Artful
Love, love, love Katie Kincade’s work (“Rocking Artist,” Sept. 6)!
Via Bohemian.com
What Are You Smoking?
“Going to Pot” (The Nugget, Sept. 6) incorrectly states that the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey indicates “The portion of adolescents who thought smoking marijuana was harmful also did not change” when in fact the study states the exact opposite, that “fewer students see regular marijuana use as risky behavior.”
Santa Rosa
What About
the Workers?
Clearly the health of grapes takes precedence over the well-being of vineyard workers. On Saturday, Sept. 2, I read the online article in the Press Democrat, “Harvest in Heat Wave.” A few of the photos show workers wearing bandanas that cover their mouth and nose for protection against dust and smoke. Some also wear caps and hoodies for further protection. These people were picking grapes at night under hot, bright lights, under skies shrouded with smoke during last weekend’s excessive heat wave when temperatures rose to over 100 degrees. Workers toil at a feverish pace from early evening until dawn picking grapes and then running with bins full of grapes when even the nights were much warmer than usual.
I was stunned by the paragraph that read, “Smoke from Trinity and other northern California fires should not pose a problem for the local crop as grapes are more susceptible to smoke taint in the early summer than at this point in the growing season.”
In this entire article, there is no empathy shown or compassion stated for the workers who pick in extreme weather conditions, and no mention of the workers’ health when exposed to “smoke taint.”
This situation reminds me of how the Trump administration treats people and the environment.
Occidental
Trump Twister
Don’t be a ‘wower’
Don’t just be sour
Don’t frown and glower
Don’t crouch and cower
Beneath Trump Tower
It’s no real bower
Now is the hour
It’s time to scour
Reclaim our power
Be the truth’s vower
Let our hearts flower
Let our lights shower
Make America
Really great again
America first
No mistake, amen!
Santa Rosa
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