“Compelling individuals to erase their gender identity or refrain from acknowledging the identities of others under threat of state pressure violates core constitutional principles,” Marshall Maude writes in this letter to the Times.
“What happens when the people in power make a major decision that affects all of us, but don’t tell us about it? What happens when they don’t ask for our input, don’t open the floor for conversation, and then act as if it is too late to question it?” Micha Anne Cox writes in this letter to the Times.
“On Tuesday, the public announcement came that as an employee at a state-funded university I would no longer be able to list my pronouns on any work-related communications. In other words, my identity is not appropriate for work,” — writes in this letter to the Times.
“Naming one’s pronouns does no harm to anyone, and it supports every KU student on campus,” Amii Castle, a KU professor, writes in this letter to the Times.
“We should be ashamed of turning our backs on our colleagues and erasing their identities,” Michael Amlung writes in this letter to the Times.
“We believe it is disingenuous of the city to claim a static property mill levy while assessments increase year after year. And to anticipate those increases as a basis for more debt is foolish and shortsighted,” John Richardson and Deborah Snyder write in this letter.
“The gray-haired (and no-haired) neighborhood activists of Lawrence want and need a younger generation of neighborhood leaders to come forward,” Phil and Peggi Englehart write in this letter to the Times.
“By supporting the expansion of existing businesses and by attracting new employers, we can create jobs, increase our tax base and ultimately ease the pressure on residential property taxpayers,” Gary Rexroad writes in this letter to the Times.
“Please encourage the development interests — public and private — to engage the neighborhood so that the results reflect sensible density that adds value for all concerned,” Phil and Peggi Englehart write in this open letter to the Planning Commission.
“Why should the rest of us have to live with increased housing costs because adults who chose not only to live in a college town, but next to the campus itself, don’t want an increase of students living in the neighborhood?” Chris Flowers writes in this letter to the Times.
