LETTER: Tolls are bad idea
Interstate tolls increase supply chain shipping costs, making businesses less competitive and raising consumer prices.
Letters to the Editor
Articles
LETTER: Ricker’s owner got it wrong
Every time there is a major retail data breach, the banking industry comes to the rescue. The sad reality is that banks must cover the fraud costs of data breaches, even though they are not to blame.
LETTER: Single-payer idea flawed
Costs associated with obesity and life style are 70 percent of the result of high-cost care.
LETTER: Ricker’s played by rules
Ricker’s met the qualifications for an in-store restaurant alcohol permit by having $200,000 in food sales and a dining room capacity of at least 25. He went through the public hearings and was approved by both the local board and the ATC.
LETTER: Trash burdens once-clean city
We live on 86th Street, about five blocks from Ditch Road where there are a multitude of places to buy a snack or a beverage.
LETTER: Confused by political column
A business owner should want to mentor women to be leaders, not just leaders who are Democrats.
LETTER: VA to consider other sites
We continue to operate in good faith, as we seek to balance our mission to serve veterans, our responsibility to the American taxpayer, and our sincere desire to engage cooperatively and collaboratively with the community.
LETTER: VA irresponsible in Crown Hill ‘debacle’
The Department of Veterans Affairs made the absolute minimum effort required by law, which was the purchase of legal ads in a local newspaper, and several notices in the Federal Register.
LETTER: IBJ falls for quality-of-life hype
Where do I find evidence to support the contention in the IBJ editorial from March 20 that “companies increasingly base decisions on where to invest and hire on quality-of-life issues”?
LETTER: Hospital heads call for Verma confirmation
We believe Ms. Verma is especially qualified to lead CMS and modernize its programs to increase the effectiveness of health care delivery.
LETTER: Rethink characterization of Trump’s travel ban
I see that you have succumbed to the overused—by the media—phrase of “predominantly Muslim countries” when reporting on the Trump travel ban
LETTER: Anti-solar bill reinforces state’s backwater image
Our state should be taking steps to encourage the adoption of solar power, not seeking to give control to large utilities.
LETTER: We the People program creates civic engagement
We should pay heed to the proven effectiveness of educational programs like We the People.
LETTER: Use DNA to solve crimes
Do you need a 100 percent guarantee that it will solve every crime before you’re willing to consider keeping DNA from suspects who aren’t convicted?
LETTER: IEDC has training program
Rather than creating a new incentive program, a much more potent, effective and readily available solution already exists: Simply increase funding to Indiana’s Skills Enhancement Fund.
LETTER: Sports analogy fell flat
I found it in poor taste to use a basketball metaphor when describing something as unfortunate and sad as someone seeing his dead father, and his lifeless body laying on the floor of a local auto dealership.
LETTER: The inefficiency of tolls
The cost of collection should not outweigh in time or dollars the cost of the cause being funded.
LETTER: Stay out of vaccine issue
No law needed is needed here. Get out of private employer/employee relationships.
LETTER: Important answers to key pre-K questions
We’re encouraged by the bipartisan support from Indiana lawmakers for expansion of quality pre-K.
LETTER: Sisters have touched employees, community
Hare Chevrolet owners are extremely talented, very smart and a joy to be around.