Letters to the Editor — NRA, T.C. Broadnax, school choice, Old Parkland
Letters to the Editor The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been criticized for its focus on protecting Second Amendment rights for all citizens, while some argue that it is necessary to limit these rights in the name of safety. The Dallas Morning News editorial suggests that transparency in the deals should be transparent, rather than oversharing. The author also criticizes former City Manager T.C. Broadnax for $423,000 after he resigned and for $44,000 more for not taking his vacation time. Critics argue that the NRA's focus is on protecting the Second Amendment and not taking away the right to bear arms. The state of Texas spends roughly $6,500 per student per year in public schools yet wants to give $10,500 in vouchers to families with school-age children attending private schools.
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Re: “Dallas’ NRA Deal Is Public’s Business — Taxpayers deserve to know where money goes,” Monday editorial
Oversight, not oversharing. If you want to kill the convention business for Dallas, then make the deals public. If public, every convention would know what it could get and would quickly walk away if it didn’t get the same deal — even though there may be good reasons to attract a specific conference to Dallas.
Should deals be reviewed? Sure! Perhaps a rotating committee would review deals once or twice per year. Just don’t kill the convention business if we’re building a new convention center.
I have to wonder why this is such a big issue all of a sudden. Oh wait, it’s the National Rifle Association. This is an organization that fights for Second Amendment rights for all citizens much to the detriment of those who would love nothing more than to limit those rights all in the name of safety.
And before the tired old argument of guns being the No. 1 killer of children is trotted out, make sure you tell your readers that the numbers are arranged in such a way that adults (18- and 19-year-olds) are included in those numbers and infants under that age of 1 are not. It should also be noted that gang activity accounts for a large number of homicides using firearms that were illegally obtained.
Yes, the U.S. has a gun violence problem. Yes, the numbers are staggering. Taking away the right to bear arms is not the answer, although to many it may seem to be the cheapest and easiest answer.
Granted, the NRA has its own issues. However, the organization has still kept to its primary focus on ensuring our Second Amendment rights are not taken away. Imagine the howls of outrage if someone suggested our First Amendment rights were to be limited.
Re: “Dallas was duped, and it’s our own fault — But we can learn from the city manager fiasco so it won’t happen again,” by James Armstrong, Sunday Opinion.
You know there is a sucker born every day. Whoever was on the ad hoc committee that wrote all these compensations into former City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s contract has absolutely no business sense and should not be on or associated with the City Council.
It is so absurd that the city of Dallas and its taxpayers are paying him $423,000 after he has resigned his position. Now to further the absurdity, we are going to give him $44,000 more for not taking his vacation time. Why don’t we give him a parade and a key to the city?
I am sorry, but Broadnax needed to be fired long ago. In any company he would have been terminated after the computer problem. This City Council needs to have the backbone to reconsider his compensation due to his resignation. Broadnax is laughing all the way to the bank.
Re: “Runoff gives hope to families seeking choice — Legislature may have to listen to those whose needs aren’t met by public schools in Texas,” by Valeria Gurr, Friday Opinion.
I just had to laugh when reading this column by Ms. Gurr concerning school choice. Clearly, the author doesn’t understand the issue. As it turns out, she already has school choice so the argument centers around who is going to pay for it.
Interestingly, the great state of Texas spends roughly $6,500 per student per year in public schools yet wants to give $10,500 in vouchers to families with school-age children attending private schools. I don’t have any children in the public school system. It seems to me that if we are going to have welfare for wealthier families, the state should give me at least $4,000 a year (the difference between $6,500 and $10,500).
Oh, and for you liberals out there, the Biden student loan forgiveness deal amounts to roughly the same thing, lest you are feeling too righteous about the whole subject.
My mother-in-law would correct family members quickly if she thought they were wrong in something said by bluntly asking, “[Name], what is wrong with you?”
I have to say the same thing about The Dallas Morning News for running this column by Gurr. I have been proud until now of The News’ opinions opposing the school choice plan demanded by Gov. Greg Abbott. That plan is anything but a choice for the people the governor claims to be helping — poorer, disenfranchised students and their parents.
The plan is to give the parents whose kids are already in private schools a tax break. Gurr espouses nothing but the failure of public schools and claims “choice” will provide hope “for families repeatedly let down by the system.”
Her opinion may be bliss for the rich, but this relief for the thousands of poor families is an illusion and the plan only takes millions of dollars away from public education.
So, why publish this support for school choice that contradicts previous opinions you’ve published? I’m a proud grandfather of three public school grandkids and three grown public school children.
Thinking about the olden days when the horse racing Triple Crown was the big sports news of the day. How times have changed and how our Dallas Morning News has kept up with the times and played a part in our many area teams and their success. Great coverage and a great newspaper!
I have been totally surprised and actually quite mystified as to why I have not heard or seen more media coverage about the demolition of the old Parkland Hospital complex originally built in 1954 and where John F. Kennedy was taken in 1963. Why has the local media been silent about this project? Is the demolition of one of Dallas’ most well-known historic sites just another demolition of no particular interest?
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Konular: Second Amendment, NRA