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Congress is too cowardly to oppose the NRA

Editor:Isn’t it clear by now that a disturbed person, armed and bent on mass shooting, will kill and wound far fewer people with an assault weapon with clips of 6 or 10 rounds instead of 100? Isn’t...

DATE: July 31, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Violence only leads to more violence

Editor:When will our country realize that our focus on violence only leads to more violence? Young children are exposed to violence in the television cartoons; youth see it constantly on video...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our country is moving ahead on health care

Editor:We have several children in Massachusetts and have been pleased with the health care they are getting since the state passed their affordable health care law in 2006. It was developed under...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

2,700 pages of absolute denial of rights

Editor:This if for the two gentlemen who wrote letters saying those of us who disagree with what the government does should just leave if we don’t like it.My answer to them is very simple.It’s...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Montezuma County is filled with ‘terrorists’

Editor:A recent $12 million study entitled“Hot Spots of Terrorism and otherCrimes in The United States” by National Consortium for the study of Terrorists andResponses to Terrorism at the...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You are not judge and jury

Editor:I would like to say to the people of Cortez, Mancos and whoever thinks they know Dylan Kuhn and the trouble he is in, you are not judge and jury, and who made you God? This was a terrible...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Soon the light will shine on the true perpetrator

Editor:I am a concerned citizen who lives in Cortez and have followed the Dylan Kuhn case in the newspaper. I for one believe in the old saying, ”Do not judge until you have walked a mile in...

DATE: July 28, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

What fire mitigation should look like

Editor:This letter is to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to all of the hard-working men and women of the seasonal fire crew of Mesa Verde National Park. Following authorization by...

DATE: July 26, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I take back my vote for Wasley

Editor:A 19-year-old Dolores man pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon in district court on a charge of manslaughter that involved the death of his infant daughter. A medical doctor ruled that the death...

DATE: July 26, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Outstanding professionalism and extraordinary empathy and courtesy

Editor:Our community of Elk Springs Ranch thanks all of the firefighting, law enforcement and other government and non-government agencies that participated in the response to the Weber Canyon...

DATE: July 26, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

DA fails to stand up stand up for child victim

Editor:DA Russell Wasley is showing us again what kind of prosecutor he is. Sadly, he’s done it in a case he’s mishandled before: the Dylan Kuhn child homicide. He has plea-bargained the case down...

DATE: July 24, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Burning the flag is totally disrespectful

Editor:In response to Robin Tyler Schichtel: Flying the flag of the United States of America upside down has been accepted as a sign of distress, accepted and looked for in times of war and...

DATE: July 24, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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