Opinion

Getting city info right

Published on Mon, 11/11/2019 - 4:02pm

Editor:

The Enterprise article in the Nov. 7 paper regarding city boards and commissions had some misinformation in the section about the Historic Preservation Commission. The article said, “Members of the commission serve one year terms and no more than three consecutive terms.” According to the bylaws, members serve three-year terms and are not term limited. 

Political minorities not same as minority groups

Published on Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:00am

To actually have a conversation about bias against political groups, we have to dismiss any comparisons to marginalized communities. There have long been complaints in the sphere of liberal college

Bloomberg 2020

Published on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 4:06pm
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Time to opt for the ‘best of all possible worlds’

Published on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 4:05pm

Editor:

Sometimes I have to check to see if The Enterprise reporter and I went to the same meeting. The Nov. 6 article, “City Hears from local government expert,” to me was misleading.

Opinions should be based on knowledge of the facts

Published on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 4:04pm

Editor:

In his letter to the editor of Oct. 29, Mr. Koopman once again insults in general the majority of Americans who know climate change is real and dangerous, and in particular those who know that we can do something about it, and are responsible enough to act on this issue. Although it has been politicized, climate change is not a political issue — it is a fact that affects all of us.

Pulling out of climate agreement Trump’s worst decision

Published on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 12:00am

The world is, without a doubt and without a credible opposing argument, heading pell-mell toward environmental disaster because of humanity’s continuing reliance on burning fossil fuels to create energy. Among

Colors of Autumn

Published on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:20pm
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What are they thinking?

Published on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:19pm

Editor:

When it was decided to put the spray park in bucolic Mike Webb/G street park, one of the reasons given was to “take the pressure off” Sacajawea Park. With the soccer fields, tennis courts, horseshoe pits, and picnic areas, it was obvious this area did not need more use or traffic. Now the powers that be want to put a multi-use recreation center in virtually the same area just down the street where the Civic Center stands.

How wealth taxes have fared in Europe

Published on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:19pm

Bernie Sanders often points to Europe as his economic model, but there’s one lesson from the Continent that he and Elizabeth Warren want to ignore. Europe has tried and mostly rejected the wealth taxes that the two presidential candidates are now promising for America.

California and electrical power

Published on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:18pm

What did socialists use before candles?

Electricity.

That joke seems appropriate given the happenings in California of late. As you know, the bankrupt power company there has the habit of turning the power off when the wind blows. Management at the bankrupt power company does that because of the massive wildfire that made the power company bankrupt.

Their theory is that if there is no electricity running through their power lines, the power lines won’t start a fire in high winds.