Here is something Biden could do to improve his favorability ratings

Supply chain help

Now that President Biden has the primary ports operating 24/7, why not mobilize the federal government’s trucks and other equipment to bolster the efforts of private sector truckers to move freight to the desired locations?

We are not fighting any wars right now, so a peacetime mobilization of trucks to free up the supply chain seems like a no-brainer.

Who knows, it may even improve Biden’s favorability ratings. Nothing else he has done has achieved that.

Rick Poe, Charlotte

GOP playbook

Regarding “My GOP needs a new playbook before it’s too late,” (Oct. 20 Opinion):

I agree with columnist and former Mecklenburg County commissioner Matthew Ridenhour about the need for the GOP to update it’s message to stay viable in the future. But he forgot the single and most urgent change needed — renunciation of the big election lie, perpetrated by former President Trump. Until the GOP embraces reality, refinements to their message won’t make a big difference.

Chris Roy, Charlotte

Vaccine resistance

We have all heard different opinions about police reform and the majority of citizens would like that to happen. No one wants to truly defund the police. They just want resources to be more targeted and for first responders to be held accountable.

One of the big issues is being held accountable.

With the current vaccine mandates it seems that this is the perfect time to clean up this issue. Let the first responders who are refusing to get the vaccine go and hire new employees who are interested in serving and protecting.

John Carroll, Charlotte

Infrastructure bill

The Great Remount Road Geyser should be a wake up call to our country’s aging infrastructure.

Congress should stop dithering and pass President Biden’s infrastructure plan. No matter one’s political party, we all drink water and travel on our highways and use energy, to name just a few of the items in the bill.

This seems like a no-brainer. Stop playing politics. Our senators should be sent pictures of the Great Remount Road Geyser to encourage them to vote for the bill. Yes, the cost is high, but so is the cost of not doing anything to fix our aging infrastructure.

Pass the bill.

Augie Beasley, Charlotte

A Christian act

I attended a high school volleyball game Tuesday where my granddaughter’s team played a team at a local Christian high school. To my surprise and disappointment neither the players nor any of the fans for the Christian school wore masks, despite it being required by the state athletic association.

I was raised in the Baptist church where we were taught that we had a responsibility to care for others. In this time of a pandemic where there are young people who can be asymptomatic, where older adults are prone to severe illness even with breakthrough cases, I find the lack of masks as irresponsible and unchristian.

Kent Rhodes, Charlotte

Graham statue

Regarding “Billy Graham statue at the US Capitol won’t represent me, many others in NC,” (Oct. 17 Opinion):

I agree that the Billy Graham statue slated for the U.S. Capitol doesn’t represent everyone in North Carolina. For an alternative, how about a statue honoring the Greensboro Four? As college students they had the courage to start a sit-in at the Woolworth in downtown Greensboro in 1960 that spread nationwide!

Brian Siemering, Hickory

Ambrose on liberty

I had to laugh at the last time in Jay Ambrose’s Oct. 17 Opinion piece, a quote from George Orwell saying that liberty means “the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Critical Race Theory is definitely what racists don’t want to hear.

Patricia Johnson, Charlotte

Steve Bannon

Who would have ever dreamed that thumbing your nose at a subpoena from a Congressional committee would have fewer consequences than ignoring a simple traffic citation? Ask Steve Bannon, he thinks he knows.

Noel Triplett, Charlotte

This story was originally published October 20, 2021 at 4:04 PM.