{"id":479592,"date":"2022-07-31T01:50:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T22:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-july-31-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T01:50:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T22:50:07","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-july-31-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-july-31-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 July 31, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242f1065e9b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242f1065e9b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-july-31-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_July_31_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 July 31, 2022&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_July_31_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 July 31, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/shutterstock_transgender.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Gender in class<br \/><\/strong>Christopher F. Rufo\u2019s \u201cLA Puts \u2018Gender Theory\u2019 Before Kids\u201d (July 23) remarks how Los Angeles public schools are promoting keeping \u201cthe student\u2019s gender identity a secret from parents if the student so desires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rufo forgot to mention that California could be leading the way with a distinct new gender-affirming tool at public schools. Fremont High School in Oakland started a new chapter of \u201cThe Transition Closet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The idea is for students to come to school in the clothes their parents prefer, then change into the cross-gender clothes they prefer. Like Clark Kent entering the phone booth and leaving as Superman.<\/p>\n<p>I pine for the good old days when public schools only dealt with the three Rs: reading, \u2019riting and \u2019rithmetic.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dan Arthur Pryor<\/em><br \/><em>Belvidere, N.J.<\/em><br \/><em><br \/><\/em><strong>Fish return win<br \/><\/strong>Katherine Donlevy gets it all wrong in her piece, \u201cNew York pols took shark bait\u201d (July 22). Would she prefer no fish in the ocean?<\/p>\n<p>Legislative leaders should be commended for their role in helping to restore Atlantic menhaden, an important fish, not blamed for it.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 bill banned industrial fishing companies from exploiting New York waters to catch fish with a drawstring-bag-like net. That bill, in tandem with regional management measures, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be creating a more vibrant and healthier ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly what New Yorkers want: more humpback whales feeding in the New York harbor, more bluefin tuna in the canyons offshore, more osprey in Jamaica Bay, more s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ed bass in the Hudson River and, yes, more sharks and fish swimming along our shores.<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers support a healthy and clean environment, and state Sens. Steve Englebright and Todd Kaminsky deserve accolades for their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, menhaden do not appear to be faring well in the south, and the local environment and economy are suffering because of it.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to those visionary New Yorkers who supported a healthy marine food web through proactive state policy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stuyve Pierrepont<\/em><br \/><em>Oyster Bay<\/em><br \/><em><br \/><\/em><strong>Climate killers<br \/><\/strong>In one way, the metaphor that Al Gore offered about law-enforcement officers in Uvalde is far too kind (\u201cAl hot shot at Uvalde officers,\u201d July 25).<\/p>\n<p>The orders the police officers in Uvalde were following were largely based upon the incompetence of leadership. That is not the case with blockage of climate legislation \u2014 that results from the conscious decision of Republican legislators to follow the orders of fossil-fuel interests and protect the profits that flow from the climate-destroying use of carbon-rich fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>This is not incompetence. It is the knowing sacrifice of the lives and well-being of billions of people, to benefit a virtual handful of the already wealthy. The midterm elections are a match-up of plutocracy for the very few versus environmental protection for the very many. Vote like your life depends upon it \u2014 because it does.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gary Stewart<\/em><br \/><em>Laguna Beach, Calif.<\/em><br \/><em><br \/><\/em><strong>Penn Station plot<br \/><\/strong>I find it unconscionable to shut down small businesses, apartments, bars, restaurants and a church to build these unnecessary towers around Penn Station that will probably sit empty (\u201cWorst deal since Manhattan was sold for $24,\u201d Nicole Gelinas, July 26).<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t have cost as much to just do a renovation. And without enforcing vagrancy laws and other laws, Penn Station will remain scary and undesirable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Carol Meltzer<\/em><br \/><em>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. 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