Letters to the Editor
Have a comment on one of our stories or an issue you care about? Submit a Letter to the Editor! Please make sure to include your full name, city, and phone number. Your phone number will not be published. Keep the letter under 500 words, please!
Letter To The Editor: The Rock Springs Management Plan Isn't Perfect But It Should Still Happen
Dear editor: The RMP isn’t perfect, yet we appreciate the enormous task the BLM undertook to review and respond to tens of thousands of comments. Failing to finalize it would waste the years of hard work that many have invested in this planning effort.
November 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Trump Won -- Now Let Him Govern
Dear editor: Republicans’ rush to judgment on President Trump’s cabinet nominees is astonishing, irresponsible and hypocritical, but typical of a party that can never rally behind its leadership and govern with collective focus and clear purpose.
CSD StaffNovember 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The United Nations’ War on Israel
Dear editor: It is important to realize how far the U.N. has descended from the high hopes that civilized nations once held for it and how the U.N. is no longer a beacon of peace, international co-operation and hope but a cesspool of hatred, envy, dishonesty...
November 06, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Amendment A Would Bring Fairness To Wyoming Homeowners
Dear Editor: Amendment A is straightforward. It doesn’t overhaul the tax system; it simply allows for a more balanced approach. Right now, family homes—where people raise children, plan futures, and invest savings—are taxed like investment properties and vacation homes. That’s a mistake.
November 02, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Turning Wyoming Into California One Step At A Time
Dear editor: Isn't it wonderful that Casper was recognized as a destination retirement location. By all means advertise our beautiful state, but don't complain when you wake up one morning and wonder how you got to California.
October 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Planned Parenthood, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton And Adolph Hitler
Dear editor: How ironic that Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are claiming that Donald Trump is the second coming of Adolph Hitler?
October 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: If Re-Elected, Trump Should Have More Control Over Federal Agencies
Dear editor: In response to Mr. DeGroot’s recent letter claiming that President Trump, if re-elected, wants more control over federal agencies, I say YES he darn well should.
October 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Do Not Let The Government Delist Grizzly Bears
Dear editor: Make honoring 399 an issue every election. Hold your representatives and senators accountable to protecting wildlife and protecting public lands
October 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: One Good Reason Not To Vote For Trump
Dear editor: There are many reasons not to vote for Donald Trump. High on the list is his intent to violate the constitutional tenet of separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: A Vote For Harris/Walz Is A Vote Against America
Dear editor: Our local House and Senate Democrat candidates agree with Biden/Harris and Harris/Walz, thus to vote local Democrats into our legislature and to continue nationally with a Harris/Walz administration is delusional at best and extremely dangerous at worst.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Reader Will Not Denigrate Celebration Of Grizzly 399's Life
Dear editor: In response to Susan Caraveau's emotional letter to "tree huggers and nature lovers," her bitter verbiage was more a case of making stuff up, expressed by a person who is not mindful of a much better world around us, here in Wyoming.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The Bear Is Gone. What About The Driver?
Dear editor: To all those tree huggers and nature lovers, sh*t happens! There has not been one word written about the well-being of the unfortunate driver who accidentally hit the bear! Unbelievable!
October 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Maybe It's Time To Retire Some Counties
Dear editor: Doug Gerard’s letter of reluctant agreement with Tom Lubnau’s editorial opinion on Weston County’s insistence on having a State Senator is both funny and interesting.
CSD StaffOctober 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Tom Lubnau Is Actually Right On Something
Dear editor: Lubnau is right: you can't just pull legislative seats out of thin air like a magician at the county fair. Weston County's push for new representatives is like trying to lasso the wind — bold but bound to not catch much.
October 23, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Gary Brown Stands For The Republican Platform
Dear editor: Gary wanted to be a father and the person who he thought loved him, took that away from him. It devastated him, he now stands up any chance he can to fight for the lives of other unborn children and the men who want to be fathers but are never given that choice.
October 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Two Thumbs Down For Gary Brown For WY House District-41.
Dear editor: I am a fifth-generation Wyoming citizen, a parent of two Wyoming daughters, and a Republican. This is a critical time in our Wyoming’s history. I do not support Cheyenne resident Gary Brown for House District 41.
October 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Amendment A Gives Special Tax Breaks To A Select Group
Dear editor: It is best not to enable the Legislature to discriminate in favor of a select group of taxpayers -- ones who are actually likely to be better off than the rest -- and against others.
October 20, 2024
Letter To The Editor: God Bless Our Founding Fathers And Their Wisdom
Dear editor: If Mr. McEvoy does not like our system or the state of Wyoming. Then move! Go to California or New York or England. However, he would rather exercise his first amendment rights. Which is fine but you have a choice.
October 19, 2024
Letter to the Editor: Defending Mining Jobs Like Our Lives Depend On It, Because They Do
Dear editor: As if Wyoming hasn’t suffered enough from regulatory assault recently - think what the BLM is trying to do in the Southwest or the Powder River Basin - we’re facing yet another disastrous potential outcome.
October 19, 2024
Letter to the Editor: American Red Cross Of Wyoming Can Help You Be Prepared
Dear editor: Thank you for your recent article about the UW student who ran into a deer on Highway 287 and was left without a working vehicle and no cellphone service.
October 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Your Reader Has No Understanding What Fascism Is
Dear editor: Calling Trump a “fascist” when he has already been POTUS and didn’t do any of the things hyperbolic Democrats said would happen only underscores their state of hysteria and complete lack of understanding what fascism is.
October 17, 2024
Letter To The Editor: We Are On The Brink Of Facism
Dear editor: This election will be determined by a the same few swing states, not California! By law, Trump shouldn’t even be on the ballot, and yet here we are on the brink of fascism.
October 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: If You Live In Wyoming, Get Your Plates In Wyoming
Dear editor: Those Montana plates in the northern part of Wyoming have become a huge problem as those tax dollars DO NOT pay for Wyoming roads or services, including fire fighters and first responders.
October 09, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wind Turbines Are Destroying Wyoming
Dear editor: What used to be a beautiful drive across an expanse of high desert wilderness is now almost seeming a drive through white towers hoisting up giant bird-killing whirlygigs.
October 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Thanks for Continuing Coverage Of Wolf Torture
Dear editor: Thank you for coverage of the wolf torture and killing in Daniel.. Several psychologists have weighed in that it is the behavior of a psychopath and deranged individual- not a "decent man" as Bill Johnson and Rep. Albert Sommers seem to think.
October 06, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Federal Nuclear Jeopardy Again?
Dear editor: Regardless of the fact that Wyoming people have rejected nuclear waste storage proposals many times – our legislature still wants to risk a dance with the feds in the regulatory dysfunction that has plagued our nation’s handling of nuclear waste for over half a century.
October 05, 2024
Letter To The Editor: If People Don't Care Enough To Vote, So Be It
Dear editor: In response to Rod Miller's column, If people are not willing to expend any effort or time to understand the candidates and issues, or even cast a ballot, then it’s better they do not vote.
September 19, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Stop Painting Hunters In A Bad Light
Dear editor: Can you please stop painting us hunters in a bad light with your poorly worded headlines?
September 19, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Why Is Wyoming Still Using Gas Chambers To Kill Pets?
Dear editor: In June, Cowboy State Daily published a story written by Mark Heinz about the two remaining gas chambers still in use at animal shelters in Wyoming. These two chambers are two of the last three known active chambers used for domestic animals left in the entire United States.
September 17, 2024
Letters To The Editor: Dave Simpson's Love Poem To The Freedom Caucus
Dear editor: The Cowboy State Daily Opinion page is appropriately sub-titled “everyone has one." Dave Simpson’s love poem to WYO Freedom Caucus personifies the subtitle.
September 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Cowboys Aren't Dead, They Just Need To Adjust
Dear editor: The column by Tom Lubnau gave a factual account of the changing, or consolidation of collegiate sports conferences. While accurate in facts, the comments were akin to a wake for the spirit of athletic competition.
September 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Historic Opportunity For Wyoming, But Don't Count On Gordon
Dear editor: Wyoming has a historic opportunity to correct over 100 years of unconstitutional usurpation of our public lands. If Wyoming joins Utah in its lawsuit, it will not be because of our ‘Green New Deal’ governor...
September 13, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Owning, And Carrying, Firearms Is A Right, Yes. However...
Dear editor: One of the dirty little secrets of personal defense is that whether you do it right or not your life will be altered forever. If you do it wrong the emotional, monetary, and human costs can be incalculable.
September 13, 2024
Letter To The Editor: COVID -- The Science Is Flawed
Dear editor: It seems odd that after Jeanette Ward's column about forced Covid vaccines that you would post three anti-letters to her stance and none in favor, so here's the first to support the stance against forced Covid injections.
September 12, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Kozak Needs To Be More Than Concerned About Venezuela Gang Members
Dear editor: Kozak said he is “concerned” about reported Colorado gang violence because “things wind up here eventually.” We desperately need a sheriff who is ready to confront any situation that comes their way.
September 11, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Hey Cowboy State Daily -- Don't Get Too Fancy
Dear editor: I like the at home background shots, I like the in the car blurred background shots, I like the folks wearing old sweaters, ball caps, branded t-shirts and the casual feel to how the old format was.
September 10, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Is Half Right
Dear editor: Rod Miller is right that the populace seems to be “pissed.” However, for the most part, he is wrong to think the populace is pissed because they want change.
September 09, 2024
Letter To The Editor: No Need For Anti-Science People In The Healthcare Profession
Dear editor: We certainly don’t need anti-science, self-centered individuals like Rep Ward’s daughter in the healthcare profession.
September 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: We Better Be Careful With Not Requiring Some Vaccinations
Dear editor: We need to be thinking carefully as to what the fallout could be if our healthcare workers are not required to be vaccinated and/or tested for preventable disease.
September 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rep. Ward's Daughter May Have Acted In Haste
Dear editor: To Rep. Ward’s daughter, I only wish you had stayed in the nursing program long enough to realize and learn about what you don’t know.
September 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Republicans Don't Care About Real Issues
Dear editor: Leo Wolfson's article about the sex-offender who is running for Laramie County Community College Trustee, is a perfect example of the shiny-object politics that is the favorite-play of today's Republican Party.
September 06, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rate Hikes Are Causing Serious Financial Hardships
Dear editor: Black Hills Energy and Rocky Mountain Power make huge profits annually benefitting from failed green energy policies as they blame green energy implementation for the need to increase rates. Enough.
September 05, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Hey Matt Malcom -- You Lost, Get Over It!
Dear editor: Instead of trying to bolster support for the Democrats [Matt Malcom] aligns with, [he] wants to run as a fake Republican.
August 31, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Isn't Reading The Room Right
Dear editor: One column said conservatives were lucky, as in a card game. By chance they drew the right cards through no effort of their own and won a big pot.
August 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: A Newcomer’s Take on The Wyoming GOP Primary
Dear editor: In a state wherein elected leaders can lean into conservative positions, it was peculiar to see some candidates in Republican primaries seemingly moderating themselves.
August 28, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Grocers Are Not Price Gouging, The Numbers Speak For Themselves
Dear editor: You have probably heard price gouging mentioned in the news lately. Grocers seem to be the target. They respond with claims that they operate on a razor-thin margin of 1% to 2%.
August 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Open Letter To The Treatment Of Predators Working Group
Dear editor: I watched your Casper meeting and found it to be a sham. Only two in-person speakers were allowed a brief two minutes each and were met with hostility, while morning speakers had unlimited time.
August 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Does Know The Difference Between A Wolf And A Hole In The Ground
Dear editor: I re-read Rod Miller's column and couldn’t find one thing where he said anything about wolves specifically. His column was about the reintroduction process, and it was very interesting to hear from somebody who was on the inside.
August 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Doesn't Know A Wolf From A Hole In The Ground
Dear editor: As a member of the Yellowstone Center for Resources team who worked for a decade to restore wolves to the park, I find Rod Miller’s barstool history factually flawed...
August 23, 2024
Letter To The Editor: May You Live In Interesting Times
Dear editor: When I got to my office on Monday morning, August 19, the day before the primary, I discovered someone had taken down the three signs, laid them flat on the ground and put a pile of dog feces in the middle of each sign.
August 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: No Ballot For You
Dear editor: I expected to be able to change my affiliation like I have every time I've voted in my life, but was enraged when the poll worker stated plainly, "We don't have a ballot for you."
August 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Ken Clouston Made The Right Vote
Dear editor It's time to set the record straight on Rep. Ken Clouston's vote on House Bill 44. It's important that Gillette voters know the truth. Rep. Clouston made the right vote.
August 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Needs More Democrats
Dear editor: Bill Sniffin takes it for granted that Wyoming is "a one-party state, pretty much" in his Aug 3 column. You know who else is a one-party state, pretty much: China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela.
August 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Don't Believe Zwonitzer When He Tells You He's A Republican
Dear editor: I have checked Dan Zwonitzer's record personally and his record matches the Democrat platform better than some of the lonely true Democrats in the House.
August 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The Far Right Believes County Clerks Are Evil People
Dear editor: The Wyoming Republican Party Leadership, Sec. of State Chuck Gray, and the Wyoming Freedom Caucus want us to believe that our 23 county clerks -- who oversee our elections -- are bad, evil people out to steal our elections.
August 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Quit Parroting Propaganda!
Dear editor: There is no utility-scale "green" or "renewable" or "sustainable" energy on this planet. Having news sources like yours mindlessly parrot this propaganda is disturbing.
August 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: 2000 Mules Should Not Be Discounted
Dear editor: Leo Wolfson states that the "2000 Mules" documentary has been discredited. Sure, it's been discredited, by liberal media (CNN, NPR, ABC, MSNBC, et al). Has Leo watched it?
August 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: I'm Planning An Anti-Trump Parade
Dear editor: With all the anti-democratic dogma coming from the Trump camp, it becomes a very real concern that, to stay in power, they may end up eroding democracy.
August 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Killing The Grizzly Bear Was Unnecessary
Dear editor: This gruesome and disturbing story perfectly illustrates what happens when we label an animal as a “pest," instead of asking what the real problem is.
August 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Harris And Walz Are Not Soft On China
Dear editor: Your 8 August cartoon suggests that Communist China supports the Harris/Walz ticket. If you want to criticize the Democratic ticket, wouldn't it be better to find truthful ways to do so?
August 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Republicans Should Vote Like Republicans
Dear editor: I see the the liberal press and far left citizens of Wyoming are in a total uproar at the “ negative campaign materials” that are being mailed to voters in Laramie county.
August 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: WY Freedom PAC Mailers Are Slanderous Garbage
Dear editor: Thousands of slanderous postcards, text messages and emails have been sent to Fremont County residents alleging lies and misinformation. The postcards are produced by 'WY Freedom PAC' -- apparently a ghost operation, since there are no names or addresses to contact."
July 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Job Creators Need IRS To Do Its Job
Dear editor: We're seeing a regulatory red tape rodeo with the Internal Revenue Service right now, screwing up the Employee Retention Credit and leaving many Wyoming small businesses in the lurch.
July 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Unhappy With Bill Gates Coverage
Dear Editor: Focusing two news articles on a card game between Bill Gates and citizens in Kemmerer, Wyoming makes light of what Mr. Gates plans to do (June 11 and 12, 2024). It reflects celebrity-style reporting.
July 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Not Participating In Debates
Dear editor: As Chairman of the Fremont County Republican Party, I am disappointing in a few Republican candidates who have declined to participate in public forums/debates to help inform Republican voters.
July 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Retaining The Good Old Boys Club
Dear editor: There's a highly coordinated campaign laser-focused on maintaining the power of the Good Old Boys Club in Wyoming government.
July 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Sweetwater County Getting Flooded With Deceptive Mailings
Dear editor: "We have been flooded with texts, mailers, and door hangers filled with inflammatory rhetoric, distortions, and outright lies. These groups seek to manipulate us, assuming we are ignorant..."
July 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Throw Out The Glossy AFP Mailers
Dear editor: "It’s not principled or civil to lie so comfortably about things so easily proven false. For Wyomingites who do care about principle and civility, I encourage you to toss the glossy AFP mailers..."
