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Readers respond to Lee DeVito’s cover story about the return of Detroit’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. We can’t wait for the 2022 Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade! —Detroit St. Patrick’s Parade, Facebook
I’m excited for the 5k race and to support the St. Patrick’s Senior Center! My mom loves it and they provide a ton of services for low income elders. —@shadylane86, Instagram It’s all about the booze. People gunna be out to let off 2yrs of steam. It’s going to be a dumpster fire lol should be lots of fun. — Chuck Hosner, Facebook
Living near this all my life, it’s a excuse to drink and act like fools. They don’t respect the neighborhood. People urinate on people’s yards. I can see this year being worse! —Suzy Villarreal-Garza, Facebook same ppl who come to Detroit post election to call its citizens liars. But glad Detroit can be of service to ur booze fest. —@its2018. boo, Instagram As a former resident of Ireland, this is just embarrassing…. —@reinadelrayo, Instagram I went once, I’m good. —Kelly Skender, Facebook Have a comment? Of course you do! Sound off letters metrotimes. om.
Vol. 42 | No. 21 | March 16-22, 2022
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