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Musk is no genius. He’s trashing Tesla. As an owner of a 2019 Tesla Model 3, I was interested in the recent letter, “As a senior driver, I’m happy with Tesla.
” I think the author made a few glaring errors that need correcting. Love my car. Hate its CEO, Elon Musk; and he’s no genius.
Elon Musk didn’t invent the Electric car, nor the advanced batteries that they run on, nor does he build the cars, or program the computers that make the semi self-driving possible, or design anything serious in the Models S, X, 3 or Y, or even start Tesla. I think a dead squirrel could run Tesla better than he does. The original founders of Tesla were Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, who established the company in 2003.
Musk joined as an early investor and became CEO in 2008. Oh, and without massive taxpayer loans and subsidies from the Department of Energy, the company would have failed. Thanks, President Obama! No, the CEO of McDonald’s is not at the cash register taking your order, or cooking the burgers, or cleaning the restaurant.
The CEO of Exxon oil company isn’t pumping gas, or drilling for oil. CEOs have been described as Cash-Eating Organisms. Most of them make massive salaries simply for the skill of climbing up the corporate ladder, stabbing their opponents in the back and kissing up to the business leaders; not for any special technical skill that would help their company.
Corporations are dictatorships, not democracies. Whoever owns the most voting shares owns the company, which means that they can trash a good corporation upon a whim. Which is what Musk is doing.
David Klamann, Boulder Public schools need full funding I am writing to ask you to vigorously support continued and full funding of the public schools. We certainly learned during COVID that society does not function without a working school system. As a parent, I know how important a good education is to our children.
And it should not be only the wealthiest families who have access to a quality education. Our state’s economy is one of the strongest in the nation. How we attract and support our teachers is some of the worst in the nation.
It should not be this way! I ask the legislative body to recognize what is needed and protect our critical institutions for everyone. As the mother of a high school teacher, I know how hard she works. Year after year.
It is a valuable service to the next generation. Our next generation will need all the tools we can give them to face the challenges ahead. Maryanne Himmelsbach, Longmont We need to demand things be done right My Dad tried to instill in me the notion that if you were going to do something, do it right the first time.
Our current presidential administration evidently does not follow this simple principle, and it has led to disastrous results. A review of the size of our government is appropriate to do. What the South African and his paid-for president are doing makes absolutely no sense at all.
Mass firings with no analysis of those consequences, whether the services being cut are actually essential, or doing research to see if eliminating those services is actually saving us money has not been done. It seems like the Cabinet should be charged with finding areas that could be reduced, accompanied by congressional hearings that would substantiate the cabinet’s findings. That is what our Constitution outlines how government should work.
As it is now, it is complete and utter chaos. The majority of Americans support criminals being removed from our streets. The deportation process is ignoring Constitutional mandates.
None of the deportees have received any due process procedures. No evidence has been presented in a court of law proving these people are criminals. No proof given that they are gang members.
There have been no charges filed in court. We have seen no evidence that the deportees are truly dangerous, only unsubstantiated claims. The Constitution is not a menu where you pick what you like.
All ingredients are critical to our democracy. We need to demand things be done right. Gary Johnson, Greeley.
