Letters

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Printed letters, March 18, 2010

Local veterans hospital could be national model I am a veteran of that Asian “police action” in the late 1960s. Since coming back home in 1970, I have had the opportunity to visit a number of Veterans Affairs hospitals across the ...

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Printed letters, March 17, 2010

CDOT process ignores critical highway needs How ironic. Rio Blanco County was recently denied $9 million in energy impact funds for improvements to County Road 5, the Piceance Creek road that is the only all-weather public road providing ...

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E-mail letters, March 16, 2010

Shell’s decision on water aids West Slop agriculture Sparking a collective sigh of relief, good news came recently to farmers and ranchers on the Western Slope when Shell officials announced they would withdraw their application for a ...

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E-mail letters, March 15, 2010

Foster could be model for other public officials Bravo Tim Foster, a breath of fresh air in an era of tone-deaf public officials. Although Tim and I have had public policy disagreements during his legislative career, I always admired his ...

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Printed letters, March 16, 2010

Herzog’s column was right about police officers I am writing to thank you for publishing the column by Denny Herzog, who wrote the article “Policemen suffer from shooting, too,” that appeared in the March 9 edition of The ...

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Printed letters, March 12

Fruita is the only governmental entity in the valley that doesn’t have a marijuana dispensary. We must have done something right. Yes, the city of Fruita has a legal avenue for a marijuana dispensary to operate in Fruita, but to date ...

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E-mail letters, March 11, 2010

Christian zeal for love must exceed zeal to judge In answer to letter writer Andrew Linder, first and briefly, I would be pretty much in agreement with his assessment of the Bible as God’s word. Second, I think The Daily ...

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Printed letters, March 11, 2010

I feel like I went to sleep in Fruita and woke up in Boulder. First, it was licensing marijuana shops and wanting to tax them a paltry 5 percent tax. Then the Fruita City Council voted to license a convenience store, abutting Fruita Monument ...

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E-mail letters, March 10

Wind is creating jobs for Leitner-Poma Regarding the recent Daily Sentinel article, “Jobs report a bit of a Stretch,” I feel that clarification is required. Leitner-Poma of America is actively forging ahead with our wind turbine ...

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E-mail letters, March 9, 2010

State helmet law can help protect kids The on-line editorial, “Over the Top,” by Bob Silbernagel ignores the propensity of teenagers to sometimes disregard parental guidelines. My 17-year-old daughter was required to wear her ...

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