Congratulations to the GOP for finally selecting a speaker of the House (“Mike Johnson, staunch conservative from Louisiana, elected House speaker,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 26).
Sunday’s paper had two interesting articles. David Shapiro’s column brought up the City Council pay raises and Councilmember Val Okimoto’s efforts to have the city Salary Commission approve future raises with no option for Council members to reject the raises as they can now, and as some did (“Okimoto pushes for less scrutiny of new pay hikes,” Star-Advertiser, Aug. 27).
Many people already have formed guilty or not guilty opinions of a man accused of killing another on the New York City subway train (“Marine veteran who fatally choked NYC subway rider Jordan Neely is freed pending trial,” Star-Advertiser, Top News, May 12).