Opinion
I have had it with the Republicans in the state of California and the United States Senate and Congress who have completely ignored the will of the people and have held their positions on tax increases to please their high money contributors, lobbyists and the Republican National Committee.
I hope a middle class revolution will start in this state and country that will encourage voters and people that are not registered to vote to register as Republican so they can vote against the incumbent Republican, and have voter registration forms available for them to do so.
Those incumbent Republican politicians who follow the lead of the Republican National Committee all need to be reminded that this is a free country, and no matter how you are registered to vote, you have a right to change your registration to vote as a Republican. In the primary elections for the next six years you will have an opportunity to vote against those Republican incumbents who refused to vote for the will of the people and instead voted for their big money friends interest.
This will not be needed in states that let you cross party lines in the primary election; this will not work.
Richard Conway lives in Clearlake.
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I was a wide-eyed person with love of the Constitution, respect for those in authority who stood guard, vigilantly aware that power was placed in their keeping.
I in fact can't say it was true then, only that was what I believed.
With that faith, the Marines were my choice to meet that obligation when my county called, willing to serve – no draft for me.
I tell you this so not to praise but to inform. As I have reached the sun setting on my life I want people to understand why I'm critical of government.
People look on those who protest government as delusional, just town clowns or malcontents; to be sure, some of that must be true. I am not one of them.
You see the decay of our government were the ends justify the means; there's no accountability.
I've made an effort for six years to inform the community and show how the local system of government really works. The understanding is complete. The seeds of discontent are not only sown but sprouting within our government and we are the fertilizer. It's easy to understand when you are one of their victims.
I have not found within Lake County government that “might makes right,” only that the “ends justifies the means.” Now it seems all have clammed up. My faith with this government has been replaced with animosity. This government, with ever-expanding power with a loss of accountability to those that government was intended to serve, most assuredly will not endure.
I will take the side of history that this experiment with freedom will end and the replacement is yet to be seem.
To those who would imply that I'm other than what I say, you're wrong.
James Henderson lives in Lakeport.
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