For Theresa Galvin to lead Jackson County, voters need her stance on Trump’s Big Lie
Need to know
After recently reading that several major newspaper chains were stopping the policy of endorsing candidates in elections, I read with pleasure Michael Lindenberger’s recent column assuring readers that The Star is going to continue to endorse a variety of candidates for public office. (Oct. 10, 7A, “Why The Kansas City Star still makes candidate endorsements”) I think it’s an important public service.
I was then pleased to see that The Star endorsed Theresa Galvin for Jackson County executive. I have been looking for an alternative to incumbent Frank White, and the editorial board’s analysis assured me that Galvin would be a very good choice for a number of reasons.
On further reflection, one question came to mind: I noted that Ms. Galvin is a Republican. Therefore, I need to know if she believes that Joseph Biden was a fairly and freely elected president.
If that is the case, she has my vote enthusiastically. If, however, she is a supporter of The Big Lie, I cannot trust she believes in a commitment to the truth, honesty and integrity that is necessary for my trust in her.
That is a question I must ask of anyone running for office as a Republican.
- Susan White, Kansas City
Work for Yemen
The Friends Committee on National Legislation advocacy team in Independence thanks Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II for co-sponsoring H.J. Res. 87 directing the removal of U.S. armed forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
The past seven years of the Saudi-led war in Yemen have created a chronic state of emergency, according to the United Nations, in which more than 20 million people need assistance, 19 million will go hungry and 160,000 face famine-like conditions.
Unlike the war in Ukraine, the United States can stop the war in Yemen, which is conducted with U.S.-supplied weapons, training, intelligence and maintenance from arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
After U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio and Pramila Jayapal announced their intent to introduce and pass a Yemen War Powers resolution in February, the UN negotiated a two-month truce in April, which was extended twice, moving the end date to Oct. 2. However, the truce expired when the warring parties failed to extend the truce a third time.
The growing list of congressional co-sponsors, now totaling 115, plus the introduction of a companion resolution S.J. Res. 56 in the Senate, have kept the warring parties negotiating instead of fighting.
- Steve Kellogg, Independence
We’re the refs
A Wednesday letter to the editor (14A) compared the officials who called Monday night’s game between the Chiefs and Raiders to President Joe Biden’s appointees.
I offer another sports analogy: After Donald Trump separated hundreds of children from their parents and put them in camps where their parents had no contact, led an incompetent and failed response the the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 1 million Americans (after calling criticism of his lax action a hoax), and then encouraged a failed insurrection against our government, the American people — the refs — called foul in the 2020 election and told him: “Three strikes. You’re out.”
- Karen Marie Zentz, Raymore
New meaning
Christina Bobb, an attorney representing Donald Trump, signed a letter recently that certified all classified documents in Trump’s possession were returned. But, the National Archives claimed that Trump still has not returned all the documents. (Oct. 12, 12A, “Trump lawyer who vouched for records sees FBI”)
Because Bobb went out on a limb for Trump, the Justice Department is now investigating her. Like other attorneys who have represented him, she is now in legal jeopardy.
Perhaps MAGA should stand for “Many Attorneys Get Attorneys.”
- Ann Geraughty, Overland Park
