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Tom Lubnau: The Great Spam Debate
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "What Honor Wyoming is really complaining about is that the Microsoft Office has a spam filter. Apparently, some of Honor Wyoming’s emails are finding themselves in a spam filter. Honor Wyoming contracts with a bulk emailer for its email service."
Tom LubnauDecember 04, 2025
Tom Lubnau: A Wyoming Thanksgiving for Our Politics
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Every state has its share of sky-watchers who believe contrails hold mysterious powers. But most folks in Wyoming know that if the government truly wanted to influence the weather, they’d start by figuring out how to stop the wind in Rawlins..."
Tom LubnauNovember 26, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Clear Creek Wood Bank – Making Wyoming Better
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The Clear Creek Wood Bank is a charitable project out of Buffalo. Its mission is to 'ensure no one ever has to choose between eating and heating.' Last year it distributed 128 cords of cut/split firewood to 892 families in northern Wyoming.
Tom LubnauNovember 19, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Freedom Caucus – A Year In Review
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The Freedom Caucus has never passed a budget. They are living off the wisdom of prior legislators, they call the 'insiders' or the 'elite.' We haven’t yet seen the long-term effect of their policies. They are living on the coat tails of those they ridicule."
Tom LubnauNovember 13, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Wyoming Lawmakers Are Here To Vanquish The Contrails
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes: "Watching the Ag Committee debate contrails is like watching an Adam Rose construction accident video on the internet. You know it is going to be bad, but you still can't look away."
Tom LubnauNovember 05, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Playing Political Games With Our Safety
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Certain legislators are making a taxation for highway financing a campaign issue, instead of a safety priority. Remember the joys of driving poorly maintained roads when you find yourself in the ballot box next year."
Tom LubnauOctober 29, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Spending Other People’s Money To Fund A Political Crusade
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "There are 700,000 reasons the Campbell County Library Board should be apologizing for its actions. Don’t hold your breath."
Tom LubnauOctober 22, 2025
Tom Lubnau: What Can We Learn From The Failed Federal Coal Sale?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "It’s time to take off the aluminum foil hats filled with wishful thinking, and make some real decisions based on responsible predictions."
Tom LubnauOctober 16, 2025
Tom Lubnau: SparkTank, Where UW Students Learn to Lead with Purpose
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Wonderful things happen in Wyoming all the time. SparkTank, a UW program designed to train students while helping nonprofit organizations, is a gem."
Tom LubnauOctober 09, 2025
Tom Lubnau: The Becky Hadlock Saga Just Got Worse
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock ignored the subpoena. She informed the lawmakers she would not come to their tar and feathering because she had a prior commitment. Ignoring a subpoena is a really bad idea."
Tom LubnauOctober 01, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Why Is The Wyoming Legislature Trying To Stifle Input?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The most disturbing trend I see in the Wyoming legislature is the concerted effort to limit input into legislation. Instead of trying to understand the implications of a bill, certain legislators are trying to muzzle input they don’t like."
Tom LubnauSeptember 24, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Let Them Buy Jets
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "When Princess Antionette heard peasants did not have bread to eat, she replied, 'If they do not have bread, let them eat cake.' Perhaps Rep. John Bear updated that phrase to the 21st century."
Tom LubnauSeptember 18, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Visiting The Quietest Place In New York City
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "In a city known for its hustle, bustle and noise, the 9/11 Museum is the quietest place in the New York. A visit to the museum will leave you feeling anger, disbelief, admiration and a gut-wrenching understanding of that terrible day."
Tom LubnauSeptember 11, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Understanding Local Government Direct Distributions
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "By virtue of property tax cuts last session, local governments have borne the brunt of much of the property tax relief. Government entities are starting to feel the pain of the tax cuts. Some politicians, anxious to get reelected, are turning a deaf ear to the pain of local governments."
Tom LubnauSeptember 03, 2025
Tom Lubnau: One Instance Where the 2025 Legislature Got it Right
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "This column has been openly critical, and deservedly so, of the 2025 Wyoming legislature’s general session. Some good things happened, though. The legislature passed Senate File 152, which gave the state tools to better fight wildland fires."
Tom LubnauAugust 27, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Wyoming’s Not So Free Market Economy
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Recent political events indicate a trend in Wyoming away from a free market economy into a bureaucratic government economy where those in power pick the winners and losers."
Tom LubnauAugust 20, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Pornography, Eric Barlow, Attempts To Shut Me Up
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Rest assured, efforts to restrict my constitutional rights will not silence this column. If I am not allowed to speak in the legislative forum, I will speak elsewhere."
Tom LubnauAugust 13, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Calling Innocent People Pornographers And Pedophiles At Taxpayer Expense
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "So, the Freedom Caucus has proposed a dumb-assed bill with a sexy bill title. The bill is so full of defects, I cannot describe them all in this limited column. Let’s look at some low points."
Tom LubnauAugust 06, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Which Gubernatorial Candidates Can Raise the Funds Necessary to Run
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The real question facing the gubernatorial candidates is who can find the available financing and where is the money going to come from to get the job done."
Tom LubnauJuly 31, 2025
Tom Lubnau: The Days When High Powered Cattle Barons Ruled Wyoming
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Today, we have the modern-day equivalent of Big Cattle trying to take over Wyoming. Instead of using guns and marauders, they finance the political process, slick advertising and politicians to accomplish their ends."
Tom LubnauJuly 26, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Suggestions On Further Investigations By The Management Audit Committee
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "On the 56th anniversary of Apollo 11, the Management Audit Committee should investigate whether Wyoming tax dollars funded man walking on the moon, or whether the moon launch was simply a Hollywood generated fiction."
Tom LubnauJuly 23, 2025