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October 5, 2025 Dear Mayor Combs, City Council Members and City Manager; Take the Downtown Parking Lots off the table and put the alternative sites on the table for developers to start the quote, permit and building process *NOW*. And/or adopt the Downtown Parking Plaza Ordinance right out...
Dear Mayor Combs, City Council Members and City Manager; Our downtown businesses, the owner and employees depend on the parking lots for their businesses to survive and thrive. Hundreds depend on theses businesses for their livelihoods. A takeover of the downtown parking lots is harmful to lon...
Hi, Council We still can’t afford to upgrade many of our appliances but there is no reason that new or remodeled residences shouldn’t have the least polluting kind. The human race may be doomed for a number of reasons but we can’t be sure and it’s better to act on the assumption that we can survive if we try. Sincerely Nina Wouk
Dear Members of the City Council, I am writing to bring your urgent attention to a systemic pattern of electronic intelligence (EI) suppression and misinformation that poses a significant threat to civic transparency, democratic engagement, and public trust — risks that Silicon Valley, as a gl...
Rabeh Morrar: Thank you for your profoundly moving comments! Avram Finkelstein On Sun, Aug 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM rabeh morrar wrote: > Hello, > I am writing these lines and feeling unsafe about my life as I live in the > West Bank in Palestine. > I wonder about...
Aram, If thats the definition of genocide, then Israel is clearly NOT committing genocide in Gaza. If Israel were trying to kill as many Gazans as possible, the death toll would be much, much higher than it is. They wouldnt allow any food or medicine in at all, and they wouldnt issue evacuation w...
Genocide defined: the deliberate <https://www.google.com/search?client=mobilesearchapp&sca_esv=2154c13314f6767c&bih=879&biw=428&channel=iss&cs=0&hl=en&rlz=1MDAPLACen-USUS385US495&v=377.0.781279791&sxsrf=AE3TifPQ9pB4sPl1bqaU1kd9oBJc2B15jA:1752895276637&q=deliberate&si=AMgyJEsoxf1x3izMIRdcfaP2O5eH0NW...
It appears that "genocide" can be defined in several different ways. Perhaps we should stop using that term altogether and stick to words that have clear and unambiguous meanings. > On Jul 18, 2025, at 12:25 PM, Aram James wrote: > > > I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It W...
*I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It”: Prof. Omer Bartov on the Growing Consensus on Gaza* *My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Having grown up in a Zionist home, lived the first half of my life in Israel, served...
Israel must comply with key ICJ ruling ordering it do all in its power to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Today’s decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order provisional measures in response to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel is an important step that c...