To the editor:
I want to emphasize the point Sara Elder made in her recent letter to the editor (July 29). We are indeed lucky to have young people working on climate change issues. We need young creative minds who care about what is happening in our world right now. The deadly heat waves in the Midwest, the wildfires killing people, and the flooding that is taking lives in Europe are all directly attributable to climate change.
Unfortunately, we have a representative in the General Assembly in Richmond who consistently votes against measures, such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, that are designed to help cut carbon emissions. Does John
McGuire not understand that this is happening; that this is a matter of life and death? Does he believe that his extremist ideology will save him?
Further, Mr. McGuire also voted against the House budget bill that included money for broadband and bonuses for state troopers. I’m planning to vote for Blakely Lockhart to replace him because she will vote in the actual interests of the people of the 56th district.
Peter Sugarman
Louisa
This letter was previously published in the latest edition of the Central Virginian newspaper and is reprinted here with the author’s permission.