Letters to the Editor
Have a comment on one of our stories or an issue you care about? Submit a Letter to the Editor! Please make sure to include your full name, city, and phone number. Your phone number will not be published. Keep the letter under 500 words, please!
Letter To The Editor: Why Does Wyoming Still Support President Trump?
Dear editor: I’m wondering what it will take for the Wyoming Trump supporters here in Wyoming to see the truth. The free world knows now that Trump is working for Putin.
March 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Working Animal Protection Act Threatens Animals And Local Communities
Dear editor: The Working Animal Protection Act opens the door to exploitation, from backyard breeders to roadside zoos. Worse, it could embolden bad actors in industries like puppy mills.
February 28, 2025
Letter To The Editor: It's Time To End Rodeos
Dear editor: As a former bareback bronc rider, pathologist and large animal veterinarian, I have both the experience and autopsy proof that rodeo injures and kills animals.
February 27, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Where Was The Uproar Over "Let's Go Brandon?"
Dear editor: Sens. Barrasso and Lummis are unhappy about iPhones substituting “racist” for “Trump” in voice dictation. But I don’t recall them expressing disapproval of the marketing of “Let’s Go Brandon” signs.
February 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Why Are Your News Stories So Violent?
Dear editor: We have so many unusual and good stories from a small town or small state to share, do we need to hear these issues more typical of a big city?
February 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Criminals Don't Pay Attention To Gun-Free Zones
Dear editor: Those who study mass killings, concur with the founder of the Crime Prevention Resource Center, that the vast majority take place in “gun free zones.”
February 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Have We Lost All Moral Conscience For Unalienable Rights?
Dear editor: If children are dehumanized, aborted/killed, and deemed unworthy of life, it raises a profound question about the worthiness of all of us; begs the question – who deems ‘worth’ of life?
February 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Rep. Styvar Is Not Attending Committee Meetings
Dear editor: I ran in the GOP primary against Rep. Styvar to represent House District 12. It’s easy to say that, had I won, I would have committed to the job and showed up when I was supposed to, because Rep. Styvar’s behavior is unprecedented...
February 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: 'Gun Free Zones' Are Foolishly Naive
Dear editor: Have you ever heard of a case, even in “The Lancet” where a person who woke up in the morning prepared and intending to go to a school to use his gun to kill people, has been deterred upon getting there and seeing a sign that says, “Gun Free Zone"?
February 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Has Donald Trump Become King?
Dear editor: Trump has usurped both the law-making and appropriations powers of Congress like kings do. Trump has installed the legal basis of monarchy (“The King can do no wrong”) by obtaining immunity from criminal prosecution.
February 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Senate Does Not Care For Campbell County High School
Dear editor: How long must this nonsense go on? How long do parents, teachers and students have to scream we need help! Folks I'm here screaming Fire!
February 23, 2025
Letter To The Editor: For The Last 100 Years, Scientists Have Been Recording Weather, Not Climate
Dear editor: As a retired geologist, I would like to respond to Terry Hansen's letter. I have no argument with Terry Hansen's statement that the Earth is undergoing "global warming." In fact the Earth has been warming for the last 12,000 years...
February 23, 2025
Letter To The Editor: CDLs And Interstate 80, The Highway Of Death
Dear editor: I believe that number of non-domiciled commercial driver's license holders to be very high. In any truck stop in Wyoming you will several different languages, mostly eastern European or Middle eastern.
February 23, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Global Warming Will Likely Destroy The World
Dear editor: In her CPAC speech, Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) mocked climate action and spoke of our "ever changing and healthy climate." However, in its report, “Catastrophe Modelling and Climate Change,” Lloyd’s of London....
February 23, 2025
Letter To The Editor: In Defense Of SF40 - Zoning Protests And Unconstitutional Housing Mitigation Fees
Dear editor: The Wyoming Constitution states that “private property shall not be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation”. If we don’t stop this, it will spread to other counties.
February 21, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Sheriff Kozak Is Just Fearmongering
Dear editor: "Without knowing all of the facts and not knowing if any backfill money may occur for any of our 23 counties, Sheriff Kozak immediately said he will lose $2 million dollars in budget cuts, lay off 25 employees, and several programs will have to be eliminated."
