Clinton not stealing the election from Sanders
The front page story on May 11 (“Another win for Sanders”) about the West Virginia Democratic election results told an interesting tale of Senator Sanders winning elections, but Secretary Clinton maintaining a delegate lead due to mysterious “super delegates.” This is an interesting but misleading story.
The fact is that Clinton has received about 3 million more votes than Sanders and has almost 300 more elected delegates. Democrats award delegates proportional to the votes. So in West Virginia, Sanders received 16 delegates and Clinton 11. Sanders would be a long shot if super delegates did not exist because he cannot win enough delegates to catch up. Unfortunately, the facts get in the way of your good story.
LARRY AUERBACH, ATLANTA
Story on probation officers raises questions
The AJC’s story about the pay, staffing, caseloads and qualifications for Georgia’s probation officers (“Caseloads are heavy for Georgia probation offiers,” News, May 1) raises some important questions. Crime is a growing problem that destroys lives and degrades communities. So why would we cut back on a necessary resource to combat this danger? Why did the General Assembly approve only enough money to fill 72 of the 192 vacancies in the department? Does Gov. Deal have the authority to insist on proper funding? Why does the job pay $34,000 a year, require a four-year degree, and is any major accepted?
If our state government weakens the Department of Community Supervision to make the parole function more susceptible to privatization, then we all lose except for some pre-positioned, politically connected special interests.
TONY GARDNER, CUMMING
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