Letters

To the editor:
Last week, food safety officials in the United Kingdom, France and Sweden found traces of horse meat in ground beef sold across Europe. Massive recalls and lawsuits are ensuing.
Can it happen here? Horse slaughter for human consumption was banned in the United States between 2007 and 2011. Now a New Mexico slaughterhouse is getting approved by U.S. authorities to slaughter horses for human consumption, and a Philadelphia restaurant has already announced plans to serve horse meat.

To the editor:
One generation after the “Greatest Generation,” this generation has forgotten all the lessons and examples of the Founding Fathers and more than two centuries of tradition. As we were the shining examples for the rest of humanity.
Since the financial implosion of 2007, several trillion dollars have suddenly, almost magically, disappeared from the global economy.

To the editor:
Sunset Beach is spending up to $35,000 of taxpayers’ money to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This is a lot of money.
Many of the projects residents request are turned down because they cost taxpayer dollars. However, spending $35,000 seems insignificant to council members who want to host, during an election year, the best celebration they can come up with, with our dollars. It’s nice to have a piggy bank.
The most egregious of these expenditures is about $18,000 being spent on the “free dinner” for 600 people.

To the editor:
This nation is mired in political deadlock where confidence has given way to contentious discourse.
Views emerge as to where fault lies. Some feel we are victim to a demographic transformation with so many views that do not allow a consensus. Others feel the problem is differences between youngsters and elders.
The issue relating to gun control is so divisive that seemingly no consensus can emerge.