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We only want native fish in our rivers

Dan Alsop must be a Midwestern transplant since he is protective of walleye (“Sterilize the idiots at Parks and Wildlife ,” April 25). If you have had the fortune to catch a beloved Colorado...

DATE: May 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

What do our commissioners represent?

Once again, our supposedly conservative Republican commissioners are floating a proposal to increase taxes, this time in the form of a sales tax increase. The sales pitch, as presented by Larry Don...

DATE: May 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

These vegetarians are wrong about meat

On April 9, the Journal ran a letter from the High Desert Vegetarians & Vegans (“Less meat means a better you and Earth ”) in which they lectured we meat eaters on our carbon footprint. They also...

DATE: April 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It’s not about you and not about Walmart

To Mr. Ortego and all Walmart customers, you are all valued (“I prefer businesses that think I’m honest ,” April 18). Yet times have changed, we have TSA at the airports, metal detectors in schools...

DATE: April 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sterilize the idiots at Parks and Wildlife

Let me get this right. They needed to kill 400 walleye in Narraguinnep Reservoir to prove a point? I wonder what happened to 800 filets when they only test blood and scale samples. Donated to a...

DATE: April 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democrats are hypocrites on immigration

President Donald Trump is generously considering moving thousands of asylum-seekers to “sanctuary cities.” I’ve listened to speech after speech by leading Democrats in the last few months about how...

DATE: April 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Scott Tipton must get tough with Trump

I hope Rep. Scott Tipton has spent the hours I have today reading for himself the Mueller Report. No reasonable person can deny the Russians did not just “try to meddle in the 2016 election,” they...

DATE: April 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Give commissioners time to ruin county

Our commissioners are exactly right in proposing to extend their term limits. Having failed to stem the declines in our industrial base, infrastructure, health care and living wages, they are now...

DATE: April 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I prefer businesses that think I’m honest

I don’t see any local businesses putting in turnstiles in order to make sure our neighbors are forced to pass a cashier before leaving the store because if our neighbors leave through the entrance,...

DATE: April 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Monica Lewinsky wants a word with you

If you’re over 30, chances are the name Monica Lewinsky brings on a flood memories about presidential scandals, inappropriate behavior and specific items of clothing. You may think you know all you...

DATE: April 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t be fooled about Medicare for all

Let’s put public health above corporate wealth and get behind the improved Medicare for All Act just introduced in the U.S. Senate. Imagine no more premiums, deductibles, co-pays or medical bills...

DATE: April 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

For Earth Day, learn about carbon act

Earth Day, April 22, is a reminder of the power inherent in grassroots movements to make dramatic changes that improve our lives. Young or old, Americans across the country are facing the...

DATE: April 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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