Monday Opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\nI have recently seen a couple of negative letters to the editor urging voters to vote \u201cno\u201d on the Richardson ISD bonds to improve schools, and specifically against Proposition A. <\/p>\n
So I was very pleased to read the positive column from Jacob explaining why it is very important for all three propositions (A, B, and C) to pass. The district has been very transparent about exactly how the money will be spent. It is on its website. <\/p>\n
As Jacob states, a great deal of time, effort and thought went into these proposals. Richardson is an inner ring suburb, and its schools are aging. They desperately need major updates, maintenance and new construction \u2014 not to mention the new safety requirements now mandated by the state. <\/p>\n
RISD has always been known for excellent schools, so I strongly urge Richardson voters to vote \u201cyes\u201d for all three propositions on the ballot to keep their schools among the best. This would be a \u201cwin-win\u201d because better schools attract homebuyers and new businesses.<\/p>\n
Kimberly Mercer, Richardson<\/p>\n
Follow the downtown exodus <\/p>\n
AT&T, the largest employer in downtown Dallas, and 37th on the Fortune 500 list, is searching for a new headquarters location and \u2014 surprise \u2014 downtown Dallas apparently isn\u2019t on the list.<\/p>\n
Uh-oh. The loss of AT&T, which occupies 2 million square feet of office space with 6,000 employees in the Dallas central business district, would be devastating.<\/p>\n
It would tower over other recent corporate departures, perhaps even ringing the bell for further corporate exodus. The loss of AT&T may result in a 30% drop in property values.<\/p>\n
But have no fear, \u201cDallas leaders have pledged they will work to keep AT&T in the city.\u201d The proverbial kiss of death.<\/p>\n
How\u2019d that work for Neiman Marcus? Comerica Bank? The law firm K&L Gates, and other large corporate departures? We bungled luring the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers, and now stand to lose the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n
This moment has been coming for years. And yet, what has the city of Dallas done to improve the safety, security and upkeep of downtown Dallas? Nothing. Look at the failure that is Fair Park.<\/p>\n
Downtown Dallas will soon be Dallas in name only. Want to see what it could have been? Go to Arlington, Frisco and Plano.<\/p>\n
Guy Mercurio, Dallas<\/p>\n
Vote against Prop 15<\/p>\n
I strongly disagree with your recommendation to vote for Proposition 15, the constitutional amendment regarding parental rights. It is hard to argue against parental rights, and that\u2019s not my concern. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m arguing for the rights of the child and the greater society. The final version of the amendment is one paragraph, just affirming the parent\u2019s rights. An earlier version of the amendment had a provision for governmental interference when \u201cessential to further a compelling governmental interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is no such protection in the final version of the amendment. The rights of the parents are absolute, there is no provision for protecting the rights of the child. I urge you to look further at the wording of the amendment and reconsider your recommendation.<\/p>\n
Beverly Patrick, Dallas<\/p>\n
Rossini to the rescue <\/p>\n
Re: \u201cWho\u2019s to blame when a gang hangs out at a store?\u201d by Robert Wilonsky, Sept. 17 Opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\nMy local Fort Worth 7-Eleven plays opera music on the outdoor speakers at high volume. It seems to keep loiterers away.<\/p>\n
Yvonne Rubenstein, Fort Worth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pulling SNAP is political cruelty Re: \u201cHunger waits if families lose benefits \u2014 Pantries, food banks brace for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":340157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14052,407,90,11644,7281,80,13388,358,7376,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-340156","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-downtown-dallas","11":"tag-education","12":"tag-elections","13":"tag-food-insecurity","14":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-richardson","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-texas-legislature","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115456105786257812","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340156","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=340156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}