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A colossal display of ignorance of the situation

Editor: “Where are the 9/12ers and tea partiers who tried to and wasted our money to impeach our city council members?” Mr. Berger asked on July 23. Here I am. To equate a recall (not...

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

Constitution is the exact middle of the spectrum

Editor: Larry Berger just wrote a letter that you published that was so full of inaccuracies, that a response is necessary. Perhaps it is because Berger is so far out on the left end of the...

DATE: July 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: 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 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The sequester and other lies

Editor: First off, the sequester belongs to Obama. In order for him to sign the bill to keep the government running, he insisted on the sequester if they didn’t get a budget by a certain day and...

DATE: July 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The second worst sheriff

Editor: I hope Sheriff Spruell will consider leaving office so he can continue his right wing ideology in the private sector. He is the most incompetent sheriff I have ever witnessed. No, I take...

DATE: July 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s just be good neighbors and get along

Editor: I am writing this letter to let neighbors in Lebanon Estates know that I am not a bad person. When your subdivision was put in, the person who put it in made the road before it was ever...

DATE: July 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

River users must respect private-property rights

Editor: As the days get hotter and the water gets lower in the Dolores River, the issue of trespass on private river courses can become contentious. My husband and I own a tract of land on the...

DATE: July 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Veterans’ groups are voluntary, not tax-funded

Editor: The response written by Commander David Johnson of Montezuma County VFW Post 5231 to criticism of the Montezuma veterans organizations was very well-written. I, too, was troubled by the...

DATE: July 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

NFL didn’t bow to political pressure

Editor: I take issue with Sports Editor Ian MacLaren’s assertion that the NFL fumbled on Obamacare. He said the “right wing celebrated.” Does that mean everyone who thinks the federal government...

DATE: July 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Wealth buys the commissioners’ blessing

Editor: The Dolores River Plan was the culmination of hundreds of hours of public meetings and debates involving residents from up and down the river, water and land-use experts, and community...

DATE: July 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Veteran organizations stand ready to help

Editor: In response to Don Cossack’s letter from June 28, I’d like to say that the veteran organizations in Montezuma County are very responsive to the needs of fellow veterans. Between the...

DATE: July 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Animals deserve more respect than this

Editor: We’re sure all the contestants trying to catch the pig at the Dove Creek Pick ’n Hoe celebration had a good time, all but the pig. Pigs are intelligent animals and terrorizing them for fun...

DATE: July 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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