Letters to the Editor
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Letter To The Editor: Does Hate Help?
Dear editor, At a recent rally, President Trump declared something he's said before: “I hate Democrats.” He didn't just say it once, he said it several times. The crowd cheered.
July 10, 2025
Letter to The Editor: We Don't Need Another Political Party
Dear editor: The columnist’s portrayal of the Freedom Caucus as 'hard Christian right,' (as if this supposed to be pejorative) is not only foundationally misleading, but it also reveals a deep misunderstanding of both our founding values and the purpose of a limited government.
July 10, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Rep. Mike Yin's Attack On Freedom Caucus Is Hogwash
Dear editor: Rep. Mike Yin's latest opinion piece attacking the Wyoming Freedom Caucus is utter hogwash. It's a classic attempt to stir up resentment against folks who don't toe the left's line.
July 08, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Fourth Of July Parade Is Not Moving To Evanston
Dear editor: There was a letter to the editor printed in Cowboy State Daily which said that the Uinta County 250th committee wanted to move the Fourth of July Parade next year to Evanston. This is blatantly untrue.
July 08, 2025
Letter To The Editor: None Of Us Have A License To Speak For Troops, Dead Or Alive
Dear editor: Cassie Craven's newest opinion piece seeks to co-opt the experience of dead veterans in a reprehensible way.
July 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Fort Bridger's Fourth Of July Parade
Dear editor: Uinta County's semi-quincentennial committee ruled that the 2026 parade would be held in Evanston. "Over our dead bodies," the Ft. Bridger American Legion cried.
July 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: We Tuscaloosans Love Wyoming!
Dear editor: Reading Bill Sniffin’s column on Wednesday made me stop, smile, and reminisce about this Alabama girl’s joyful times in Wyoming.
July 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Why Wasn't Trans-Person Arrested?
Dear editor: Is the governor going to charge this trans-person with a crime or what? What was the point of making the law if it is not going to be enforced?
July 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Targeting The Vulnerable
Dear editor: Oh please, Sen. Barrasso, M.D., long out of practice – you and Sen. Lummis and Rep. Hageman keep fibbing to us about Medicaid cuts.
July 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: State Can Handle The Public Lands Much Better Than The Feds
Dear editor: My years of working with federal agencies as a county commissioner and state senator have taught me one thing. If we ever have an opportunity to control our own destiny by taking control of the federal lands as a state, we should take it.
June 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Don't Hurt Small Business
Dear editor: 86% of small business owners are concerned that legislation handcuffing American technology companies and U.S. innovators could harm their ability to grow.
June 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Harriet Hageman Has Joined Barrasso And Lummis As A Sell-Out
Dear editor: Harriet Hageman has now very clearly joined all the other sell-outs in Washington, DC, including Sens. Barrasso and Lummis. They, too, have "gone along to get along," much to our detriment.
June 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Laramie County Commissioners Should Have Blocked Cell Phone Tower
Dear editor: Our Laramie County Commissioners had a chance to block a 150’ tall 5G Tower from our beautiful neighborhood, 130 feet from Iron Mountain Road. They choose to go for the special interests of Verizon and Rocky Mountain Tower, a California Company.
June 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Another Way To Deal With Charging Moose
Dear editor: After hiking through a slight bend in the trail, I heard the sounds of snorting and pounding hooves behind me. From about 50 feet away, a cow moose came at me full bore.
June 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Hey Gramps, Take Me To The Fishin’ Hole!
Dear editor: I’m sorry son, I sure want to go, but the land’s been bought and they say no. I’ve been goin’ there since ‘54, but we can’t go there anymore.
June 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: We Don't Need Lecturing From Out-Of-State Environmentalists
Dear editor: Trevor Neilson can go on back to California, or Washington, or wherever, and keep spreading his leftist nonsense out there. But he shouldn’t come into Wyoming and presume to speak for us after being a resident for about ten minutes.
June 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Harriet Hageman Should Know Better
Dear editor: Harriet Hageman should know better. She grew up on a ranch. She’s walked this land, ridden across it, hunted on it. So how can she now pretend that auctioning off Wyoming’s future is somehow pro-freedom or pro-Wyoming?
June 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Stop The Public Lands Grab
Dear editor: Ask yourselves who will benefit from this land grab. It won’t be regular Wyomingites; it will be wealthy developers coming in from out of state or even out of the country who will be lining their pockets in the end.
June 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Deep Opposition To Proposed Public Land Sales
Dear editor: In reality, this is nothing more than a thinly veiled wealth transfer. The wealthiest Americans and large corporate interests stand to benefit by buying up these lands at bargain prices
June 19, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Energy Innovation Is Driving Wyoming Forward — Let's Keep It That Way
Dear editor: Congress should protect the tools that are working. Let's keep energy investment flowing into Wyoming and throughout the country by giving all businesses the certainty they need to build, hire, and grow.
June 17, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Delegation Is Trying To Sell Our Public Land
Dear editor: Hunting in the mountains on public land in Wyoming has been part of my life, my family, my community, and my culture for as long as I can remember. And now that huge part of me is under threat.
June 16, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Big Trade-Off -- No Property Tax, But Steep Sales Tax?
Dear editor: How do you feel about paying a 20% sales tax when you buy a car? Would you be willing to do so if it meant no property tax? Is this a commonsense approach to fund local services, or a straight path to a state income tax?
June 16, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Big Beautiful Bill Will Be Great For Wyoming's Coal Industry
Dear editor: When signed by President Trump (hopefully this summer), the Big Beautiful Bill will indeed be a game changer for Wyoming's coal industry.
June 15, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Where's The 'Merit' In Judges Driving Public Defenders Off The Ledge?
Dear editor: "For those of us in the trenches, it appears that judicial 'merit' is akin to cronyism. It means knowing the right people is a substitute for experience in the courtroom and knowledge of the law."
June 14, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Don't Demonize The Wyoming Association Of Municipalities
Dear editor: I was deeply concerned by a bill introduced last session that aimed to limit or prohibit cities and counties from pooling their resources to work through organizations like the Wyoming Association of Municipalities.
June 09, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Who Wins When Our Leaders Fight?
Dear editor: When our leaders fight, Wyoming stalls. We’ve got too much at stake to waste another day on ego wars.
June 09, 2025
Letter To The Editor: What Is Leadership Of Wyoming Historical Society Doing?
Dear editor: To the current executive committee members, what have you done to advance the study of Wyoming history and build unity in the society, instead of ripping apart this member-driven organization and stripping those very members of any voice in their society?
June 08, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Casper Gravel Pit Is Clear Example Of Lost Principle
Dear editor: Curt Meier’s quote, “You figure maybe 25% of the people of Natrona County are making decisions not only for Natrona County, but for the whole state” may be true but does a majority have the right to force its will on the minority?
June 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Called To Love Not Hate
On June 3, Cowboy State Daily published a cartoon portraying the perpetrator of the recent hate crime in Boulder, Colorado as the devil or a demon.
June 06, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Excuses And Half-Truths Out Of Laramie County School District #1
Dear editor: To truly address what LCSD #1 sees as a problem of decreasing enrollment, they need to look inward instead of making excuses to the public by blaming external factors.
June 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Cheyenne Regional Medical Center's Position Is Preposterous
Dear editor: A person seeking medical attention at CRMC should have no concern for the standard of care received no matter if that care is received by an employee or contractor.
June 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Is Turning Into A Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
Dear editor: It's time to stop permitting these so called renewable energy developments that leave our state looking like a scene from some post-apocalyptic movie like 'The Blood of Heroes.'"
May 31, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Governor Needs To Fix Star Plunge
Dear editor: I recently had to change some vacation plans upon hearing Star Plunge is closed. I would encourage all of you to flood the governor's office with demands that he take action and resolve the conflict quickly.
May 31, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Setting The Record Straight On Star Plunge
Dear editor: It is unfortunate that the Wyoming State Parks have decided to destroy a family business and force the Star Plunge to resort to the courts just in an effort to get the state to follow the law.
May 30, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Protecting Our Children Isn't Book Banning
Dear editor: Wyoming this year joined 20 other states that have passed age verification laws restricting access to sexually graphic online material for minors. So why shouldn’t libraries also limit access to minors to harmful material in their collections?
May 30, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Why You Should Trust Professional Librarians To Select Books
Dear editor: I throw up in my mouth a little bit, every time Republican legislators use the term "common sense," to refer to their own personal opinion, as Rep. Ann Lucas did in her recent guest column.
May 29, 2025