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Letters to the Editor

Cramer is right to stand with Tuberville

Rory Gabel, Vice Chair, District 24 Republicans, Valley City I’d like to respond to the letter to the editor written by Katrina Christiansen, printed in papers around the state, blasting Senator Tuberville (R-Ala.), who is “blocking the military promotions of 250 general and admiral ...

Board takes wrong approach on teacher shortage

Nick Archuleta, President, North Dakota United, Bismarck The ND Education Standards and Practices Board (ESPB) held an emergency meeting on Thursday, July 27. The purpose of this “emergency meeting” was to seek authorization to send a letter to Governor Doug Burgum asking him to declare ...

Throw off shackles of tax slavery

Steven Moen, Minot I find it incredulous that some prominent property rights advocates who are so called champions of people’s property rights miss the most egregious attack on property rights which is property tax. Property tax affects every citizen in the state, not just the property ...

Lesson of Watergate still timely

M L Berg, Minot Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1973, congressional hearings were being held concerning the Watergate scandal that occurred on the orders of then President Richard Nixon. A break-in had occurred at the Democratic National Committee’s offices at the Watergate office ...

Where will city’s 85% come from?

Edana Kitzmann, Minot On June 10, 2023, there was a statement made that 85% of budget money (I believe from property taxes) goes for emergency services, such as law enforcement, etc. Where will that 85%, dollars, come from (if not from property taxes) to cover the line item of emergency ...

Servant leader will be missed

J. Patrick Traynor, Executive Director, Dakota Medical Foundation, Fargo The Fourth of July was a bittersweet day this year for all of us at Dakota Medical Foundation. While we were celebrating Independence Day with friends and family, we got the news that our region lost one of its most ...