Sunday Opinion<\/a>. <\/p>\nThe set of actions outlined in this column would address most, if not all, of the major concerns with Dallas City Hall, particularly as it is focused on rebuilding the plaza into a welcoming public place. It\u2019s always seemed to me that the current plaza, while having aesthetic virtues, never felt like the heart of the city.<\/p>\n
With most proposals for replacement of City Hall centering on sports, convention and entertainment facilities, it would seem very likely that in another 25 years, the situation would be as it is today with abandonment of current buildings for newer, flashier arenas and convention centers \u2014 probably proposed for somewhere else.<\/p>\n
Real cities have public architecture at its core that is maintained, preserved and modified over long arcs of time creating an historical legacy and a physical monument to the aspirations of the community.<\/p>\n
Donald Gatzke, Arlington<\/p>\n
She got goosebumps<\/p>\n
This is the first idea that gives me goosebumps of excitement. Wow!<\/p>\n
Patricia Link, Dallas<\/p>\n
Pay the piper<\/p>\n
Aside from the fact that our current elected officials and their appointees from the mayor on down do not deserve a new crib, just look at the money. As a resident, I\u2019ll be paying more for the demolition of an iconic structure and a flimsy replacement than to fix what should have been kept up to begin with. <\/p>\n
The bare stumps of neglected trees outside the building are stark evidence of the distracted caretakers in the interior. Stop arguing and step up, pay the piper and enjoy that marvelous poured concrete gift from our past, which we can ill afford to replicate. With a little love, it\u2019ll be around long after you\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n
Philip B. Mendershausen, Dallas\/Casa Linda<\/p>\n
Let ICE do its job<\/p>\n
When you have the Arizona attorney general say it\u2019s OK to stand your ground and shoot ICE agents, what do people believe will happen? She should be in jail for threats against federal agents.<\/p>\n
In Minnesota, I personally feel that Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz encourage this violence.<\/p>\n
Whom do people believe when ICE agents are there to do a difficult job, and the state is defending illegal criminals, Somali fraudsters and not American citizens?<\/p>\n
We as Americans depend on these agents to protect us. The protesters scream Jan. 6, but they are actually causing the real insurrection right now. Harming a federal agent is against the law.<\/p>\n
Let ICE do their job and stop attempts to harm them. They don\u2019t just protect Republicans, they protect everyone. <\/p>\n
Bonnie Somer, Addison <\/p>\n
A delivery despite the ice<\/p>\n
All I can say is wow! Sooooo very surprised Saturday morning to find my Dallas Morning News sitting on the front of our walkway here in Lewisville. Never expected that. <\/p>\n
Thank you so much to Robert Leon, our deliveryman, for a job, an exceptional job, well done. We certainly appreciated that.<\/p>\n
Greg Bronder, Lewisville<\/p>\n
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