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: House Bill 64 Is Thinly Veiled Attempt To Ban Abortion In Wyoming
Dear editor: Pro-Choice Wyoming opposes House Bill 64, which would mandate a transvaginal ultrasound and a 48-hour waiting period before a woman can obtain medication for an abortion. This bill is a thinly veiled attempt to ban abortion in Wyoming.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Is Failing Moms. Let's Do Better On Maternal Mental Health
Dear editor: Our hearts are heavy in the wake of the recent tragedy in Byron, but we can't simply grieve and move on. We must dedicate our time and resources to prevention.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Gov Needs To Sign Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act
Dear editor: I call on Governor Mark Gordon to sign HB 199, the Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act, and unleash educational liberty.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Gold Should Be Better Appreciated By Cowboy State Daily
Dear editor: I take umbrage at the way your article was written to dismiss the usefulness of gold in the marketplace and which, maybe inadvertently, casted aspersions on my business partner and employer Josh Phair.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Grab Your Skirts and Lipstick, Ladies
Dear editor: thanks to Wyoming Representative Jayme Lien and her absurd “What Is a Woman Act” (HB0032), simply existing in public as a woman might require you to pass a gender inspection.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Casper Kids Should Be Celebrated For Engineering Success
Dear editor: Students from CY Junior High School in Casper worked tirelessly, won first place at regionals, and earned their way to Washington, D.C., to go head-to-head with some of the brightest young minds in the country.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Linda Burt's Letter Is Riddled With Errors
Dear editor: Linda Burt’s letter to the editor criticizing my opinion piece with state Senator Cheri Steinmetz is riddled with errors.
February 18, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Let's All Rally Together To Support Olivia
After the tragic event in Byron earlier this week, let's all rally together and show our support for Olivia -- the lone survivor of the shooting in Byron. We are organizing candlelight vigils at 5:30pm in every county on Friday, February 14.
February 13, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Free Market Does Not Work In Education
Dear editor: There are some fallacies in the Letter to the Editor "The Free Market Works -- Even In Education" about the free market and how it applies to education.
February 12, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Is Your Columnist Dave Simpson Happy Now?
Dear editor: Dave Simpson is overjoyed with the return of “common sense” under President Trump. The common sense of giving an erratic, unelected billionaire and his geeks access to the personal banking information of millions of Americans?
February 12, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Must Take a Stand Against Animal Cruelty
Dear editor: Two statewide polls have shown strong public opposition to using vehicles to harm wildlife. In fact, a poll by sportsmen found that 75% of respondents believe wildlife should be killed only with a clean, humane shot.
February 11, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Gun Lobby Pushing Gun Bills Wyoming Citizens Don't Want
Dear editor: A guest column written by Sen. Cheri Steinmetz and John Lott, the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, uses the fiction that 94% of mass public shootings occur in gun free zones.
February 11, 2025
Letter To The Editor: A Love Letter to Public Lands
Dear editor: I am incredibly disheartened that instead of celebrating our nation’s great mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, and forests, Wyoming legislators are leading the charge to sell off public lands to drill and mine beloved lands.
February 10, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Legislature Failed With Not Addressing Snowmobile Wolf Killings
Dear editor: It is shameful that the Wyoming Legislature refuses to pass Mike Schmid’s amendment to house bill 275 or House Bill 331, both of which would prohibit the intentional killing of wildlife with snowmobiles.
February 10, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Wyoming Legislature -- A Political Spectacle at the Expense of Trans Lives
Dear editor: The larger issue at hand is the cruelty behind these anti-trans bills, not to mention the sheer volume. These measures are not about policy — they are about ensuring that transgender people, especially transgender women, do not have the right to exist in public spaces.
February 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Transfer Of 30 Million Acres Of Federal Land Is Horrible Idea
Dear editor: Losing this tremendous public land resource that currently belongs to all Americans for present and future generations would be an absolute tragedy.
February 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming's New License Plates Are Repulsive
Dear editor: There have been some unattractive license plates, many were plain, and some had odd colors. But none were so ugly as to compel a letter to an editor. These new plates are repulsive.
February 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Abortion Bills Are Brazen Contradictions To Wyoming's Principles
Dear editor: Wyomingites have always valued limited government and personal liberty. These abortion bills are brazen contradictions of those principles and infringe on our state constitution by interfering in private healthcare decisions.
February 06, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Free Market Works -- Even In Education
Dear editor: Free-market competition will revive our education system by giving parents the freedom to choose the best school for their child’s needs. Just attach the money to the child and let the free-market work.
February 06, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming’s Tax Debate is a Slow-Motion Train Wreck
Dear editor: The fantasy is that voters will finally connect taxes to services when cuts bite. But what’s the lesson? That 911 calls go unanswered? That our kids’ schools hemorrhage teachers?
February 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Don't Make Us Live With These Horrible License Plates
Dear editor: Please don’t have us live with these ugly new license plates for any more than eight long years.
