Moms for Liberty has no business being on ethics panel | Letters to the editor

Moms for Liberty is an extremist group that peddles hate and fear. A member of this organization has no business on the Florida Commission on Ethics.

But it should be no surprise that a governor who fails to condemn Nazis in his state would appoint a member of a group that quoted Hitler (in a positive way) in one of its newsletters. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ choice of Tina Descovich, a founder of Moms for Liberty, should remind every Floridian of how important their votes will be in 2024. Make sure to register to vote and check the status of your voter registration. If you vote by mail, make sure your signature is up to date.

Our state Legislature is doing everything possible to make it harder for you to vote. Your vote is that important.

Holly Rothkopf, Boynton Beach

The rule of law and speed

We need look no further than the car speeding up behind us or passing us at above the speed limit to see that we have a huge problem with respecting the “rule of law” in our country. The law is the societal glue that has held us together for a long time, but that glue is obviously losing its integrity — as can be seen on the highways.

When I was a kid, there was no better entertainment than sitting in the back seat and watching the speedometer as my Dad drove. As a physician, he understood that speeding can kill people. He knew that speed limits were set in any given spot because of the risks in that area and he had great respect for the safety of those around him. In other words, he cared.

When kids observe our speeds and compare that to posted limits that demonstrate speeding, as in breaking the law, they learn that laws don’t matter. Does anyone wonder whether such infractions could be connected to the not-so-crazy thought that our society is crumbling?

Glue counts! It starts in the back seat. Teach integrity. Obey all speed limits.

Rick Soskis, Havana, Fla.

Defending the Electoral College

Does your editorial board get free lunches for coming up with bad ideas? Or is it just a function of liberalism?

You bang your favorite drum about doing away with the Electoral College, and you trash the makeup of the Senate, again and again. America doesn’t need proportional representation in the Senate. We have that in the House.

Now, if you want to call for abolition of the Senate altogether, I’ll co-sign that. That sounds like a good way to trim fat from our bloated bureaucracy.

However, the Senate is the only sub-branch of government that allows equal representation for every state. So unless you can explain why that’s bad, knock it off.

You don’t seem to be in favor of equal representation. Instead, you want to replace the Electoral College with mob rule. So why have states or electors in the first place?  Under your plan, a candidate (only a Democrat) could win the popular vote by one vote by blue-washing NY (really only New York City), California (really the illegal alien vote), Illinois (really only Chicago), Michigan (really only Detroit) and all other areas of the country would be forced to cast electoral votes for that winner based on the will of a tiny geographical percentage of this vast country.

Blocking Sen. Tommy Tuberville from holding up confirmations is as simple as giving the president a line-item veto. Our presidents have increasingly governed by fiat via executive order for too long. Why shouldn’t Congress take the next step and abdicate its power of the purse? Nobody in Congress seems to care about the checks and balances prescribed for them as long as their side controls the pen. I don’t hear any discouraging words from the Sun Sentinel about that miscarriage of governance.

Mark Hoffman, Deerfield Beach