Category: Letters to the Editor

An Armistice is an agreement to stop all fighting, in other words a truce. The truce I write of was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month ending World War I in 1918 to…

For over 34 years, my wife and I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area – prime earthquake territory, and we lived through a bunch of them, including the massive Loma Prieta Earthquake on October 17, 1989. In early 2015,…

I had always been a registered democrat, yet never politically involved. Prior to the 2016 primary presidential election, I changed my party affiliation to republican, to vote for “my” candidate. For several years leading up to the 2016 primary, I listened to…

I recently watched a YouTube video of Senator John Barrasso, Chairman of the 2016 Republican National Convention Platform Committee, being interviewed after the 2016 Platform was revised and published.  He stated the Republican Platform Committee had 112 delegates, spirited, active debate…

This letter is in response to an article in the October 3, 2018 Monticello News entitled “Marcia Elder Vs. Jefferson County”. While the article content was accurate, the headline (and subtitle) has given a false impression about my dispute with…

The Jefferson County Humane Society put a story in the Monticello News recently about a cat who was adopted from the shelter as a kitten 15 years ago and was relinquished by her owners back to the shelter, once again…

I could not believe the last article in the newspaper concerning a possible sale of an old school in Monticello. What was unbelievable was the discussion over whether taking a 1.00 or 300,000 for the same building offered any discussion…

All taxpayers of Jefferson County deserve direct answers to the questions posed at the Jefferson County School Board of the September 10, 2018 meeting. What is the connection that school board members have with the organizations interested in the Jefferson…

A general message that should be of interest to the Jefferson County School Board, in light of recent events. Recusal – Definition of recuse. To remove (oneself) from participation to avoid a conflict of interest. Get it ?? Gordon McCleery

It is a shame Mr. Pouliotte is so filled with bile and hatred of John McCain. Yes sir, you are entitled to your opinion, but I respectfully disagree. Disclaimer: I am an unabashed old liberal feminist who opposed the Vietnam…