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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | JUNE 23, 2021
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Biden’s Tulsa speech Editor: Biden’s speech in Tulsa on the 100th anniversary of the 1921 massacre of 300 Blacks made me wonder why schools never taught a thing about this massacre. This was the first I have heard about it. Now, 100 years later, it is brought to our attention that over 1,000 homes of Black Americans were burned down, and now, a century later, after a century of silence about this massacre, people are demanding reparations to the surviving relatives who were not yet born when this atrocity happened. Why weren’t reparations made 100 years ago? The Black community sure could have used the money back then to rebuild their lives that were torn apart. The great-great grandchildren who may receive reparation 100 years later didn’t suffer a day. What’s wrong with our leadership? They let those who suffer to suffer more for a hundred years and give reparation to people in families four generations later who never even read about the massacre in schoolbooks, just like it wasn’t mentioned in my schoolbooks. This is exactly why reparations to relatives of slaves who never were slaves won’t work. Did the Egyptians pay reparations to the Jewish slaves when Pharo set them free? Did Brazil do the same when they freed their slaves? Slavery is a part of history that never should have taken place in civilized society, and it’s a shame that humans found a “need” for such inhumane acts. To “gift” those who were not humiliated or suffered those terrible acts won’t make a single dead slave any happier, because they are the ones who should receive any reparation checks, and that’s impossible. Why give a descendant a check 100 years later to buy a new Cadillac, Mer-
cedes or mansion when that descendant didn’t suffer even a mosquito bite? Democrats use the word “reparation” as a tool to get new Democrats, and they never pay up. This has gone on for centuries. James Logan Buckeye
The weather
Editor: Well, if you thought last summer was hot, get ready for mega heat this summer. It is not all about global warming. Because of the lower levels in our lakes, it has been decided to put water restrictions in effect. It’s all well and good except it is not going to affect homeowners only, but farmers. About 25% of their water allotment is being cut, so that means 25% fewer fields being planted. That means 25% less food produced and a 25% decrease in the money farmers will make, and that may be the difference in staying in business or having to sell off the land. Selling the land has resulted in the mass production of houses and warehouses. And have you noticed how the temps are going up? Well, irrigation, which cools the air and grows the food you eat, evaporates. No irrigation, no evaporation. So, hotter weather. Add to that all the concrete buildings generating even more heat. Maybe we should all cut back on the water usage and keep the farmers growing. Lynda Fiorini Avondale
Full disclosure
Editor: I think your readers, many of them newcomers to Arizona and the West Valley, would benefit if you would
identify your new columnist, J.D. Hayworth. It’s always helpful in making judgments to know the background of columnists. Should you decline, I suggest readers do their own research via any search engine online. I also think Mr. Hayworth should address the question of whether he is planning or thinking about seeking any elected office in the future. John Boudreaux Goodyear
Landlords are the forgotten pandemic heroes
Editor: I totally agree with the columnist David Leibowitz in his article dated June 16, 2021, titled “Landlords are the forgotten pandemic heroes.” I’ve been a landlord previously, for several years. In my college-level training classes on the subject of purchasing, the thought which was most drilled to me was “if you don’t keep your suppliers healthy, they won’t be
there for you.” This is so true in this case. If the tenant doesn’t pay the rent, the potential landlords won’t choose to invest in homes for them to rent. The present landlords will sell their investments properties. It will come back to bite them. Landlords won’t be financially healthy. Barbara Goodpaster Goodyear
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