Oct. 13, 2025 6 AM PT
To the editor: Thanks for publishing visitor contributor Kevin J. Morrison’s considerate op-ed (“How Lou Gehrig’s life taught me to fight for Prop. 50,” Oct. 9). I’m deeply moved by Morrison’s perspective as an ALS affected person whose survival relies upon as a lot on America’s damaged politics because it does on discovering a treatment for Lou Gehrig’s illness.
He makes a really cheap level that the success of Proposition 50 might be his finest hope to cease the Trump administration from dismantling the healthcare system that would treatment him.
I used to be notably impressed to listen to that Morrison’s well being disaster has introduced sudden blessings by encouraging a heart-to-heart dialogue between himself, a lifelong liberal, and his proudly MAGA household. As Morrison’s household realized that the Trump regime was answerable for slicing much-needed medical packages for one in all their very own, they began to see issues in another way.
That in itself is a serious step ahead in our polarized nation, and I applaud Morrison for framing this dialog in phrases that they may all relate to. That is what it takes to rebuild the belief that has been misplaced in America.
As President Trump’s many abuses of energy begin coming into gentle, I hope that many extra conversations like these will happen throughout our nation. And I pray {that a} much-needed change in our attitudes in direction of one another will come quickly, so we could heal America from the poisonous hate that has contaminated our politics.
Fellow Californians: Please vote Sure on Proposition 50, in order that Morrison (and lots of extra sufferers like him) could get the healthcare he deserves and dwell a for much longer and happier life.
Fabrice Florin, Mill Valley
