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Trump and Clinton
are not in same boat
Ms. Hubley is correct in her
letter “Trump and Clinton are
hardly equals” (June 1). Trump
has succeeded in leveling the
playing field by being a politically
incorrect nonpolitician and that’s
driving liberal progressives and
democratic socialists out of their
minds.
Trump eliminated the race,
woman, sex, gender, etc., cards
that Democrats have used for
years to garner votes. To me,
that’s refreshing. Trump has
a following equal or arguably
more grassroots than Hillary
Clinton and, if I’m not mistaken,
Iran, ISIS and Russia have taken
notice, so the “dangerous” card
won't work, either.
Trump actually has a success-
ful record of accomplishment
relating to economic develop-
ment and has learned from his
failures using established laws.
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Clinton doesn’t want to distin-
guish between legal and illegal
immigration because her voting
bloc doesn’t want to obey legal
immigration laws and policies.
Building the wall says it all for
Trump followers. Clinton’s slogan
is tired.
Finally, anyone who signs
a nondisclosure affidavit but
doesn’t comply with it is cul-
pable. Anyone who fails to secure
possessed classified information
is culpable. Anyone who mixes
personal and government clas-
sified information without prior
approval is culpable. Anyone who
destroys government property is
culpable. Furthermore, any-
one who mishandles classified
information shouldn’t be granted
a security clearance, which is
required to perform most presi-
dential duties.
To me, all of the above clearly
make Trump more qualified than
Clinton.
Timotiy C. Tiches
Nashua
if Trump were still
in middle school
If Donald Trump were a mid-
dle school student, he would have
been expelled trom school long
ago for repeated bad behavior.
Imagine your 13-year-old
daughter came home from school
complaining a boy made fun of
her because she menstruates.
What if your son asked, in con-
fusion and shame, whether dad
was a.rapist because he was not a
legal immigrant?
How would you feel if you
learned your child was being
publicly mocked because his dis-
ability caused his hands to shake?
You would be livid, and rightly
so.
You would demand the school
discipline the perpetrator and
ensure the bullying stopped.
Unfortunately, we have no
principal to call and must endure
Mr. Trump's bad behavior until
November.
Hopefully he will then be ex
pelled from the political process
and return to reality television.
David S. Robbins
Nashua
Landlord change
would be harmful
Regarding the change to the
way the city handles landlords:
Giving landlords only 10 days to
make non-safety repairs (cracked
glass, chipped paint, dented
vinyl, old weather stripping, etc.)
before a $50 fine is levied is cruel
and unusual treatment. Ever had
a contractor start a job and then
disappear? Or even get one to
give a quote on 10 days’ notice?
The urgency to prevent daily
new fines from piling up after
10 days skyrockets the repair
costs, which forces landlords to
raise rents for the money, hurting
consumers.
All landlords are asking for is
30 days to correct repairs that
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are not life-threatening, but the
aldermanic committee refused.
So if the aldermen vote for pas-
sage, the fine for repeated daily
minor infractions would be the
same for a leaky gas line or dan-
gerous wiring. Minor repairs and
ones that are critical should not
be on the same timetable.
Instead of the city taking a
landlord to court to determine
guilt prior to issuing a fine,
which is now the law, this new
law will allow the city to issue a
fine at the code officer’s discre-
tion, which allows selective
enforcement. Then the landlord
will have to take the city to court
to prove innocence. The city will
have shifted legal costs onto the
landlord to defend himself or
herself.
The ramifications of the bill,
because of two bad local land-
lords, will be massive for good,
hard-working landlords and ten-
ants who are struggling.
Bradley Whitney
Nashua
