Governments at all levels seem to need increasingly more money from their citizens. However, the timing of the sales tax increase the Redlands City Council wants is egregious.

COVID-19, unfortunately, has taken its toll on our dear movie ambassador, Al Harris.

Measure T proposes to change the sales tax rate in Redlands from 7.75% to 8.75%. In describing this change I have read in various columns in the Redlands Community News that this is a 1-cent increase. I have also read in the “Argument against Measure T” that “this is a 100% increase.”

If there was a city that could somehow avoid all the obvious issues with the current state of politics and the politicized influence of standard and mass media, why couldn’t it be the city of Redlands? In my involvement with several government, charitable and service oriented organizations i…

Please, tell me it’s not true. Tell me that what was reported in this newspaper is not true: Did a Redlands city councilman coordinate and participate in a counter-demonstration to the Black Lives Matter movement?

Re: “A penny for your thoughts on proposed sales tax hike,” Leo Connolly, Aug. 7.

I recommend that you vote for President Donald J. Trump:

Thank you to the people of Redlands who make up the membership and the clubs and organizations that contribute to worthwhile, nonprofit organizations. Redlands is the most generous community when it comes to helping others and this is a unique place because of its generosity.  

With another election date drawing near, it is more important than ever to revisit the former Measure G, which was so soundly defeated by Redlands voters not long ago.

There are 195 countries on the planet and all have had to respond to cases of COVID-19. Some 700,000 people are confirmed to have died from COVID-19 around the planet.

Plan still calls for tall buildings

Re: “Residents to vote on sales tax increase in November,” Dina Colunga, July 10.

I was extremely disappointed to see that on July 16, Mayor Paul Foster of Redlands posted a link to an article arguing against the defunding of police on his Facebook page with little or no critical engagement on his part.

Re: “A opportunity to bring justice for all,” Peter Coonradt, July 1

Turn off Fox News for a while

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 decision in support of school choice in the case of Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue.  The Montana legislature had passed a tax credit scholarship program that would allow state funding of educational scholarships to qualified students to…

This letter is No. 2 in the series on Redlands City Planning. The subject of the first letter was parking in downtown Redlands. Friends of Redlands has been studying the Redlands General Plan 2035, Downtown Specific Plan and Transit Villages Specific Plan with the objective of informing the …

John Berry invited people to a Tea Party Patriots rally to show support for the police and reject arguments by Black Lives Matter who seek to rein in police behavior toward people of color. Obviously, indicting all cops is unacceptable, but we definitely need substantial reform in how police…

Re: “Join a rally to support the police,” by John Berry, June 26

Due to the recent budget cuts within the Redlands Animal Shelter, two kennel attendant positions have been eliminated. Despite the budget cuts the animal shelter staff remain committed to caring for the animals and the shelter will continue to be run with the utmost professionalism. Less sta…

When I saw swastikas and Hitler references at a protest in Orange County, I didn't get it.

I am a representative of Next Gen United. We are an advocacy group for the Black Lives Matter movement for the Inland Empire centered in Highland. We are demanding three requests that must take action immediately in the city of Redlands.

Re: “The police are not the enemy,” June 5, Redlands Community News editorial.

Re: “Redlands-to-PONY altered course on local diamonds,” Obrey Brown, June 5.

Re: “To stay open, we must wear masks, wash hands and socially distance,” May 29.

Library cuts hurt the vulnerable

As a citizen and volunteer in Redlands for more than 50 years, I am dismayed by the budget cuts that will be imposed on the A.K. Smiley Public Library.  

Composing this note grants two sorrows. First is the realization that I am old enough to be one of the people who clamors for the preservation of our cherished history and institutions. I always thought of this as the act of an old man. Well, here I am now.

Support local food banks

Now, more than ever, the value of booking with a travel adviser is clear. When things go wrong, we have your back. Given the current circumstance our industry now faces, and the overwhelming complexities of what travel may look like in a post COVID-19 world. We know that travel will return, …

An open letter to Amy and Adama:

Many of us plan for a rainy day and shake our heads, some of us make casseroles and donate old clothes, and a number of us simply turn away from the residents without homes.  

Monte and I are delighted each Friday (after being shut-in a week) to be able to catch up with the Redlands Community News delivered in the mail. Even though organizations and the arts are not meeting, we found out what everyone is doing and how they are doing it.