February 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Be Careful On National Concealed And Carry Bill
Dear editor: The proposed bills to allow concealed carry and open carry on a national basis has two sides to it.
February 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Three Bills That Are Threatening Wyoming's Way Of Life
Dear editor: Public lands are precious beyond measure. No matter who you are, you can wake up, and love the land, and let the land love you back. Once public land is lost, it’s gone forever. Right now, there are three bills that threaten this beautiful patchwork quilt that we live in.
February 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: RINOs or Neighbors? Wyoming Needs Republicans, Not Purists
Dear editor: Lately there’s been this tiresome trend of branding folks as “RINOs,” or trying to lecture them about their so-called "lack of integrity."
February 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act Is A Betrayal Of Trust
Dear editor: "I am extremely frustrated by Sen. Jared Olsen's decision to co-sponsor HB0199, which diverts funds from public schools to unregulated recipients. This is a betrayal of the public trust and a disservice to the people who rely on these essential services."
February 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Selling Private Property To Government To Protect Private Property Rights Is Oxymoron
Dear editor: If our legislators are unwilling to stand up against more government acquisition of our state which is already 56% owned by government, then when will they stand up?
February 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: No Teaching Degree, No Training, No Experience
Dear editor: House Bill 100 is a clear example of legislative incompetence and a lack of understanding or care about the complexities and value of a strong education.
February 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Legislation Undermine Rights & Restrict Access To Healthcare
Dear editor: In November, Teton District Court Judge Melissa Owens ruled that abortion bans are unconstitutional in Wyoming. Despite this clear ruling, legislators are pushing forward with bills that undermine these rights.
February 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Legislature Remind Me Of Former UW President Phil Dubois
Dear editor: It feels like this year’s legislature is ... looking to change just about everything that Wyomingites hold near and dear, many of the reasons we continue to choose Wyoming as our home.
February 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Freedom Caucus Not Focused On Important Things
Dear editor: If the Freedom Caucus truly cared about protecting women and children, they would focus on the issues that genuinely impact their safety and well-being: addressing Wyoming’s alarmingly high rates of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child poverty.
February 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Please Pass The Clean Kill Bill
Dear editor: The very sad and unfortunate act of cruelty that took place last year in Wyoming will now show people that totally disrespecting any animal in such a manner will pay a very high price with felony charges is only fitting.
January 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Splitting Mule Deer and Whitetail Tags Would Be A Disaster
Dear editor: This bill is not good for hunters and it is not good for the resource. It is being pushed by people who are only looking at money. They see the dollar signs and want a piece of that pie.
January 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Sausage-Making In The Legislature Is Terrifying
Dear editor: The Wyoming State Legislature is not boring this year, which everyone should find terrifying. If things continue as they are, I hope all of us can make our own “sausage” because the current actions of our legislative body is running Wyoming out of meat.
January 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Personal Bias or Monumental Ignorance? Neither Have a Place in Science
Dear editor: The Jan. 12 article regarding the introduction of wolves to Yellowstone unfortunately incorporated alarmingly slanted or seriously misinformed views from a supposed expert about wolf and elk population dynamics in Yellowstone.
January 15, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Let's Keep Nuclear Waste Dumps Out Of Wyoming
Dear editor: Here we are again — tempted by the possibility of easy money and an increasingly desperate federal government that has shown itself incapable of finding a permanent solution to the problem of nuclear waste.
January 09, 2025
Letter To The Editor: I Will Not Participate In The Charade
Dear editor: I thank Gina Mae Douglas for the Letter to the Editor in support of men becoming women and women becoming men, but I cannot agree with any of the reasoning, or the "esteemed" medical field held up as truth.
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Bravo To "The American West"
Dear editor: This is why I subscribe to the Cowboy State Daily newsletter and read it every day:
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Who's To Blame In New Orleans?
Dear editor: Was it evil outside our borders that invaded Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day or was it backsliding within?
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: More Information On Wyoming's Otters Please
Dear editor: [Could] Cowboy State Daily’s Mark Heinz or another experienced wildlife reporter write a balanced story on the pros and cons of keeping otters on the state’s protected species list [?]
January 03, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Cassie Craven Is Wrong
In her most recent column, Cassie Craven espouses "common-sense" in praising the Freedom Caucus' third attempt to pass the What Is A Woman Act. Coming from a practicing-attorney, Craven's column is ludicrously disingenuous and propagandistic.
January 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: BLM's Rock Springs Plan is Balanced, Good for Wildlife
Dear editor: In the case of the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, the BLM has done a great job at taking into consideration local stakeholder input and honoring the wishes of many to protect the Red Desert for future generations.
