Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting.

Opinion

How to bring help to Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands desperately need help. A partial solution is well within our grasp. President Donald Trump should order at least three construction battalions of Navy Seabees to this disaster. They are the best mobile construction group in the world. They have decades of experience and skill in bringing order out of chaos. It’s the kind of thing they do, and do well.

Robert N. Austin, Sacramento

This story was originally published September 27, 2017 at 9:03 AM with the headline "How to bring help to Puerto Rico."

Get one year of unlimited digital access for $159.99
#ReadLocal

Only 44¢ per day

SUBSCRIBE NOW