Proposition 64: AIDS Initiative

Thank you so very much for printing the well-informed, intelligent editorial.

As a person with AIDS, what disappoints me so much is that several millions of dollars are being spent to say, “No on 64” and “No on LaRouche.” I’m living on state disability now ($224 a week) but have sent small amounts to the No on LaRouche people. Before I became disabled I used to be able to contribute more. However, I used to send the money to AIDS Project-L.A., which provided help and support to those persons who had AIDS and were caught short by the disease. Many have no money for food or rent. For now, I feel it more important to send what little I can to say, “No on 64.” Such a waste, and I hate having to do it. But, it’s important.

I thank you for your generous support in getting the word out to “the masses”--to help settle their fears and anxieties about this ambiguous killer of humans. It is not a gay disease. It is a disease. And, it kills. Every dollar involved with it must be spent on education and research, not politics.

GEORGE H. SALVESON

Los Angeles