Letters

I am aghast that Mayor Alfonso Ortiz is determined to continue the travesty entrenched at the city manager’s office. Apparently, the mayor will not nor cannot function without Tim Dodge.

Nowhere since consolidation has a mayor succumbed to ineffectiveness. Although Dodge is not an elected official, he controls the council majority. ... Our community has no voice in any decision-making. Que lastima!

Climate change is real. The longer we wait, the stronger and more frequently extreme weather disasters such as Hurricane Sandy,  the fires in Colorado, droughts, glacier melting, habitat shifts and flooding will occur.

Now is the  time to save homes and lives of future generations. If the current trend of warming continues, we will see an increase of temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, which would have fatal consequences .We have to face the issue and act today before the damage becomes irreparable.

There are a very small handful of individuals who own the mineral rights on their land. These are the people who stand to make millions of dollars from the oil and gas industry. My question is: How did they get the rights to these minerals in the first place?

(Regarding the Feb. 4 editorial cartoon:) Man oh man. Nothing like a balanced presentation. How can we have a balanced and calm discussion of gun control when both sides scream and rant at each other?

From reading various articles and hearing several newscasts it does not appear that crime or mayhem was any less when we did have a ban on assault weapons and enlarged magazines.

Perhaps we should indict (Attorney General Eric) Holder for the stupid plot to place assault weapons in the hands of known narcotic dealers in Mexico.