Right idea, wrong execution
I was pleased to see emphasis by the local police agencies on
keeping
the public informed about sex offenders
– particularly those who go after children. I checked out the
new website(www.watchsystems.com/ca/sanbenito). It doesn’t seem to
be any better
than the existing Megan’s Law database (www.meganslaw.ca.gov).
It actually has exactly the same pictures and textual descriptions
of the offenders. The only feature it adds is the e-mail
notification to those who want to keep up-to-date. I think it would
be more cost-effective to put a link on the sheriff’s website that
connects visitors to the Megan’s Law site. A financially strapped
county could save $7500 a year with that approach.
George L. Fendler
Hollister
Right idea, wrong execution
I was pleased to see emphasis by the local police agencies on keeping
the public informed about sex offenders – particularly those who go after children. I checked out the new website(www.watchsystems.com/ca/sanbenito). It doesn’t seem to be any better
than the existing Megan’s Law database (www.meganslaw.ca.gov). It actually has exactly the same pictures and textual descriptions of the offenders. The only feature it adds is the e-mail notification to those who want to keep up-to-date. I think it would be more cost-effective to put a link on the sheriff’s website that connects visitors to the Megan’s Law site. A financially strapped county could save $7500 a year with that approach.
George L. Fendler
Hollister
Throwing growth a curve
A recent report states that Wisconsin lost almost 5 percent of it’s cropland from 2000-2005. California lost an even larger percentage. The report cited that a solution to this was to incentivise cropland be used for ethanol production, but this takes even more ag land out of food production.
Should we outsource agriculture just so we can cover the U.S. with more cement? With America’s penchant for immigration, over 750,000 legal immigrants last year, and with cropland disappearing at an alarming rate, when will the tipping point come when foreign governments start treating food like oil? The U.S. is again a net importer of food. Water is becoming scarce and expensive. Dams can’t be built. Every tree is sacred.
Practices that encourage endangered species are discouraged by the
permitting process. The new freedom we now enjoy is freedom from, not freedom to. We are committing suicide while we bow our heads praying to nature. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Mark Dickson
Hollister
