County role in the stadium deal; Bergdahl swap a mistake

About time county pitches in on stadium

Nick Canepa (“City, county team up on Chargers stadium,” March 26) says the county will work with the city to build a new Chargers stadium.

More than “working together” will be needed as the city alone has footed the bills for the original stadium, the stadium upgrade, the ticket guarantee, Qualcomm carrying costs and Petco Park.

County taxpayers outside of the city have been free-riding for the past 50 years. Don’t you think it’s well past time for the county folks outside of the city to foot the bill now?

David Feather
Scripps Ranch

Stop beating up on Clinton for statement

Regarding “Hillary Clinton’s email draws opposing views” (March 14): When is the conservative crowd going to realize and accept that Hillary saying “What difference does it make?” was taken completely out of context?

I was someone who listened to that particular hearing. This was one of seven investigations, 13 hearings, 50 briefings, and 25,000 pages of documents released on Benghazi.

American embassies have been attacked 29 times since 1829 resulting in deaths of both U.S. State Department employees and local employees. Presidents from both teams were not condemned for those attacks and held responsible for the lives lost until President Obama.

Bob Rushford
Scripps Ranch

Who was GOP party chair talking about?

Interesting that Tony Krvaric, who is the San Diego Republican Party chairman, is quoted (“GOP keenly invested in supervisor’s race,” March 23) as saying the following regarding the Board of Supervisors:

“They’ve been ruling like royalty so long. Frankly, most of them have gotten arrogant. People are ready for a change.”

As Democrat Dave Roberts assumed office in 2013, Mr. Krvaric must be referring to three of the other four supervisors.

Besides Dianne Jacob, which two of Bill Horn, Ron Roberts and Greg Cox (all GOP) does he think are arrogant?

David Morrison
Del Cerro

Obama dropped the ball on Bergdahl swap

Who among us didn’t wonder at the time why President Obama traded five Taliban commanders for one soldier (“Charged as deserter,” March 26) who allegedly walked away from duty?

Obama hosted the Bergdahl family in the White House Rose Garden.

It’s time the president apologizes and meets with the parents of the six soldiers who died looking for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

Karen S. Orr
San Diego

Developer not playing fair with community

This past weekend, I encountered Kilroy signature gatherers (“Counterattack threatens One Paseo referendum,” March 25) in another part of San Diego, and they asked me if I was interested in “keeping jobs in San Diego? Did I support economic growth?”

The Kilroy signature gatherer made it impossible to see the whole page that I was asked to sign. Under the folded hidden top of this form, I saw that it was to remove a signature from the opposition petition. Many who signed Kilroy’s “petition” did not know its true nature.

This giant development company is a bully.

I am appalled at such deceptive practices, note that Kilroy is spending millions of dollars to deceive our neighbors and our city.

It’s like David vs. Goliath. It’s important for the truth to be told.

C. Keller
San Diego

Highway xeriscaping should be standard

Speaking of low-hanging fruit, Caltrans water usage is appalling: 12 billion to 13 billion gallons of water per year mostly for watering ice plant, an invasive species.

Just how does this fly in green California? We need to look east to our neighbors Nevada and Arizona in the desert, which landscape their highways with drought-resistant native plants, rock and decomposed granite. Not only is it water wise, it’s much better looking than the ever-present pickle weed.

Bart Denson
Encinitas

Thank you for noting SeaWorld’s good work

Thank you Steve Breen (Cartoon, March 25) for acknowledging some of the good and honorable actions that SeaWorld has done and continues to do in San Diego, on the West Coast and for aquatic creatures.

Sea World deserves positive recognition.

Vicki Link
Linda Vista

Kids today have it too easy

Logan Jenkins’ photograph column was right on. Since we are same vintage, I’d add a few childhood experiences:

Riding the tailgate of family wagon to the city dump w/the old man and my brothers. And will today’s youngsters ever get the business education of mowing lawns, shoveling snow and the 5 a.m. daily paper route? Looking back, every bit as valuable as the MBA!

I’m concerned for the sheltered, hovered kids of today. They’re germ free, gluten free, peanut oil free, but lacking the growing, maturing and toughening experiences of gradually gaining a sense of independence and oneself.

Logan and I are on same page. How do we get attention of the helicopter moms as they reach for the germy-wipes to clean off they’re supermarket carts?

Bill O’Connor
Sunset Cliffs

Only so much we can do to save water

Physics limits tighter efficiency standards. Unintended consequences have become a problem. “Hardened conservation” is limited. The surest way to achieve reductions in water use is higher water pricing which makes politicians cringe. Part of our water bills is the sewer charge. While Propositions 13 and 218 severely limit hidden taxes which I agree with, the State statutes that emanate from those propositions must be amended to make exceptions to allow some degree of fairness (Rancho Santa Fe vs. Sweetwater) where water consumption is concerned. As we enter the fourth year of the drought, it is on the shoulders of the Democratic majority, led by Toni Atkins in Sacramento to secure water reliability for California’s water users. Without water, Toni, the infrastructure becomes moot.

Milton N. Burgess
Mission Valley

DMV waits a small price to pay

While some folks complain about DMV waits, I would like to express my gratitude to the sponsors of AB60: The Safe and Responsible Drivers Act, for looking out for the safety of every California resident. By passing the same requirements as every other licensed driver in California with a written test followed by a behind the wheel exam. the 130,000 newly licensed immigrant drivers are operating under the same rules of the road, and we are all safer as a result. This is a small bump in the road while the kinks are being worked out, but it is a major improvement to all who share the road on our way to work, school, worship and errands. I hope that all our immigrant neighbors will study, test and pass their exams with flying colors; it’s a win-win.

Caroline Theiss-Aird
Vista