{"id":248209,"date":"2025-09-23T06:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/248209\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T06:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:17:10","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-fair-park-ted-cruz-dallas-city-hall-newspapers-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/248209\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor \u2014 Fair Park, Ted Cruz, Dallas City Hall, newspapers, gun control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fair Park\u2019s downfall <\/p>\n

Re: \u201cWhat Could Go Wrong With Privatizing Fair Park? (Everything, It Turns Out),\u201d Sunday editorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fair Park is a Texas treasure. No doubt it\u2019s a gut punch to the citizens of Dallas to have to watch an art deco gem slowly crumble from the incompetence, lies and neglect of the people who were paid to be the stewards.<\/p>\n

As an Austin parks watchdog, I know your pain, Dallas.<\/p>\n

Our elected City Council entered into a series of contracts and handshake deals with shady, commercializing nonprofits to receive private and city funds to maintain parks and grow what council members call \u201ccultural events.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ten years in, our citizen eyes tear up as we behold near-stomped to death trees and vegetation, filthy restrooms, eroded trails. We are excluded from our parks in the fall, winter and spring so festivals may be set up, taken down. Hundreds of thousands of \u201cfestival\u201d party tourists swarm our parks. <\/p>\n

Opinion<\/p>\n

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We know from IRS documents that the nonprofits have bloated payrolls and tens of millions in the bank. The nonprofits are misusing their dwindling donor money. Our calls for city audits are ignored.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my idea for Fair Park and Austin\u2019s New Deal Zilker Park: nix the commercializing; curate buildings, keep one or two; plant the remaining land with a thick forest for our future use in Texas\u2019 heat.<\/p>\n

Chris Flores, Austin<\/p>\n

Cruz correct on liberty<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cCruz likens FCC leader to \u2018mafioso\u2019 \u2014 He calls threats by federal regulator against ABC over Kimmel dangerous,” Saturday news story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not often that I agree with Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz nailed it with his comments on the Federal Communications Commission leader. While people can argue about whether or not Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s comments regarding Charlie Kirk are right or wrong, Kimmel has the right to speak. <\/p>\n

Government interference with individual liberty used to bother conservatives. Imagine if the Biden administration had attacked Fox News in the way the Trump folks have gone after the media.<\/p>\n

Alan E. Mesches Frisco<\/p>\n

That\u2019s entertainment<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cA wild night at Dallas City Hall \u2014 A poker club got its permit after a board hearing turned into a trial featuring a council member,” by Robert Wilonsky, Friday Opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What a terrific and unexpected thing just happened! Reading Wilonsky\u2019s column about the Board of Adjustments meeting concerning Champions Social Club\u2019s certificate of occupancy actually took my mind off of national political shenanigans. <\/p>\n

What an extreme adventure into the dark side of a city\u2019s political intrigue. Now that\u2019s entertainment!<\/p>\n

Dan Siculan, Royse City<\/p>\n

Reverse confinement ruling<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cHomelessness stymies city \u2014 Council eyes rules for public areas; advocates call for more resources,” Saturday Metro & Business story.<\/p>\n

In O\u2019Connor vs. Donaldson (1975), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that dangerous mentally ill individuals who were capable of surviving on their own could not be confined against their will. That decision was followed by others in a similar vein.<\/p>\n

This has led to at least a material part of the current homelessness problems in Dallas and the rest of the nation. While the court was well intentioned, it failed to address the protection and well-being of both those individuals and society at large.<\/p>\n

Reversing O\u2019Connor and allowing for safe, institutional care for the homeless who are mentally ill would improve their lives and those of the rest of society.<\/p>\n

Edward F. Walker, Dallas<\/p>\n

Leaving Texas, News<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cMy old friend the newspaper,\u201d by Ellen Fleming-Hughes, Friday Letters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I really enjoy the letters section of The Dallas Morning News mainly because I like diversity, and I always find at least one person who is my polar opposite. <\/p>\n

In Friday\u2019s paper, it was a person overjoyed as they read the paper for the first time in years and found some cherished \u201cold friends.\u201d I have been reading daily (when not traveling for work) for 35 years. <\/p>\n

Lately I have been questioning the value due to the loss of coupons and the focus of reviews on restaurants and activities that, considering Dallas-Fort Worth traffic, are too far north of where I live and are also outside of my budget. <\/p>\n

Hopefully, more people like Fleming-Hughes will return to buying the newspaper and offset the loss of my subscription as I move to a state that isn\u2019t so hot in summer and has a government that has a better balance of representing both working-class citizens and major campaign donors. <\/p>\n

I hope that all newspapers survive for a while longer. They were the focus of breakfast discussion in my house while I was growing up. I miss that life.<\/p>\n

Kenneth Mathias, Grand Prairie<\/p>\n

Gun control requires women <\/p>\n

OK, grandmas and young women! I want to share something with you and encourage you to get it together.<\/p>\n

In 1929, Republican grandmothers and wives met in living rooms and got their senators and representatives to change the law on liquor. They were tired of the current law regarding liquor and were afraid for their children and grandchildren. Too many shootings! <\/p>\n

So they got the law changed: 1. Legalization. 2. Regulation. 3. Taxation. Then people went about their lives and enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

We need all the women \u2014 and men who want to join us \u2014 to get together and change these gun laws. Article II says \u201call are free to own a musket!\u201d OK, give them a musket!<\/p>\n

Seriously, grandmas and young women. It looks like it has to be us to get control of the guns.<\/p>\n

Beth Weems Pirtle, Dallas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fair Park\u2019s downfall Re: \u201cWhat Could Go Wrong With Privatizing Fair Park? (Everything, It Turns Out),\u201d Sunday editorial.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":248210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14841,18367,42423,7281,398,80,4411,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-248209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-city-hall","11":"tag-fair-park","12":"tag-guns","13":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","14":"tag-media","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-ted-cruz","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115252156425712802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}