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East Bay Times Letters to the Editor for July 18, 2024
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Mercury News Letters to the Editor for July 18, 2024
![State could lose out on more huge sums this summer due to poor communication and botched parent outreach. State could lose out on more huge sums this summer due to poor communication and botched parent outreach.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/061424_Healthy-Food-Access_JG_CM-01.jpg?w=538)
Opinion: How California missed out on $1 billion to feed kids during pandemic
State could lose out on more huge sums this summer due to poor communication and...
Editorials
![State bills aim for meetings solely by teleconference, another step down the slippery slope toward secrecy State bills aim for meetings solely by teleconference, another step down the slippery slope toward secrecy](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EBT-L-MARTDEV-0819-1.jpg?w=620)
Editorial: Stop eroding California’s Brown Act transparency law for local government
State bills aim for meetings solely by teleconference, another step down the slippery slope toward secrecy
Opinion Columnists
![An ancient proverb is at play in the fight over a U.S. Senate seat held for 30 years by the late Dianne Feinstein. The proverb: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Think Roosevelt and Churchill helping dictator Stalin repel Hitler in World War II. Or the Reagan administration backing Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein in his war against anti-American Iran in the 1980s. True, a Senate race isn’t the same as a shooting war. Not exactly. But as Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz put it in the early 1800s: “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics […] An ancient proverb is at play in the fight over a U.S. Senate seat held for 30 years by the late Dianne Feinstein. The proverb: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Think Roosevelt and Churchill helping dictator Stalin repel Hitler in World War II. Or the Reagan administration backing Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein in his war against anti-American Iran in the 1980s. True, a Senate race isn’t the same as a shooting war. Not exactly. But as Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz put it in the early 1800s: “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics […]](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/OCR-L-GARVEYPOLL-0221-2.jpg?w=620)
Opinion: Smart but stinky strategies in California’s Senate race
An ancient proverb is at play in the fight over a U.S. Senate seat held for 30 years by the late Dianne Feinstein. The proverb: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Think Roosevelt and Churchill helping dictator Stalin...
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Commentary
![If council members approve her proposed budget, they will sacrifice the city’s future to prolong uncontrolled spending. If council members approve her proposed budget, they will sacrifice the city’s future to prolong uncontrolled spending.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-OAKBUDGET-0524-3-2.jpg?w=480)
Opinion: As Oakland reaches a fiscal cliff, Mayor Sheng Thao plans to jump
If council members approve her proposed budget, they will sacrifice the city’s future to prolong uncontrolled spending.
News Columnists
![John Herschbach got an early holiday gift in gratitude at the nonprofit's annual Christmas in July fundraiser. John Herschbach got an early holiday gift in gratitude at the nonprofit's annual Christmas in July fundraiser.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-PIZARRO-COL-0717-01-1.jpg?w=466)
Christmas in the Park honors longtime volunteer and board member
John Herschbach got an early holiday gift in gratitude at the nonprofit's annual Christmas in July fundraiser.