Letters to the Editor

Let’s call bad driving what it is: dumb driving.

While Sen. Donnelly is a member of my party, that is not a reason to carry on a needless taxpayer expense. Let the U.S. Embassy to Italy handle matters with the Vatican.

I’m glad the city is doing the work to be thoughtful about this downtown anchor.

Set between interstates 65 and 70 in the city’s highway “spaghetti bowl,” this diamond-shaped pocket park on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail was an oasis of rest and relaxation for travelers on the trail.

Bail funds have existed for decades as a community-based response to the growing use of pretrial detention, and recent analyses show that releasing more people pretrial does not lead to increases in crime.

We at Teachers’ Treasures happily find homes for all sorts of things folks don’t think have value.

We keep wanting to lower taxes but then never get done what is needed.

Indianapolis taxpayers have subsidized Jim Irsay’s lavish lifestyle for far too long.

Thank you to Aaron Renn for an assertive and well-thought-out piece on the future of the City-County Building! You took the words right out of my mouth!

While a federal vaccine mandate for certain employers is looming, we believe that decision should be left up to individual employers. They are in the best position to address any work environment challenges.

This policy of “your body, my choice” is dated and misguided based on real science on what these shots are, how they work and the global results.

Half the population can’t make ends meet financially and amounts of tax-dollar expenditures only raise concern when earmarked for infrastructure and people here.

When the pandemic started, the Hamilton County Emergency Management Department and Health Department moved quickly and decisively.

I’ve been fully vaccinated, but I just tested positive for COVID. Am I a Democrat or a Republican?

The housing crisis is not good for anyone—renters or landlords. Hopefully, our community will rally around systemic and sustainable policy solutions instead of searching for a few examples of abuse.

Cecil Bohanon and Nick Curott’s “economic analysis” in the Aug. 20 issue of IBJ sounds like the uninformed musings of a professor who never ventures out into the real world.

With three days off, workers spend too much money.

Do Indiana Sens. Todd Young and Mike Braun care about the thousands of companies and businesses that rely heavily on Indiana roads, bridges, airports and ports to move their goods across the state, nation and globe?