Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Union County Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees supports the proposed 6.56-mill continuing levy and the no-new-millage permanent improvement levy for Marysville schools on the Nov....

Dear Editor, As a board of health member, I have been asked why the Union County Health Department is asking for a .75-mill levy renewal with a .15-mill increase in the upcoming November election. To ...

Dear Editor, One of my favorite errands to run is to our local post office in Marysville. Often when I am waiting in line at the post office I hear customers disgruntled at the wait time or the long l...

Dear Editor: The TV theme song from the 1970’s crime show Baretta popularized the phrase, “Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.” Now, a state bureaucrat in charge of Ohio’s prisons has compos...

Dear Editor, In six years’ time, we’ve seen nearly a 400 percent increase in our property taxes. This year alone, the tax per acre for 2016 is $62. In 2016 we had to pay 14 percent in property tax alo...

Dear Editor, Before any final plans are made on the Route 31 exit ramp from U.S. 33 west, a quick five-day study needs to be made. What needs to be known is how many automobiles exit U.S. 33 west onto...

Dear editor, I am writing in reference to Mr. Runnels’ article “ACA impacts local insurers, doctors,” in the Marysville Journal-Tribune on May 4. It is their discussion that I would like to offer my t...

Dear editor, We are concerned Marysville High School alumnae. We are Marysville citizens who pay property taxes to support our schools, and we celebrate the academic achievements of the MHS Class of 2...

Dear editor, My wife and I are residents of Marysville and alumni of Marysville High School. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the students in the Marysville Class of 2017 ...

Dear editor, To all good people of Union County, please kneel with me in prayer to defend against the left liberals’ attacks on our President Donald J. Trump and on we the American people as I reitera...

Dear editor, I would like to commend the teacher who had the courage to voice a complain concerning the placement of “diversity posters” into classrooms. Kathleen Pagan, Catalpa Place, and Mary Ellen ...

Dear editor, On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the federal Fair Housing Act, which prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religi...

Dear editor, Last week we concluded our ninth town hall meeting on the state’s new household sewage rules. I appreciate all the residents who came to hear updates and who shared their concerns about t...

Dear editor, I would like to address the issue of global warming that was mentioned in the Friday, March 31 edition of the Journal-Tribune. Like many complex topics, there are two sides to understand ...

Dear editor, Recently, the Marysville Upground Reservoir was opened to fishing. This past weekend my dad and I went out to the reservoir to walk around. While there, we picked up a length of fishing l...

Dear editor, I need someone to explain to me why we have an Ohio Highway Patrol. Tonia Hill Marysville Mobile Home Park

Dear editor, I am a mother of four in the Marysville Exempted Village School District. We moved here six years ago. My oldest was in kindergarten. Ms. Mankins started around the same time. There were ...

Dear editor, I write this letter as a frustrated, concerned and disappointed lifelong resident of Marysville. I attended the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on Feb. 21 and was disappointed in the obvi...

Dear editor, I have lived in Marysville since 2009 and one of the things that attracted my family to it was the historic uptown. I feel that the opening of a new business in the area is a testament to...

To the editor: Speaking on behalf of my fellow board members, we have never been more proud of the teachers, administrators and staff in our district. As your elected board of education, we have the r...

Dear editor, On Feb. 25, I was fortunate to witness one of the most selfless acts of kindness I have ever had the privilege to observe. The wonderful students of Fairbanks Middle School — in all fairn...

Dear Editor, We are proud of our school. At Marysville High School, teachers and administrators regularly collaborate to foster a positive culture where students believe they can achieve whatever goal...

Dear Editor, As a 2014 graduate of Fairbanks High School, I would first like to say that my ability to learn was in no way hindered by the school building. There were no labs or activities that we cou...

Dear Editor: It’s summer, the weather is beautiful and the windows are all open. Suddenly, the squeal of tires, the sound of metal to metal contact, the ugly cloud of dust and debris and the very stra...

Dear Editor: Union County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Ohio, and the Fairbanks Local School District has experienced that growth firsthand. The district is running out of space, and the c...

Dear Editor: This election cycle seems to be full of difficult decisions.  Voters in the Fairbanks School District who love and support our Schools have one additional difficult decision to make.  Our...

Dear Editor: Like many of you, my wife and I were born and raised in this district.  We raised our children in the district.  When we bought our first home, the only requirement made of our realtor wa...

Dear editor, For those of us who use Fourth Street daily from downtown Marysville to the west side of the city, I’d like to thank the Marysville City Council, administrative staff and street employees...

Dear editor, Recently, the Union County Health Department and the Building Regulations Department have received several inquiries about the process for opening a restaurant in Union County. Jason E. O...