July 10, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Look At The Connections Before Voting In August
Dear editor: When you look at the connections being made you can see that the Wyoming Caucus Republicans are working with the Democrats to defeat freedom loving conservatives all over Wyoming and the nation.
June 28, 2024
Letter To The Editor: California Rail Rule Threatens Wyoming’s Logistics System
Dear editor: "The rule from the California Air Resources Board would sunset 25,000 useful locomotives across the U.S. rail network just for being 23 years old or older. Massive rail disruptions and supply chain slowdowns would ensue, raising prices and pushing freight to less efficient options."
June 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: House District 32 Coverage Was Misleading
Dear editor: "In this crucial election year, journalists hold a responsibility as significant as a sheriff in a lawless town. Cowboy State Daily's recent House District 32 race coverage between Rep. Ken Clouston and George Dunlap was misleading."
June 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The "View Entire Message" Link On Newsletter Is Annoying
Dear editor: I can't be the only one, but man am I tired of hitting the 'view entire message' button in your newsletter. Is that really necessary?"
June 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Trump Using Judicial System For Political & Financial Advantage
Dear editor: "Following Trump’s guilty verdict on all 34 felony counts, the Wyoming Congressional delegation and the governor rushed to defend their presumptive GOP presidential candidate by repeating the same highly charged rhetoric used by the former president."
June 09, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Gordon Continues To Disappoint
Dear editor: Sixteen honorable legislators sent this letter to Gov. Gordon Wednesday morning. We are disappointed in the governor's vetoing of Senate File 13..."
May 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: How Do You Get The Sunrise Photos Before The Sun Rises?
Dear editor: I get up at 5 to 5:30 almost every morning. Interestingly enough, I find a picture of the morning sunrise for that day, when the sun has yet to rise.
May 20, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Reforms Needed to Protect Against Foreign Adversaries
Dear editor: President Biden sounded an awful lot like President Trump this week when he announced massive tariffs on Chinese cars and green technology.
May 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Dave Simpson Is Not Buying Crap And That's Crap
Dear editor: "So Dave Simpson is not buying crap, according to his May 13 column. Dave rested his case. Case closed. This publication won't let anybody argue with Dave. There is no debate here, no contest of ideas. You just push hard right propaganda, and pretend it's mainstream."
May 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: John Bear Is Right, Rod Miller Is Wrong
Dear editor: "People who read the newspaper need to know every commentary isn't true. I don't believe that the Freedom Caucus are either naive nor uninformed. I realize that we're in an election season so this kind of thing could happen again."
May 13, 2024
Letter To The Editor: BLM Oil And Gas Bonding Rule A Boon Not A Burden
Dear editor: I spent 31 years working with landowners to address the negative impacts of oil and gas development on their property. I witnessed first-hand the damages caused by thousands of idle or orphan oil and gas wells.
May 01, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Game And Fish's Hands Are Tied In Wolf Torture Case
Dear editor, "Because of the way game and fish laws are developed, often the department’s officers’ hands are tied in what can be cited even if the violation seems more serious than what the charge is."
April 22, 2024
Letter to the Editor: "Coyote Mashing" Is A Thing And Should Be Illegal
Dear editor: Apparently, the practice of running down varmits from a motorized vehicle is big fun in the Equality State. No. It is actually cruelty and an outward expression of disdain for the nature of the animal being “mashed.”
April 20, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Cody Roberts Deserves His Notoriety
Dear editor, "What Cody Roberts did has nothing to do with Western values, nor any values—what, his wife wasn’t safe from harm while Roberts was showing off the mortally injured animal in a bar?"
April 19, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming GOP Having Its Own Salem Witch Trials
Dear editor: "To our Republican leaders: Get off your high horse. To claim that you are a better Republican than another because you consider yourself as such is the Salem Witch Trials all over again."
April 19, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Cody Roberts Not Indicative Of Wyoming
Dear editor: [Cody Roberts] is an extremely small percentage of the people who hunt here, that do these despicable acts of cruelty. I’ve lived here my entire life and have never heard of anyone doing anything like this before.
April 19, 2024