Proposed median raises questions
The Medford Planning Department is proposing that a median be installed at the intersection of Calle Vista and North Phoen...
Fires are the problem
The problem the city should be attacking isn’t camping — it’s fires. An open flame on municipal property should be banned.
Instead of...
Fire safety, not criminalization
In response to Robert I. Price referring to the Medford City Council as naive and ignorant, I believe the council is neith...
Do your job
To all the public servants I support with my vote and my taxes, I expect you to be informed about your constituents’ needs and wants. I expect ...
Council’s naive ignorance
Those of us that survived the first 20 years of life periodically “house insecure” (cycle time of about 18 months) have a special...
Stop Medford’s war on the houseless
I was disappointed in the recent Mail Tribune article entitled “City Council considers Greenway camping ban,” which sta...
Vaccine availability
A writer recently wrote about their frustration in finding an appointment for a COVID vaccine. That same day I looked at two pharmacy ...
Racist incident in Talent
One of our daughters lives in Talent. On Saturday she and our 5-year-old granddaughter, both Asian American, were in their front ...
Rushing toward socialism
Does it concern you that we are rushing toward becoming a socialist nation? Have we not seen what happens to to these countries, s...
Sad to see. It is so sad to see the Republican Party become a party of "no. " Not a single GOP member of the House or Senate voted for the coronavirus relief an...
The salvage debate. Your front-page article headlined "The Salvage Debate" was ludicrously one-sided. I hope to see an article in the near future providing a be...
Loss on top of loss. After the devastation of the Almeda wildfire Sept. 8, there have been many stories of the surrounding communities stepping up and helping o...
Logic vs. emotions. In response to Brian James's letter on Tuesday, March 9, voting with logic is important as is keeping emotions under control. His letter rea...
Give the governor credit. Buried in page 9 in the last paragraph of Monday's paper in the article "County reports 21 new cases Sunday" is this interesting stati...
Missed the point. In Kellie Gustafson's letter chastising William Carpenter for his letter to the editor, she completely missed the point regarding Leonard Pitt...
Painted boxes brighten town. Thank you for the article on the painted utility boxes in Ashland. It is my dream that all the utility boxes in town will be painte...
The real RINO. Donald Trump is the real RINO and lets hope he becomes extinct. CPAC is not conservative but an aberration of what once was, fueled by right wing...
Frustrated. I am a retired RN, so my license is not current in Oregon. Despite efforts to volunteer to give vaccinations, I have been informed that without a "c...
Vaccine clinic outstanding. Vaccination clinics across the country have been a huge logistical challenge and learning curve. Jackson County residents, however, ...
