Author: ltr
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LETTERS: Kudos to Chacón; Reaganomics; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nothing about us, without us Kudos to Gazette staff writer Daniel Chacón for his straightforward and balanced report about the unmet needs of and paternalistic response to persons with disabilities who were affected by the…
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LETTERS: Need panhandling ordinance; Quit worshipping celebrities; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save West Side needs ordinance The residents and businesses on the west side need the “no panhandling ordinance” from West Colorado Avenue to Manitou Springs. The city needs to represent the rights and interests of the…
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LETTERS: Who will gut Medicare?; Obama dismantles America; and more
Plain and simple economics The major reason our government has been in the hole for the last six or seven years is largely because of three simple factors: • Wars. The Bush wars have completely gutted the national treasury now and for years to come. After his administration ran through the budget surplus he inherited…
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LETTERS: Who will gut Medicare?; Obama dismantles America; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Plain and simple economics The major reason our government has been in the hole for the last six or seven years is largely because of three simple factors: • Wars. The Bush wars have completely…
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COMMUNITY FORUM: Memorial Hospital (2 pro, 3 con)
Physicians endorse lease Physicians across Memorial Health System and throughout our community are supporting 1A, a plan that would allow our city to lease the hospital to University of Colorado Health. This plan provides an opportunity to not just continue the great care you receive today, but also to enhance that care with more choices,…
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LETTERS: Sirota’s blather; Careful who you vote for; and more
Nothing until Congress acts Who makes the laws in our country? Executive branch or legislative branch? If you answered legislative branch, you can disregard all the tax plans and changes in Medicare and anything else that the political ads are trumpeting. Nothing will happen until Congress acts. So be careful who you vote for as…
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LETTERS: Sirota’s blather; Careful who you vote for; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nothing until Congress acts Who makes the laws in our country? Executive branch or legislative branch? If you answered legislative branch, you can disregard all the tax plans and changes in Medicare and anything else…
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LETTERS: Trickle-down econ works; Don’t deceive senior citizens; and more
Reasons for optimism These are exciting times to be alive. Even if you don’t agree with politicians, even if you are on one side of the moral fence or the other, you have to agree that what we are seeing in the world is exciting. People are taking to the streets in protest of this…
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LETTERS: Blessed by caring community; Entitlements started with Dems; and more
Blessed by caring community We are the parents of Alex Ragan, one of the three Boy Scouts killed in a horrific car accident that took the lives of five people on June 30, in Wyoming. We would like to thank the communities of Colorado Springs and Woodland Park, as well as the Ute Pass area,…
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LETTERS: Trickle-down econ works; Don’t deceive senior citizens; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Reasons for optimism These are exciting times to be alive. Even if you don’t agree with politicians, even if you are on one side of the moral fence or the other, you have to agree…