*Editor’s Note: The quoted material in this letter is taken directly from the circulating recall petition, as referenced in the March 4, 2021 HT article, “What happens during a recall?“ Dear Editor: I am writing regarding the official recall of one of our commissioners. I have some strong concerns. I[Read More…]
Tag: Opinion
Let government know who’s boss
RBC | When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.” That’s human nature, particularly for officials in the public eye who may have to run for office again. No one wants to be held directly responsible for letting the public down. Case in point is[Read More…]
Letter: My Opinions
Dear Editor: This is in response to comments posted in the local newspaper. Every year family and friends of cattle ranchers in the spring gather together to brand, castrate (male calves) and vaccinate thousands of calves. Without any complaining, finger pointing, paperwork, ( I had to fill out a lot[Read More…]
Letter: Moderna and vaccine doubters
Dear Editor: Throughout the world there is a debate over the COVID virus vaccine. Some doubt that it is necessary because the pandemic is a hoax. Others are afraid to take the vaccine and may be influenced by “news” raising skepticism. On the other hand, Moderna (the inventor and maker[Read More…]
Letter: Infection outbreaks
Dear Editor:Recent actions by our Board of County Commissioners and their attorney apparently intend to suppress accurate reporting of public health data. Certainly it is important to protect individual health records (and those protections have been followed), but there are very good reasons for timely and accurate disclosure of infection[Read More…]
Letter: Bullying and anger
Dear Editor:When did bullying and anger become our new normal? As adults we are now acting like teenage bullies to anyone that doesn’t agree with us regardless of their age. It’s now ok for an adult to ridicule and say derogatory remarks to a group of youths because their masks[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Arbor Day connects past and present
MEEKER | “Last spring we urged our town authorities to set our trees around the town park. It is too late to take action this season, but such action should be taken next spring and town made comfortable and attractive for visiting autoists.” The editor of the Meeker Herald apparently[Read More…]
Kaye’s Corner: Practice makes perfect
MEEKER | Many people seem to think a genetic or God-given talent is behind a person’s capabilities. For myself, being able to play the piano has little to do with these well intended but incorrect perceptions. When people comment, “I wish I could play like you,” I think, well, you[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Fool’s Spring
These deceptive days of blue skies and warm temperatures are likely — if we’re lucky — to be followed by the usual March and April snowstorms, but a brief respite from snow and cold is welcome this time of year. I’m going to take up ink and paper this week[Read More…]
Letter: The hows of recall
Dear Editor:I am writing this letter to explain why, after prayerful consideration, I am carrying petitions for recall: not because of the “whys” but the “hows” Commissioners have a lot of power, and are, more importantly, public servants, serving those who have entrusted power to them to do what is[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: To Polis
Dear Editor: This letter is to Governor Polis. My name is Abigail Morgan. I am a senior studying environmental science at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. I was born and raised in Colorado; specifically, in the town of Meeker. I am writing to let you know that you[Read More…]
Writers On the Range: Restoration Economy
RBC | Farmington, a city of 45,000 in the northwestern corner of New Mexico, has run on a fossil fuel economy for a century. It is one of the only places on the planet where a 26-kiloton nuclear device was detonated underground to free up natural gas from the rock.[Read More…]
