Letters
"Short Circuit," May 5 Cover Story
It appears that the state tax offices and the county tax offices are not putting forth the effort needed to provide information on the program known as "Circuit Breaker." Had I not lived in an Episcopal Church-owned building with a building coordinator, I, too, wouldn't have known about the renter refund/rebate program.
By City Weekly Readers
May 11, 2022
Letters
The Third One Is the Charm
As I sat on my patio watching a beautiful Utah sunset and enjoying a local brew, the philosophy of politics invaded my happiness. But it led to me consider things that I didn't detest.
By City Weekly Readers
April 20, 2022
Letters
To the Victor
The West has long lived comfortably in the assurance that we will never again see the feudal practice of a king claiming new land as a legal right of conquest. In 1066, for example, when William the Conqueror crossed the channel and took England, he nullified all previous legal landholding and instead allocated every town and farm in all of England to his generals and favorites as their own hereditary fiefs.
By City Weekly Readers
April 13, 2022
Letters
Come Together on Carbon
More and more Republican politicians are on board with legislation to limit climate damage by reducing carbon emissions. Do our conservative and liberal leaders need to agree on all issues related to a warming climate?
By City Weekly Readers
April 6, 2022
Letters
"RINO Rampage," March 24 Cover Story
I could never forgive myself if I were to join the Utah Republican Party. The whole idea just demonstrates how strange the workings of a real democracy are to Utah.
By City Weekly Readers
March 30, 2022
Letters
"All that Utah Jazz," March 17 Cover Story
I appreciate knowing there is a passion for jazz in Utah. I am a newcomer and have had a hard time finding musicians to play with.
By City Weekly Readers
March 23, 2022
Letters
The 'Wrong' Questions Need to Be Asked
Latter-day Saint leader Brad Wilcox recently addressed controversial topics at a speech in Alpine. In the subsequent barrage of social-media reactions, many found his remarks to be, at best, insensitive and ignorant and, at worst, condescending and bigoted.
By City Weekly Readers
March 16, 2022
Letters
Help the Unsheltered
Crossroads Urban Center needs sleeping bags to distribute to our homeless friends. Mummy bags are lighter and warmer, but if you have others, that will be OK. Prices for new bags begin at about $30.
By City Weekly Readers
March 9, 2022
Letters
Cheers, Beer Nerd! I just wanted to proclaim my appreciation of Mike Riedel and the Beer Nerd column.
By City Weekly Readers
March 2, 2022
Letters
"Diplomacy" Is the Problem
After weeks of unsuccessfully attempting to either bully Russia's Vladimir Putin into submission or bait him into war, U.S. President Joe Biden may finally be looking for a face-saving exit from the Ukraine "crisis" of his own making. Reuters and other outlets report that Biden, at the urging of French president Emmanuel Macron, is willing "in principle" to hold a summit with Putin.
By City Weekly Readers
February 23, 2022
Letters
Utah Theater Bait and Switch
Last November, Salt Lake City transferred ownership of the historic Utah Pantages Theater to developer Hines. The mayor said the transfer "fulfills a set of RDA obligations."
By City Weekly Readers
February 16, 2022
Letters
Protect the Badge and the Truth
Every day, police officers have to focus on the routine but meaningful work that comes with the badge. But hanging over every mundane moment is the dreadful specter that everything could go wrong in the blink of an eye.
By City Weekly Readers
February 9, 2022
Letters
Heterosexual Heaven
For the nearly 200 years that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been in existence, it has held to a view that marriage between a man and woman is ordained of God and, therefore, is crucial to one's happiness in this life and one's final status in the afterlife. Inextricably linked to this heteronormative framework is a condemnation of homosexuality on the grounds that it confuses gender roles and fundamentally defies God's plan.
By City Weekly Readers
February 2, 2022
Letters
Uncommon Sense
The killing of two teens and the injury of another near Hunter High School is terribly sad and tragic. Families of the victims and the killers will never be the same.
By City Weekly Readers
January 26, 2022
Letters
Bar Owners in Crisis
We are Utah business owners in crisis. We are Utahns, we are voters, and we need your help.
By City Weekly Readers
January 19, 2022
Letters
"Get Real," Jan. 6 Cover Story
I find it hard to believe that the author of this piece could possibly find anything redeeming about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Possibly the most misogynistic franchise on cable TV, Bravo's Real Housewives are portrayed as petty, vindictive, money grubbing, designer-label driven, Botox-dependent, cleavage-obsessed, social-media-styled exhibitionists.
By City Weekly Readers
January 12, 2022
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