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Community Voices February 18, 2025 - 3:01 pm

Letter to the Times: Bravo to Lawrence High for ‘Hadestown’

by Marc Havener

”I’ll admit I was skeptical of such a complex and dynamic show in the hands of a high school. My doubts turned to goosebumps, and I caught my theater-going partner wiping away tears,” Marc Havener writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices February 6, 2025 - 3:36 pm

Letter to the Times: Financial handcuffs of housing costs

by Brian King

”A sort of financial handcuff gets placed on the low-income, the disabled, the retired, on Social Security,” Brian King writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices February 5, 2025 - 1:50 pm

Letter to the Times: Inhumane minimum wage

by Steve Jacob

”We need our city commission to pass a $15 minimum wage for all of Lawrence,” Steve Jacob writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices January 31, 2025 - 10:06 am

Letter to the Times: Mixed messages about the jail

by Ralph Planthold

”To some of us who have been in this battle for nearly 10 years, (the sheriff comes across as) trying to protect the jail from overcrowding rather than protecting people from being incarcerated there capriciously and needlessly,” Ralph Planthold writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices January 29, 2025 - 1:18 pm

Letter to the Times: To those disillusioned and troubled by the church

by Deacon Godsey, Vintage Church

”If you are deeply troubled by the increased prominence of Christian Nationalism in American culture, by the degradation of our civic discourse, and by the neverending vitriol of the ‘culture wars,’ I want to encourage you: you are not alone,” Deacon Godsey writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices December 19, 2024 - 4:03 pm

Letter to the Times: Bail fund overregulation would keep ‘justice’ system in hands of the elite

by Douglas County Community Bail Fund Board of Directors

”The idea that community bail funds should be regulated with insurance requirements is an absurd overregulation of what amounts to voluntary mutual aid within a community,” Douglas County Community Bail Fund directors write in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices December 12, 2024 - 12:20 pm

Letter to the Times: No more false populism

by Isaac Johnson

”We must be diligent in calling out disingenuous actors who seek to further divisions under the guise of helping the working class,” Isaac Johnson, of Trans Lawrence Coalition, writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices December 5, 2024 - 11:27 am

Letter to the Times: The new land development code – A finish line appraisal

by Phil Englehart

”Give the (new land development) code a little breathing space … and let’s watch and see what the early returns are on residential infill. Perhaps neighborhood concerns will prove largely misplaced,” Phil Englehart writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices December 2, 2024 - 2:47 pm

Letter to the Times: Lawrence City Commission should rethink mayor selection tradition

by Chris Flowers

”Allowing the commission to choose who they think would be the best fit (for mayor) would allow us to have more than one year with a commissioner who does a great job,” Chris Flowers writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices November 26, 2024 - 1:44 pm

Letter to the Times: An open letter to Sen. Roger ‘Doc’ Marshall, M.D.

by Joy Mapes, LMSW

”Speaking simply as a human, I’m baffled, dismayed, and angered that you’ve already spent valuable time on and given focus to a bill that causes harm instead of helps,” Joy Mapes writes in this open letter to Sen. Roger Marshall.

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