Why punish those who conserve?
Well, the electrician just left the house. He installed a new “Day of the Week” timer. There was nothing wrong with the “old” 20-year-old USA-made timer. It just didn’t understand “days of the week” as the new Glendale water requirements demand.
He disconnected the old timer, and we stood around for a while and talked about what a good timer it was.
The gardener has changed out any sprinkler heads that may create some “over spraying” just in case the sprinkler Nazis come around Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and detect some damp pavement.
So $200 later I seem to be compliant. But I have to wonder, as so many letters to the Glendale News-Press have expressed — if we have such a problem with water, why has overbuilding gone unabated? Who are these people who don’t fix leaks and don’t control their water wasting?
Do I live in a little subculture of responsible residents who have been conserving water for the last decade? And why am I writing this letter? Just to release a little personally generated water vapor, I guess.
PHRONIE SANDERS
Glendale
Health care and job loss hand in hand
Francis Adams (“Don’t use England as health-care model,” July 27) sounds like one of the lucky people who have good health care. But Adams seems to be in denial about the national health-care crisis that has grown worse over the last 50 years, and she offers no solutions, only objecting to the changes now under consideration. The U.S. pays far more than other industrialized countries, and we have poorer outcomes.
It is interesting to note that over the last half century, while other industrialized nations have kept their costs stable and low, there has been an exodus of jobs from the U.S. to overseas locations. This exodus has tracked closely with the doubling of U.S. health-care costs as a percent of GDP.
By doing nothing, and seeing our health-care costs eventually eat up one-third of the U.S. GDP, we can expect to see many more jobs shipped overseas.
RICHARD DICKINSON
Glendale
Health-care system needs to be fixed
My sister was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease two years ago. She has no health insurance. She has no viable means of support. I cover all her medical and living expenses. I worry that she has no coverage for serious medical emergencies. Her illness is progressive, she will get worse with time.
