Jim Graeve, St. Joseph Dr. Martin Luther King told us “the arc of history bends toward justice.” George Floyd’s murder bent the “arc” in a straight line to our hearts, heads and consciences. It made my stomach turn and I wept. There is much in the media about reparations to our Black brothers and sisters for our more than 400
Don’t hate those who disagree with you
Rick Schultz, St. Joseph mayor Rick Schultz, St. Joseph mayor Occasionally…not very often, I feel compelled to voice my humble opinion to the masses. This time I feel an obligation to react, not emotionally, but rationally to the ever, ongoing events which seem to be tearing us apart. To date, I’ve never received as much incendiary mail as I have
Is an ice arena a park?
Robert Schwalboski, Sartell In a recent letter to the editor by Commissioner Joe Perske, he voiced his concern about the Sartell City Council’s approval of supporting the replacement of the outdoor ice rink with an enclosed version. Granted the city is only “contributing” to the cost while Scheels is providing most of the funding for naming rights, but Sartell is
With no defense, we must accept Covid-19
Denis Grossen, Sartell We are not containing Covid-19 and nobody is nor will in the foreseeable future. It is long overdue for the so-called experts to admit their ignorance and incompetence. Forecast after forecast and model after model have been proven false. The governor of New York state was screaming day after day for 30,000 ventilators and more hospital beds
Columns give reader hope
Juliana Howard, St. Joseph In these hard times, I was stirred with hope after reading the June 26 issue of The Newsleaders. Both Opinion columns by Mike Knaak and Dennis Dalman should go viral. I am proud of you both for calling us to take action too…separate fact from fiction….keep expressing our collective outrage. I also appreciated your giving space
Council needs to reconsider arena plans
Joe Perske, Sartell The recent decision by the Sartell City Council to use $1.5 million of city funds for the construction of a second sheet of ice at Pinecone Regional Park needs transparency and reconsideration. The proposed plan also includes the demolition of the existing park shelter and removal of the existing outdoor rink. Pinecone Regional Park was designed for
A better plan for removing statues
William Todd Manske, Sartell The present-day Minnesota Twins organization has removed the statue of former owner Calvin Griffith. Let’s be smart about this national preoccupation with statue removal and just make all statues illegal, especially religious ones. If we are smart about this, we could talk the state of Nebraska tourism folks into buying them, crushing them, painting them and
Protests need to lead to policy changes
Leona Wieland, Sartell “That America has become great on the backs of the poor,” has been quoted at times and continues to this day. Four hundred and one years of slavery. Supposedly slavery ended on June 19, 1865, when President Lincoln told General Granger to pass the words along. Who forgot to pass those words along in ensuing years to,