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Letters: Blame white supremacists for rioting
Letters to the Editor

Letters: Blame white supremacists for rioting

June 5, 2020

As we have now learned, as objective fact, social media records show the blame falls on white supremacists using their network of venom-drooling racists to incite rioting. Using out-of-town and…

Letters: These protesters are our moral compass
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Letters: These protesters are our moral compass

June 4, 2020

Widespread outbreaks of conscience bring together huge crowds to protest systemic racism and police abuse of power. Leaving the safety of their homes, these folks show up, recognizing their responsibility…

Letters: Racism should not be divisive in 2020
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Letters: Racism should not be divisive in 2020

June 4, 2020

He cites the initial and inaccurate autopsy that stated Floyd did not die of asphyxia to decry the rioting in Minneapolis. People saw the video of how Floyd died with…

Letters: City councilors lacking in intelligence
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Letters: City councilors lacking in intelligence

June 3, 2020

When the people making up the rules don’t have any more intelligence than these people, question why you would even consider abiding by them. They figure that people must be…

Letters: The Democrats encouraged these rioters
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Letters: The Democrats encouraged these rioters

June 2, 2020

The preliminary medical examiner’s report says the autopsy “revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.” In the Democrat-controlled cities, rioters were encouraged until it…

Letters: Now all we need are parking garages
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Letters: Now all we need are parking garages

June 2, 2020

Kudos for working to maximize the benefit of Main Avenue to businesses and customers. Add a couple of convenient three-story parking structures, and we could begin to call ourselves “Paris…

Letters: I stand for good jobs, affordable housing
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Letters: I stand for good jobs, affordable housing

June 1, 2020

Integrity and my proven leadership experience as a business owner and professional meeting facilitator are what I bring to this race. For 26 years, I have worked with over 100…

America gets failing grades with Trump
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America gets failing grades with Trump

June 1, 2020

On May 11, The New York Times listed numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths as raw data and per 100,000 population for 177 countries or political jurisdictions around the world.…

Letters: It’s Medicare for All to the rural rescue
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Letters: It’s Medicare for All to the rural rescue

June 1, 2020

Hundreds of rural communities are about to lose their local hospitals. Since 2005, 166 rural hospitals have shuttered, with a third of rural hospitals in the danger zone. Bad debt…

Letters: Save our teachers by taking the survey
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Letters: Save our teachers by taking the survey

May 31, 2020

I took it and disagreed with anything having to do with cutting teachers’ salaries, promotions or benefits, while agreeing with any cuts to administration, buildings or anything not directly related…

Letters: Trump is behind lack of a virus plan
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Letters: Trump is behind lack of a virus plan

May 31, 2020

At a recent presidential task force press conference, a set of guidelines on how states should go about this was presented. Leave aside for the moment whether these were adequate…

Letters: Porter-Norton – she’ll get things done
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Letters: Porter-Norton – she’ll get things done

May 30, 2020

She has served on many community boards and committees over the years including the county’s Fiscal Needs Committee. If we are fortunate enough to have Marsha working on our behalf…

Letters: A constitutionally obedient candidate
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Letters: A constitutionally obedient candidate

May 30, 2020

For the past four decades, I’ve compared what they say to how they voted constitutionally; you know, the Constitution they swore an oath to “serve and defend against enemies foreign…

Letters: Bringing wolves back is democratic
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Letters: Bringing wolves back is democratic

May 30, 2020

Importantly, 79.8% of Western Slope residents said they will vote for wolf restoration, as did 69.5% of those who strongly identified as ranchers and 66.1% of those who strongly identified…

Letters: Such uninformed rants are not productive
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Letters: Such uninformed rants are not productive

May 30, 2020

The stimulus check and the additional unemployment benefits are intended to stimulate an economy, thus the moniker used for funds to Americans not working. Of course the recipients are using…

Letters: Ending abortion could be key to virus
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Letters: Ending abortion could be key to virus

May 29, 2020

Terminating 63 million human lives in the womb by a visible enemy, abortion, is an atrocity – yet the news media will never tell you that between 1973 and 2019,…

Letters: Marijuana pays trillions, but not for me
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Letters: Marijuana pays trillions, but not for me

May 29, 2020

They give nothing back. No real health care. Just smoke yourself healthy. Clever. Good idea, hypocrites. I’m starving, I can’t work and if marijuana was illegal again, I could make…

Letters: I’ll spend where you don’t overreach
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Letters: I’ll spend where you don’t overreach

May 29, 2020

As a free American, I will choose to spend my resources where governments do not overreach. I believe that individual business owners should make decisions for their businesses, not mandated…

Letters: That was no Memorial Day story, Herald
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Letters: That was no Memorial Day story, Herald

May 28, 2020

So to fill the gap and help us commemorate this day, the Herald’s lead story was about an artist using her own hair in her paintings (“Local artists’ medium ‘luxurious,…

Letters: Deny hospital treatment to protesters
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Letters: Deny hospital treatment to protesters

May 28, 2020

I propose that these people compose a petition that explains their claims and intentions not to comply with the city’s directive, and to ask those who agree with it to…

Letters: Wash your hands, fight for health care
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Letters: Wash your hands, fight for health care

May 28, 2020

One option is COBRA, whereby laid off employees can opt on to their workplace health plans by paying the full cost of premiums. That is, if the employer still offers…

Letters: Now more than ever, we must shop local
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Letters: Now more than ever, we must shop local

May 28, 2020

I am saddened by the closing of three of my favorite restaurants: Red Snapper; Pura Vida Cafe, in Vallecito; and Eno’s Wine Bar. We all probably recognize that with economic…

Letters: Let’s ease up on the mask judgments
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Letters: Let’s ease up on the mask judgments

May 27, 2020

If I choose to wear a yellow shirt today, it doesn’t impact you. Why do you care if I’m wearing a mask? I am an unapologetic mask wearer. I don’t…

Letters: Council should leave the healthy alone
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Letters: Council should leave the healthy alone

May 26, 2020

So where is the emergency? How long will this City Council mask-wearing order last? When will there be a public hearing before the council acts? If you want to wear…