There are 90 articles by Letters to the Editor :
‘In this climate of higher crime and well-publicized and random mass shootings across America, why would our legislators choose to ignore the will of the people and loosen gun laws?’
‘I recently received a new appraisal that did not reflect the fact that my property was flooded at all. On top of this unfair/unwarranted rate, we have been informed that re-assessments will take place more often in the future to account for growing property values.’
“ ‘Zero emission’ is a misnomer. Electric vehicles must be recharged regularly using electricity generated by power plants.”
Without the comment section, it is a one-way narrative of the writer, who almost always leaves out questions that need to be answered.
‘While we have lived for a year with one type of fear and anxiety, we cannot let the COVID-19 virus stoke fear in the other.’
We bottled our water and sent it to Flint residents to help with their water contamination crisis, so why would we consider endangering our Memphis Sands Aquifer?
Paul Thomas says holding back third-graders can create long-lasting problems, and another letter writer, Duffy-Marie Arnoult, says we must protect the Memphis Sands Aquifer.
“Tennessee must not fall prey to trendy political gimmicks that harm children and do not address the needs of those children learning to read.”
Our Health Department director sacrificed a tremendous amount personally in a difficult crisis to serve us along with the two mayors and COVID task force, and has had a major contribution in keeping us safe.
“Shelby County does not need help from the federal government or Chick-fil-A or FedEx. They just need to ask our neighbors in Mississippi!”
“Privilege ‘is not something we deserve, or are worthy of, and it is certainly not an excuse to turn a blind eye to the vastly different circumstances that one in five Memphians live under,” letter writers Jude Downing and Sophia Overstreet say.
‘Those whose careers and income streams remained intact see the pandemic very differently than those who have lost their vocations and their income, and fear losing their homes,’” writes Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells.
‘David Kustoff does not deserve to serve in the Congress for one more day,’ writes Louis R Pounders.
‘Many thanks to Dr. Alisa Haushalter and her team for upholding these values in the midst of a health care crisis,’ Barbara Holden Nixon writes.
“Many of us have already been living paycheck to paycheck, doing everything we can to make ends meet before the pandemic hit. Now, our hours are being cut due to the pandemic and we were already struggling to make rent and put food on the table.”