Congressman Cawthorn brays about rising crime but keeps breaking the law

Madison Cawthorn

Regarding “Rep. Madison Cawthorn found with a loaded gun at Charlotte airport, police say,” (April 27):

The vast majority of us do not carry a handgun with us when we fly. Nor would we somehow forget, if we did, to put it in checked luggage rather than attempt to get through a screening checkpoint with it. I’d be scared to death what might happen if I got caught doing this by the Transportation Security Administration.

Congressman Madison Cawthorn brays about rising crime rates, but appears to believe that obeying the law is not his responsibility. At what point will there be real consequences for his irresponsible and unlawful behavior?

Pat McCoy, Charlotte

NC’s vital concerns

Our N.C. General Assembly leaders proudly cite tax cuts, budget reserves, and working to attract business. They count on citizens to not realize what tax cuts mean for education, health and infrastructure. Education has been underfunded since at least 1994 when the legislature was sued. Medicaid expansion means health and life extension for hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens. Roads and bridges poorly maintained jeopardize our safety by their daily use.

Show you care about education, health and safety by voting for these vital concerns.

Tom E. Bowers, Charlotte

CMS leadership

The writer is a Caldwell County teacher.

After four permanent superintendents in 10 years, it’s unlikely an innovative superintendent candidate would even consider coming to Charlotte.

Perhaps school board members need to turn inward and look at themselves. The former superintendent seemingly did nothing contract-wise to deserve being removed. He also had to deal with COVID protocols, which were often out of his control. To hold him singly responsible for any perceived results is shortsighted at best.

As a teacher who struggled through the pandemic with students, I believe the CMS superintendent deserved at least one more year on the job to see if the great breakout from pandemic woes could take place.

Some school systems are just entirely too big for one man or woman to lead. CMS is one. Perhaps four leaders in 10 years is an indication of this.

Brent Tomberlin, Hudson

United we stand?

Every time I read The Charlotte Observer, I become very concerned — about swastikas in college dorms, guns at a political rally, the “big lie” continuing, and hate, and more hate. This is not the America I remember growing up in. When and how will all this end?

United we stand, divided we fall.

Jeff Kanner, Tega Cay

Priorities

Isn’t it ironic that the April 25 front page of The Charlotte Observer tells how much we are doing for Ukraine and how little we are doing to allow elderly people in N.C. nursing homes to finish their life with safety and dignity? Misplaced priorities?

Joe Mooney, Charlotte

Nuclear energy

The April 25 Judy Peres op-ed about reducing carbon emissions was misleading. The problem is that over 70% of our electric power comes from natural gas, coal and nuclear. To replace that with solar and wind may be impossible.

Manufacturing, air conditioning, warehousing and commerce require a steady, reliable supply of power. Wind and solar alone cannot supply the quantity and quality of electric power needed.

The solution is nuclear. It’s safer now then ever, free of carbon problems, and it could be used to produce hydrogen. With nuclear to provide a base line of energy, the output of wind and solar could supply all the energy needed.

Francis Dostie, Matthews