East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for March 25, 2022
I am glad to see the growing momentum in Alameda for ranked-choice voting.
Under the current system, it’s possible for a small percentage of voters to have their two votes choose the winners, while the majority of the voters have neither of their two votes assigned to winning candidates. This can enable niche political slates to win without earning a significant proportion of voter support.
This forest represents the losses Pomo tribes have faced over the past 150 years and the state now has an opportunity to make it right.Daylight saving time all year?The United States tried permanent daylight saving time in the 1970s – then quickly rejected it because the country hated it. It also didn’t reduce energy consumption as intended. In 1974, Congress repealed the law – before the two-year experiment was even up. Nearly 50 years later, Congress is back at it. Why? Amnesia apparently.
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