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Gentlemen,
    We need to stop and think just a moment. It seems to me that the idea of the Post Office not being able to handle the ballots on time is utter nonsense. Hasn’t it occurred to anyone that the completed ballots don’t need to cross the county line?! They don’t even need to be sorted or stacked. They’re all going to the same address and could be delivered in old-timey bags. The Post Office of 100 years ago could accomplish the delivery on time using horse drawn wagons.
    There’s no excuse for late voters, but even their ballots will be counted in the official tally. I learned from Bruce Elfant that counting begins upon delivery to the County Clerk’s office.
    If the foolish, sociopathic Republicans wanted to sabotage the election, they might do it psychologically, but certainly not physically. Could it be that their twisted little minds might be fogged by their hatred of anything which doesn’t turn a profit?

Dear Editor,
    Hi, I reached out through your Op-Ed page to see if the Chronicle would consider putting together an article about a barbershop located in the Hancock Shopping Center that is closing its doors after 55 years! But never received a response back. That's too bad and sad.
    As we know, there is not much going on at Hancock but this gentlemen, John, has owned and operated this place most of his life. He needs to be recognized at the very least because places like this are a thing of the past, and I believe it would be great if you wrote an article about him. He's 81 years old.
    Store is closing very soon and that's it. I've been trying to help liquidate the used old furniture in the space but not having any luck.
    John dreams of retiring but on the other hand I can sense what I am sure so many others have thought before after being in the business as long as he has and closing the doors … it's going to be somewhat sad. His lovely wife Lena is still with him and they are neighbors of mine. I love them dearly and sort of watch over them
    Hancock Barber Shop. If you need his number, let me know. I just think that lately with all of the other COVID, protesting, government corruption ... you guys would want to publish something nice and heartwarming.
    Thanks!

Dear Editor,
    I write on this issue as many of my peers impacted cannot as a result of what I will share. I am a retired trauma nurse that assisted in bringing the current national product liability suit. Many have acquired repeated traumatic brain injuries secondary to consenting to the procedure called electroshock/ECT. This is being used for many conditions and no longer as a last resort. There is a significant increase in suicide following. No FDA testing for safety or effectiveness. Used at leading facilities. If you live in or near a moderate size city some hospital is using this. Used also on our children and veterans. Two class actions taking place around this issue in both USA and in England secondary to damages from this practice. Dr. Bennet Omalu famous for findings of CTE in the NFL is now on record stating the same anticipated in ECT patients given repeated brain injuries from electrical trauma. All systems impacted by electrical trauma and ALS also a risk.
    See www.ect.org, www.endofshock.com, www.ectjustice.com, and Youtube site Life After ECT.  Book by Linda Andre called Doctors of Deception. Please go on public social media and discuss this issue so others are informed. Given COVID and the mental distress many are at risk for being offered this. My gratitude.

Dear Editor,
    I have been waiting on a follow-up story about the Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) since it was promised in the original piece weeks ago [“Austin Regional Intelligence Center's Secret Informants Show How Profiling Works,” News, Aug. 7]. Instead I was treated to a four-page profile of a horrendous bar owner in the latest issue.
    At least the story glimpses the bigger problem brewing beneath the city's foundations. People's propensity to “not care” when it comes to issues of morality will quickly mutate from a ponderous conundrum to a creature that will suck the soul out of Austin.
    As long as the city continues to prioritize building million dollar condo complexes and corporate offices, it will continue to attract the likes of people who “don't care” and offer up their morality to the highest bidder. The kind of people who see the Adam Scott character from Step Brothers as a goal marker instead of a caricature to be pitied. Look at all the Range Rovers congesting the city already! That type of growth is no growth at all.
    Austin was supposed to be different; be better. The undertones of this article are just further confirmation of what many have already realized: The promise was just a mirage.
    I'll end with a sad, painfully true allegory: Witness the well-to-do young woman in active wear take in the Garrett Foster memorial and ask what it was for. When told, she responded, “Oh yeah....I THINK I heard about that.”
    Some growth is no growth at all.
    As for the ARIC, I was probably wrong in assuming anyone else cared.

Dear Editor,
    Parents: Please be sure to send your kids to virus school so they can die in a couple weeks. This is what President t-RUMP is trying to force upon us all. Instead, please keep your kids home this year, whatever the cost, because this will save their life. That stupid dunce Barron Trump is not going to school this year. Guess why? If you're still a t-Rump lover, go drink lots of bleach. Lots.