Wings and wing nuts – Letter to the Editor
May America be as fortunate as that Delta jet in Toronto — everyone walks away safely, and the right wing disappears forever. David K. Porter
Category: Letters to the Editor
Air traffic controllers -Letter to the Editor
Most people appreciate the service of air traffic controllers, but airports and airlines often don’t. Congress usually appropriates funds for improved ATC tracking and communication systems over 3 to 5 years, complicating use and safety; changes in biennial reauthorizations make implementations chaotic and expensive. Meanwhile, DOGE and President Trump have…
Concerns About Metro Transit – Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor I agree will Bill Marshall about Metro Transit cutting stops (Letter to the Editor, Southside Pride January edition). As a senior and someone with a back injury, I know personally what it is like to have to walk extra steps when stops are closed. Recently, Metro Transit changed…
Property Tax Suggestions – Letter to the Editor
Dear Cam, Ed, and the readers of Southside Pride. What to do about property taxes? Such an easy problem to solve! Why doesn’t the State of Minnesota buy the Minnesota Twins and operate the team to benefit all the communities that depend on property taxes to pay for necessary services…
Why it Makes Sense to Explore Income-based City Taxes – Letter to the Editor
BY STEVE BRANDT I was pleased to see Cam Gordon’s column in the December issue of Southside Pride, and its focus on the potential advantages that an income-based tax might bring to Minneapolis city finances. As an elected member of the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation, I’ve been advocating…
Making Minneapolis a Better Place – Letter to the Editor
BY BILL MARSHALL Well, now that the election is over, hopefully we can come to some type of agreements in certain areas to make this a better place! And I’m thinking locally, not nationally, and I have two ideas that I think could be incorporated to make this a better…
US History with Ukraine – Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: Following up my column in the August issue: I hope readers are not so quick as the editor was to dismiss all the historical notes in the public record, some cited by me, about how the US and allies planned and provoked the Ukraine war for years.…
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
I picked up the July 2024 issue last Wednesday and I need to ask some follow-up questions about the front page “Nero Of The Northland” article. I live in South Minneapolis, renting a house within walking distance of the creek. Our landlord has done severe foundation work in the past,…
Some facts and thoughts that I don’t recall being part of Derek Chauvin’s trial – Letter to the Editor
1) Floyd and Chauvin had both worked as security at the nightclub in the Odd Fellows Building on 27th Ave. S. and Lake St. 2) Floyd was far more popular and effective at the job. 3) Chauvin was not only working that job—he was also busy in his side hustle…
Support for Omar – Letter to the Editor
Everyday workers are the backbone of our democracy. The work they put in keeps our country moving and functioning on a daily basis. When we think of who we want representing us in Congress, we think of Ilhan Omar. As educators and elected leaders of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers…
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
Loki BY ANN REDDING Wednesday. A cold day, a windy day people intent on getting to whatever warm place they’re headed to, not looking up. Waiting for the #18 A man is searching for cigarette butts in the wood chips beneath a sickly tree. He’s wearing only a sweater and…
A question of balance – Letter to the Editor
Hi Ed, I was just at the Washburn library and grabbed a copy of the Southside Pride. I remember reading it when I lived on Chicago Avenue many years ago. Your front-page article (“Please, go to your DFL precinct caucus”) led me to suppose there would be a second article urging…
