A good use for abandoned malls Haley opens door
With all the abandoned shopping malls around today and the growing number of homeless people, here’s an idea. Turn the shopping malls into affordable apartment complexes for the homeless. Malls are usually located near other business where the homeless could maybe find jobs within walking distance.
Abandoned malls are not making any money for their owners but having them converted into apartment complexes would generate at least some income for the owners while, at the same time, addressing the homeless issue. It would probably be a good idea to have the manager of such an apartment complex live on-site so that (1) he/she could know first-hand what is going on and (2) be readily accessible if any tenant needed to talk with him/ her.
WAYNE EARNEST Washington
Former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, the first entrant to follow Donald Trump into the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, stated in her campaign kickoff speech that the United States is not a racist country and that we should stop our “self-loathing” (“Nikki Haley kicks off 2024 presidential run drawing implicit contrasts with Trump,” Feb. 16).
I wonder if she followed the young indoctrinated white supremacist killer of ten Black Buffalo, New York, supermarket shoppers and employees .... the South Carolina slaughter of nine Black Bible study participants ...the El Paso Walmart massacre of 23 people who were targeted because they were Hispanic ... the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue murders of 11 individuals peacefully at worship?
It may be overly broad to say that the United States is a racist country, but it is undeniable that there are strong racist undercurrents within it to this day. Laws have been enacted with the goal of ending discrimination against minorities, but no law can change hearts and minds. The problem grows when our leaders open the door to bigots and haters of all stripes, mainstreaming their deviance.
OREN SPIEGLER Peters Township