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Redding Record Searchlight Published 7:00 a.m. PT May 16, 2021

Redding acts like the Sacramento River is akin to unsightlyrailroad yards. Let's pretend the river isn't there. Notice the civic auditorium is positioned at an angle away from the river, with a "water fountain" out front. I know the San Antonio RiverWalkhas been discussed, but Redding continues to ignore the river. I am from SoCal and am amazed how little the river is highlighted for shopping, especially with the high summertime temperatures. Stretch your imagination to beyond possibility. Imagine the Cobblestone Shopping Center on Hartnell, turned 180 degrees. With the stores facing the river and parking outback on Hartnell. Add a few boutique shops and some beautiful restaurants, again facing the river. Now imagine how much cooler the shopping and dining experience would be along the beautiful river. I know the Kutras/Redding property is on some agenda, but nothing happens.Redding. The Sacramento River is one of your biggest assets. Why do you continue to pretend it isn't there? Another small issue is water fountains. Look at the waterfall at the west end of Cypress. Why did it take the Rotary Club to createsuch a refreshing feature? Why doesn't the city havesomething like that downtown? It is cool to look at, and it would provide outdoor cooling to downtown. Compare the Rotary Club waterfall to Redding's small fountains. Redding desperatelyneeds a draw, and the Sacramento River should be a focus, not somethingto ignore, hoping that maybe people will not notice it is there.

Rick Putnam, Redding

Jonah Goldbergs recent column carefully and correctly defines censorship as a restriction of free expression by governments. By comparison, its placed directly next to the political cartoon, showing liberals disguised as Facebook manipulating Americans because it removes outright lies and extremist rhetoric from public distribution. Republicansotherwise known as government and purported champions of free enterpriseshow blatant hypocrisy when they use their public platform to actually accuse businesses like Facebook of censorship. No, theyre government advocating censoring by demanding a business must print inflammatory lies. With yet another destructive scam against democracy, theyre telling the world thats all they have left in their playbook.

Ronald Kardon, Redding

A recent column by Dan Walters was both unfair and unbalanced and leads one to wonder where has this formerly reasoned conservative critic has been watering. He writes to reduce the entire California judiciary to shills for the executive branch. As a lawyer for 38 years, with appellate experience in both the First and Third Districts, I can assure you that the Third is no pushover for the governor. Long-regarded as one of the most conservative appellate panels, it marches to its own beat. Walters implies- without a shred of supporting fact- that because the executive controls the purse strings then the judiciary is wretchedly beholden and no longer independent. If he has facts to back up his claim we in the bar would love to see them. I doubt they exist. This democracy, from which we all draw our freedoms, relies on trust in its institutions and the courts above all. Bald allegations of bias are corrosive to that trust and serve no one save authoritarians. Put up or shut up Mr. Walters.

Gregory W. Winters, Redding

Over the past few years, many businesses have been held hostage by crooks around the world when they took control of their computerized systems, which allowed them to operate and requested a ransom of bitcoin or some other digital currency. This will continue as it did recently withColonial Pipeline.It was reported the company paid $5 million so the crooks would release their computerized data programs. One sure way to stop these ransoms is to get rid of digital currency. Stop honoring it worldwide. World governments have been operating for centuries without this digital currency.

Don Farrell, Redding

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