Casey Botts: I speak for many, many citizens and families — most of whom don’t have the time to attend meetings and write letters — when I say the community is excited and ready to welcome this new amenity in Ashland! 

[Editor’s note: Reader MaryAnn Gernegliaro wrote a letter to the editor, in which she opposed the suggestion in the Aug. 22 Relocations column of asking the Ashland Food Co-op to

MaryAnn Gernegliaro: Although I disagree with Israeli policies regarding Palestinians, I think that asking the Ashland Food Co-op to boycott Israeli products does not further the cause of Palestinians.

Alison Laughlin: I encourage anyone to attend a city government meeting — City Council, Planning Commission, city Parks Commission, etc. Democracy needs citizen participation.

Trisha Vigil: Trumpian reliance on anti-science hoaxes in developing policy impacts us because it’s the science of weather forecasting that allows us to learn about weather extremes and fire risk.

Tome Dimitre: How many times will the chief come back to the dupes on the City Council to push his illegal agenda to deny citizens their due-process rights?