Mother is proud of her son’s stand...

Mother is proud of her son’s stand on stamp

Wrong or right, I had to jot down my thoughts on the stamp fiasco.

Like it or not, in my opinion, it’s about foreigners coming to

America and agreeing with a young woman’s pathetic stamp idea. What

will be next?

Shame on Americans. Where is your loyalty for our forefathers?

They left England for religion with God at the head, not man.

I’m very proud of my son Russell Niewiarowski for standing up for

the truth. The Bible says the truth will set you free.

MARGARET NIEWIAROWSKI

Santa Ana Heights

Are red light cameras really worth it? In my opinion, absolutely.

Red light running is not the exception but the norm in

Newport-Mesa. This anti-social, potentially lethal lawlessness is

seemingly acceptable by other drivers. I am the only one to react (my

beloved mother-in-law having been killed by a red-light runner who

got off with a fine) and I usually receive a curse and the one-digit

salute in return.

I only hope that the cameras have a sobering effect on scoff laws,

bring in lots of money and, perhaps, prevent many accidents and the

loss of lives.

WALLACE WOOD

Costa Mesa

I am writing in response to Allison Spousos’ letter about the

people behind the picket line.

After reading her very well-written article, all I could think was

“wow.” Her submission so poignantly stated the plight of the grocery

store workers. I have yet to cross the picket line -- formed just

blocks from my house -- due to the fact that I see all of the people

she described on a daily basis.

They are nice, hard-working people, who are trying to make it in

this very expensive place we are so fortunate to live in, all the

while making our lives that much easier.

Her letter hardly exhibits the “skills” of the “unskilled worker.”

Kudos to Spousos.

KELLI DAVIDSON

Newport Beach

Keeping drivers in check a is welcomed

Re: Howard Nathanson (“Checkpoints violate civil rights,” Tuesday)

may not like the checkpoints to check for driver’s licenses and

vehicle registration forms, but they are not, as he wants readers to

believe, a violation of civil rights when they are conducted

correctly.

My 7-year-old son and I had the opportunity to view the checkpoint

on Fairview Road that Nathanson commented on. The Costa Mesa Police

Department is to be commended for running such a professional

operation. Nathanson also tries to link this perfectly legal and

appropriate checkpoint with the Patriot Act, which many of us who

care about civil liberties are concerned about.

It doesn’t fly. It’s apples and pears.

As one who is very concerned about civil rights, I told my son

that the police should be counting cars and only stopping every car

whose number came up. I suggested that they were probably stopping

every tenth car. Thereafter, my son made a game of counting back in

the line of cars to predict the next ones that would be stopped. The

police were precise in only stopping every tenth vehicle. Then, at

one point, my son told me they weren’t stopping the tenth car

anymore. I suggested to my son that they had probably switched to

every fifteenth car because of the traffic. My son adjusted his count

and that’s exactly what the police had done.

This precise counting puts such stops within the law and prevents

officers from stopping people who they may just not like -- for

whatever reason. While we were watching, we saw no mistakes. Not one.

We were also close enough to observe that the officers were polite

and professional.

It’s time we took drivers off the road who don’t follow our laws.

Those who don’t have driver’s licenses or registrations show a

contempt for our laws that may carry over to other areas as well --

such as speeding up and running red lights while honking their horns,

which is now a common sight on Fairview Road.

I hope the Costa Mea Police Department has many more checkpoints

on Fairview Road and in other parts of Costa Mesa as well.

I would be only too happy to pull up and show them my driver’s

license, my registration, and my insurance card -- if my vehicle was

the tenth or fifteenth in the line of cars. If I’m stopped because

the officers don’t like the way I comb my hair or some other similar

thing, I’ll be the first one to complain.

M.H. MILLARD

Costa Mesa