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Letters: You should not have published that photo
Letters to the Editor

Letters: You should not have published that photo

October 13, 2020

The police who laughed about the costume that causes people to think about his nakedness are surely not the same officers who interviewed his victims (Photo: “Putting it all out…

Letters: Bringing back wolves can mean hope
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Letters: Bringing back wolves can mean hope

October 13, 2020

What have we learned in the 25 years since wolves were restored to Yellowstone and central Idaho? Elk are more numerous now in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming than when wolves…

Letters: For once, president got something right
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Letters: For once, president got something right

October 12, 2020

Just look back at pictures from the early 1990s of that once-beautiful city. You can barely see the skyline for the smoke; and forget seeing Mount Hood, even on the…

Letters: Porter-Norton ready to serve on Day One
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Letters: Porter-Norton ready to serve on Day One

October 12, 2020

No candidate for the office has had better preparation for what the office will demand. Her local roots that run deep and her experience as a mediator bringing disparate groups…

Letters: Porter-Norton is a leader for a crisis
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Letters: Porter-Norton is a leader for a crisis

October 11, 2020

Marsha Porter-Norton, who is running for La Plata County commission, is a leader. Her devotion to the pursuit of inclusive solutions has been demonstrated over the course of her life.…

Letters: Don’t be fooled, vote for Hickenlooper
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Letters: Don’t be fooled, vote for Hickenlooper

October 11, 2020

Instead, Gardner is trying to obscure his record in ads claiming to support pre-existing condition protections. John Hickenlooper believes health care is a right, not a privilege. As governor, he…

Letters: Vote independent, vote Charly Minkler
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Letters: Vote independent, vote Charly Minkler

October 10, 2020

Candidates who represent political parties are financed, supported by longtime leaders in the parties. It is time we look for independent, citizen-minded leadership! Charly Minkler has worked very hard to…

Letters: President Trump doesn’t have that power
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Letters: President Trump doesn’t have that power

October 10, 2020

Before the 2016 election, to imply that a candidate had a choice in the matter would have been ludicrous. Unless there has been proven electoral obstruction or fraud or tampering…

Letters: Why on earth was the fire ban lifted?
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Letters: Why on earth was the fire ban lifted?

October 9, 2020

Just looking at the pictures of the Purgatory fire – why on earth has the fire ban been lifted? Someone in authority is not looking at how dry our state…

Letters: Let’s face it, Donald Trump gets results
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Letters: Let’s face it, Donald Trump gets results

October 9, 2020

Let’s face it, Trump is a businessman who gets results. He is an affront to career politicians, and to the radical left who can’t think past what they’re fed by…

Letters: Imagine what it can do if you vote Yes
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Letters: Imagine what it can do if you vote Yes

October 9, 2020

The National Popular Vote reforms the Electoral College so that every vote counts and the presidential candidate whowins the most popular votes actually wins the election. States control the Electoral…

Letters: Call Sen. Gardner green and I see red
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Letters: Call Sen. Gardner green and I see red

October 9, 2020

Since 1970, the League of Conservation Voters has been the gold standard for the public to evaluate the environmental records of all members of Congress. Sen. Michael Bennet’s lifetime score…

Letters: Watching Marsha in action is wonderful
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Letters: Watching Marsha in action is wonderful

October 9, 2020

Watching Marsha in action is wonderful. The management skills she has developed as a facilitator include pulling together a huge roomful of people and hearing everyone’s concerns; tactfully restating a…

Letters: President Trump leads a pandemic cult
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Letters: President Trump leads a pandemic cult

October 9, 2020

Some think of it as partisan politics, but read the characteristics of cult behavior, and you decide. Cults typically have one leader who claims more knowledge than science or experts,…

Letters: Beware these violent, fascist Marxists
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Letters: Beware these violent, fascist Marxists

October 8, 2020

Where is all this destruction occurring? In Democratic-run cities. They don’t care about Blacks, Native Americans or whites targeted for racism. They use racism as a tactic to create division…

Letters: Militias are goading peaceful protesters
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Letters: Militias are goading peaceful protesters

October 8, 2020

The White House-endorsed, law-supported, zoning-supported, education-supported racism is more than a national disgrace. It’s an international abomination, and President Trump encourages it to get re-elected. Cities aren’t in upheaval because…