Letter: Downtown disrupted by scooter anarchy
As a driver I was appalled by the total disregard for safety and rules of the road the scooter riders had.
Letters to the Editor
Articles
Letter: Look at potential of individual immigrants
It is our loss if we do not open our eyes and see individual immigrants for who they are and what they can do as Americans, if we give them the chance.
Letter: Column nailed our political dysfunction
This nation needs exactly what Nate Feltman called for in his column about Mitch Daniels.
Letter: Media elevates fringe politics
My life experience tells me that nearly all concerns can be addressed by people actually listening and conversing with each other
Letter: Transit advocates alarmed by lack of vision
Recent media accounts missed the real story on Fishers and Noblesville’s selfish plan to remove the rail tracks that run all the way to downtown Indianapolis (aka the Nickel Plate Railroad or State Fair train tracks) but uncovered a void in regional transit leadership.
Letter: We need comprehensive oral health plan
If we are serious about improving the oral health status for all Hoosiers, stakeholders and policymakers must engage to create and fund contemporary solutions.
Letter: IPS surplus depleted by state cuts, inflation
For a district with an annual budget of about $260 million, it is easy to understand that steadily decreasing state revenues, inflation, a long-overdue increase to teacher pay and holding the cost of employee benefits neutral would quickly deplete an $8 million surplus from the prior year.
Letter: Help foreign students help our state economy
Paying more attention to, and providing incentives to, those talented foreign students who attend universities in the U.S. seems clearly a good idea
Letter: Success requires setting race aside
My experience has taught me to value everyone, and truthfully, there is only one race, and it’s the human race.
LETTER: There’s no tariff tooth fairy
Really good article on the interventionist cycle by Bohanon & Curott on Aug. 3.
Letter: Ball State failed its alumni
The Ball State trustees’ decision keep John Schnatter’s name on the Center for Entrepreneurship
is counter to the basic, Hoosier values of the university and state that we love.
LETTER: Road construction sinks Carmel restaurant
After six years of lower sales and permanently losing an exit from the highway, I will have to call it quits.
Letter: Transportation museum has plans to keep growing
We are now partnering with other organizations to serve residents and visitors around Indiana and in neighboring states.
Letter: Curtis Hill deserves fair hearing
No one knows, save Mr. Hill and his accusers, whether he is guilty or innocent, but the protesters, the governor, and four key lawmakers have already implicated his guilt based solely on the accusations.
Letter: Multiple accusers don’t equal guilt
What kind of society are you fostering by allowing accusers to be prosecutors, judges and juries, without commentary?
LETTER: A highway with a net gain of green. Why not?
As INDOT considers its options to repair and modify downtown interstate infrastructure and traffic patterns, we hope that INDOT sincerely considers the input of the neighbors who will be most impacted.
LETTER: EID defeat was lost opportunity
We should be inspired by Downtown Indy to pursue similarly inspiring plans. Let’s hope the EID’s temporary fate doesn’t deter others from advocating for potentially game-changing ideas.
Letter: Purdue cartoon was disappointing
I understand IBJ’s owner is an ardent IU fan, but this “cartoon” is a disappointment to a fair number of his subscribers.
Letter: Boy Scouts made bad decision
The decision of the BSA leadership to add girls was a poor decision and, as a past board member, I am embarrassed for them.
Letter: Pass Senate farm bill
The House farm bill that failed to pass was riddled with reckless environmental rollbacks intended to promote logging on our national forests.