Dear Sir,

Unlike other ballet companies around the world, members of the state-sponsored Ballet de Jalisco have not been given permission to request donations to help support themselves through the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

Dear Sir,

My wife and I are Canadianoctogenarians loving our golden years at Lakeside … despite a few hiccups.

Dear Sir,

Kudos to Dale Palfrey for her recent column “Strange and obnoxious conduct” excoriating some expats for insensitive, rude and unsafe behavior.

Dear Sir,

In her column entitled “Fruitless Debates” (GR June 27, 2020), Dale Palfrey asserted in part that by virtue of its name, the ciclovia was meant for cyclists only and even included a picture of signage with the caption, “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who belongs on the ciclovia.”

Dear Sir,

Mr. Savon, you would like statistics? Here you are. In December 2018 the unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, in May 2019, yea Donald, it was 3.6 percent.

Dear Sir,

I read last week’s column, “Fruitless debates,” by Dale Palfrey and found it quite interesting. I would, however like to add a bit to the information on where the term “gringo” originates.