Letters: Coal terminal developer must deliver on jobs

"As one who opposed, and still opposes, the coal terminal proposed by Phil Tagami and his associates, I am disappointed that the permitting process for the terminal has begun. I now ask that Tagami be held accountable to provide all the high-paying jobs he promised when the terminal was first proposed. Somehow, I doubt that we will see them. I am, however, willing to be pleasantly surprised."

"Their recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth may not be supported by most physicians. The ACIP recommendation to give a birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine only to high-risk infants and at 2 months to average-risk infants is in agreement with most European countries. An infant is much more likely to be exposed to influenza or pertussis before 2 months old than Hepatitis B. But we don't demand those vaccines be given at birth."

""Useful idiots" is a good description of the U.S negotiators. It is shameful to ask Ukraine to give up territory in the Donetsk and Donbas regions when Russia does not control the whole area. Please tell me how 40 million Ukrainians would benefit from such an agreement. It is a gift to Vladimir Putin that he has not earned. Let us stop the appeasement."

Opponents of the proposed coal terminal demand that the developer deliver the high-paying jobs that were promised and express skepticism those jobs will materialize. A physician member argues that ACIP's recommendation to limit birth-dose Hepatitis B vaccination to high-risk infants and delay average-risk infants until two months aligns with European practice, reflects universal hospital screening, and reduces unnecessary newborn vaccination. Critics of negotiating with Russia oppose asking Ukraine to cede Donetsk and Donbas territory, calling such concessions an undeserved gift to Vladimir Putin and harmful to Ukraine's population. There is also a call to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.

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