Letters

Letters: Report on abuse at immigrant detention facilities lacked credibility

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 12, 2024

Upon initial reading of the article on purported immigrant abuse in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities in Louisiana, I was shocked, though skeptical, that our government …

Letters: Goal of new policies regarding voting is intimidation

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 12, 2024

Gov. Jeff Landry's signing of an executive order requiring state agencies to notify noncitizens that they are not allowed to vote is pure political theater, but it is at least not harmful.

Letters: Federal infrastructure investments benefit Louisiana communities

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 11, 2024

Thanks to the hard work of local, state and federal leaders, Louisiana is moving forward on a range of critical projects that will help strengthen, modernize and improve the long-term resilien…

Letters: Road work didn't need to wait for Super Bowl

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

It is impossible to drive in New Orleans now without encountering multiple areas of street, light and drainage repairs. The mayor and other officials have informed us that the sudden burst of …

Letters: Lakes area in need of some basic maintenance

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

I'm glad to see some love for the University and City Park lakes. But does the rehabilitation come at the expense of the existing bike/walking path?

Letters: Why report on the race of police chief applicants?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

Here we go again, the mass media is trying to divide us racially. In her article, Megan Wyatt describes the applicants for police chief by the color of their skin. I could care less what the c…

Letters: St. George transition leaves many questions unanswered

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

Recent developments have raised serious questions about the Transition District's readiness to establish the new city of St. George. A letter from East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Westo…

Letters: Medicare negotiating for lower drug prices can benefit all Americans

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

The ability to afford needed medicines is about dignity, hope and fairness. Those words have been at the center of our work at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to implement the…

Letters: Polarization is the problem, not the Electoral College

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

I believe that Jody Harrison's letter?in the Aug. 20 newspaper fails to consider the full extent of the reasoning that resulted in the establishment of the Electoral College. Slavery and the “…

Letters: Monetary compensation in suits against city is misquided

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

Recently, the City Council approved new rules requiring the city to start making payments on judgments against the city. The amounts are not insignificant and represent a blow to a city that s…

Letters: NOPD has had other racehorses in its mounted patrol

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

In Missy Wilkinson's story, "Failed racehorse has found his calling,"?she wrote that Ollie is the first thoroughbred in the New Orleans Police Department's mounted patrol.

Letters: New voter requiremnts could limit options for seniors

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

I am concerned about the new requirement for voting absentee in Louisiana that took effect on Aug. 1: No one besides an immediate family member or an employee of the registrar's office can hel…

Letters: We know assault weapons ban didn't harm America in the past

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 10, 2024

Would America cease to exist if consumers could not legally purchase AR-15s with 30-shot clips? The answer is that we did exist with such an onerous burden. From 1994-2004, there was a nationw…

Letters: Not buying that Harris has changed her views on issues

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 9, 2024

You printed an Associated Press article that stated Vice President Kamala Harris "has notably dropped her opposition to fracking and her support for Medicare for all. ... Her aides insist her …

Letters: Walz deserves honor for service, but his lies about record draw rightful scorn

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 9, 2024

In the Aug. 29 Opinion section, Rabbi David Goldstein recounts that he was a Navy Reserve chaplain for 30 years, and that Gov. Tim Walz should be respected for his years of service in the Nati…

Letters: Louisiana GOP can't follow both Ten Commandments and Trump

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 9, 2024

It is clear the Louisiana Republican Party suffers from a case of metastasized pharisaical blindness by placing the Ten Commandments in our schools for all to follow but themselves. They have …

Letters: Electoral College's origins not solely about slavery

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 9, 2024

Contrary to the claims in a recent letter to the editor, the Electoral College was not created "solely to benefit slave owners."

Letters: Campaign to stop Medicare from negotiatiing drug prices is misleading

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 9, 2024

Did you see the half-page ads in a recent Sunday paper, telling the reader to contact House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Sen. Bill Cassidy to urge them to oppose House Bill 4895 and Senat…

Letters: Students should see lesson in Ten Commandments controversy

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 9, 2024

I have a message for Louisiana schoolchildren returning to the classroom: Open your eyes. Open your eyes and ears and educate yourself, because when you get older you will find you have to lea…

Letters: Landry would rather make headlines than do what's best for state

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 9, 2024

How awful that Gov. Jeff Landry couldn't be bothered to see the president of the United States of America.?

Letters log: Fired up fans will have their say

BY ARNESSA GARRETT | Managing editor
Sep 8, 2024

With the start of football season, we always expect to see letters from sports fans. A passionate bunch, they write especially when their team is doing poorly. After LSU's loss to USC in Las V…

Letters: Recycling has become little more than farce

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 5, 2024

Let's stop the lie. I followed a garbage truck today and watched them take the recycling and the garbage and throw them into the same truck. This is not unusual.

Letters: New Orleans needs to get serious about road repairs

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 5, 2024

Recently, as I was going to the French Quarter for Coolinary Week with some friends at the Hotel Monteleone, there were many potholes alonge Conti and Iberville streets. Besides the potholes, …

Letters: Country's financial condition should be the key issue in race for president

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 5, 2024

Farmers know what happens when they begin to eat their seed corn, but apparently politicians — especially those with a “D” after their name — do not. Moreover, the political frenzy generated b…

Letters: Protesters don't understand importance of the state of Israel

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 5, 2024

I’m not a Tulane student, but neither are the two Jewish activists who penned an op-ed in this paper explaining what was in the minds of the students protesting the war in Gaza on Tulane’s cam…

Letters: Calling Harris 'DEI hire' overlooks one important fact

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 4, 2024

My understanding is that DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) has been a voluntary policy mostly used by companies to level the playing field in making fair hiring decisions. In some quarters…

Letters: Media allowing Harris and Walz to change positions to hide their real agenda

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 4, 2024

Left-wing media report that illegal border crossings are down to a trickle, inflation has been tamed and was caused by corporate price-gouging, Vice President Kamala Harris is all for fracking…

Letters: As UNO faces challenges, it's time for all to realize its value

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 4, 2024

Recent stories on declining enrollments and budget cuts at the University of New Orleans illuminate the challenges of urban public universities, New Orleans' downward slope after Katrina's des…