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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.

Community Voices November 24, 2024 - 6:53 pm

Letter to the Times: America has chosen freedom

by Rich Lorenzo

”I don’t believe the majority of people were voting to restrict or silence their neighbors. I believe 72 million Americans willingly chose freedom on Nov. 5,” Rich Lorenzo writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices November 22, 2024 - 5:49 pm

Letter to the Times: Haskell needs self-determination; BIA has been negligent

by Steve Cadue

”Haskell students, staff and officials should not have to surrender their civil rights to receive treaty-obligated education from the federal government. Indian education is not a gratuity,” Steve Cadue writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices November 17, 2024 - 5:39 pm

Letter to the Times: City should create oversight committee to guide pool renovation project, rebuild trust

by Holly Krebs

”Our petition’s 1,764 signatures, our supporters’ 75 letters, and our research into the extensive flaws in the (pool renovation) community engagement process all indicate that the previously proposed plan did not reflect public opinion,” Holly Krebs writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices November 6, 2024 - 5:34 am

Letter to the Times: What America has chosen

by Eric Wesley Tweedy

”Peacefully, I will resist this leader and government. And, dear reader, I hope you will peacefully resist, too,” Eric Wesley Tweedy writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices November 4, 2024 - 9:57 am

Letter to the Times: Are veterans’ sacrifices for democracy worthless?

by Sandy Sanders

”My father (Navy), mother (Army), and many other family members served our country in World War II. … They gave of themselves, in countless ways, to stop the spread of authoritarianism, suppression of freedoms and tyranny of the many by the few,” Sandy Sanders writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices October 29, 2024 - 6:42 pm

Letter to the Times: Extremism has no place in Douglas County government

by Vanessa Sanburn

”These candidates have been careful to downplay their beliefs and affiliations while campaigning because they know being anti-trans and anti-vaccine is disqualifying for holding public office here,” Vanessa Sanburn writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices October 29, 2024 - 1:06 pm

Letter to the Times: Vote ‘yes’ on the affordable housing sales tax

by Justice Matters Board of Directors

”Through this small sales tax, we can provide dedicated funding to make Lawrence a more affordable place to live and to end chronic homelessness by 2028,” the Justice Matters Board of Directors writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices October 28, 2024 - 11:53 am

Letter to the Times: Sales tax is a step toward a long-term solution

by Timothy Bonner

”Not funding services for unhoused people in our community will not resolve the issue. … Approving the slight addition to the sales tax will be a step in the right direction toward a long-term solution,” Timothy J. Bonner writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices October 27, 2024 - 1:36 pm

Letter to the Times: On Nov. 5, Kansas common sense can shock the nation

by Leonard Krishtalka

”Kansas common sense would not choose a Republican candidate who so disrespects and dishonors Americans of every creed and color that he sits down to Thanksgiving dinner with avowed nazis, antisemites, fascists and racists,” Leonard Krishtalka writes in this letter to the Times.

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