Correction: There’s still time! The Town of Carbondale’s holiday tree recycling service across from Town Hall is operating through Feb. 2. Re: Ps&QsMrs. Perry opines all “Trumpublicans” foster a lack of opportunity, desperation and poverty for criminals. “They try to prevent education and acceptance.”Jeannie paints the majority of the U.S. electorate sporting horns while “following […]
Bruno Kirchenwitz
Letters – Sept. 26, 2024
GarCo endorsementsIt’s a dramatically pivotal election year both nationally and locally. Locally, I will be voting for two county commissioners who will not be partisan, who will not have their own agenda, who will represent and listen to their constituents in their districts despite differences on issues and party lines. I will vote to honor […]
Letters
Clothes to Ukraine?Does anyone know where I can donate clothing to be sent to Ukraine? At one time there was a group in Carbondale collecting clothing and shoes to be sent directly to Ukraine. Please call me at 970-963-8244 with any leads. Thank you. Janet JohnsonCarbondale Re: Western Watersheds ProjectWestern Watersheds Project (WWP) on conserving […]
Letters – June 27, 2024
Correction: Suzanne Frazier, a member of Carbondale Public Art Commission, was misidentified as Laurie Lindberg on last week’s parting shots page. Fourth of JulyOn the Fourth of July, Americans gather to celebrate that day in 1776 when we declared our independence from Great Britain. It was a rocky start and standing independent has continued to […]
Letters – Dec. 14, 2023
Champion the Enemy’s Needby Kim Stafford, former poet Laureate of OregonAsk about your enemy’s wounds and scars/Seek his hidden cause of trouble.Feed your enemy’s children.Learn their word for home.Repair their well.Learn their sorrow’s history.Trace their lineage of the good.Ask them for a song.Make tea. Break bread.Illène PevecCarbondale Shared responsibilityDear Carbondale friends, neighbors, business owners and […]
Letters – May 4, 2023
Highway 133 There’s been a lot of development along the Highway 133 corridor through town over the last decade. Has it become more attractive, uglier, safer or more dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists? Is it keeping with goal number one in the Town’s newly adopted comprehensive plan, to “actively preserve and protect Carbondale’s small-town […]
Letters – June 17, 2021
WATER is the issue Ascendigo’s services are valuable, no doubt, and my compliments regarding their organization. Ascendigo represents a needed resource for the less-fortunate among us. White Cloud on Missouri Heights is not the right property for their large facility. Our community rose to the occasion in 2008 when developers applied to build a large […]
