Mailbag: Hyperloop story inspired this budding engineer
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I was very interested in the article you published about the Hyperloop Model that the students from UCI created for the SpaceX completion last weekend (“UCI’s Hyperloop model grounded on first weekend of SpaceX contest, but it can get another chance,” Jan. 31). As a seventh-grader at CdM, it is very encouraging for me to read and learn about other local young people doing good work for the community and exploring technology that will be beneficial to all of us in the near and far future, which I would like to do when I become an engineer after college. Please keep up the good work sharing positive scientific stories like the SpaceX competition for all the readers of the Daily Pilot to enjoy.
Ian T. Murphy
Newport Beach
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Trump is right: Better vetting is needed
I fust finished reading Andrea Marr’s letter to the Daily Pilot trying to justify opposition to President Trump’s immigration order with her personal history of her family justifying the end results, i.e., becoming good and loyal citizens of the U.S.A. (“Commentary: Trump’s order is an affront to American values,” Feb. 3). Our country just cannot afford to have all of the world’s people who are suffering from economic hardships to enter without serious vetting.
Maurice Aker
Huntington Beach
Citizens want a town hall with congressman
On Jan. 31, a small group of Orange County residents went to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s district office. The group had petitions in hand, asking for among other things, a town hall meeting with the congressman.
The office door was locked, and when they knocked, they were denied entry. These cititzens were not protesters; no signs, no yelling, just a group of middle-aged citizens. The petition had to be shoved under the office door, since no staff member would open the door to take it.
We pay Dana Rohrabacher’s salary, his staff’s salary and benefits, his local office rent, as taxpayers. If we cannot communicate with our elected officials, where do we go from here?
Randy Allard
Newport Beach