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.

Letter To The Editor: David Weiss And The Biden Disaster

Dear editor: "The Democrat Party should pay a price at the ballot box for foisting, under false pretenses, a geriatric, mendacious, unethical, politician off on the American people. Hopefully, that will happen in November of 2024."

August 16, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Cat Urbigkit Is Wrong Comparing Oral Sex To Michelangelo's David

Dear editor: "Cat Urbigkit’s recent column establishes her literary 'credentials.' If she’s so familiar with literature, yet promotes pedophilic pornographic propaganda to minors, she can’t be innocent."

August 16, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Rocky Mountain Power's 29.2% Total Rate Increase

Dear editor: Rocky Mountain Power is requesting that YOUR power bill be raised almost 30%, with 7.6% of that already in place on an “interim basis” – prior to any ruling by the state’s Public Service Commission, and prior to the People of Wyoming having a voice and the ability to weigh in on a crippling rate hike."

August 10, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Run On WYO-STAR II Investment Fund Is Not Due To Ignorance

The following is a letter Converse County Treasurer Joel Schell sent to the State Land And Investment Board regarding local Wyoming governments pulling nearly $200 million over the past year from the WYO-STAR II investment fund. Schell agreed to let Cowboy State Daily publish the letter.

August 06, 2023

Letter To The Editor: CSD Downplayed Transgender Tennis Controversy

Dear editor: "Leo Wolfson’s article soft-pedaled the controversy over Brooklyn Ross participating as a woman in the Governor’s Cup tennis tournament. Wolfson quotes Ross saying that only a few Wyoming citizens objected to the participation of transgendered males in a women’s tournament..."

August 05, 2023

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Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Is Right (Kinda)

Dear editor: The only counterpoint I will offer to Rod is that removing books from a school library, to keep certain subject matter away from younger kids isn't the same as removing books from a public library or the internet from adults.

August 01, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Government Funded Shooting Complex Is Bad Idea

Dear editor: I am not a supporter of the ]$10 million government-funded shooting complex]. This should be a private business venture, not one that should be paid, operated and maintained with our tax money. Why hasn’t private business undertaken this project?"

July 20, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Plagiarism of Al Gore's Title

Dear editor: In Johnson County, we haven’t trusted Cheyenne since 1892. Representative Barry Crago’s votes prove we still don’t have any reason to.

July 17, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Thanks For Cheyenne Tornado Story

Dear editor: "One of the things that sticks with me, the kindness shown by the national guard, walking me to the home to retrieve my dogs that were safe."

July 16, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Sommers And Crago Are Quaking In Their Boots

Dear Editor: "Despite their numbers, the fat-cat Sommers, Crago, and their spend-happy brethren quake in their costly boots. They feel the prairie winds shifting, carrying the robust aroma of fiscal conservatism, ready to topple their lofty tower..."

July 14, 2023

The historic train depot in Green River, Wyoming.

Don't Tear Down The Historic Green River Train Depot

Dear editor: It would be a real shame to lose that Green River terminal building.