Letters

Editor, The Lake County Elections Office and their team of judges deserve our thanks for doing a difficult job. Here in Lake County, we can have full confidence in the integrity of our elections.     As has been my past experience, the Elections Office, under Katie Harding, once again did an outstanding job. Harding is extremely knowledgeable, and she kept a watchful eye over the entire process.  The judges working under her did a great job.  Everyone was conscientious and strict about the rules and protocols.   This is a time-consuming, boring and monotonous task to be sure, but I say with confidence that Katie Harding and her judges were ethical, professi...

Editor, Being inspired by Ted Koppel in his interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” on June 7, I took notes. I think these notes reflect things we should each reflect upon and be encouraged to publically share over and over.  President Donald Trump has changed the image of America. Over the ...

Editor, The upcoming election will be most interesting. Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump is very popular with the younger people in the USA. But these young people are our hope for the future. Young people are not known as avid voters. Hopefully, a majority of these intelligent young people will vote th...

Editor, I am disgustingly appalled by the notion that we should keep the names of pandemic victims a big secret. Sure, we need to protect personal discords against our names, reputations and privacies, but to have the name of a positive tested person not appear in the newspaper is a travesty against all h...

Editor, What is voting? Any decision (which breakfast cereal?) is a form of personal vote. It is an expression of confidence, safety, and hope in the outcome. The Primary Election reflects choices among ice cream flavors. In November, it is like choosing between ice cream and poison ivy. Generally, we ...

Editor, The following untitled prose poem by Kitty O’Meara has been widely shared countless times. Here it is one more time. It certainly has helped me in my thinking and attitude during this trying time.  “And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exerc...

Editor, With Nancy Pelosi acting as obstructionist-in-chief in Washington, we need to make sure our lone representative in Congress is a conservative fighter who will stand with President Trump and will fight tooth-and-nail to bolster our economy and advance his America-first agenda. Luckily, we don&rs...

Editor, As we approach the presidential election this year, there are three newsworthy TV analyses, which caught my attention early this month. Here they are, very briefly summarized from notes I took during the broadcasts.  Number one: Former president Barack Obama is beginning to speak out on th...

Editor, I am supporting Kimberly Dudik for Montana Attorney General because she is a proven champion on protecting our environment and addressing climate change, as well as fighting for gender equity and preventing family violence.  During her four terms in the state legislature, Kimberly has earn...

Editor, This is a letter I wrote to Steve Daines: Senator Daines, with considerable dishonesty, President Trump is doing his best to destroy the United States Postal Service.  Clearly, there are two “reasons” for his attempts. First, he hates Jeff Bezos and knows killing the Postal Ser...