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Letters to the Editor

The gravest threat

EDITOR: Some people vote Republican because their parents did, and they don’t pay much attention currently to politics. They are too busy with their jobs with their families, following football, planning for hunting season, etc. But the present MAGA Republican party is not your Daddy’s ...

Candidate endorsement

EDITOR: On November 5th re-elect Kelli Van Ginhoven to the Board of Delta County Commissioners. She has earned our trust. During her short tenure on the board she has demonstrated reliability and accountability. Kelli is always available to her constituents. She believes in an open door ...

Candidate endorsement

EDITOR: Since the recall election last May, the Delta County Commissioner meetings have improved. The new board members are respectful of each other and their constituents. The first order of business was to reinstate our local prosecuting attorney as the county’s legal representative, as ...

Smoking and politics

EDITOR: As a former smoker I find a correlation between quitting this habit and abandoning other harmful habits. Oddly, one of the most difficult things for me to get over was the fact of not smoking itself. For 16 years I was openly known as a “smoker” and fell into the category of folks ...

Wealth and taxes

EDITOR: The top 10% of income earners pay 76% of all income taxes. Most billionaire income is unearned and is not taxed or is taxed at a lower rate. Wealth is not taxed. If you could spend $10 million every year, it would take you 100 years to spend a billion dollars. There are several ...

Let’s not go back

EDITOR: As a young child during the 1960s, I observed all the effort youth were making at the time to make our country a better place for everyone, civil rights for people of color, expansion of voting rights, equal treatment of our Native Americans, and women’s equality were just a few ...