Readers Write: Dec. 29
‘Esteemed Electors’ a subversive ad
Subversive. That’s the word which came to mind as I read the paid advertisement to “Esteemed Electors” in the Dec. 15 AJC. Urging electors who have sworn an oath of duty to their states to ignore their responsibilities in a deliberate attempt to prevent the dutifully elected candidate from becoming president is an absolute threat to the peaceful transfer of power for which our nation is known.
One needn’t worry whether an email leak or hack influenced the outcome of the election. The mere attempt to disrupt our elective process in this way suggests to me that those who would wish us to lose faith in our system have already won.
WAYNE KERR, STOCKBRIDGE
Trump’s environmental picks worrisome
America’s elected officials shoulder the heavy responsibility of assuring future generations they will always have healthy air to breathe, clean water to drink, and a climate conducive to adequate food production. As stewards, they are doing a lousy job.
In Georgia, summers bring double-digit orange-alert days, record-breaking temperatures, droughts, and wildfires. Millions of tons of toxic chemicals dumped into our rivers annually have made Georgia’s waterways the eighth most-polluted in the nation.
President-elect Trump’s selection of Scott Pruitt to lead the EPA and Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy will likely exacerbate these deplorable conditions as suggested by your Dec. 19 political cartoon. Pruitt is a leading advocate against EPA’s activist agenda and is a fossil fuel ally; in 2011, Perry argued to eliminate the DOE. The president’s cabinet should support a sustainable future rather than pander to the CEOs of corporations whose environmentally irresponsible practices promote profits over the health of our planet.
Hopefully, Georgia’s senators will vote “no” to the confirmations of Pruitt and Scott, men we cannot count on to advance the case for clean air and water.
BRENDA CONSTAN, ATLANTA
