Sorry, Dak Prescott: You aren’t in the biggest leagues yet

Dak not in that league yet

I’m a longtime Cowboys fan, and Dak Prescott puzzles me. He is long past need and well into greed with his salary demands. He’s an above-average quarterback, but definitely not elite yet. The team lost many games last year because of just one play that wasn’t made.

Prescott should sign the more-than-generous contract offered to him.

- Bob Gorham, Fort Worth

Focus on spending first

The headline on Saturday’s piece from several Texas mayors should have been “Cities need more federal money to battle coronavirus recession.” (6A) It’s too early to throw more money at the economic crisis. The recently passed relief bills provided more than $2 trillion to stimulate local economies, and the Federal Reserve added another $3 trillion. Combined, that’s more than 15% of the Gross Domestic Product.

Governments’ spending money comes from taxes, fines, fees on its citizens or printing currency. State and local governments can’t print money. Perhaps governments could temporarily reduce spending instead of asking for more federal debt.

- Ray Harris, Fort Worth

Only one type is legit

Please stop referring to massage establishments as “parlors.” Massage establishments are staffed by licensed professionals who perform legal massage and bodywork services. They are considered complementary health care providers. Parlors are fronts for human trafficking and prostitution.

- Tiffany Harper, Mansfield

Don’t want left-wing news

Your left-wing radical extremist paper asking for $120,000 in donations for more newsroom payroll, while constantly attacking the great job done by President Donald Trump in so many areas, has to be the most immature, disrespectful piece of journalism ever.

People are suffering without income and struggling to find food, but the Star-Telegram needs more left-wing writers?

Way before the virus, your sports section was reduced to an index card. You feed Democratic Party/New York media narratives. You raise prices and cut Saturday’s printed edition. Cause of death? It ain’t coronavirus.

- Stephen J. Salerno, Fort Worth

Don’t throw sacrifice away

Thousands of Texans are alive today because wise public officials and self-sacrificing individuals and business owners followed the advice of scientists and health care professionals who foresaw the dangers of COVID-19. In reopening the economy, it is important to continue following their advice. If not, many more people will die, the economy will plunge into a deeper recession and weeks of sacrifice by millions of Texans will have been for naught.

- Karen Myers, Fort Worth

Workers weren’t totally left out

I enjoyed Kristian Hernandez’s Sunday front-page story on the cattle-processing industry’s challenges. (“Texas ranchers facing multibillion-dollar hit”) But something I thought was missing was mention of Gov. Greg Abbott’s engagement with processing companies on improving worker protection.

His task force focused on three areas where people are challenged to protect themselves in nursing homes, jails and the processing industry. Surge teams brought testing, supplies and processes to protect workers. Clearly, the problems got out of hand before being addressed. The state should work with the companies to understand why this happened.

Your readers shouldn’t be left with the impression that the workers’ needs were ignored by the rest of Texas.

- Scott Garee, McKinney