March 23, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
I’m a retired person living on a fixed income. I support both bond measures for Ridgefield schools, Propositions 10 and 11. Read story
March 23, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
In a recent town hall-style meeting, the committee planning reconfiguration of McGillivray Boulevard through Cascade Park entertained input from affected residents. Proposed changes would augment bicycle and pedestrian thoroughfares but restrict motor vehicle traffic to one lane of McGillivray’s entirety. Read story
March 23, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Regarding a ban on leaf blowers: I try to go with the flow on things here, but this is an issue that I must voice my opinion on. Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
The McGillivray Boulevard Safety and Mobility Project is apparently ignoring community feedback on its potential design options. The design appears to make living and driving along the McGillivray corridor more difficult. Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Last week I experienced the rich diversity of the peoples who constitute the citizenship of our nation. During election cycles, I often spend time at the Clark County Elections Office as an observer. On Election Day, I watched as a critical part of our state’s mail-in voting process works —… Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
In Marc Thiessen’s column (The Columbian, March 13), he said that in order to win uncommitted voters, Donald Trump “needs to be gracious in victory.” I’ve lost count of the number of old-school Republicans who hold out hope that Trump will somehow mature into a dignified elder statesman. Not going… Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Ridgefield schools need support. Vote yes for schools in April. Elementaries are not able to accommodate the current population of kids and only more growth is projected. Invest in the youth, invest in the schools. Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
An old fashioned, Soviet-style Commissar is currently stalking the resumes of people seeking employment or advancement in public positions at universities, hospitals and government. No longer are excellence, merit and accomplishment the primary factors in positions where federal funds are allocated. Heavily weighted “diversity statements” are now pivotal to the… Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
“American freedom requires a strong leader … we must all vote this November to maximize ballot counts. There can be no question of the results.” These words represent about 12 percent of Mr. Schimelpfenig’s recent letter and I believe that they are absolutely correct and exactly on point. I am… Read story
March 22, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Roy Schimelpfenig (“Democrats rely on lies,” Our Readers’ views, March 12) accuses the Democrats of lying about Trump’s ties to Russia. Trump’s attachments to Russian funding are all documented in the Mueller Report, a bread crumb trail leading directly to Russia. Such ties are being raised again with the proposed… Read story
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