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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Railroad companies fail to comply

May 3, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Railroads continue to claim that they are an efficient and environmentally sound mode of transporting goods across the country. Yet, those same railroad operators fail to comply with local, state and federal environmental rules and then hide behind a cloak of secrecy in shielding their environmentally destructive actions from the… Read story

Letter: Vote to protect reproductive rights

May 3, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Washingtonian women may feel secure that our state will protect their reproductive freedoms. Read story

Letter: Debt compounds over time

May 2, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

William Underwood (“Forgive student loan debt,” Our Readers’ Views, April 24) describes the current plight of students facing heavy student loan burdens as resulting from “predatory lending” since in part their student loan balances resulted from compound interest, in which “interest is charged on interest.” Read story

Letter: Traffic cameras would be helpful

May 2, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

I think the city and county should get with the 21st century and install traffic speed lights. Read story

Letter: Newspapers cause own problems

May 2, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

When local newspapers disregard and ignore a large percentage of the local subscribers’ religious, patriotic, and political ideals and affiliations, by promoting leftist, progressive candidates and ideas, said publications lose their customers and subscribers. Read story

Letter: Newspapers benefit communities

May 2, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

I teach a class at Clark College Community Education concerning “hot topics” in civics. Read story

Letter: Another auto mall is insane

May 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

As if Mill Plain Boulevard wasn’t already a traffic nightmare, how do the city planners think adding car dealerships to the landscape will make life better for Vancouver, specifically the citizens of east Vancouver (“More car dealers get sites in gear,” The Columbian, April 23)? Many people wishing to transit… Read story

Letter: Fight against climate is costly

May 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Once in a while on TV you can see pictures of a gas station in another state. Read story

Letter: Problem with total immunity

May 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

If the Supreme Court upholds Donald Trump’s “total immunity” claim, it would mean that the current president (Joe Biden) could simply have his likely opponent (Trump) assassinated without consequence. Read story

Letter: Leave animals in natural habitat

May 1, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Wild animals kept in captivity goes against animals’ natural adaptations and thus is inherently detrimental to their well-being. Humans profit from the animals purely for entertainment. Read story

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