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Officiating saddens basketball fan

Linda Freeman Kenmare Over my many years of watching basketball games, I have seen referees occasionally make calls that determined the outcome of the game, but I have never seen anything quite so blatant as the referees in the second half of the 3rd and 4th place Region I game in New Town. As an observer who didn’t have a vested interest in which team won, I was shocked as I watched the referees make call after call that was obviously meant to determine the outcome of the game. It worked, as frustration started to show on the court. All I can say as a saddened fan of high ...

Current property tax is discriminatory

Steve Moen Minot The RHINOs are on the warpath! How dare we the people float a petition to end property tax! Didn’t we get the message last session when they tabled it. They held a meeting in Mandan to see how they can silence grass root conservatives and are totally against giving the people a meaningful tax break. We the people know better. Schools are 80% funded by the state. Property tax funds less than 50% of the cities and counties. All their concerns are unwarranted and most are lies and misinformation. This measure isn’t extremely detailed as it is a Constitutional ...

Stop giving away public funds

Lianne Zeltinger Minot I want to commend the members of the City Council for the detailed discussion they had during the March 4th meeting. I think the majority of them are realizing the boondoggle that is being created when public money is given to a few select private entities. And now they are struggling with definitions of “public access” vs. “public buildings,” struggling with whether the building or the operation within the building would or should receive the funds or the tenants of the building or the building owners. There were questions about what public funds were, ...

Do what is right for US

Bob McNamara Upham So, I listened to and read about Julie Fedorchak’s announcement to run for Congress. She certainly speaks well, is surely qualified, and is someone I can vote for. She intimates that she will fight for her constituents and for North Dakota. I’m for that. The one thing I didn’t hear is that she will do what is right for the United States. After all, if she is running for the United States Congress (not a state or local position), you would think doing what is right for the U.S. would be the prime thing – the first thing out of her mouth. Maybe that ...

Founders wise to separate church, state

James Maxson, Minot Our founders wrote separation of church and state into our Constitution. Our Constitution is subject to interpretation. American religion is also subject to interpretation according to the actions of its citizens. According to the Minot phone book, there are 44 different churches in Minot. There are 16 miscellaneous Protestant churches of various ideologies. Additionally, there are 13 Lutheran churches, 4 Baptist churches, and 4 Roman Catholic churches, as well as 2 Presbyterian churches, 2 Methodist churches and 2 Assembly of God churches. There is 1 Greek ...

Consider A-10 Thunderbolts for new mission

Dan Reinhard, Minot I fully realize that my most senior fellow Airmen never reads The Minot Daily News or will give me a chance to express my view. But I will nonetheless. The war in Ukraine is without doubt the most hallowing testament to the will of a sovereign nation to survive. It is a country, despite all the controversy, trying to make a living for its citizens – to exist in a deeply troubled and competitive world. The Ukrainians are presently being slaughtered by Russian long-range missiles and artillery to which the Ukrainian military does not have the proper ...