Category: Letters to the Editor
Devisive rhetoric? – Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Please take your own advice, Ed Felien. (Please Stop! July 2024 Southside Pride). How is calling the Israelis “Nazis” an invitation to dialogue? Of course the war in Gaza is horrible, the amount of casualties is appalling, both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians—who have lived there for two millennia—need…
Flooding Questions – Letter to the Editor
Some facts and thoughts that I don’t recall being part of Derek Chauvin’s trial – Letter to the Editor
Support for Omar – Letter to the Editor
Pro-2040 – Letter to the Editor
BY ANDREW JOHNSON Given the desperate need for affordable housing in our city right now, I was disappointed by Perry Thorvig’s narrow view on the potential consequences of more widespread upzoning across Minneapolis in the article “Future density! Farewell, neighborhoods?” in the March 2024 issue of Southside Pride. Minneapolis needs…
Against 2040 – Letter to the Editor
BY CAROL BECKER I wanted to respond to Alexander Johnson’s response to Perry Thorvig’s piece, “Future density! Farewell, neighborhoods?” In it, Johnson defends the 2040 plan’s replacement of ownership housing with rental, out-of-scale buildings throughout the city, and its destruction of neighborhood character. We first must start with facts. It…
Loki – Letter to the Editor
A question of balance – Letter to the Editor
A bit of disagreement about the Middle East – Letter to the Editor
BY LARRY A. ETKIN While I certainly agree with Ed Felien’s statements that most Palestinians and Israelis want nothing other than peace (commentary in “News” section, December 2023 issue) I’d disagree with his ultimate concluding solution to the problems. The creation of a single nation across the region, whatever it…
Koski abolishes Ward 11 meetings
Koski abolishes Ward 11 meetings I was at the Ward 11 “Public Safety Meeting” last night. Council Member Koski denied all opportunities for her constituents to ask about or present any community problem. The constituents were forbidden from raising a hand and asking a question. “Ward meetings” are abolished. Koski…
Using less phosphorus improves water quality – Letter to the Editor
Using less phosphorus improves water quality There is a huge problem across Minnesota: algae in our lakes, ponds and other bodies of water – specifically, Minneapolis’ Lake Harriet, which in the past was very healthy and rarely had problems with harmful algae. The algae I am referring to is blue-green…
Opioid crisis preparedness – Letter to the Editor
Opioid crisis preparedness In the past 20 years, the fentanyl epidemic has markedly expanded. Both the “Just Say No” and “D.A.R.E.” educational models from the past are inadequate to meet our societal needs. While preventing drug use is the ideal, the reality is that some people will continue to use…
Ward 8 election analysis – a socialist’s view — Letter to the Editor
Ward 8 election postmortem – Letter to the Editor
Why do you think Keith Ellison and Ilhan Omar endorsed Andrea Jenkins over the DFL-endorsed Soren Stevenson? It’s surprising because they have both benefited from DFL endorsement as did Soren Stevenson in this campaign. He lost by only 38 votes. Jenkins’ opponent Soren Stevenson refused to meet with the Star…