Drivers just blow stop signs in this Fort Worth neighborhood. Police asleep at the wheel | Opinion
Talk about some road hazards
There is an epidemic in Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhood between West Magnolia Avenue and West Berry Street, Hemphill Street and Eighth Avenue. Drivers routinely ignore stop signs. This problem persists because there is almost zero traffic enforcement in this area.
Isn’t it time to see our tax dollars at work, ensuring our streets are safe?
- Stephen Mosher, Fort Worth
Driving deaths are no mystery
The headline in the online eEdition Extra Extra section Monday reads, in part: “Spike in traffic fatalities puzzles lawmakers.” (Page 10) What are they puzzled about? It’s obvious that it has to be distracted driving, specifically texting but also talking and holding your phone, which is ridiculous because most modern cars have Bluetooth now.
Until there is a serious crackdown, which should involve license suspensions, we’ll not see a change in this easily identifiable issue.
- S.R. DeWees, Arlington
Hatred shows its face publicly
The insidiousness of the Nazi takeover is slyly depicted in “Cabaret.” In the beginning of the movie, brown shirts are angrily evicted from a nightclub. At the end, they are accepted with a “Heil Hitler!” salute.
Today, hate groups hide behind the First Amendment.
- Janette Mehl, Duncanville
Trump family keeps succeeding
Instead of prospering under the leadership of Donald Trump’s second term as president, the country is witnessing an unprecedented civil trial against his unrivaled real estate empire.
Democrats are putting a lot of time and money into convincing the public that the Trump family broke the law. This frantic effort is because they cannot go after Trump’s successful record and exemplary accomplishments.
The Trump Organization was built from the ground up through hard work by multiple generations of the Trump family. Trump’s children are upstanding individuals, dedicated to a family business that they run with the utmost integrity.
Despite the relentless attacks, their family’s American success story persists and thrives. The Trump family is resilient and continues to work for the betterment not only of their business but also for the United States.
- Melissa Reed, Keller
How Davis gets abortion so wrong
The headline on Mark Davis’ Nov. 17 column reads, “GOP can win on abortion, but messaging matters.” (13A) All the Republicans have to do is convince a majority of women they are so dumb that male government bureaucrats can make better decisions regarding their reproductive health care than can the women and their doctors.
Davis also believes that “adoption is the answer.” He fails to explain why it’s not the answer to solving the problem of surplus children in government care programs.
Davis has failed to convince me that women should lose a right in order to expand the power, size and cost of government in this state.
- Larry Mason, Azle
Hamas designs its own horrors
Hamas knew Israel would respond to its Oct. 7 attack with sustained violence.
Hamas knew that Israel would kill the very Gaza members this terrorist organization callously used as human shields.
Hamas chose to kill and take as hostages innocent, unarmed Israelis to “change the equation,” Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya asserted in a New York Times interview. He called it “a great act, and, without a doubt, it was known that the reaction to this great act would be big.”
Big? Try soul-crushing and heart-rending.
Hamas could have recognized Israel’s right to exist and then challenged Israel to negotiate a just, long-lasting peace instead of plunging the region into a dystopian horror.
Imagine the images we would be seeing if Hamas had been brave enough to do that.
- Barbara Chiarello, Austin
