Voting for change on Election Day

The price of gasoline has reached $4 a gallon while Exxon Mobil is posting record profits, the largest in the company's history. The soaring price of gasoline can be attributed to the deregulation of the oil industry, which began with President Reagan and culminated with President Bush.

In addition to the escalating cost of gasoline, we must consider the following in the coming November presidential election: the Halliburton scandal, the failure of FEMA when Katrina struck, the violation of international law, the attacks on government service, the soaring costs of pharmaceuticals, the lowest presidential rating in our nation's history, the subprime loan crises (thousands of homes are being foreclosed), the Hedge Fund scandal, discrimination in the hiring of civil servants, ignoring subpoenas in the name of executive privilege and the trampling of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Obviously, I'm voting for change come November. Samuel Rosen Newbury Park