East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for Aug. 2, 2023
If we are going to have a conversation about Oakland’s shortage of police, it must be grounded in objective facts.
First, it is not accurate to say that leaders in Oakland have no concern for public safety. Mayor Sheng Thao recommended funding for six police academiesSecond, the city of Oakland offers new police recruits one of the highest signing bonuses in the state, but the department still has a hard time finding qualified applicants. San Francisco is also having recruitment issues.
Finally, the Anti-Police Terror Project provides a check to the sometimes unchecked power and authority of rogue police in Oakland. Federal monitors are in place for a good reason.Environmental costof nukes is too highNuclear energy is not “clean” energy. It doesn’t utilize carbon sources. It does require uranium and produces highly radioactive waste on an ongoing basis at all plants, some on earthquake faults. It’s stored at these plants in the open in temporary storage.
The U.S. has no solution to store this waste, which will be radioactive for 1,000 years plus, safely. There have only been three nuclear plant crises to date but even one more is too much. Fukushima, a total meltdown, has bordered off large swaths of land that are now radioactive. It impacted
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