There are 10 article(s) tagged Letter to the Editor:

• October 2025

  • Letter to the Editor: We don’t need military occupation. We need poverty eradication.

    “That jail was already overcrowded; today it holds 800 people over capacity. Incarceration is not the solution.”

    By Letters to the Editor October 15, 2025

• April 2024

  • Letter to the Editor: Conaway’s COVID column included too much scolding

    “If Dan wants to encourage people to get out and support restaurants and whatever else, great. But I don’t expect my favorite news source to shame me for making choices to protect myself once I realized how very badly COVID acts on my particular body.”

    By Letters to the Editor April 16, 2024

• November 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: City Council should wait before raising the mayor’s salary

    “Shouldn’t a politician’s compensation be based on how well they do in their job while serving in office — or would that result in too many elective office holders getting cuts in salary?”

    By Letters to the Editor November 24, 2023

• May 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘Understanding our longstanding poverty and unemployment problems’

    “We need to use research, data, analysis and experiences to understand the challenges and design evidence-based solutions. Only then can we expect to see meaningful improvements and a Memphis that works for everyone.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 21, 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘Instead of giving up on our citizens, we need to support them’

    “Instead of simply punishing those who commit crimes, we need to fix the underlying systemic issues that lead our children into this life to begin with. And instead of rejecting the decisions and voices of our electorate, Nashville needs to listen to us.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 21, 2023

• April 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘Ethos of Tennessee’ is not ‘what we envisioned’

    “We are turning our attention to another state – still in the South, but not as derisive as what we see (and hear and read) in Tennessee.”

    By Letters to the Editor April 11, 2023

• January 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: The ‘fallacy’ of competition lowering health care costs

    “I could no longer stay with a company that did not have the best interests in health care for all. BlueCross should be exposed as interested in their costs only and not in providing quality care.”

    By Letters to the Editor January 24, 2023

• December 2022

  • Letter to the Editor: Poor communication from MLGW

    “I have not forgotten last February’s ice storm where many of us were without power, including me for 8 days,” says letter writer Karen Morrison.

    By Letters to the Editor December 30, 2022

• August 2022

  • Letter to the Editor: TVA decision too important to take chances

    “Chances are good that TVA will eventually come around to reasonable conditions that benefit both themselves and the Memphis area.”

    By Letters to the Editor August 02, 2022

• July 2022

  • Letter to the Editor: The magic number to renew my car tags

    “The present Shelby County Clerk is running for reelection. This is her system and record after 3 1/2 years on the job with a record backlog of tags.”

    By Letters to the Editor July 30, 2022