MetroPulse Stories: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Pagan Dance Party!

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:00 -0000

Chris Irwin: "Let me be the first to congratulate the City of Knoxville for its brave stand in support of downtown fertility cults."

Letter: Lining Cages Since 1991

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:19:00 -0000

William Wright: "I had to laugh when I read the rant about MP not having Pat Summitt on the cover."

Letter: Spelling Intentional

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:17:00 -0000

Roy King: "That is one of the best descriptions of the liberal dimocrats..."

Letter: Ultimate Blame

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:14:00 -0000

Ole Joe Don Tom Bob Acree: "It’s a given that all artists are lazy, no-good nincompoop beatnik kooks."

Letter: Mulch Heroes

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:35:00 -0000

Claire Austin: "Thank you for publishing a balanced summary of the events surrounding the recent fire at Shamrock Organic Products."

Letter: Damn Yankee Sarcasm

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:33:00 -0000

R.M. Williams: "How absurd and ignorant of history can one get—the letter from Charles Long calling anyone with a rebel flag or sticker a terrorist."

Letter: Look To Lisa

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:31:00 -0000

John Bohstedt: "Every community needs leaders like her."

Letter: Mulch Fire, a Haiku

Wed, 02 May 2012 20:57:00 -0000

Robert Quiggle III: mulch fire 2012

Letter: Are the Trees Binge-Drinking?

Wed, 02 May 2012 20:56:00 -0000

Jeb Beckham: On the cover of your issue entitled “Speaking for the Trees,” there are no trees. [Cover story by Cari Wade Gervin, April 19, 1012] There is, however, a gigantic Miller 64 light beer ad.

Letter: Your Source for Week-Old News

Wed, 02 May 2012 20:55:00 -0000

Chad Sexton: Considering the impact that she made to the sport, and the many victories and accolades she has amassed, one would have assumed that Metro Pulse (a local publication about Knoxville) would feature Pat Summitt on its cover, including a full-length article celebrating her amazing career.

Letter: Don't Go There, Bill

Wed, 02 May 2012 20:52:00 -0000

Charles Barber: In Frank Cagle’s April 19 column, he skips over Bill Haslam’s not very interested or interesting service in Pilot Oil, to briefly describe the governor’s successful yet laid-back term as Knoxville mayor, then goes into more detail about his present incarnation as a Tennessee governor who is allegedly and remarkably, peacefully bringing about some needed changes in the good-old-boy club otherwise known as Tennessee state government.

Letter: Suck It Up

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:24:00 -0000

John Galyon: "In the April 19th edition of Metro Pulse, I read with some interest about the tribulations of Mr. Larry Silverstein and his followers affected by TVA’s right-of-way tree-cutting." [“Speaking for the Trees” by Cari Wade Gervin]

Letter: Precious Memories

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:19:00 -0000

Mary Louise Fancher Hitchcock: "Thank you so very much for the article re: People’s Tabernacle." [“The Rev. Mr. Bateman,” Secret History by Jack Neely, April 12, 2012]

Letter: A Closing of the Open Letter to the Honorable Congressman Duncan

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:20:00 -0000

Seva David Ball: "The elimination of this 10 percent set-aside has been decried by many—of course, those whose programs are affected, but also Republicans, Democrats, and even libertarians who enjoy the freedom to visit welcome centers on the interstate, bicycle on bike trails, and have their children educated on safety."

Letter: Security Threat Level Gray

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:18:00 -0000

Charles Long: "...Americans, and especially Southerners, need to be aware of and vigilant about one of the most prevalent and dangerous trends in our great nation: Confederate sympathy."

Letter: Still Independent

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:55:00 -0000

John J. Duncan Jr.: "At times my own Republican House leadership feels I am a little too independent."

Letter: Let’s Keep Our Vision Intact

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:53:00 -0000

Chris Field: "I find the scale of Mr. Gumpert’s planned complex most troubling."

Letter: Julia the Great

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:05:00 -0000

Terry Caruthers: "Wow! Thanks for the fascinating profile of Julia Tucker."

Letter: Generation Destroy

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:04:00 -0000

Judy Loest: "When I read Seva David Ball’s eloquent and heartbreaking letter to Sen. Duncan [March 29, 2012], I thought, my God, who is this man and why aren’t more people speaking out as he is about the sham state of our government?"

An Open Letter to Rep. Jimmy Duncan

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:40:00 -0000

Seva David Ball: "Governing is difficult and complex, but piece by piece, chip by chip, the America that has been built by Republicans and Democrats is being dissolved, and directly due to a lack of will and determination to protect our very heritage embodied in some of our most basic resources."