Good for the Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey team for deciding to forfeit a game versus a team that has a boy on its field hockey team. Boys should not be playing on girls sports teams because boys are physically bigger and stronger. Didn’t the people running the MIAA learn anything from last year when that poor young lady on the Dighton-Rehoboth team was severely injured? How hard is it for allegedly intelligent people to understand boys should be only playing on boys teams and girls playing only on girls teams.
Paul J. Baranofsky
Waltham
As I read the Boston Herald news story (“Speaker seeks citizenship proof for voters,” Sept. 9), I wonder why this issue has become so partisan. Democrats constantly push back calling Vote ID legislation a form of “voter suppression.”
Society already accepts the fact we all need photo IDs to board airplanes, to purchase cars, to get married, to apply for school or a job, to purchase cigarettes or alcohol, to apply for Section 8 housing and so much more. What’s the problem with proving who you are at a voting precinct?
I applaud Speaker Mike Johnson pushing legislation requiring states to obtain proof of citizenship before voters can show up at the polls. I personally think one should show a Photo ID before actually casting a ballot at a polling site.
Democrats say it is already against the law for noncitizens to vote in federal elections but I say the integrity of the ballot has been hurt over the past few years. If citizens lose their faith in our voting system, the very basis of our democratic republic is at stake.
Sal Giarratani
East Boston
Peter Lucas’s article on the turbine incident at Vineyard Wind ignores a much bigger and imminent crisis — climate change. The project Gov. Healey is backing is a triple winner. It will put 1.4 million homes on a more sustainable energy track, create thousands of jobs, and reduce carbon emissions – the equivalent of taking one million gas guzzlers off the road.
Our governor’s commitment to transitioning Massachusetts to a cleaner, climate-friendly future shows real leadership.
And talking about the future, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate should take note: reversing measures to promote renewable energy would be dangerously shortsighted. Ultimately, everyone is depending on us to do the right thing. Let’s not leave behind an unlivable world.
Meg Clough
Belmont
Kamala Harris was very convincing on Tuesday, Sept. 10, I was thinking of switching my vote to her. Then I went to the grocery store on Wednesday.
Nick McNulty
Windham, NH