Editor’s note: This is an edited version of a longer letter that was sent to Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn by Chinatown-International District business owners and community leaders. Dear Mayor McGinn, We are writing to ask for your help — the extension of paid on-street parking hours from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Chinatown-International [...]
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LETTER: Extended paid parking hours may be hurting Chinatown-International District
Posted on 31 January 2012.
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/30 Comments
LETTER: Commentary about Korean unification isn’t realistic
Posted on 24 January 2012.
To the Editor: Dr. Vernasius T. Tandia’s commentary (Jan. 7, 2012) regarding stereotypes harbored by South Koreans toward North Korean refugees among them, and the way that these stereotypes harm hope for reunification enlists the reader in the call for an idealizing and accommodating vision about North Korea that doesn’t seem at all realistic about [...]
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/270 Comments
LETTER: Hirabayashi remembered by a reporter
Posted on 17 January 2012.
To the Editor: Back in 1997, when I reported for the NW Asian Weekly, I was asked to profile Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi in the run-up to the paper’s inaugural Asian American Pioneers Awards banquet, during which Dr. Hirabayashi was to be honored for his personal stand against the Japanese American Internment.
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 31 No 3 | 1/14-1/200 Comments
LETTER: Story about LIHI’s dispute with SeaSol did not reveal all
Posted on 11 November 2011.
Editor: On Nov. 3, the Northwest Asian Weekly ran an article on the dispute between George Berumen working with the Seattle Solidarity Network, and the Low Income Housing Institute and its executive director, Sharon Lee. The article, “LIHI’s Sharon Lee and SeaSol clash over $99,” did not fully represent the position of SeaSol.
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 30 No 46 | 11/12-11/182 Comments
LETTER: Make your voice heard at city hall
Posted on 04 October 2011.
To the Editor: The Mayor McGinn’s proposal to move activities away from the ID/Chinatown Community Center to Jefferson and Rainier Community Centers effectively removes the opportunity for young people and seniors who live in the ID to have an accessible place for activities.
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 30 No 40 | 10/1-10/70 Comments
Letter: Disappointed with column painting Sea Shepherd as racist
Posted on 31 March 2011.
I’m disappointed and offended by Mark Lee’s article [from last week], painting the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS)
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 30 No 14 | 4/2-4/829 Comments
Letter: Dumbfounded by ‘Speak English, not Chinese!’ blog
Posted on 17 March 2011.
I, for one, was dumbfounded to have read in heavy print, NW Asian Weekly Publisher’s blog, “Please Speak English, Not Chinese!” (in last week’s March 12–18 issue).
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 30 No 12 | 3/19-3/250 Comments
Letter: Good and bad of immigration reform tangled together
Posted on 03 February 2011.
Most Americans agree that immigration reform is needed. The question [then] becomes, what is immigration reform?
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Names in the News, Vol 30 No 6 | 2/5-2/114 Comments
Letter: A reaction to Mars Hill column
Posted on 22 December 2010.
Mark Lee quoted a saying of Jesus (in his column, “Local Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll bashes yoga and ‘Easternism’ ”)
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 29 No 52 | 12/25-12/310 Comments
Letter: Recognizing Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag is divisive
Posted on 28 October 2010.
Mayor Mike McGinn’s decision to recognize the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag is an act of signal divisiveness masquerading as a public relations overture
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Vol 29 No 44 | 10/30-11/50 Comments
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