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The law is to be obeyed and respected by all

Editor:Sheriff Spruell has publicly stated his personal opinion regarding gun legislation that recently became Colorado law. I have no disagreement with his right to his opinion that this specific...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Manning endangered his military peers

Editor:While Allen Crandell may have read Jim Skvorc's article on Bradley Manning with approval, I read Mr. Crandell's letter with dismay. During my years working in the aerospace business, I was...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Real men run help defenseless women

Editor:Interviewers are expressing amazement over the actions of the young men who pursued and took down the slasher on that Texas university. They want to know why those men ran toward the threat,...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Be a well-armed lamb

Editor:I want to thank Sheriff Spruell for his integrity and for honoring his oath of office.And I would like to share this quote from Benjamin Franklin, who said, "Democracy is two wolves and a...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Oil vs. water

Editor:Take time to go online and read the March 2013 issue of National Geographic, titled, "America Strikes Oil." Then ask yourself, is this the direction in which I want to support my community,...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Everything Obama said was a deception

Editor: The president recently asserted that his budget will make intelligent cuts and not hurt the middle class and seniors, and other claims that just have no substance. "My budget will reduce...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

PERA is a good deal for taxpayers

Editor:Contrary to what State Treasurer Walker Stapleton would have you believe, the Colorado PERA pension plan is a good deal for the taxpayer as well as for the local and state economy. Absent...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Permanently protect the Dolores River

Editor:Recently, President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate five new national monuments for all Americans, including the San Juan Islands in Washington and Rio Grande del Norte in New...

DATE: April 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Permanently protect the Dolores River

Editor:Recently, President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate five new national monuments for all Americans, including the San Juan Islands in Washington and Rio Grande del Norte in New...

DATE: April 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This is about the sheriff and the law

Editor:My letter of March 28 did not mention gun laws and was not about the Second Amendment of our Bill Of Rights. At issue, for me, was Sheriff Spruell's personal "manifesto" claiming that he...

DATE: April 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Perhaps we all should be Bradley Manning

Editor:I read with approval Jim Skvorc's March 26 letter about Bradley Manning's lonely campaign. We seem so mired in what we see immediately before us, e.g., the budget woes of the sequester,...

DATE: April 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Reporter needs to be informed

Editor:Three adjectives were used in the headlines and first sentences of articles about "sales tax" on March 19. The reporter used the words "good," "fair" and "rousing" in attempting to inform...

DATE: April 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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