January 01, 2025
Letter To The Editor: BLM’s Updated Western Solar Plan Is A Good Outcome
Dear editor: The updated Western Solar Plan, finalized by the Bureau of Land Management on December 20th, has been thoughtfully designed to address the challenges faced by the increased demand on western landscapes for energy generation.
December 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Sen. Lummis For Rip And Replace
Dear editor: Congress established Rip and Replace in 2019 because it realized Chinese-manufactured equipment in our broadband and mobile networks posed a serious threat to our national security and legislatively banned the equipment.
December 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Disappointed With Biteman And Salazar
Dear editor: As it stands, Sen. Biteman and Sen. Salazar have opened the door for allowing themselves to be viewed as complete failures in passing any conservative legislation through the Wyoming Senate.
December 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Keep Wyoming Ranching Alive And Supporting Private Property Rights
Dear editor: Leasing a portion of ranch land for wind turbines or solar panels provides a steady, reliable income that can help offset rising property taxes, unpredictable weather impacts, and volatile commodity prices.
December 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Many Tourists In Yellowstone Are Idiots
Dear editor: I am amazed that people are not afraid of the wild animals in Yellowstone National Park!
December 10, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Open Letter To Gov. Gordon
Governor Gordon: I am writing to you as a Wyoming-raised and WWAMI-trained OB/GYN physician to express my strong and earnest opposition to your decision to appeal the recent ruling by Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens, which struck down the state’s abortion ban and medication abortion prohibition.
December 05, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Listen To Framers Of Constitution, Not Jonathan Lange
Dear editor: Dear editor: Jonathan Lange is absolutely wrong in his assertion that governments should be encouraging religious worship.
December 03, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Quit Whining And Build Another Dam
Dear editor: I have been following the articles on the LaPrele Dam with interest mainly because I see a lot of, "Woe is me! Whatever can I do?"
November 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Be Careful What You Vote For; You Just Might Get It!
Dear editor: Now that the dust has settled on the 2024 presidential election, I look forward to our neighbor to the south casting their 10 electoral college votes for Donald J. Trump
November 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Barrasso Is Wrong To Support RFK, Jr. For Dept Of Health
Dear editor: I was deeply disappointed to read that Senator John Barrasso has expressed support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
November 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The Rock Springs Management Plan Isn't Perfect But It Should Still Happen
Dear editor: The RMP isn’t perfect, yet we appreciate the enormous task the BLM undertook to review and respond to tens of thousands of comments. Failing to finalize it would waste the years of hard work that many have invested in this planning effort.
November 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Trump Won -- Now Let Him Govern
Dear editor: Republicans’ rush to judgment on President Trump’s cabinet nominees is astonishing, irresponsible and hypocritical, but typical of a party that can never rally behind its leadership and govern with collective focus and clear purpose.
CSD StaffNovember 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The United Nations’ War on Israel
Dear editor: It is important to realize how far the U.N. has descended from the high hopes that civilized nations once held for it and how the U.N. is no longer a beacon of peace, international co-operation and hope but a cesspool of hatred, envy, dishonesty...
November 06, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Amendment A Would Bring Fairness To Wyoming Homeowners
Dear Editor: Amendment A is straightforward. It doesn’t overhaul the tax system; it simply allows for a more balanced approach. Right now, family homes—where people raise children, plan futures, and invest savings—are taxed like investment properties and vacation homes. That’s a mistake.
November 02, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Turning Wyoming Into California One Step At A Time
Dear editor: Isn't it wonderful that Casper was recognized as a destination retirement location. By all means advertise our beautiful state, but don't complain when you wake up one morning and wonder how you got to California.
October 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Planned Parenthood, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton And Adolph Hitler
Dear editor: How ironic that Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are claiming that Donald Trump is the second coming of Adolph Hitler?
October 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: If Re-Elected, Trump Should Have More Control Over Federal Agencies
Dear editor: In response to Mr. DeGroot’s recent letter claiming that President Trump, if re-elected, wants more control over federal agencies, I say YES he darn well should.
October 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Do Not Let The Government Delist Grizzly Bears
Dear editor: Make honoring 399 an issue every election. Hold your representatives and senators accountable to protecting wildlife and protecting public lands
October 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: One Good Reason Not To Vote For Trump
Dear editor: There are many reasons not to vote for Donald Trump. High on the list is his intent to violate the constitutional tenet of separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: A Vote For Harris/Walz Is A Vote Against America
Dear editor: Our local House and Senate Democrat candidates agree with Biden/Harris and Harris/Walz, thus to vote local Democrats into our legislature and to continue nationally with a Harris/Walz administration is delusional at best and extremely dangerous at worst.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Reader Will Not Denigrate Celebration Of Grizzly 399's Life
Dear editor: In response to Susan Caraveau's emotional letter to "tree huggers and nature lovers," her bitter verbiage was more a case of making stuff up, expressed by a person who is not mindful of a much better world around us, here in Wyoming.
