Category: Opinions

Letter to the editor

An open letter to Donald Trump from Democratic nominee Aaron Coleman of Kansas’ 37th District on ‘Loser’ Veterans:

Mr. President, with all due respect, our veterans have been attacked enough already by this country. My dad joined the Air Force in 1995 with no goal other than to serve his country. What he did not expect was just three years later he would be getting medically discharged, left permanently disabled — and forgotten by our country. My dad has been in the hospital for the last 25 days now, and is not in great health. While you may not care about him, I do. He might just be a political prop for you, but he’s a hero to me.

At this time, I’m calling on the President to do more for our veterans, stop making excuses and using them as political props and focus on the issues that affect veterans, which are homelessness, mental health issues and medical care that they’re not receiving at this time as well as disability and social security services for their service to our country. We owe them a great deal of respect and together as Kansas legislators we can and should begin the work of honoring their service by creating policies that directly positively address and impact our community’s heroes.

Disabled veterans like my father fought for us and made sacrifices for our country, It’s about time we fight to deliver the promises we made to them.

Aaron Coleman
Kansas City, Kansas

Letter to the editor

Dear editor,

We the Democratic primary voters of Kansas District 37, have elected 19-year-old Aaron Coleman as our nominee for the Kansas House. He’s touched us with his community presence: his eagerness to mask up and knock on door after door, hear our concerns, and share his vision for a state in which we all enjoy universal healthcare and the other earmarks of a prosperous nation that cares about its people.

Having newly moved here during the winter of 2019, I looked up Aaron and his opponent on the Internet and discovered that whereas his opponent did not like making firm statements on the issues, Aaron makes no secret that he’s working to further Bernie’s vision – a vision giving hope to so many of us here in “the Dotte.” As Aaron has learned from talking with us, we care less about political drama and more about what a candidate will do for us.

I understand our district is a progressive, economically challenged pocket of a largely Republican state. Many in the Kansas House would rather keep the more conservative Stan Frownfelter than make room for someone like Aaron Coleman who truly represents our district. But this is America: we all deserve a voice.

Susan Stevens
Kansas City, Kansas