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Bring them all home and in one piece

Thanks, Sue Loweree, for your letter (“Pssst: Free advice, Mister President,” Dec. 24) urging President Trump to pull the troops out of Syria. I would urge all readers to call the...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Dirty apartment and a potty mouth

An apartment for rent brought a polite person who caused no problems, was quiet and paid his rent on time. I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me to mend his clothes, I d...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You can’t treat a baby turtle this way!

In case you don’t know, If you have a light turned on that causes a turtle hatchling to die, you can be charged with causing a death. But of course, it’s a different story when somebody stic...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Brake for car braking ahead of you

Hey, news flash! When a person brakes on a highway while traveling allotted speeds, there is usually a good reason. Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles following ...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Second homeowners deserve a break

A recent transplant, Diane Goodchild, proposed that second homeowners in the area should have a higher tax rate than full-time residents (“ I wonder if she stopped to consider that second h...

DATE: Feb 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City should answer these five questions

Good infrastructure – roads, sidewalks, facilities – is an essential foundation of any great community. And every city has a responsibility to its community members to be transparent, accoun...

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

Before Hamlet, we did know our minds

In your most commendable editorial of Jan. 28 concerning Sen. Bennet (“ Linguists have long known that the best indication of an author attributing inner life to a character is in making th...

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

Why are we being gouged for propane?

As larger suppliers buy up our local propane services, the price goes up. On Jan. 29, I was quoted $2.734 per gallon from “big fish” propane who bought up my former supplier. They...

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

Hill Stompers summon sweet memories

I read the story about the New Mexico Hill Stompers marching band with interest. I was Snowdown’s webmaster from 1996 through 2005 and I recall getting an email from the Hill Stom...

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hospitals should give us useful info

I read the article, “ As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality health care, I champion any efforts to p...

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Herald should not publish Trump-bashing

I just read a letter to the editor from Gerry Fleming (“ This was not a rational letter. It was a hate piece, bashing our president, spewing lies and not worthy of print. I appre...

DATE: Feb 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mistake shouldn’t define Snowberger

Mr. Fredrickson’s letter (“ Obviously, Mr. Fredrickson is an anomaly. Evidently, Mr. Fredrickson has never made a mistake. One mistake does not define a man’s career. Having work...

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor