I respect the opinion of Dover City Councilman Brian E. Lewis about needing solutions for Dover’s recent shootings (“Solutions needed after rash of shootings in Dover”). But I think we need to think outside the box and come up with solutions that are needed to end the gun violence not only in Dover but in our country.

I strongly agree with Dan Shortridge’s encouraging a photo history of Delaware (“We need a Delaware Photographers’ Project”).

We are all aware of the ridiculous amounts of money that the federal government was offering states during the pandemic. Many of those states, including Delaware, used the money to increase unemployment benefits, far exceeding any amounts paid in the past, and to continue those payments far longer.

Perhaps if more citizens ran for office who have leadership skills or, more importantly, if more citizens bothered to show up and vote, Dover might improve. Our last mayoral election had less than 2,000 citizens even bother to show up and actually cast a vote.

Many thanks to Delaware Rep. Bryan Shupe, R-Milford, for explaining some of the hidden details of the proposal for a hospital financial review board (“Bill would allow state control of local hospitals”).

In early May, the Libertarian Party’s National Committee announced a prominent speaker at the party’s convention over Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C: former U.S. president Donald Trump.