A letter to the editor (Aug. 20) incorrectly stated “history reveals, however, there were unwilling Africans who were exploited much earlier in America, in the fourteenth century.” The Fourteenth century ran from 1300-1399. America was discovered after 1492. According to Wikipedia, the first 19 or so Africans to reach the colonies England was struggling to establish arrived in Point Comfort,

Editor: Gloria Beech (Letters, July 30) asked, “Who are these traffic people at the front gate?” As a former traffic officer, I can answer that question. Currently, there are three different types of employees working for Security: full time GRF employees, part time GRF employees, and temp workers. The temps are provided by Off Duty Officers Inc., which has been providing temps for Security

Editor: I would sincerely like to thank both Pamela McDougal (Letters, Aug. 6) and Gloria Beech (Letters, July 30) for doing something so important and necessary—to open a civil discussion on racism, a sickness this country has endured since the arrival of Africans, who by most “official” accounts arrived in Virginia in 1619. History reveals, however, there were unwilling Africans who

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by Jim Greer LW contributor In the 1971 Academy Award-winning film, 'Fiddler On The Roof,' Tevya, the milkman, explains to his wife Golde that “good news will stay. And bad news will refuse to leave.” Over the past six months, our lives have become more challenging as we attempt to process the bad news that won’t go away. And just like Tevya and the people of Anatevka, “every

Editor: The Mutual 9 by-laws passed, and it was a tremendous success for Mutual 9. At a town hall meeting with the shareholders and Roseman Law Firm, Steve Roseman presented delegate voting. This is a method where the shareholders nominate and elect the director who lives within their parcel. Those shareholders who attended the town hall received this as a much better approach of electing the

Editor: In response to Pamela Mc-Dougal’s letter to the editor (Aug. 6) dissecting my letter (July 30), I apologize that the content was misunderstood. There was no hidden agenda aiming at race. Nowhere did I say anything about color. I’m sorry that you have endured discrimination, especially here! I have no words to tell you how abhorrent I find that. I can only relate by remembering being

Editor: I agree with much of Pamela McDougal’s letter to the editor (Aug. 6) addressing a prior letter from Gloria Beech (July 30) criticizing the new employees at the security gate. Gloria’s letter was, in my opinion, ageist and bigoted. She states that the “new” staffers are incompetent due to their age. And because they do not live in Leisure World, they don’t care about their jobs

Editor: I can’t speak to Pamela Mc-Dougal’s letter (Aug. 6) that “I have endured more racism in Leisure World than throughout my 67 years,” as she failed to cite dates and incidences of her complaints as she suggested we all do in her last paragraph. I hope there is not systemic racism where we live, rather that she indulged in hyperbole born of her undstandable frustration at any such

Editor: The Golden Rain Road ditch stinks and is a hotbed for mosquitos. A wire net fence with abundant bougainvillea runs its length. A year-round breeze from the nearby ocean blows through this passage, and Leisure World is tainted with this drainage stench and the mosquito stings that can be hazardous to shareholders’ health. The ditch must be cleaned by sweeping up at least once or twice