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How could you do this to the peacock?

On Sunday, July 5, some heartless driver ran over the neighborhood peacock on East Empire Street. This peacock’s owner apparently passed away, and the neighborhood had been feeding him. Whoever ran...

DATE: July 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I’d like to keep my PO box door, please

Without a written notice to box holders, the Yellow Jacket Post Office is gradually replacing its 60-plus-year-old combination post office box doors with ugly tin-colored ones that open with keys....

DATE: July 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

These animals are counting on you now

For Pets’ Sake Humane Society’s annual membership drive is happening right now, and we need your support! Celebrating 36 years of service, we have managed to keep going in the face of a pandemic....

DATE: July 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This county being strangled by socialism

The U.S. economic engine became great because of innovation and free-market practices. Yet Montezuma County has officials who promote a socialist protected economy. One such administrator blocked a...

DATE: July 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Shut down wasteful Lake Powell Pipeline

Colorado should challenge the Lake Powell Pipeline because it would promote Utah’s wasting of precious Colorado River water when deliveries to other states are being cut back. Colorado and other...

DATE: July 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

How lame are county commissioners?

How lame are the present county commissioners whooping it up and giving the green light to having the Montezuma County Fair and Ag Expo going ahead amid national coronavirus spikes? Forty-five...

DATE: July 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democrats want to destroy everything

What has happened to our great country? Democrats are trying to destroy everything that Americans hold dear. They hire rioters and looters to destroy cities. They are too stupid to recognize that...

DATE: July 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Biden supporters are totally unaware

As demonstrated by a recent Joe Biden supporter, most Biden supporters are misinformed and totally unaware of facts and the truth. Statements made regarding President Trump’s great progress in the...

DATE: July 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Virus is blind to liberals, conservatives

The Lone Ranger wore a mask. Zorro wore a mask. Surgeons wear masks. The COVID forest fire is spreading faster. Right now, the tools we have to contain it are: wearing masks, keeping 6 feet away...

DATE: June 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Anarchists are here – who will help us?

The anarchists are here and they are wearing Antifa and Black Lives Matter T-shirts. So far they are only destroying liberal cities. After all, wolves can smell easy pickings from miles away. The...

DATE: June 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Danny Wilkins is the one for commission

With election time for the county commission getting close and our country’s state of affairs, the need for effective governance systems has never been greater, with local officials being required...

DATE: June 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hey, not so fast with that 5G technology

Before we jump on the 5G technology bandwagon for our cities, we might want to find out what radio frequency radiation does to us. From what I understand, 5G requires a higher frequency to get...

DATE: June 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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