Letters
Local group responds to Boomer Blog
Shirley Scott’s blog on Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Urbana Daily Citizen. Sep. 23, 2020, pp. 6, 8) is all praise. She was “courageous, determined...
Reader: Sick child not allowed at clinic
This morning, I called a local medical clinic (staffed by physicians) to ask the protocol for treating a 5 year old child with the sniffles and a temp...
Reader disagrees with parent’s complaint
This letter is in response to an article written by Christopher Selmek dated 8/20/20 titled Urbana BOE prepares for school.I have 3 main points and or...
ELECTION LETTERS POLICY
Letters to the newspaper about the Nov. 3 election are welcome.Writers are invited to submit letters of up to 100 words for a flat fee of $50 per lett...
180,000 dead from the virus
At this time we have 180,000 people dead from the virus. Unemployment is at an all-time high. There are many businesses closed down. There is rioting ...
Morality is not situational
Why are racists insulted when they appear to be what they are? If you believe racism is a good thing, what’s the problem? If it is a bad thing, ...
About voting by mail …
In the Boomer Blog of August 26, 2020, there is a discussion about voting, ballots and voter suppression. Since there are two methods currently being ...
Ebert family asks for birthday honks
Local resident Janet Ebert is turning 85 on Saturday, Aug. 29. Due to the pandemic, we are unable to hold the party we wanted, so instead we’re ...
Vote rather than protest
Did you graduate from an American high school? If you did, then you took a “civics” or government course and learned about our republic, w...
Johnson pleased that Cupp was named Ohio House Speaker
Given the political mess surrounding the previous Ohio Speaker Householder, it’s refreshing that one of the most respected public servants from ...
