Diatribe
On behalf of your Republican and Independent readers, I thank you for publishing the Arthur Schaper diatribe of Kamala Harris two weeks ago. It’s about time the public learns the truth. Because of recent news Mr. Schaper missed the new fact that Harris wants a border wall program which, since 2015, and 2019, she publicly stated
that she opposed any Border Wall program. As we now know, over 10 million non-citizens have invaded from our southern neighbor since 2021. These invaders, however
needy, (and they have my sympathy) are taking jobs from hard working citizens, along with lowering the wage base of lower income citizens trying to get ahead.
The Biden-Harris administration is wrecking our economy and hurting the poor hard working citizens in favor of those recent arrivals.
Now we hear from Billionaire Democrat Mark Zuckerberg that his company, Meta (Facebook), was pressured by the Biden-Harris administration to censor Meta posts
critical of Democrat government policies. I hope you and other media don’t not support any future control of social media that Meta and others are subjected to currently.
Ken A. Wyzard,
Gardena, Ca.
Memo to Donald Trump
Last I checked:
- 40% of US farmworkers are undocumented.
- 15% are construction workers.
- 10% of production and service workers.
The United States has a labor shortage. I have heard conservative economists say that the major reason the Trump economy did so well was because the Obama people expertly handled the Great Recession.
I understand the Border Patrol wanted the bipartisan border bill to pass.
Michael Madrid
San Pedro
Mr. Madrid,
In regards to the letter before yours I would like to add that the vast majority of jobs that most American citizens don’t do like gardening, agricultural and even meat processing are mostly done by foreign workers and that this country has a long sorted history of profiting off the labor of imported labor. And that this country is mostly made up of immigrants who left their homelands looking for the same kinds of opportunities and freedom that most people now take for granted.
James Preston Allen, publisher
Biff to the Future?
It occurred to me that “Donald Trump” might be rendered as an anagram, by rearranging letters to spell something possibly significant. Perhaps Dumb Old Trap, wherein a baldly malignant narcissist is grievously mistaken for an “alpha male,” a supposedly ideal leader. With no “b” in his name it’s just Dumn, you might say. But wait! He has earned that grace note because Biff always makes a splash. Do consider: if it puffs up like a Biff, waddles like a Biff, and quacks like a Biff. It’s a Biff!
Yes, the elephant in the room is Biff. Folks whose quirky minds are mired in Stencil Culture can’t see the obvious because they’re so busy trying to impose their hyper-simplistic patterns on the world.
“Boys are boys and girls are girls. And everything must fit just so. Otherwise, it’s an outrage! Where is my Stencil?!”
Their senses of nuance, irony, and tolerance for ambiguity, are all biffed up!
Harken back 40-odd years to a time when our clever hero, an actual good teenager, Marty McFly, left Biff, a brawling bully, along with the rest of his little gang, under a truckload of horse shit. With that said, “We are not going back!” So yes, the cinematic trilogy was Back to the Future, wherein Marty repeatedly repairs a biff-biffed-up timeline on behalf of Character Culture.
Sometimes, gentle readers, we do have to go back. We must use towering works of fiction to get our point across. Stencil Culture cannot be pressed into servicing Character Culture, but rather, impressed into service in ways that nonetheless expansively broaden the great rainbow arc of our so very sweet future Earth. And so? Biff. Character Culture says “Trump is a bully,” thinking it’s blatantly obvious but, at the same time, vital to note. Surely you see my drift! Assuming a sense of arch consequences naturally follows from a frank observation, Character Culture tables the point. Or repeats it ad nauseam in a sad smattering of overly abstract, verbal ways. “Biff is an idiot. Biff is a psychopath. Biff is a fascist.”
Stencil Culture will have none of it. So? Aptly? Biff. Character and consequences must be paired in frothy flights of fancy that nonetheless hit home by repeating various biffed-up outcomes, and farsighted corrections on the McFly. Training. There isn’t any antidote for those so deeply quagmired in fight or flight frames of reference that they are entertained and even inspired by Blatantly unchecked Biff. Yet hope remains. Among them are folks that, if given a clear choice between light and darkness, can bridge the gaps between visceral and abstract, twixt past, present and future, tween adrenaline and actuality, impulse and choice. Your swing voters. The Undecided Culture. They need not fall for that Dumn Old Trap.
Care and share, or read ‘em and weep.
Robin Raymond Anderson
San Pedro
PV Land Consrvancy and Portuguese Bend
As longtime members of this beloved community, all of us at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy would like to express our deep concern and support for our neighbors and the broader community as we grapple with the catastrophic damage caused by the Portuguese Bend landslide complex and the loss of homes, access to utilities, cherished landmarks, and public trails. We are reminded how special our community is and are inspired by the resiliency of people who are working together to navigate the problems affecting the Peninsula’s homes and livelihoods.
The Land Conservancy is the Habitat Manager of the 1,400-acre Palos Verdes Nature Preserve owned by the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. In this role, the Land Conservancy coordinates closely with the City on the various projects and activities including those in and around the landslide areas.
In response to the land movement issues, the Land Conservancy is contributing its landscape knowledge and biological personnel resources to support the City of RPV, residents, utilities, landslide abatement districts and the contractors implementing emergency response measures to address the land movement. The Land Conservancy has, and will continue to ensure, that the preserve management activities do not exacerbate the land movement or the impacts on the affected communities. We are also doing everything possible to ensure the landslide remediation work is not delayed or obstructed in any way as a result of our habitat management duties.
Fire safety remains a major concern and the Land Conservancy has already adapted its restoration activities in and around the landslide area to prioritize removing dry weeds and allowing for the natural recovery of native plants. Nonnative plant removal is underway as part of fuel load reduction efforts and is designed to avoid destabilizing slopes by leaving root systems intact.
Understandably, residents of Portuguese Bend, Seaview, Portuguese Bend Beach Club and Rolling Hills are looking for steps to be taken to prepare for the upcoming rainy season. To that end, we are also offering our assistance to the City in those efforts and are committed to helping to implement best management approaches to resolve larger, long-term issues affecting the underlying causes of the land movement.
The Conservancy will continue to provide its expertise and services for future emergency response efforts and stands ready to mobilize volunteers for projects that are executed in collaboration with the City of RPV, utilities and other stakeholders that will help alleviate the situation. If you have suggestions, questions, or concerns regarding the Land Conservancy’s activities, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at info@pvplc.org, as we want to hear from you and look forward to assisting.
Sincerely, Adrienne Mohan
Executive Director
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy