Guest Columnists
Points of view on Wyoming issues from Wyoming people.
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Probably Loves Hate Mail
Dear editor: The truth is, I picture Mr. Miller wringing his hands with glee over the hate mail he receives.
CSD StaffSeptember 30, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Don't Commit A Crime With A Firearm If You Want Your 2nd Amendment Rights
Dear editor: If I go into a saloon, my firearm is secured in a safe in my truck. If I intend to do some serious drinking, the firearm is left at home.
CSD StaffSeptember 28, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Is Horrible And He Ruins My Day
Dear editor: If Rod Miller is allowed to spew his hate for the GOP the way he does, and his garbage against most of the general population of our state, I will not read this fine daily news Cowboy State Daily any more!
CSD StaffSeptember 28, 2023
Your Wyoming Sunrise: Thursday, September 28, 2023
Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Mike Schmid near the confluence of LaBarge Creek and the Green River. Mike writes, "I love this picture because it depicts the beauty our high desert landscape, the morning shadows of the cottonwoods and our beloved ranch lands."
CSD StaffSeptember 28, 2023
Guest Column: BLM Breaches Local Policies and Trust With Resource Management Plan
In a guest column, 10 Wyoming legislators says the BLM's draft Resource Management Plan will "devastate a hardworking community of energy, agricultural users, and recreationalists who depend on the ability to use these lands for productive uses."
CSD StaffSeptember 25, 2023
Rep. Dalton Banks: Wyoming, Not Feds, Knows How To Best Manage Its Public Lands
Guest Columnist Rep. Dalton Banks writes, “This issue will spread like a plague around our state, negatively affecting our way of life. We as the citizens of Wyoming must take a strong stance against this land grab and stop it in its tracks.”
CSD StaffSeptember 25, 2023
Letter to the Editor: What Is The Mormon Obsession With Temple Building?
Dear editor: "You’d think the mega wealthy Mormon church would have been willing to shorten the steeple to appease the citizens of Cody."
CSD StaffSeptember 24, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Plastic Bag Ban Idiocy
Dear editor: "This will be total plagiarism but it says it better than I ever could..."
CSD StaffSeptember 24, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Gillette Community College District – Building On A Legacy Of Higher Education And Student Success
Dear editor: Thank you for the opportunity to provide factual information to the earlier opinion submitted by Doug Gerard.
CSD StaffSeptember 24, 2023
Mandy Fabel: Motives In The Red Desert
Columnist Mandy Fabel writes, "The Red Desert Resource Management Plan is a complex issue with many stakeholders, each who has a lot to lose or gain. The meetings for public comment will likely bring out the masses. There is a 0% chance that each side will get everything they want and nothing they don’t want."
CSD StaffSeptember 21, 2023
Harriet Hageman: Boneheaded “Green” Policies Cause Massive Electricity Rate Increase
Rep. Harriet Hageman writes, "Wyoming ratepayers should not be forced to subsidize bad policies coming out of Washington, Colorado, and California. We have all the resources necessary to produce affordable and reliable electricity right here; if Colorado and California don’t want our power, they can find their own alternatives."
Harriet HagemanSeptember 15, 2023
Guest Column: A Good Idea Does Not Automatically Make A Good Bill
Rep. Barry Crago writes, "[Rep. Allemand's] bill required all business entities in the state to report all ownership interests to their local clerks and the Secretary of State. This is an unprecedented invasion of privacy. Who owns stock in any particular entity is none of the State’s business."
CSD StaffSeptember 09, 2023
100 Years Of Fights, Family And Foam At La Barge’s Eagle Bar
The Eagle Bar in La Barge is about as off the beaten trail as a place can get in Wyoming, yet it’s become a landmark, celebrating 100 years Saturday.
Paul UlrichSeptember 07, 2023
Guest Column: Proposed Electricity Rate Increases Are Blatantly Offensive
Rep. Jon Conrad writes, “Wyoming families are at a breaking point. Electricity rate increases are supposed to be 'just and reasonable.' I believe Rocky Mountain Power's proposed increases are neither just nor reasonable.”
CSD StaffSeptember 07, 2023
Guest Column: The Uniparty Doesn't Share Our Priorities
Rep. Bill Allemand writes, "Rather than find ways to protect Wyoming citizens and maximize their own savings, the Uniparty seems more interested in its own priorities and pet projects."
CSD StaffSeptember 06, 2023
Guest Column: Are Mandates Coming Back? Ask “Traditional Republicans”
Rep. Jeanette Ward writes, "Will the Uniparty in Wyoming protect us from lockdowns and mandates should they happen again? An examination of one’s prior behavior can often provide a reliable indication of future behavior. "
CSD StaffSeptember 05, 2023
John Bear: Uniparty's Push For Anti-Conservative Wyoming
Wyoming Rep. John Bear writes, "It was the Speaker’s decision to create an Appropriations Committee consisting only of socially liberal legislators from big cities, and now it appears that the President of the Senate sees some benefit in a Senate Appropriations committee loyal to the Uniparty’s cause as well."
Rep. John BearMay 20, 2023
Albert Sommers: Why Does Freedom Caucus Tell Its Members How To Vote?
In a guest column, Speaker of the House Albert Sommers writes, "Wyomingites are independent thinkers, why does the Freedom Caucus pander to a national agenda, instead of seeking Wyoming solutions to Wyoming problems?"
Rep. Albert SommersMay 19, 2023
Nathan Winters: With Women’s Rights, Wyoming Giveth and it Taketh Away…
Guest columnist Nathan Winters writes, "The women of Kappa Kappa Gamma likely had no intention of making a political statement or of becoming social pariahs, yet anyone who didn’t embrace their newest sorority “sister” became a target of scorn and labeled as unkind and transphobic."
Nathan WintersMay 17, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Lessons From Merv And Paul
Dear editor: The Second Amendment and Thoughts and Prayers don’t seem to be working. At least not for the children, women and men gunned down in schools, churches, shopping malls, grocery stores, hospitals and the list goes on and on and on.
Brian OlsonMay 11, 2023
John Bear: Driskill vs Kinskey -- Hypocrisy, Or Is It?
Rep. John Bear writes, " It may be hypocritical to punish a member of the legislature for attending a meeting virtually when you don’t stand for important roll call votes yourself."
Rep. John BearApril 30, 2023
Guest Column: Why Conservatives Are Wary Of Federal Solutions, From Land Disputes To Suicide Hotlines
Rep. Pepper Ottman writes, "To insinuate to someone impacted by suicide that had they simply paid a little more in taxes, they wouldn’t have suffered the loss that they suffered is more than deeply offensive, and displays a fundamental misunderstanding of mental health and wellness."
Rep. Pepper OttmanApril 21, 2023
Guest Column: Rep. Harshman Says "Good News For Wyoming's Future"
In a guest column, Rep. Steve Harshman writes, "As I look back at my childhood growing up in Wyoming in the 60s and 70s, it amazes me that we are closer to 2070 than we are 1970. Time marches quickly on! Let’s keep our eye on the horizon, our future is bright, and we are blessed to live in this great state."
Rep. Steve HarshmanApril 15, 2023
Landon Brown, Jared Olsen: Wyoming Solutions Mean a Brighter Future for Wyoming Children
Reps Jared Olsen and Landon Brown write, "The 25 Freedom Caucus voting bloc joined House Democrats to form a majority alliance that ended Committee of the Whole, thus ending the debate on these pro-child bills."
Landon Brown & Jared OlsenMarch 31, 2023