<![CDATA[The Westerville News: Editorials]]>https://www.thewestervillenews.com/s/editorialshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Z11c!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c6d374-3a6d-4b84-b8ad-cf608963f463_452x452.pngThe Westerville News: Editorialshttps://www.thewestervillenews.com/s/editorialsSubstackFri, 31 Jul 2026 15:49:09 GMT<![CDATA[Time, Entropy, and the Living Story of Westerville - An Editorial]]>https://www.thewestervillenews.com/p/time-entropy-and-the-living-storyhttps://www.thewestervillenews.com/p/time-entropy-and-the-living-storyMon, 29 Jun 2026 10:31:02 GMT

The debate over 64 East Walnut was never really about development.

It was not about building height, traffic patterns, parking ratios, or architectural renderings. Those were the visible arguments, the language through which the disagreement was expressed. The real debate was deeper and more unsettling:

What does Westerville think it is?

For decades, Weste…

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]]><![CDATA[Beyond Helmets: The Real Question in the E-Bike Debate - An Editorial]]>https://www.thewestervillenews.com/p/beyond-helmets-the-real-questionhttps://www.thewestervillenews.com/p/beyond-helmets-the-real-questionTue, 16 Jun 2026 10:31:28 GMT

As cities struggle with the rapid growth of electric bicycles and other battery-powered vehicles, public officials are being asked how to regulate these devices. Too often, the answers begin with helmets, education, and parental responsibility.

Those issues matter. But they are not the central issue.

The real question is not whether electric transportatio…

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]]><![CDATA[What Story Gets Told And By Whom?]]>https://www.thewestervillenews.com/p/what-story-gets-told-and-by-whomhttps://www.thewestervillenews.com/p/what-story-gets-told-and-by-whomMon, 08 Dec 2025 11:31:10 GMT

The Story We Choose to Forget Shapes What We Become

Cities don’t always hold onto themselves. Growth often demands forgetting. But in Westerville, memory still has weight.

The city’s landscape carries the shape of what came before. Farms that became neighborhoods. Trails that trace old rail lines. Names that outlast the people who gave them. Here, the fut…

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