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Trump indictment

I have been repeating these same five words ever since former President Donald Trump sicced a thousand rabid lunatics on our nation’s capital. Trump is going to PRISON!

Trump was caught on tape trying to get Republican governors to change their states’ election results and declare him the winner days after President Joe Biden had already been declared the winner.

Trump is going to PRISON! Now the special counsel that’s investigating Trump has learned he purposefully stole highly classified documents from the White House after he had been told he wasn’t supposed to have them in his possession. Then he lied and said he gave them all back when he didn’t. He’s acting like he’s working for the KGB or somebody. Like he’s spying for his BFF in North Korea. Or maybe he thought those documents would make Mr. North Korea Kim Jong Un, the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the government of Iran, and every other murdering and criminally-minded leader of the world kiss his ass to see those papers.

Trump is going to PRISON! All of the richest and most arrogant Republicans in congress can’t save him from what he has put on himself. He’s probably studying up on who the U.S. shares extradition treaties with.

Yolanda Averette, Lexington

Open access

In the beginning many supporters of former President Donald Trump claimed that while he may have taken sensitive “Top Secret” documents from the White House that they were kept under lock in a secure location at Mar-a-lago. Well, of course, that turned out to be a lie as they were stored willy-nilly throughout the social club — on a public stage, in a vestibule off the main entrance, in a bathroom, in Trump’s office and bedroom, and who knows where else. In at least one case, boxes were overturned with the contents spilling out onto the floor!

I think the only safe course of action now is to assume that any and all documents that were transferred to Mar-a-Lago have been shared with the Russians and the Chinese and perhaps even the North Koreans. This is an absolute disaster for the United States intelligence community. Trump was allowed to abscond with the Crown Jewels of the intelligence agencies, and they were basically out in the open for over a year for our enemies to purloin!

Jim Porter, Danville

Justice leaders

Today, I placed flowers on the graves of Anne and Carl Braden and their young daughter. The Bradens are two of the most important figures in the history of the civil rights movement. They lived in Louisville and are buried in Eminence, where Anne spent summers with her grandmother as a child.

If you want to honor their memories, please donate time and/or money to SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice). I learned more about the history of the civil rights movement from reading her biography than from all other sources put together. As Juneteenth approaches, please give a nod to this couple, who dedicated their lives to equality for all.

Leslie McBride, Waddy

Housing for all

I agree with Linda Blackford’s editorial on “Lexington expansion….”

I think it would be wrong of the City Council to establish a new part of the city for those that can pay high prices for “gracious living”. The BUILD organization has found 14,000 people need affordable housing, and the current process cannot keep up with these growing numbers.

In the past, the city has worked in all new sections of the city to produce a plethora of services for areas as they grew to be what they are now…a small kind of village with most services available but connected to the larger city of larger services available for all.

The Comprehensive Plan is a guide which should serve as a guide for public and private actions and decisions to assure the development of public and private property in the most appropriate relationship (KRS 100.183).

It is the duty of the Planning Committee to plan housing for ALL the people of Lexington. It should include all the standard services that the various parts/areas of the city need for police, fire, utilities, health, transportation, food, education, parks and areas for religious and other gatherings. It is a huge undertaking for our city to take on all of this.

Ruth Mark, Lexington

Urban services

I suggest that before the council takes the plunge to cater to the developers that they address some very serious lacks in what urban services are being provided to those of us in neighborhoods established over 50 years ago well inside New Circle Road. All around us homeowners get city garbage pick-up, and we are left at the mercy of price gouging ($200 a month) by private garbage companies who do not even offer a yard waste bin.

Attempts to get my council member to consider some kind of legislation to address this have fallen on death ears. Isn’t it time to offer full city services to city residents before expanding the urban service boundary?

Sally Wasielewski, Lexington

More housing

I am writing about the lack of housing in Lexington.

The mayor and some council members have recently expressed a desire for more affordable housing in the new areas to be opened up for development.It is my belief, however, that we have a shortage of housing, period, not just “affordable”.

Why are Lexington residential real estate prices going up, despite relatively high mortgage interest rates? Why are there so many homeless people in Lexington? Why are rents so high in Lexington? Why is there a lack of affordable housing in Lexington?

I think the answer to all these questions is mainly because we have an overall shortage of housing. i.e. the demand exceeds the supply.

The Urban County Government should be examining ways of increasing the housing supply. Eliminating minimum parking requirements was an excellent first step.The council should look at opening up other zoning rules.For example, minimum lot size, maximum lot occupancy, and building height, to name some.

Our governments role in housing should primarily be to insure buildings are safe, sufficient infrastructure is in place for growth, and housing supply more closely matches demand.

Nelson Barnes, Lexington

“Woke” life

Hey, if ‘woke’ today means to some people ‘diversity, inclusion, acceptance of gender identity and sexual orientation,’ then count me in. To all those who would not include these ideas in their lives, I could only ask, “What are you afraid of?”

Lead your life as you want but don’t put it on me.

Elsie Harris, Lexington