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Letters to the Editor

Help with access to medical insurance

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: July 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Spend like Durango, end up like Detroit

Editor: Maybe the sheriff has lost sight of what is important, but a sheriff has a certain right to expect honesty from the people he hires. A sheriff of our county has a major responsibility to...

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The best job anyone could do for us

Editor: This is the first letter we’ve written to the paper. We are part of the silent majority who voted to elect Sheriff Spruell and who appreciate his defense of our individual rights as law...

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sheriff’s problems were inherited

Editor: Re: “MCSO snafus” in the Sheriff’s Office, I would like to remind readers: 1. Former Undersheriff Cronk first began working in the sheriff’s department “about four-and-a-half years” ago...

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The Dolores is a navigable river

Editor: This is a letter about the letter of Leslie and Cliff Stewart calling for users of the Dolores River to respect private property rights. Mr. and Ms. Stewart are mistaken in applying...

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Where did he go to school?

Editor: The other day a writer made some harsh comments about Sheriff Spruell. I don’t know where to start in response to his letter. He doesn’t understand even the basics. Did they have a civics...

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Seek solutions, not divisions

Editor: A letter by Larry Berger in the Journal on July 24 vilifying the character of Sheriff Spruell for his upholding of his oath of office was disturbing. It is very sad that a local citizen...

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bring some balance to the opinion page

Editor: Yet again, I am disappointed at the Journal’s efforts to create news by editorializing. It has become very predictable. The citizens and the Sheriff of Montezuma County deserve better....

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Check your facts and get them straight

Editor: I would like to comment on a letter recently submitted by Larry Berger regarding Sheriff Dennis Spruell. Berger should get all the facts before commenting on the actions of Sheriff...

DATE: July 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Poison in paradise

Editor: Discussing oil and gas as an important economic security and not discussing the importance of clean water as a life security is disturbing. It’s important also to mention that while we are...

DATE: July 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why do pastors keep silent?

Editor: Here’s a puzzle. Maybe the Christian pastors out there can help me. During the last 50 years, our country has engaged in a number of foreign wars. The Vietnam war was to save South Vietnam...

DATE: July 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Will drilling regulations be enforced?

Editor: I own three private property parcels at MM51, the 2006 “Sinclair complex,” oil industry spill and drill site near Mesa Verde. Twenty-one wells later, the spread of cancer-causing...

DATE: July 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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