Council decision regrettable

Editor, Concerning the Independent’s article, “New B&Bs on suspension” (June 29), I lament the Eureka Springs City Council’s lack of basic fairness in banning future...

Times, they are a changin’

Editor, I wish to correct this gentleman. He refers to the outdated, homophobic classification of homosexuality by the American Psychiatric Association as “a mental disorder.”...

Politics should be unusual

Editor, I wrote this for the Independent back in 2012 right after the Sandy Hook massacre. Four years and countless mass shootings later, it does...

Switchback rumble

Editor, We know the switchback curves of 62 West of town are deadly – recently there were two killed when a truck crossed the center...

Few blues at the Blues

Editor, I hope everyone who loves the Blues, our beloved town of Eureka Springs, and the Arts had as good a weekend as Celest &...

Editorial was naive

Editor, Mary Pat Boian: Your Independent editorial for the June 15 issue is naive in the extreme. Nothing to fear in a gay nightclub?  “A sports bar is...

We are the world

Editor, Last week’s “Show the world we are sane” should have been “Show the world we are the same.” I love our community and consider...

Cut Obama’s salary

Editor, Since Obama states he will be campaigning for Mrs. Clinton, I as his employer am not thrilled. At $400,000 annual salary he makes...

Curbing hatred

Editor, The father of the assailant said, “This has nothing to do with religion. He got mad when he saw two men kissing in Miami.”...

Show the world we’re sane

Editor, Another mass shooting in a tourist town in the USA. Another young man committing murders in an LGBT community because he couldn’t tolerate folks just out...