The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Cathy Patrick: Eternally grateful

Friday, July 3, 2009

I love patriotism; I always have. I was born an Army brat. It is in my blood. My great-grandfather rode motorcycles in WWI. My grandfather served in WWII. My father served in Vietnam, my uncle was a paratrooper in Vietnam, and, most recently, my nephew is serving in the United States Marine Corps and just returned from his first tour of duty in Iraq. Read this letter and add your comments »

Omar Campbell: Online poll was rigged

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

During the week of June 14 to 21, Steamboatpilot.com’s Question of the Week asked, “If it were put to a public vote today, would you support annexing the proposed Steamboat 700 development into city limits?” Read this letter and add your comments »

J. R. Clark: Not business as usual

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

My wife and I purchased a condo in Steamboat Springs more than 30 years ago. Read this letter and add your comments »

Robert and Robin Gilmore: Reason to love Steamboat

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Back in the early ’80s, my husband and I came to Steamboat for the first time to visit friends. Read this letter and add your comments »

James Humphrey: Dam bridge needed on walking trail

Sunday, June 28, 2009

I read in our newspaper that the city of Steamboat Springs was going to replace a big temporary bridge with a big permanent bridge on the south end of the core trail. Read this letter and add your comments »

Soren Jesperson: Act now against warming

Sunday, June 21, 2009

As a reader and person concerned with the health of the planet, I want to highlight the recent release of the ground-breaking government science report entitled “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States,” which presents a clear picture of global warming’s threats to Colorado. Among other concerns, decreasing snowpack and water availability are highlighted as major climate-related impacts to our region. Yet, despite the report’s dire predictions for a warming world, I believe this is a much-needed wake-up call and an important opportunity for all of us to take action with timely solutions for our planet and economy.

Jeremy S. MacGray: Think of community

Sunday, June 21, 2009

To the anti-development bloggers: Your cowardice is clear from your usernames, and your ignorance is exposed in your comments. Read this letter and add your comments »

Bob and Linda Widmar: Thanks, Steamboat

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

No one likes to be on a trip and have their vehicle break down. Add thunderstorms, 40-degree temperatures, a narrow section of road just east of Rabbit Ears Pass with no shoulder space to get safely off the road, and daylight fading into twilight. Oh, we forgot to mention that the vehicle was a motortrike (a motorcycle on three wheels).

Mark Greenwood: Facing extinction

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

When you see people riding bicycles instead of driving a hydrocarbon-burning, molecular oxygen-consuming vehicle, we should be grateful that someone is contributing to the future survival of humans on planet Earth. Read this letter and add your comments »

Murray Tucker, Ph.D.: Buying reinsurance

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Forty years ago, the President’s Commission on Income Maintenance Programs issued its final report. Its recommendation for a Guaranteed Annual Income or “Negative Income Tax” morphed six years later into the “Earned Income Credit.” Read this letter and add your comments »

Omar M. Campbell: D-Day was missing

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

I read, re-read, and had my wife double-check for any mention of D-Day in the June 6 and June 7 issues of the Steamboat Pilot & Today. The only reference to honoring those veterans of that epic event was in the often vapid Mallard Fillmore cartoon. Read this letter and add your comments »

Denise Connelly: Clarifying the facts

Sunday, June 7, 2009

After reading several editorials about the Pilot & Today’s lawsuit against the Steamboat Springs School Board, I feel compelled to clarify the facts.The current School Board, as well as the previous board, makes/made every effort to comply with the Sunshine Law. We do feel we have an obligation to do our business in public. Read this letter and add your comments »

Michelle Avery: Ban real estate signs

Sunday, June 7, 2009

As a long-time Realtor in Steamboat, I have seen the rise and fall of the real estate market on more than one occasion. With the tremendous amount of properties for sale these days, the primary crop sprouting up this spring is the real estate sign. Read this letter and add your comments »

Gary Moyer: Kudos to White

Sunday, June 7, 2009

With a substantial amount of finger-pointing going on in Colorado and Washington, D.C., politics, I think it’s important we also point to those who truly have represented the interests of their district and made good decisions, even when it wasn’t the popular thing to do. Read this letter and add your comments »

Bob Printy and Tony Weiss: Repugnant report

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Dear Congressman Salazar,

On Memorial Day, a special combined meeting of American Legion Post 44 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4264 was held in Steamboat Springs. A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously that we ask you to seek the resignation, removal or impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.