MAILBAG: Police officers deserve their raise

There are many old laws that still stand right here in the United States that are outdated and irrelevant today, and although one can make a case that the states need to spend time to go back and repeal them to reflect a more modern era, it is insulting to an American’s intelligence to think anyone would actually enforce these laws to begin with. I will share four of such laws below.

The 1863 law President Lincoln signed abolishing Dakota Indians from Minnesota.

Blythe, Calif.: You reportedly aren’t allowed to wear cowboy boots unless you own at least two cows.

Dana Point: One may not use one’s own restroom if the window is open.

Pasadena: It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.

As I stated before, assimilation is inevitable, but can be prolonged in an uncomfortable environment, in which nobody benefits.

EDWIN DAVIDIAN

Glendale

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Many thanks for saving houses

We would like to add our thanks to Glendale Water & Power utility crew members who, while upgrading power lines in our neighborhood Thursday, stopped a fire that threatened to destroy our next-door neighbor’s home and possibly our own (“Many thanks to city’s firefighters,” June 20).

Their quick action and smooth coordination with the Fire Department averted disaster when an unpredictable charge sparked fire in the home’s wiring. The follow-up, both with our neighbors and with us, was thorough and deeply appreciated.

We own the property with easiest access to the power pole, so we are well aware of the responsiveness, professionalism and unwavering courtesy of the people who keep power flowing to our homes despite frequent high winds and squirrels who eat through wire.

The city of Glendale couldn’t ask for better public relations ambassadors than the Glendale Water & Power personnel who, along with firefighters and police, take care of us all.

WILLIAM AND AVERY ECONOME

Glendale

It’s time to put an end to project

With all due respect to Doug Failing, local district director for the California Department of Transportation, our concerns are not premature (“Tunnel opposition premature, officials say,” May 30). Now is the time to act.

The state is spending millions of our taxpayer dollars, which we don’t have (whether general-fund or special-fund money). The state would have us sit back and do nothing until it is too late, all the while spending our tax dollars on this study on a project that hopefully will never come to fruition.