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Woodpecker should be on city short list
What a great idea to choose an official bird for London, Londoners asked to pick city’s official bird (May 13) But given that this is the Forest City, I’m surprised to see no woodpeckers on the short list.
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Red-bellies, flickers, the hairy and downy all live here. They make their homes in tree trunks and find their insect meals on trees. They are happy visitors at feeders, especially in the winter.
The editorial writer has a warped view of their concluding phrase: “We’re all in this together or we’re not”.
People in private enterprise have made a choice and sometimes it pays off. Those who choose careers in this field often do so because there exists the possibility of earning more money than those in public service. There is nothing wrong with that.
Many of them have not lost their jobs and, indeed, some of them have made even more money during the pandemic. I have no reason to believe these gains are illegitimate. So why the call for only public servants to donate part of their salaries?