Letters to the Editor 10/13

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  Back in 1776, we found common ground around “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Today, while we respect and honor our Americanism, we tend to find ourselves belonging to an ever-evolving variety of diverse groups. How we increase our capacity to recognize common ground when our groups honor a cornucopia of different values and missions can seem daunting at times.

  At United Way of San Luis Obispo, we believe we can find common ground around “Life, liberty and the pursuit of education, income and health.”

  We’re advancing the common good through our focus on education, income and health — the building blocks to a good quality of life.

• Letters to the Editor 4/11

  Letters to the Editor 4/11

  Hacks on the bench

  I have a question for Kirby K. Gordon regarding his letter (“Judiciary’s purview,” April 7), expressing how he read with “profound sadness” President Barack Obama’s comments about our unelected Supreme Court and the present overreaching of their power.

  Was he equally filled with “profound sadness” when former President George W. Bush said, The Supreme Court “is the only branch of the government that is unelected and whose officers serve for life. Unfortunately, some justices give into temptation and make law instead of interpreting it. Such judicial lawlessness is a threat to our democracy — and it has to stop.”

• Letters to the Editor 3/17

  Letters to the Editor 3/17

  Grand jury perks

  If you are drawn to secretive, exciting, challenging and rewarding opportunities, then being a member of the San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury is for you!

  As a former grand jury member, I found the experience not only exciting, but an experience of a lifetime. The personal rewards are priceless and many, here are just a few: Meet interesting people from all walks of life and make new friends; serve your community in a unique way; become a better informed citizen; observe and learn how your government agencies and court systems work; look at and understand issues from all sides; meet and interact with key public officials (including the sheriff and chief of police from each city within the county), department heads and staff of the county; tour the inside of our local state prison (CMC) and the county jail and gain a different perspective on how they operate.

• Letters to the Editor 4/27

  Letters to the Editor 4/27

  Pet overpopulation

  The Tribune’s editorial (April 22) about the aggressive-pet ordinance that makes it possible to hold landlords accountable for dangerous pets contains an important point.

  Aggressive pets can be an issue, to be sure, but those of us who work to improve the lives of dogs and cats know that overpopulation touches many more lives. In fact, estimates of stray, abandoned and feral cats in the North County range into the tens of thousands. Why not require landlords to accept only spayed or neutered pets?

• Letters to the Editor 5/14

  Letters to the Editor 5/14

  Politics, then and now

  Joseph J. Ellis had an article in the Los Angeles Times (May 6) that helped me understand our present politics better.

  Our founding fathers did not bring forth a “new nation” in 1776. It was a temporary union of sovereign states, declaring themselves independent from Britain. In 1787, we became the United States, but Thomas Jefferson believed that those who governed would be the educated elite. He thought of this group as us and the masses as them. In other words, “small government.” George Washington and John Adams opposed Jefferson, but it wasn’t until Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt that government became “us” rather than “them.”