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Letters to the Editor – August 10, 2018

Posted: August 10th, 2018 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

We received some phone calls, emails and letters from our readers who were upset with an advertisement we ran in our San Diego LGBT Pride Guide, which was delivered with the July 13 issue of San Diego Uptown News.

Letters to the Editor – June 1, 2018

Posted: June 1st, 2018 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

Hello, goodbye [Ref: “Rogers steps down as HTC chair,” Vol. 10, Issue 8, or online at bit.ly/2HZUU4U and “Letters,” Vol. 10, Issue 9, or online at bit.ly/2sv0nXQ]

Letters to the Editor – May 4, 2018

Posted: May 4th, 2018 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

“So excited to have a Communal Coffee even closer to my house.” –Brijet Myers

Letters to the Editor – March 23, 2018

Posted: March 23rd, 2018 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

Olive Street Park alternatives [Ref: “Olive Street Park plan draws scrutiny,” Vol. 9, Issue 9, or online at bit.ly/2o0hHSN]

Letters to the Editor – March 9, 2018

Posted: March 9th, 2018 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

An ode to street art [Ref: “Leaving their mark”, Vol. 10, Issue 4, or online at bit.ly/2owUNCR] I love seeing this work. It’s special to San Diego, exciting, colorful and conveys a great street vibe. What I have seen so far is artistically charming. And varied! — Roberta Froome, via sduptownnews.com

Letters to the Editor – Feb. 9, 2018

Posted: February 9th, 2018 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

Thanks to Nancy Moors for speaking out against the proposed hidden site of the AIDS memorial. —John Keasler

Letters to the Editor – Oct. 6, 2017

Posted: October 6th, 2017 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | 1 Comment

Opposing AIDS memorial at Olive Street Park

Re: San Diego AIDS Memorial and Olive Street Park, Bankers Hill

(Editor’s note: This letter was sent to San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, the City Council and the San Diego AIDS Memorial Task Force. It was copied to Uptown Planners chair Leo Wilson, LAMBDA Archives of San Diego and the San Diego LGBT Community Center. The letter was also shared with local media and has been lightly edited for grammar and style.)

Letters to the Editor – Sept. 8, 2017

Posted: September 8th, 2017 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

DACA reactions

San Diego area lawmakers reacted to the Trump administration’s announcement on Sept. 5 that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) but would give Congress six months to possibly do something. Here are their statements.

Letters to the editor – June 16, 2017

Posted: June 16th, 2017 | Letters to the Editor, Opinion, Opinion & News | No Comments

Likes Hillcrest 111 (Re: “The next big thing in Hillcrest?” Vol. 9, Issue 3 or online at bit.ly/2kPyfMg.) I live on Seventh Street and I support this Hillcrest 111 project. Yes, it’s not pretty, but that corner is a hangout spot for homeless people and this is far better than that. The shops in Hillcrest keep closing down and we have tons of empty storefronts.

Letters to the editor – May 5, 2017

Posted: May 5th, 2017 | Featured, Letters to the Editor, Opinion | No Comments

Hillcrest residents deserve some respect Lately, we Hillcrest residents have been getting a pretty raw deal from the city, and in general. Our rents climb ever higher as our neighborhood deteriorates into a filthy playground for ill-behaved street people. A simple walk to the store (which many will no longer do after dark) often involves dodging human feces and walking over the bodies of passed out homeless as we navigate through their fields of garbage. Often, we […]