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Tears over business
Re: “The Lady weeps,” Your Turn, Feb. 9:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York commented that the Statue of Liberty cried after an unconstitutional executive order on immigration by Donald Trump.
A reader says the Lady cried more on 9/11, but he forgets an important fact. The 9/11 hijackers were nearly all Saudis. Saudi Arabia was not included in the ban.
Could it be because the president has business ties with the Saudis?
Mario Gutierrez
Voter fraud proof?
Is there evidence that voter fraud existed? Let’s see. Hillary Clinton lied about her emails. Democrats sandbagged Bernie Sanders. Democratic-leaning deep pockets reportedly funded protesters at Donald Trump rallies.
And now we are led to believe that illegals did not vote and deceased voters did not have imaginary proxy voters.
No evidence at all? You decide.
James Eberwine
No respect
The new president is constantly talking about “respect,” how he respects even people he disagrees with.
The truth is, he has no respect for anyone, not even himself. A self-respecting person does not allow himself to cheat, lie and degrade others while exalting himself. A self-respecting person regards every human being the same, no matter their race, religion, lifestyle or financial status.
Audrey Dlugosz
Test more wild deer
The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a free-ranging whitetail buck in Medina County is evidence that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department needs to get a handle on this disease in the wild.
Last year, whitetail deer at a Medina County deer farm tested positive for CWD, which should have been an omen. Deer farms in Texas can’t import deer from other states, and the farms themselves go through stringent procedures to make sure they don’t get CWD, including testing of all eligible animals. However, political opponents of deer farms tried to use the news to push their own agenda. TPWD even tightened rules on deer farms last year.
Yet, with a free-ranging whitetail in Medina County now testing positive, it provides evidence that free-ranging deer may have spread CWD onto the farm.
What we still don’t know is how widespread CWD is among free-ranging deer. The disease was found last year in mule deer in the Panhandle and in 2012 in the Hueco Mountains.
However, TPWD has only tested, on average, about 2,200 deer a year for CWD since 2002. Given the 3.8 million deer in Texas, that’s far too low to know where CWD has spread. TPWD needs to start more testing immediately.
Charly Seale, chairman, Media Review Committee, American Cervid Alliance
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