Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor Guidelines
- Keep letters under 500 words.
- Include your full name, city or town, email and phone for verification.
- Must be factually accurate and free of libel, personal attacks, hate speech or offensive language.
- Letters should be constructive — no back-and-forth personal arguments.
- Publication is not guaranteed; editors reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and style.
We will publish no more than one letter from the same reader within 30 days. No exceptions.
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Letter To The Editor: Clear Cutting Of The State Tree Is Happening In Cheyenne Parks, Cemeteries
Dear editor: "The City of Cheyenne has now removed most of the cottonwoods in the Lakeview Cemetery, which were numerous, at least 35 from Holliday Park with nine more slated for removal this year, and an untold number out of Lions Park."
February 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Gov Gordon, We Disagree That There Is A CO2-Driven “Climate Crisis”
Gov. Gordon: You believe that your own views about CO2 can unilaterally commit our state to vast industrial and economic change and should not be questioned. We disagree vociferously with you.
February 13, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Paul Parker Is A Hero In Alabama
Dear editor: Like many others, I like the dancing men featured on Cowboy State Daily. What readers might not know is that the bigger guy who enters at the second stanza is Paul Parker, a retired school teacher in Muscle Shoals, Alabama...
February 12, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Is The Small Person, Not Chuck Gray
To the editor: When someone denigrates an individual on public media referring to their small physical stature condescendingly then who is REALLY the small person? Not Chuck Gray.
February 01, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Harriet Needs To Tone It Down
To the editor: Many of your readers will have recently received a hysterical plea for campaign funds from Harriet Hageman, Wyoming’s sole member of the US House of Representatives.
February 01, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Why Are County Clerks Pushing Back?
To the editor: As I read about the new voter residency rules proposed by Secretary Gray, I was stunned about the push back from Wyoming's County Clerks. Proof of residency can be accomplished and it has been required in years past.
February 01, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Must Stay Competitive to Remain an Energy Leader
To the editor: Saying ‘yes’ to our legacy industries of coal, oil, and natural gas and saying ‘yes’ to wind, solar, and nuclear are critical to the future of our state’s economy and keeping our state open for business.
January 29, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Progressive Ideas From Progressive Leadership
To the editor: After years of inaction, Wyoming State House leadership has finally realized that the people are fed up with rising property taxes.
January 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Optimistic About The BLM Resource Management Plan
To the editor: As someone who has been working on this planning process for well over a decade, I am pleased that so many are now so interested in the future of southwestern Wyoming’s public lands.
January 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Enviros Haven't Destroyed Forest, Climate Change Has
To the editor: "A column by Karl Brauneis, explaining that the demise of the timber industry, brought about by environmentalists... It’s a thought-provoking column, but I think that Mr. Brauneis misdiagnoses the problem."
January 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Unintended Consequences Of The BLM Plan In Southwest Wyoming
To the editor: Kudos to Cat Urbigkit, who has been trying to let people know of the intended and unintended consequences of the BLM’s plan for southwest Wyoming.
January 13, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Rep. Ward For "What Is A Woman" Bill
To the editor: Rep. Provenza needs to understand the reality of this world and realize there are those who will use transgender identities to prey on young men and young women. They are sick individuals, and their behavior is criminal.
January 12, 2024