Dear editor, The Napa County Democratic Central Committee, after interviewing those candidates seeking endorsement, has voted to endorse the following for the elections in the city of American Canyon: Leon Garcia for reelection as mayor; Joan Bennett for reelection to the city council; and Matt Pope for election to the city council.

Dear editor, As Congress debates the wisdom of burdening my grandchildren with a $700 billion debt by borrowing from China and Saudi Arabia to bail out Wall Street mortgage investment firms, let me suggest some other sources for the bailout funds: