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Editor: On Aug. 16, Larry Berger suggested we should all be open minded and compromise. It’s been said, “if you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything.” To compromise, you must give up...
DATE: Aug. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: I am writing about the Sage Hen closure, and hopefully the reopening of this particular piece of land. In 2007 when Sage Hen was closed, Lloyd Powers, my dad, myself and several other...
DATE: Aug. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Ian MacLaren (“An Olympic Stand: Boycott Sochi Games,” Aug. 13) writes with little, if any, understanding of the Russian mindset. He is calling for a boycott of the Olympics in Russia...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: There is a group of citizens now being vilified and marginalized as potential terrorists in proposed federal legislation. Some of those in this government and its bureaucracy recently...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: What a joke the Republican Party has become. Newt Gingrich blamed the problem on a Republican culture that rewards obstruction and negativity instead of innovation and “being positive.”...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: I promised my wife I wouldn’t write any more letters, but after seeing the same letter Bud Garner wrote to the Journal in the Free Press, I had to write one last letter (I hope). I think...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: We are quick to criticize the county road staff for “holding up shovels,” not grading roads or not filling potholes. Well, early last week, there was a large rain here in the Lewis area...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Young family? Pregnant? Looking for medical insurance? My name is Mackenzie Morgan, and I am the family health coordinator for San Juan Basin Health. In my position, I help pregnant women...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: What ever happened to the phrase, “The buck stops here”? Will the nonsense at the sheriff’s office ever end? While our glamour-seeking sheriff is a) getting his picture on the cover of the...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: It was very good to hear from former Sheriff Gerald Wallace again. I wish he was closer to offer his sound advice. He had a dedicated phone line and answered it himself. He also made his...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: I am so glad the kind pastor wrote this letter. It shows that fundamentalist Christianity is not a religion of peace, love, equality or compassion — that it requires you to check your...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Your recent article about the “Dragon Lady” and its interesting arrival at the Cortez airport sparked a rush of memories from my own experience 50-odd years ago. My cousin, Robert L....
DATE: Aug. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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