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Letters: That ol‘ chicken is some pickleball hater

Why didn’t the chicken cross the road? It built a $4.1 million bridge instead. Why didn’t the prairie dog tunnel under the dangerous intersections? Because the chicken ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We don’t need that costly, ugly bridge

If the city wants to spend over $3 million to enhance the river trail, why not use that money to make the entire river trail a better experience for everyone? Spending that money for one unn...

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Jim, we need to talk about your thistle

Jim Cross in his letter writes of the qualities of the lowly thistle, which he defends as a maligned “Scottish immigrant” (“ Jim states that the thistle deserves recognition as Scotland’s n...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We are the best country in the world

The letter “ The U.S. COVID-19 mortality rate is lower than most of the major European countries. Japan is doing a great job of controlling the virus, but neither the U.S. nor Europe could ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: What does mayor need to keep us safe?

Regarding the The quote from Mayor Dean Brookie was even more disturbing: “We’re taking enforcement very seriously, but it all comes down to ... money and expenditure of resources.” ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump: Politically incorrect but effective

There have been several recent letters and articles telling us that the economy is in the tank and that President Trumpâ€™s success with the economy is some kind of illusion. That is ridicul...

DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: He’s pro-life but he doesn’t respect life

Donald Trump may be pro-life but he does not respect life. At the beginning of his presidency, his administration was having ICE separate children from their parents in immigrant families. T...

DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We need this Mitsch Bush in Congress

As a 42-year resident of Colorado Congressional District 3 and a former Gunnison County commissioner, I had the privilege to work with Diane Mitsch Bush while she was in the state Legislatur...

DATE: Nov 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mitsch Bush is willing to compromise

In 1890, when my great-grandfather came to this state to shoe horses for miners, he was a poor immigrant seeking a hopeful future. Similarly, today’s look to the future requires hope, compas...

DATE: Nov 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Yes on 4A for school bonds is a winner

Voting Yes on 4A for local school bonding gives our children safe school facilities. It pumps millions of construction dollars into the local economy. The win-win-win bonus is that property ...

DATE: Nov 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t let myths, fears inform wolf vote

As a wildlife biologist, I know gray wolves are not sweet little puppies, that they need to eat and that they eat elk. But elk have persisted despite living with wolves for over 800,000 year...

DATE: Nov 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Minkler understands rural county life

Charly Minkler will make a good county commissioner. He has spent many years running a business, raising a family and volunteering in La Plata County. Charly knows how to work with people. H...

DATE: Nov 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor