Re-elect Vue and Foster to boardAs a parent of three boys in the Saint Paul Public Schools and a committed public education advocate, I was happy to see MyVillager highlight the eight candidates running for School Board in the September…
Masks protect schoolchildrenI am writing because of a letter to the editor I saw (“The madness of masks,” MyVillager Inbox, September 29). I disagree in every possible way. Even though we have to wear masks, we are still very friendly…
Vote ‘yes’ for a richer Saint Paul A comfortable, safe, stable and affordable home is a prerequisite to becoming part of a community and is deserved by all. Unfortunately, some renters are treated as undeserving of this basic right, a…
Let’s get back to basics at City Hall Enough is enough! We’ve got an election coming, and we need to remember that we have a mayor who knows no limits on raising taxes and spending money on new programs of…
A head-scratching city budget Most of Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s plan for the 2022 city budget is gobbledygook. It sounds good, but it is chock full of head-scratching questions with vague to no answers (MyVillager, August 18). The mayor…
Save the planet, water a tree All over town, newly planted trees and mature trees are dying from lack of sufficient water during this prolonged drought. It appears that some people with boulevard trees are too lazy to water them.…
A responsible neighbor I sent a contact form to the Finn Apartments at 725 S. Cleveland Ave. at 9 p.m. on July 21 with concerns about its water sprinkler usage during this time of severe drought. By 10 a.m. the…
For a better legacy on Grand The developers of a proposed five-story apartment building at 695 Grand Ave. are trying to sell the project as a “legacy to the neighborhood.” A legacy can be good or it can be harmful.…
The 3 percent solution The new 3 percent maximum rent increase imposed on landlords by the city of Saint Paul (Villager, June 23) means only one thing: continuous 3 percent increases every year, guaranteed, whether justified or not. And those…
A West End welcome to allUrinating in public, being loud and foul-mouthed, hanging out on the sidewalk and smoking are the types of complaints I’m hearing about the guests of Freedom House. These are the same behaviors we see of…
Better option for new housingOpening the latest edition of the Villager, I was struck by the juxtaposition of stories on two housing projects on page 4. While both projects add housing and increase density, the development on the Ford site…
Fallout from Ford site lawsuit Reporter Jane McClure did a nice job in her article about the lawsuit over the application of the definition of “open space” in the Ford site master plan (Villager, May 12). We thank her for…