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Editor:What I wish I had said ...There are many, many people in this community who work tirelessly to meet the needs of others. Their efforts may not end with something as tangible and visible as a...
DATE: March 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:The letter from Darlene Chandler in the Journal on March 16, "What were we thinking?" was very good. Chandler asks what the people this country were thinking when they voted for President...
DATE: March 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:A statement made by a leader years ago:"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more eficient, and...
DATE: March 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:The Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) is currently in the midst of celebrating AmeriCorps week, and I would like to share and recognize the enormous impact AmeriCorps members and national...
DATE: March 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Suppose you were given a choice to manage your land with some government intrusion/control or a lot of government intrusion/control; which would you choose?That's exactly the choice that...
DATE: March 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:The first 56 of the 85 Federalist Papers are concerned with the need for a strong central government. In Paper 56, John Madison points out the dangers when the several states are allowed to...
DATE: March 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:On Thurday, March 15, the entrance to the Carpenter Trail from Lebanon Road was full of deep potholes, so I stopped by the city service yard and talked to a kind lady and told her a problem....
DATE: March 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:Memorization, sweat, tears, intensity, being judged, and writing are all a part of my science fair experience at Dolores Middle School. We first started the school year hearing about the...
DATE: March 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:Maybe someone can help me understand the liberal thought process. Why do they seem to believe that every detail of our lives should be controlled by the government? Do they believe that the...
DATE: March 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:The following letter was sent to state Rep. Don Coram in response to his commentary in the Cortez Journal on March 9.Dear Rep. Coram: After reading your column in the Cortez Journal, I felt...
DATE: March 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:They've just passed a bill to give in-state tuition to illegals while trying to take away our Second Amendment rights. One state senator, a Democratic woman, was just nasty to a rape victim,...
DATE: March 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:March 10 - 16 is Sunshine Week, an annual nationwide effort to call attention to transparency in government and freedom of information. It is a reminder to us about how important it is to...
DATE: March 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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