Y’all have fun enough for all of us, including us here on the Texas coast.

However, business owners have legal grounds to manage the company in what they deem is in the company’s best interest. Employers have right to hire and terminate employees as they deem necessary. The employer is not even obligated to report why an employee is terminated. This doesn’t constitute a mortal sin.

You imply a business owner is in violation of canon law and commits a mortal sin if they cannot afford to have a union form in the business they created. The employer created the business, provides jobs and pay for employees, and offers rewards for their general welfare.

Just because employees are not in agreement and the employer takes measures to ensure the viability of the business continues to exist doesn’t mean the employer is damned to hell by mortal sin.

While attending California College of Arts and Crafts I moved to a one-bedroom cottage with a small yard. Part of the yard had a raised bed where I grew corn, tomatoes, zucchini, basil and, each year, an experimental crop of decorative gourds or flowers for drying. An avocado tree produced nothing but shade outside my kitchen window. My Gravenstein apple tree was very productive but the Meyers lemon bush was temperamental. A grassy area was maintained for the pleasure of my dog, Cocoa. This continued to be a special part of my life after graduation and starting a career.

Cocoa and I took almost daily walks in the neighborhood. We often stopped to admire the large garden on Shafter. I never knew who it belonged to, but I loved it. So, it was your family that planted the roots.

Thank you and blessings,
Betty

Greg Hall, Santa Clara, CA