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 Your phone number will not be published.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: 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
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
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.
July 14, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Veterans Get Enough Money
Dear editor: Whatever problems still exist in veterans' programs, lack of money and lack of attention are not among them.
June 28, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Documenting The Livestock Industry’s War On Wildlife
Dear Editor: There is a fundamental difference in messaging approach between Western Watersheds Project and Cat Urbigkit, and it’s this: We tell it like it is, while Urbigkit (and the livestock industry generally) prefer to exaggerate, obfuscate, and distract to in an attempt to hide uncomfortable truths.
June 24, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Recovering Mule Deer & Pronghorn Herds Need Updated Management Plan
Dear Editor: The carnage this past winter wreaked on our ungulate populations will be felt for years to come. We can’t control what the weather throws at us, but we can control how we plan for storms that will inevitably come.
June 24, 2023
Letter to the Editor: I Traveled From Alaska To Attend Wyoming Minerals Conference
Dear Editor: I had the pleasure of traveling to Sheridan from my home in Anchorage, Alaska, last week, where I attended my first Wyoming Mining Association annual convention.
June 15, 2023