{"id":314,"date":"2025-03-21T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezcpv.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:42:36","slug":"letters-dont-come-after-tesla-cars-owners-or-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezcpv.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/letters-dont-come-after-tesla-cars-owners-or-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Don\u2019t come after Tesla cars, owners or staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t come after the Tesla owners, staff<\/h4>\n

Re: “Violent attacks are on the rise at Tesla dealerships,” March 18 news story<\/p>\n

Tesla cars, their drivers, and salespeople are not a problem in today’s world. The cars are environmental pluses, albeit glitzy and expensive, in combating global warming and climate change. It is instead Elon Musk’s taxpayer-funded fantasy world of giant rockets and colonizing Mars, his DOGE chainsaw cuts to humanitarian and regulatory agencies and social media embrace of conspiracy theories and far-right political propaganda that are real dangers.<\/p>\n

Tesla is doing nothing wrong and protesting it addresses nothing important. Choose your battles more carefully.<\/p>\n

Robert Porath, Boulder<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t approve of Elon Musk\u2019s role in dismantling the federal government, but I don\u2019t think protesters should take it out on Tesla owners. We bought our Tesla two years ago. We recently placed a sticker on our bumper that says, \u201c I bought this before Elon went crazy.\u201d We knew Elon was getting weird, but we had no idea he would join the Trump team and wreak havoc on the government.<\/p>\n

We wanted to help stimulate the EV industry and cut our own emissions. The tax credit made it competitive with a decent gas guzzler. We purchased the Tesla because it was assembled in the United States. The second choice was the Ford Mach-E, which was assembled in Mexico. We assumed that most of our purchase dollars would go toward American workers rather than Musk. It seemed like a good decision at the time, and now we don\u2019t want to sell a perfectly good car at a big loss today. So please withhold negative judgment against us Tesla owners.<\/p>\n

John Orlando, Morrison<\/em><\/p>\n

RTD must stop abandoning its riders<\/h4>\n

Re: “RTD riders called for help thousands of times a month<\/a>,” March 14 news story<\/p>\n

I appreciated the update on the safety or, rather, the unsafe conditions of using the light rail. I rarely go on it alone. I was going to contact RTD about their bad service. In the last few months, when using the light rail, there have been frequent canceled trains or delays. Four times after taking the train downtown from the south, we were stranded for the return, either canceled or delayed indefinitely.<\/p>\n

I like the idea of not driving downtown, especially at night and not trying to find parking. Each time I was abandoned, it was on game nights or theater nights when it was obvious more people would be riding the trains. Twice it was snowing and so cold out. RTD has multiple issues to solve. If they don’t figure it out soon, ridership will be nonexistent except for those who are creating the safety issues.<\/p>\n

Deborah Mueller-Hruza, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n

Where is transparency in prisons’ “personnel” matters?<\/h4>\n

Re: “Wardens at 3 Colorado prisons placed on leave on the same day<\/a>,” March 18 news story<\/p>\n

Your story about the various officials, all on administrative leave, and the unwillingness of any state officials to offer any explanation of what is going on is very important.<\/p>\n

I hope that the governor and other state leaders will realize that calling this a \u201cpersonnel matter\u201d is hardly an adequate justification for concealing the facts about a matter of intense public importance at the top of one of our state\u2019s most important agencies.<\/p>\n