Dear Editor, I’ve just moved back to the Triad. Most recently I lived in the Detroit area, where I regularly read the Metro Times..

Tony Wilkins is a great person for the job of county commissioner District 6. I have had the pleasure of serving with Tony on the War Memorial Commission and have watched Tony hold comunity leadership positions with integrity and respect. Tony studies the issues in order to make informed decisions and comes to meetings on time and prepared.

During our study we also visited many alternative programs and spoke with the manager and sometimes with clients. After two years of study we came to consensus on jail and alternatives to incarceration.

Bravo, Mr. Clarey! Your piece on the Trayvon Martin tragedy was the most sensible article on the subject I have read yet ["My hoodie"; March 28, 2012] .

Sandra Fluke was referred to as a prostitute because she stated that she wanted someone else to pay for her for her sexual activities. Fluke represents you and all other progressive men and women so you were all being called sluts and prostitutes.

The campaign will benefit local programs and services for people living with multiple sclerosis and MS research. Every hour of everyday, someone is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable often disability disease of the control nervous system.

Hey Brian, Here’s to guest columnist John Doe. [“YES! Weekly discriminates against ‘Triad Today’”; Feb. 22, 2012] I’m glad he turned his penetrating insight away from the club ads and toward the rest of YES! Weekly. I would like to shake his hand. (After he has washed it, of course.

When I met Mr. [Jorge] Cornell, I changed my whole perspective on gangs [“Latin Kings indictment stuns supporters”; Dec. 14, 2011; by Jordan Green]. I saw how “gangs” can be a positive force for kids who have not had loving and stable home environments — to give them something to connect with and aspire towards.

have overachieved, largely on the arm of Tim Tebow, a pale, mookish southpaw with crabfish legs and nailfish eyes.” Whew! Mr. Clarey’s scorn for evangelical Christianity is exposed! A football team led by a Heisman trophy winner cannot overachieve. It either newspaper editor with a big microphone has the potential to overachieve.

I live in Gilbert, Ariz. and I have been searching the internet for information regarding Limewire downloading and accidentally downloading child porn off of Limewire when I came across your article [“Child porn download case is obscene”; Dec 18, 2009; by Jim Longworth].

By now, most Greensboro residents should be aware of the unconscionable 17-20 percent rate increase Duke Energy seeks to inflict on its customers in order to recoup losses from its latest round of grotesque mismanagement.

Greetings. Your valued columnist Jim Longworth is very informative and correct [“Greetings from Blue Cross/Blue Shield”; Nov. 2, 2011]. The healthcare cost in America keeps increasing with giant steps. We all know why.The health reform is supposed to do something to slow down the fast-increasing medical costs.

Do you know that “social justice” is simply the equivalent of socialism? Justice, in the traditional sense, refers to equality of opportunity, equality under the law, respect for human rights and the dignity of every human being.

What happened to the legacy of student activism in Greensboro? Our city has a reputation for political engagement and a historical precedent for student involvement in politics. We all know about the A&T Four, whose actions helped spur the nationwide civil rights movement.

Hey Brian, I sadly read the plight of local body painter Foxy Moxy in your periodical [Banned on Facebook; 14, 2011; by Ogi Overman]. Censorship has always been a problem for creative artists, and small-minded persons can be so, well, small-minded, but remember, both Nietzsche and Howard Johnson assure us that out of chaos comes order.

I bought The Boomers Guide to Story.

Mr. Snyder, I feel sorry for generation. Its not your fault that you could not recognize or understand true talent. As with the likes of Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber for examples of todays great talents. So, young grasshopper, finish cutting your teeth on some real talent and get back to us in a couple of years.

Hi Eric. You are to be commended for your gutsy analysis of the supposed flash mobs in downtown Greensboro [Asking the wrong questions; Aug. 24, 2011; by Eric Ginsberg]. The column was seriously stunning work your wording was careful but compelling and I hope your editor gets dozens of e- mails praising the piece.

In his Aug. 3 column [Young park attackers must do hard time; Aug. 3, 2011], Jim Longworth writes about the recent string of mob crimes that were organized with precision over social networks.

Hi Eric, Your piece in YES! Weekly was really excellent [Local currency project garnering support, gaining speed; Aug. 3, 2011; by Eric Ginsburg]. You did a great job of presenting the facts accurately and conveying the spirit of the project. I especcially appreciate it when I contrast some of the abysmal tv coverage weve had recently, where the reporter feels at liberty to just make up facts and string them together any old way.