A recent letter to the editor by Kyle Morgan made outrageous claims about economic regulation. Mr. Morgan obviously has a very tenuous hold on reality if he thinks that more deregulation is the answer to our economic woes when in fact, the opposite is true.
Your recent editorial regarding my new assignment misstated and omitted a number of important facts.
China, the European Union, the United States and South Korea.
I'm writing in response to Victoria Winkler's article about the Student Senate's decision to expunge Sen. Matt Michel's absences, which appeared in the July 17 edition of the Alligator.
In his July 22 column, Joshua Simmons illogically reasoned that low enrollment numbers in the CHOICES program could only mean that the program is "exactly the wrong model of health care" for Alachua County's working poor. What Mr. Simmons has failed to consider is that low enrollment numbers may be a symptom of other problems, such as citizens simply being unaware of the program. Many social programs take a few years to get off the ground. This seems to be the case with CHOICES.
It appears that the Alligator editorial board has had some difficulty in understanding the difference between a "timetable" and a "general time horizon." I would like to make an attempt to clarify these terms.
Joshua Simmons' guest column on energy policy is a frightening vision for America that is indicative of an increasing divide in the Republican Party, of which I am a member.
Why is it that Joshua Simmons and other conservatives think that using up a resource (oil) to extinction is a logical and realistic approach to our current energy problem? Not to mention that when this resource is burned on such a massive scale, it is severely detrimental to our environment.
Joshua Simmons' column "Liberals have it wrong on energy policy" was just more false and misleading talking points from the Republican Party playbook. I'll take them on one at a time.
In response to Ms. Appleton's July 15 editorial letter, I have to ask: How dangerous are scooters to students in the first place? How many on-campus accidents have there been between pedestrians and scooters?
I voted against Brett Roth's confirmation as Chomp the Vote executive director during Student Senate deliberations last week. In what is likely to be the most pivotal election of our lives, we cannot afford to pass up the opportunity to register as many Gators as possible. Unfortunately, I fear that Student Government may have done just that.
EMILY APPLETON, 7HP
I laughed out loud when I read the latest story in the Alligator about the Student Senate once again filling a critical position in Student Government with an empty chair. The treasury job was so important to Paul Drayton that he would fill it faithfully -as long as nothing better came along. Now we learn that Student Body President Kevin Reilly, in his infinite wisdom, has decided the best person to get UF students to register to vote currently lives in Washington, D.C. On top of this, the appointee in charge of getting all students to vote, regardless of their political affiliation, happens to work for the Republican National Committee. Katherine Harris would be proud!
I just have a minor point in response to the July 1 editorial decrying offshore drilling entitled "Risky Business." I applaud the editorial board for showing what Floridians have to lose if the law is changed. However, just because the stakes are high doesn't mean the option should be rejected without further consideration.
UF Transportation and Parking Services has decided to restrict scooter drivers from driving through campus for the safety of pedestrians. This has reduced the amount of scooter parking close to the center of campus.
In response to Brandon Sack's July 1 column entitled "U.S. could learn much from Argentina," I have just a couple of questions: What happens when social activism goes wrong? If you want to see activism go too far in a Western nation, just look at France.
Brandon Sack is right that the U.S. could learn much from Argentina. But rather than use only his two-week trip as perspective, I suggest we look at significant events over the last 100 years and the administrations of both Mrs. Kirchner and her husband.
Valerie Little, 3LS
Edward Miller, 4LS
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