The crime wave we are living through has made it abundantly clear that our elected officials have failed miserably at their main job: to ensure the safety of the people.

Recently, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx shocked Chicagoans by not charging a group of individuals after a fierce gunfight on the city’s streets.

Southsiders for Peace will hold a vigil calling for an end to vaccine apartheid on Monday, Nov. 29, at 3 p.m., at the corner of 103rd Street and Western Avenue.

The news media has covered the remapping process in Illinois and the fact that, as part of that process, two Democratic U.S. representatives were placed in the same district.

As a retired lieutenant from the Chicago Police Department (CPD), I feel the disciplinary report from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) and the egregious timing that led to outrage after its announcement of a three-day suspension for the murdered Chicago Police Department (…

Who would have thought that the power pole, transformer and accompanying electric power lines falling in our side alley on the 9000 block of South Claremont Avenue could cause such chaos?

I retired as a lieutenant with the Chicago Police Department, and I believe Chicago needs a wake-up!

I strongly disagree with 19th Ward Matt O’Shea regarding the mayor’s vaccination mandate.

Which precautions keep others safe from COVID-19?

Here’s a way to combat climate change that doesn’t increase living costs.

This is in response to people who are for the mandate put forth by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to the police force.

It’s odd that Democrats can’t find three or four Republicans in the Senate who have the intelligence and integrity to pass climate-change legislation.

I would have loved Gerry Gainer’s letter to the editor (Oct. 20) about police and fire personnel getting the COVID-19 shot and doing the right thing to include their contracts with city and the collective bargaining agreement.

Recently, I was shopping at a local grocery store, and I observed that almost everyone was in compliance with the mask mandate.

Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, recently reported stats showing that 6,012 Chicagoans have died from COVID-19. Of those, 5,947 were unvaccinated (99 percent).

As a fully vaccinated person in healthcare, I take exception to 19th Ward Ald. Matt O’Shea recommending to Mayor Lori Lightfoot that she rescind her mandate to require a COVID-19 vaccine for city workers, especially those in the Chicago Police Department.

I just had the occasion to revisit The Lamp Shop.

As grand knight of the Fr. Perez Knights of Columbus Council 1444, I and the council’s officers, members, families and volunteers thank the caring and generous people of Chicago’s far Southwest Side and neighboring suburbs for their extensive and benevolent support on Sept. 17 and 18 of the …

I am a church pastor in the city. But also, I am a resident of the Beverly/Morgan Park community.

Thank you, Beverly Arts Center.

Dialysis defines much of my life.

Among the rights of every citizen of the world are the rights to breathe clean air, drink clean water and live free of endless climate catastrophe.

I’m a retired Chicago Police Department lieutenant, and back in my days as a cop, there was always a bit of rivalry between city cops and firemen.

I have been a Beverly resident for the past 43 years. We retired and moved to our lake house full time.

My family and I wish to thank the people of the city of Chicago and the surrounding communities.

In mid-2020, Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey made headlines by suing the governor for imposing a mask mandate.

Enough—enough of the many killings on our expressways!

Have you been downtown recently? Have you shopped on North Michigan Avenue recently?

I respectfully disagree with Joseph Webb’s letter to the editor (Aug. 18) that recommended the reinstitution of the death penalty in the state of Illinois.

After 21 years, the United States has called it quits in Afghanistan.

No disease requires the destruction of the healthy and the abuse of children to prevent, treat or cure.

I am retired from the Chicago Police Department (CPD), and I believe it’s about time the Illinois legislature reinstate the death penalty in Illinois.

The Guest Viewpoint (Aug. 4) by Scott Reeder, “Noble intention misguided in HB1711,” is appalling and so far from the truth that it’s offensive. 

After almost two years of silence regarding the plight of police officers in this city, 19th Ward Ald. Matt O’Shea has spoken.

This is in response to Scott Reeder’s Guest Viewpoint (July 28), “Government should end Cuban embargo.”

The Edna White Community Garden sparkles best in daylight when hosting hundreds of visitors.

I ask you to consider HR 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, and what it can mean for taxpayers in the United States.

I am the mother of an adult son with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD).

Thank you, Scott Reeder, for your excellent column (June 9) published in The Beverly Review.

I just finished reading the Guest Viewpoint (June 9) regarding Mayor Lori Lightfoot excluding reporters.

My wife and I normally like to eat at one of the many excellent restaurants in our neighborhood.

How sad, in just over 50 years, we have gone from our nation’s most famous civil rights icon dreaming that his children “will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” to the African-American mayor of the third largest city in America determining access …

Yes, a local dog park is desired, but please do not put a dog park at the south end of Ridge Park and proceed to destroy one of the last natural parkways in the city.

As our world works to return to “normal,” I am reminded—every day—that the Crisis Center for South Suburbia would never have survived the past 14 months without the incredible generosity and support of the community.

Back in March, our formerly reliable mail delivery dropped off to 2-3 times per week, with many items delayed 3-7 days and packages in limbo.

On behalf of Marty & Reese’s Warriors Polar Plunge team benefitting Special Olympics Chicago/Special Children’s Charities and our children and future Special Olympics athletes Marty McGowan and Reese Panatera, we would like to acknowledge our extraordinary neighbors of Beverly, Morgan Pa…

The mask is off Mayor Lori Lightfoot.