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YourVoice: Opinion

City income-tax increase is not merited, and it will hurt hardworking families

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The city administration has presented a framework of fiscal ideas calling for a 0.5 percent income tax increase, raising local income taxes for both city and county residents by 50 percent.

Letter to the editor: Why the US can't solve immigration problem

America’s immigration problem has little to do with Mexicans and little to do with Muslims. Public disgust with the administration of the immigration system is a symptom of a deeper problem: the slow collapse of American democracy.

Letter to the editor: Praise for the Day of Prayer

Gratitude goes out to Mayor Tom Henry and all who presented a Day of Prayer to ask God to help us curb the violence in our city. All of the faiths who were represented gave inspiration to everyone in attendance to continue to pray for an end to violence.

Law-abiding gun owners should not be considered second-class citizens

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I am getting tired of being classed as a second-class citizen. It seems to me that it is fashionable to speak out today against the citizenry who own guns legitimately.