LETTERS: Clinton proving she can’t be trusted
To the editor:
We have all heard and read that when she was secretary of state, Hillary Clinton used her personal email account on a personal, privately owned server, rather than the prescribed government email system (“Clinton emails provide little for GOP critics,” May 23 Review-Journal). But this is all we have heard.
Her term as secretary of state was four years. Before that, she was a U.S. senator from New York for several years. I wonder how a U.S. senator and the secretary of state could possibly discuss, send emails and talk with others in government without touching on, discussing and sending classified items. In fact, without any military experience, Mrs. Clinton discussed Benghazi security arrangements, etc. How in the world could she do so without using classified data in some form or other?
Now we hear that after her turnover of so many pages of emails that some of them are considered “now classified.” Isn’t this nearly the same thing as what Gen. David Petraeus did? We all know that he was punished for what he did. Is there a possibility that because he has fewer resources than Mrs. Clinton, he gets punished and she will not?
How can we trust Mrs. Clinton? Unfortunately, many Americans will vote for her because she could potentially become the first woman president. Think about that. Can we as a nation afford to have a person running this country, when that person lacks regard for handling classified information?
TERRY FRAZIER
MESQUITE
Union compensation bill
To the editor:
I had fervently hoped that Senate Bill 241 would be enacted into law, which it was last week. It will reduce the burden on taxpayers by requiring unions to pay the costs involved when employees do union work, instead of the work for which they were hired.
It would be nice if all costs were reimbursed, instead of just the employee’s salary. Remember that the employer pays for vacations, sick days, extremely generous pensions, medical insurance and more.
In the private sector, salary is about 75 percent of an employee’s total compensation package. In the public sector I would not be surprised to learn that it is closer to only 50 or 60 percent. So to repay the municipality for the total cost of the employee, the union should return almost twice the employee’s hourly wage. Knowing how beholden many politicians are to unions, I would encourage the Review-Journal to monitor the operation of this law.
STANLEY LINKEN
HENDERSON
Patriots’ punishment
To the editor:
I had to laugh after reading Henry Soloway’s letter (“Brady punishment,” May 18 Review-Journal). So let me get this straight: The Wells report finds that it was “more probable than not” that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was aware of deflation of footballs, but there’s no definitive proof. Mr. Soloway’s suggested punishment is banning Mr. Brady and Patriots coach Bill Belichick for life from the NFL. Wow!
What if there were any hard evidence of any actual wrongdoing? Should they get a prison sentence? The NFL just handed out one of the harshest penalties in its history, and Mr. Soloway is still not happy? It sounds like there is a little hatred of the Patriots here.
Where was the outrage when Carolina and Minnesota were caught on video heating footballs on the sidelines during a game? That is against the rules. As with the Patriots’ case, that fell under the category of manipulating the football, yet those teams got a warning. No investigation, fines or suspensions. That sounds fair to me.
Leave Mr. Brady’s penalty at a four-game suspension and move on with life.
JOHN JOYCE
HENDERSON
