Is Florida Attorney General Ashely Moody really that smart? | Letters - Tampa Bay Times

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When actions belie the talk | Jan. 17

A smart person would know

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is described by admirers as highly intelligent, the latest success story from a highly successful family. Yet Moody signed onto a lawsuit seeking to overturn the presidential election results in four states, none of them Florida. Those results were certified by election officials in those states, who also denied baseless allegations of voter fraud or irregularities. An intelligent person would, or should, have known those allegations were baseless, and that by joining such a nefarious affair, she was trying to overturn a democratic election.

Mike Salinero, Lutz

Tourists, no vaccine if you don’t live here | Jan. 22

I should be eligible for a shot

I am one of those folks commonly referred to as a snowbird. Year after year we have come to Florida to enjoy the pleasant temperatures and sunshine.

In doing so, we contribute many thousands of dollars to the Florida economy. We buy at the local hardware stores, grocery, gas stations and in better times restaurants and entertainment venues. This helps keep residents employed and gives them the opportunity to enjoy a better life.

Recently, as with so many others, we have been trying to get vaccinated and have had the same difficulties as everyone else.

In the end, I am worthy of being treated the same as fellow citizens who happen to reside in Florida. The federal government, which I support through my taxes, is supplying vaccines for all citizens. It is right that I am eligible for a federally funded program.

Pat Corbley, Zephyrhills

QAnon faithful hit with doubt, spin new theories | Jan. 21

More than Trump to blame

While they were not as culpable as Donald Trump for the violence at the capital, every Republican who either repeated the lies about the election being either “stolen,” “rigged” or somehow dishonest or who agreed to contest the results do indeed share the blame for what transpired. Things might have been very different if instead they had told the truth that the election was fair and honest and that President Joe Biden won fairly and decisively.

I know I will remember that they put partisan politics before country and their oaths of office. Hopefully I will not be the only one to remember where these members of Congress placed their allegiance and will vote accordingly when the time comes. They also need to be held accountable.

Jeff Drier, New Port Richey

Suspect in Pelosi laptop theft released | Jan. 22

This must be treason

How is stealing a government computer not a crime of treason? How is domestic terrorism not a greater crime? I simply do not understand how storming the U.S. Capitol isn’t treason.

Tobey Burwick , Dunedin

Hillsborough won’t expand mask rule | Jan. 22

Self-regulation really isn’t

All my life I have heard leaders of industry complain that they don’t need government regulations. They claimed that as responsible American businessmen and women they could be self-regulating. Time and again they proved those claims false. Now, in the time of COVID-19, as we know we’ll surpass half a million deaths, many self-righteous citizens make a similar claim. Americans as a whole have shown a willingness to abide to a social contract; that in order to serve the greater good responsible people would self-regulate when asked by our leaders.

The former head of our federal government made following federal guidelines on the pandemic political. The followers of this man defiantly display on their faces their disdain for pandemic guidelines. As a consequence, they put the rest of us at unnecessary risk. Because of those citizens’ hardheadedness, the COVID-19 guidelines will end up as regulations. So, ask yourselves, whose actions took our freedoms away, those Americans who willingly complied or those who refused?

Brian Walkowiak, St. Petersburg

Biden’s message: unity | Jan. 21

What about the rest of us?

How can President Joe Biden say that he will be a president for all Americans, including the ones who didn’t vote for him, and than turn around and with a stroke of his pen reverse Donald Trump’s policies on the climate and the coronavirus, etc.? About 50 percent of Americans were in favor of those policies. What a hypocrite.

Fritz Will, Belleair Beach

Professional titles

Titles and their settings

Holders of doctoral degrees should be addressed by the title “doctor” in the academy and in some professional settings — the classroom, lab or other relevant places. However, while the “doctor” from an M.D. travels, the “doctor” from a doctorate should not. Jill Biden should be addressed as “Mrs.” in news reports; that is her correct title.

Pat Runyan, Weeki Wachee

Snagged by their own selfies | Jan. 18

Unmasked and in trouble

“Digital dragnet of photos, texts and location data is finding rioters,” reads the secondary headline to this story. I guess that’s one way to get right-wing activists to start wearing masks when they gather in groups of 10 or more.

Margaret Abbey, St. Pete Beach

Plastic pollution

Eliminate plastic waste

Plastic chokes our oceans, fills our landfills and never, ever disappears. It is not only a problem for our descendants, but one we see now. On the beaches of St. Petersburg, on the sides of highways, around pelicans’ legs and every day, we see the plastic problem. While we as individuals use non-essential single use plastics, corporations do as well, consistently contributing to the pollution problem. For example, it’s not enough for grocers to eliminate plastic bags. They should eliminate plastic packaging in their stores as well.

Christyna Reagan, St. Petersburg

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