LETTER: We can all be Peyton Manning
Anyone can be a hero—all it takes is a willingness to serve others simply because it’s the right thing to do.
Letters to the Editor
Articles
LETTER: Shocked, stunned, sobered
With Indianapolis in 2015 at 21.3 percent of the population in poverty, that is more than one in five people or 175,623.
LETTER: Lucases help not-for-profits
The ability to host a high-end event that does not blow our budget means that organizations like ours can focus more on mission delivery (and less on more fundraising).
LETTER: State not progressive on social issues
Indiana’s politics stand in sharp contrast to our aspirations to be a progressive state when it comes to courting business.
LETTER: Launch has sparked growth
Launch Fishers has achieved national acclaim because of the investment, resourcefulness and perseverance provided by John Wechsler, Mayor Fadness and the city.
LETTER: Protest column off target
The NFL and its players should not forget those tireless citizens who are still able to look at life through a color-blind prism and save lives on a monumental scale every day without a protest.
LETTER: Reusing Angie’s campus
I envision this campus serving as a hub for a collection of tech startups or an incubator, where the operations all share the common amenities.
LETTER: Simplify the tax code
Itemized deductions create discrimination among taxpayers and complicates the system.
LETTER: Lucas estate decision leaves victims
At the very least, events already booked should be able to go forward.
LETTER: Housing concept isn’t new
The community might not be aware that Partners in Housing has been using Housing First as its guiding principle for well over a decade.
LETTER: Free speech rights should extend to work
Employees should not be asked to hold their tongues, or otherwise be someone they are not when at work for fear of losing their job. Politics is part of who each of us are. It is a manifestation of our values and our social conscious.
LETTER: Zoning editorial off base
There is no indication that Indiana’s drainage statutes are inadequate.
LETTER: Keep tiny house parked
Tiny houses should stay in your back yard, at the lake or in the woods where they can be enjoyed, not being hauled around wasting more resources than were saved creating them.
LETTER: Let’s go get Amazon HQ2, but not leader’s politics
Jeff Bezos is as capitalistic with his own money as anyone else and is very successful. However, he is very “socialistic” with everyone else’s money—meaning yours and mine.
LETTER: Smart growth means sensible regulation
Many businesses have large amounts of impervious surfaces on their rooftops and parking lots with no areas to allow for natural drainage to wetlands or corridors planted with native species that filter harmful substances and clean the water before it enters the storm sewer system.
LETTER: Nickel Plate plan won’t work
There has been a clear lack of transparency and public input regarding every aspect of the proposal to convert the Nickel Plate Railroad to a trail.
LETTER: Kudos to Maurer attitude about aging with fun
I’m not sure 70 is the age to say exactly what’s on your mind, or perhaps it is 80.
LETTER: Racism has no place in GOP, our community
The events in Charlottesville were not the fault of “both sides.” Nazis are bad.
LETTER: Senator right on health care
We are hopeful that now the Senate can work together in a bipartisan way to improve our nation’s health care system and ensure that all Americans have quality and affordable health care.
LETTER: Lobbyist wrong on ethanol
Thanks to ethanol, Indiana farmers and the biofuels industry are saving consumers at the pump, providing higher octane at a lower cost, all while lowering tail pipe emissions.