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The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns and letters to the Times written by community members with varying perspectives on local issues. These pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Times staff.
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LETTERS TO THE TIMES
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Letter to the Times: Trump is not the problem
”This is no ordinary election in which we vote based on our judgment about the policies of the different candidates. This election is about the long-term survival of our democracy,” Thomas Weiss writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Get informed and vote on Nov. 8
“Does your local, state, and national government represent you? In the Nov. 8 election, you can tell officials ‘good job’ and vote to reelect them or elect someone else you feel would do a better job of making our representative democracy serve the people,” Carol Williamson writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Douglas County should have 5 commissioners
”Adding two more commissioners has a lot of major advantages, and it’s way past time for Douglas County to move forward as so many other counties have done in recent years,” Steven Crane writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Not very nice to most Kansans
“’Senator Jerry Moran is a nice guy,’ they say. … But when you look at Moran’s voting record since he has been our U.S. senator, he’s actually not been very nice to most Kansans,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Kansas’ own million dollar man
”In Kansas, we don’t have a six million dollar man, but we do have our own 1.9 million dollar man. In his case, the millions of dollars represents how much Kansas taxpayers had to pay for his misguided and faulty legal work as secretary of state,” Thomas Weiss writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Walk to End Alzheimer’s funds critical support, research
”This fall, the changing colors hold a whole new meaning for me,” Kimberly J. Luce writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: The ‘sheriff’ amendment — I’ll be voting no, but probably not why you think
”Passing this amendment would take power from local district attorneys to initiate a proceeding to ouster a naughty sheriff and would concentrate that power in one person — the state’s attorney general,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Thanks to those who gave blood
”As blood drive coordinator and supervisor of the blood bank at LMH Health, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Lawrence community for donating a total of 179 units of blood over two days last week at the LMH blood drives,” Faith Friesen writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Benghazi, the Capitol riot and our democracy
“Candidates should be judged this year on their position regarding the defense of our democracy. Did they condone the Big Lie about voter fraud, or worse, help spread the lie?” Thomas Weiss writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Another proposed amendment, another attempted power grab
“After Kansas voters defeated an attempt to give the Republican-controlled Legislature more power on Aug. 2, Republican lawmakers are trying to take power once again in November,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Kansas can lead the way again
“In 1912, Kansas became the eighth state to give women the right to vote, eight years before the national women’s suffrage amendment was ratified. Kansans now have the opportunity to lead the way again,” Elizabeth B. A. Miller writes in this letter to the Times.
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Letter to the Times: Vote ‘no’ to protect constitutional rights
“Kansas already has highly restricted abortion care with no government funding, and that will continue if we vote ‘no,’” write Carol Williamson and Lori Hutfles, co-presidents of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County.
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