Letters to the Editor

To submit a letter to the editor, please email your submission to letters@ljworld.com or mail it to Box 888, Lawrence KS 66044. Letters should be 250 words or less, be of public interest and should avoid libelous language. The Journal-World reserves the right to edit letters, as long as viewpoints are not altered. Letters must bear the name, address and telephone number of the writer.

Letter to the editor: More balance on solar farm

To the editor: As a regular reader of Chad Lawhorn’s Town Talk column, I generally have great respect for his informative and balanced style. It appears, however, that he has recently become an advocate for the resistance to the proposed Kansas Sky Energy Center. The headlines ...

Letter to the editor: Big year for swap meet

To the editor: We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Douglas County and the City of Lawrence for allowing us to rent the Douglas County Fairgrounds. The Lawrence Region Antique Automobile Swap Meet is celebrating its 60th anniversary May 3-5. We are anticipating 400 vendors at ...

Letter to the editor: Approve the solar farm

To the editor: County commissioners and Lawrence residents have been hearing impassioned pleas from neighbors and artists claiming devotion to clean energy but wanting a relocation of the northern solar farm project. Has anyone suggested an alternative flat property with grid connection? This ...

Letter to the editor: If not there, then where?

To the editor: Thank you for your continued coverage of the proposed Kansas Sky Energy Center. Opponents of the project say they are not against renewable energy in Douglas County; they just think it should be located somewhere else. Where? Where can they find 1,100 contiguous acres of ...

Letter to the editor: Catch & release

To the editor: If you read the reports of various crimes around this area (especially those with violence), there’s a disturbing pattern. A majority of the suspects have multiple prior convictions and are out on probation. Kudos to our judicial system for being ecologically sound. They have ...

Letter to the editor: Move the soil?

To the editor: Like some other people on the fringe of the North Lawrence solar project issue, I’m conflicted. My opinion is that the proposed site is a good one for the project; except for the prime ag land there, I am an ardent supporter of preserving. (When I worked for the Lawrence ...