Dear Editor: Newcomers may not be familiar with our ways. The annual aerial spraying is tradition. An integral part of our Fourth of July celebration. It wouldn’t be the Fourth without it. Us old timers couldn’t imagine the holiday without the lingering fragrance of insecticide. That would be like a[Read More…]
Letters To The Editor
Letter to the Editor – Scott: attacks are personal
Dear Editor: There has been complaints from Moyer recall supporters about the fact that those who sign the petition might get an angry phone call from myself or my husband Matt. If we thought you were a friend and see your name on the recall petition, please plan to get[Read More…]
Letter: Museum thanks
Dear Editor: Throughout the last year, I have witnessed such kindness and generosity from so many people that I thought maybe I should try to say something about it. A year ago, the White River Museum had been closed for COVID for several months. During that time our manager stepped[Read More…]
Letter: Hopewest invites volunteers to walk in Fourth parade
Dear Editor: The Fourth of July is quickly approaching and Meeker HopeWest is making plans for a memorable Fourth by participating in this Honky Tonk parade. We’d like to invite all past and present volunteers that have helped in any way, be it with patients, youth grief groups, horse camp,[Read More…]
Campbell: recall statute clarification
Dear Editor: Let’s get the facts straight once and for all. C.R.S. 1-12-103 Petition for recall — statement of grounds The statement is for the information of the electors who are the sole and exclusive judges of the legality, reasonableness and sufficiency of the ground or grounds assigned for the[Read More…]
Morlan: recordings deleted by county
Over the last couple of months, there have been several letters saying, “Why doesn’t Dave release his executive sessions recordings or sign some kind of waiver.” I didn’t want to sign the waiver because it would give Moyer the freedom to do exactly what he did in last week’s letter,[Read More…]
Kummer: for the record, termination comments and facts
Dear Editor: After being wrongfully accused of being blatantly insubordinate by Commissioner Moyer, I decided to take a few minutes to write down some facts and comments about my employment and experience working for Rio Blanco County for almost 13 years. I would first like to say that in Rio[Read More…]
Letter – Borchard: Serious misrepresentation of facts by Moyer
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter in response to Gary Moyer’s “letter to the editor” which appeared in the June 10 edition of this newspaper to provide the community with the correct circumstances surrounding the decision to not re-appoint me at the Jan. 14, 2019, meeting by Commissioners Jeff[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: June 10, 2021
Public lands group protesting Buffalo Horn land exchange Dear Editor: We are writing to follow up on a recent land exchange proposal in your community. Public lands in the Strawberry Creek area that are being used by adjacent land owners, outfitters with hunting permits, and other recreationists, are slated to[Read More…]
Letter: Recall effort begins again
Dear Editor: Last week a hearing officer disallowed the petitions in the Gary Moyer recall effort. The decision was based on technical issues, not on substance. These were items even the Colorado Secretary of State’s attorneys didn’t know, and included: circulators should have name tags, the petitions were supposed be[Read More…]
Letter: Comments on clerk and recorder
Dear Editor:After reading the letter to the editor from our county clerk and recorder I want to express my thoughts and opinion on some of her statements. I watched the entire 3.5 hour hearing on the petition to recall Gary Moyer. I have some strong concerns about some of the[Read More…]
Letter: Another response to Prystupa
Dear Editor: This is in response to a letter written by a Dr. Jeff Prystupa in the last edition of the Herald Times. He does not believe in immunizations at all and calls it “injecting the disease into children.” He also claims that private citizens are “forced to submit to[Read More…]
