Letter: Republicans are primary practitioners of voter suppression
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 5:03 AM
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Saying that both major political parties practice voter suppression (online April 21, “Jack Turner: Both political parties practice voter suppression”) is factually incorrect.
Yes, gerrymandering is employed by both parties, and there are laws in Colorado and elsewhere that make it hard for independents and third parties to compete in local and state politics. Both of these have negative affects on our states and nation and need to be done away with.
Letter: Media’s obligation is to present facts, expose lies
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Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 12:03 PM Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 4:08 PM
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Regarding Mike Sigman’s letters of Nov. 11 and Dec. 9: The former letter was bemoaning what Sigman perceives as Durango school kids being indoctrinated about climate change. In the latter, his beef was that “the putative journalists of the liberal media” were constantly generating negative press against Trump.
For the record, on that last one, I agree. Because . they were doing their jobs. What Sigman fails to understand is that it’s not the job of the press (or the education system – per his other letter) to present both sides of an issue as equals. When one side of something is d