I’m no stranger to the peanut gallery comment. It’s come up, in jest and in ire, after Creative Loafing posts about something and we take it in stride.
As CL’s new local ownership embarks on this next chapter of the alt-weekly, it wants to bring back the letters page. Engaging with our readers by mail, in person, and, yes, even on social media sometimes, is a fun practice that is essential to this project.
The publication does more than cover the community—it lives in it, and that means feedback.
Over the next few weeks we’ll fine tune this section, but in the meantime, please scan the QR code below to send us your feedback via email. If you’re a reply kind of person, drop a comment on social media. Thanks for being here.—Ray Roa
Email response to ‘In Pinellas, a dark money-funded ‘Energy Alliance’ is working against the push for publicly-owned electricity‘
I liked Valerie Smith’s piece on dark money fueling the opposition against a municipally owned utility, which I support, but I wish she could have included some information about how it saves consumers money with examples from other areas.—Bruce Rodgers, Largo
Facebook responses to ‘Tampa Councilwoman Hurtak says Mayor Castor is limiting her ability to ride along with city departments’
Lynn has learned a lot about how the PD works, what’s going on in Tampa, and what needs to be done to solve our problems. Jane clearly doesn’t want Lynn to become more qualified to be the next mayor than her pal Bob (too bad, she already is).—Phil Compton
Sounds fair during the campaign season. I love that she does this while on council. So many layers to each public service job that it may just take eyes on the whole shebang to understand if improvement opportunities are being captured and the how best to do it. Had the pleasure of listening to Lynn on WMNF (can’t remember which program she was on)as a guest and her take on Tampa.—Molly Finn Johnson
Facebook responses to ‘St. Pete Razing frames downtown’s pink paint job as ceremonial humiliation [PHOTOS]‘
I was having trouble explaining why this didn’t sit right with me — even though I’m a fan of the artists — and this piece really sums it up. Thank you.—Karen Sherman
Except it wasn’t a satirical piece. And the buildings look like straight trash now with the murals painted. The pink was a statement, albeit a wrong and offensive statement about the nature of that project. But now with the cheesy corporate/commercial murals strewn about it, it’s an embarrassing eyesore.—Amy Wolf
Instagram responses to ‘Ybor City gets new pedestrian safety upgrades, following deadly police chase’
HP and TPD collaborated on a police chase that resulted in the death of multiple people when they already were following him by helicopter! FHP rammed into his car only a few blocks away from the crash! They only stopped chasing SECONDS before the crash! INVESTIGATE AND CHARGE FHP OFFICER INVOLVED!—@irresolu
There are metal stanchions (basically posts) that can be installed to either lower all the way down to be flush with the ground, or raised up to create a barrier. Install those along the streets and raise them at a certain hour so that the road gets converted to pedestrian only. Simple and very effective.—@smiecz5
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