They’re missing the point

To the editor:

Your recent spate of letters about our upcoming school board election, some supporting current policies, some boasting of fiscal restraint, some merely self-contradictory, has me wondering: When these people hear the President of the United States calling for improving our disastrously mediocre public schools, do they think he’s talking about someone else?

Crazy like a fox?

To the editor:

Your idea to offer cap and trade credits instead of a flat fee for landfill use isn’t a little crazy, as you suggest. Well, maybe it’s a little crazy, but that doesn’t make it a bad idea. Developers who build affordable housing earn tax credits that they can trade as a commodity. Energy companies get energy credits that they buy and sell, as well. These credits become company assets. Your idea is similar and I can see private homeowners selling or trading their landfill credits to businesses. Using this concept, I can envision individuals finding inventive ways, not only to recycle more but to maximize the return on their landfill credits. Your idea is worth further discussion.