To the Editor:

The first time I heard the phrase “Lettuce will be five dollars a head” was almost twenty years ago. May 1st of 2006 when those here illegally marched and protested by the thousands in the streets of Los Angeles. Well the lettuce never reached even close to that price, yet now Kelly Scoles jumped that price up to ten dollars a head. That’s what Democrats do, they use fear and what better fear than the thought that you’re going to go hungry! No more SNAP or WIC. Oh what will we do, so much fear, be afraid.

The majority of cost in farming is marketing, not labor or lack of it. Marketing includes; the cost of land, water, seed, fertilizer, packaging, transportation, equipment, placement, advertising, bookkeeping/office/legal/insurance just to name some of ;the costs. Blackberry farmers years back couldn’t find the labor needed, so they bought machines to pick the crop. Later it was reported that the harvest cost was less and was much more sanitary. But knowing something as simple as how a business functions doesn’t support the emotional scare tactics of those who benefit from a socially engineered society to believe they need protection from common sense. So why not bring out the old line, “Lettuce will be $10 a head”.

Look into the future crystal ball and feel all the fear of starvation and having no one there to save you but them. Does anyone starve in this country? No, we are too fat from over processed food.

Maybe a better, more accurate vision for our citizens’ future should be a society that takes responsibility for our actual needs instead of unnecessary wants.

We need good medical care, not just taking a pill. Good schools where students actually learn. Food that isn’t over processed. Try finding beef, chicken or fish (not pork) at the market with a bone today. Beef, chicken, fish bones support our hair, skin and nails. Notice how just about everything is “boneless”. Those bones are sold to the supplement manufacturers to make collagen and then sold to the public as a pill or powder. Try getting fresh fish. We live 20 miles from the ocean, yet the market sells us frozen fish from thousands of miles away.

Today, an average of 300 US citizens die of fentanyl EACH DAY! Yes EACH DAY. Not a week or month. But each day. During Biden, the drugs along with the prison population of hundreds of countries, crossed that border. Yet, last week there were some truly ignorant people protesting in this town to let that continue and keep the status quo. Is that the benefit of a failed education and cartel influence?

What’s most valuable doesn’t come easy. It takes endurance and sometimes sacrifice for a better future. We need to start fixing it now!

Jean McLeod,

Fillmore, Ca.