issue of homelessness and what causes it.

It will be summer soon, and blazing temperatures in Sacramento will be upon the homeless just as in years past. So the question has to be asked: Will Sacramento, the City of Trees, be willing to become Sacramento, the City that Cares?

Bob Saunders

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‘Natural rights’

Re “Count down,” by Raheem F. Hosseini (News, May 18):

Why is homelessness a “crisis”? California has a mild climate, and people have been living outdoors in these regions for thousands of years. Just quit monopolizing food sources and grant everyone their natural right to be somewhere. The problem has never been the homeless population, but rather the fact that they are not permitted to dwell, anywhere.

Josef T. Myer

Sacramento