I personally agree with Sun Sentinel reader Steve Wolfman of Plantation that there are reliability problems with the Postal Service.
I, too, mailed out more than 20 Christmas cards in 2022 to cities in Florida, New York and Alabama.
Most of the cards got to their destinations, but at least four did not, and three of them contained gift cards totaling more than $200.
When I asked the office manager for help, he told me to contact the postmaster. They took down all of my information, but I never heard from them again.
I don’t trust the USPS.
James Ryan, Delray Beach
End state ballot requirements
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson ignores a basic reality: States have been setting eligibility requirements for presidential candidates for years.
Those rules are in addition to Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution and are imposed through ballot access rules or restrictions. Ballot eligibility restrictions primarily affect third-party and independent candidates.
The Supreme Court has ignored many challenges to these restrictions and allows states to keep typically onerous and complex ballot requirements for presidential candidates that vary from state to state.
The court’s ruling says in part: “The States enjoy sovereign power to prescribe the qualifications of their own officers and the manner of their election free from external interference, except so far as plainly provided by the Constitution of the United States … After ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, States used this authority to disqualify state officers in accordance with state statutes.”
Since the eligibility of presidential candidates is prescribed by the Constitution, it appears that Congress has no jurisdiction. Adding presidential candidate eligibility requirements should be through a constitutional amendment. Until then, any state-specific requirements must be eliminated.
The danger is that an amendment would favor the two major parties even more than current state laws and make it impossible for third party or independent candidates to attain ballot status nationally.
John Mounteer, Hollywood
Trumpers and their rap sheets
Kudos to Neil Katz of Boynton Beach for listing mass shootings by number in his March 5 letter, A Murder in Context.
I would offer a second list. For easy reference, here are names of Trump officials or associates who pleaded guilty to crimes or were convicted: Stephen K. Bannon, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, Brian “Build the Wall” Kolfage, Paul Manafort, Peter Navarro, George Papadopoulos, Roger Stone and Allen Weisselberg. (Trump pardoned Bannon, Flynn, Manafort and Stone).
This is in addition to the more than 750 insurrectionists who have been identified and tried on various charges in the federal courts.
Robert Cogan, Boynton Beach
No more ‘spring forward’
Every six months, I have to climb up on my countertop in my kitchen, take down the wall clock, change the time by one hour, then work to get it back up on the wall.
I could throw that clock away, but I like it. But by now, I think we have all had enough of daylight saving time. I know I have.
Our body clocks get all messed up, and so do animals. Plus, I’m tired of changing the clock. Can we please outlaw daylight saving time for good?
Let’s choose one method and just keep it that way.
Diane Miller, Plantation