October 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The Bear Is Gone. What About The Driver?
Dear editor: To all those tree huggers and nature lovers, sh*t happens! There has not been one word written about the well-being of the unfortunate driver who accidentally hit the bear! Unbelievable!
October 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Maybe It's Time To Retire Some Counties
Dear editor: Doug Gerard’s letter of reluctant agreement with Tom Lubnau’s editorial opinion on Weston County’s insistence on having a State Senator is both funny and interesting.
CSD StaffOctober 24, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Tom Lubnau Is Actually Right On Something
Dear editor: Lubnau is right: you can't just pull legislative seats out of thin air like a magician at the county fair. Weston County's push for new representatives is like trying to lasso the wind — bold but bound to not catch much.
October 23, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Gary Brown Stands For The Republican Platform
Dear editor: Gary wanted to be a father and the person who he thought loved him, took that away from him. It devastated him, he now stands up any chance he can to fight for the lives of other unborn children and the men who want to be fathers but are never given that choice.
October 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Two Thumbs Down For Gary Brown For WY House District-41.
Dear editor: I am a fifth-generation Wyoming citizen, a parent of two Wyoming daughters, and a Republican. This is a critical time in our Wyoming’s history. I do not support Cheyenne resident Gary Brown for House District 41.
October 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Amendment A Gives Special Tax Breaks To A Select Group
Dear editor: It is best not to enable the Legislature to discriminate in favor of a select group of taxpayers -- ones who are actually likely to be better off than the rest -- and against others.
October 20, 2024
Letter To The Editor: God Bless Our Founding Fathers And Their Wisdom
Dear editor: If Mr. McEvoy does not like our system or the state of Wyoming. Then move! Go to California or New York or England. However, he would rather exercise his first amendment rights. Which is fine but you have a choice.
October 19, 2024
Letter to the Editor: Defending Mining Jobs Like Our Lives Depend On It, Because They Do
Dear editor: As if Wyoming hasn’t suffered enough from regulatory assault recently - think what the BLM is trying to do in the Southwest or the Powder River Basin - we’re facing yet another disastrous potential outcome.
October 19, 2024
Letter to the Editor: American Red Cross Of Wyoming Can Help You Be Prepared
Dear editor: Thank you for your recent article about the UW student who ran into a deer on Highway 287 and was left without a working vehicle and no cellphone service.
October 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Your Reader Has No Understanding What Fascism Is
Dear editor: Calling Trump a “fascist” when he has already been POTUS and didn’t do any of the things hyperbolic Democrats said would happen only underscores their state of hysteria and complete lack of understanding what fascism is.
October 17, 2024
Letter To The Editor: We Are On The Brink Of Facism
Dear editor: This election will be determined by a the same few swing states, not California! By law, Trump shouldn’t even be on the ballot, and yet here we are on the brink of fascism.
October 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: If You Live In Wyoming, Get Your Plates In Wyoming
Dear editor: Those Montana plates in the northern part of Wyoming have become a huge problem as those tax dollars DO NOT pay for Wyoming roads or services, including fire fighters and first responders.
October 09, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wind Turbines Are Destroying Wyoming
Dear editor: What used to be a beautiful drive across an expanse of high desert wilderness is now almost seeming a drive through white towers hoisting up giant bird-killing whirlygigs.
October 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Thanks for Continuing Coverage Of Wolf Torture
Dear editor: Thank you for coverage of the wolf torture and killing in Daniel.. Several psychologists have weighed in that it is the behavior of a psychopath and deranged individual- not a "decent man" as Bill Johnson and Rep. Albert Sommers seem to think.
October 06, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Federal Nuclear Jeopardy Again?
Dear editor: Regardless of the fact that Wyoming people have rejected nuclear waste storage proposals many times – our legislature still wants to risk a dance with the feds in the regulatory dysfunction that has plagued our nation’s handling of nuclear waste for over half a century.
October 05, 2024
Letter To The Editor: If People Don't Care Enough To Vote, So Be It
Dear editor: In response to Rod Miller's column, If people are not willing to expend any effort or time to understand the candidates and issues, or even cast a ballot, then it’s better they do not vote.
September 19, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Stop Painting Hunters In A Bad Light
Dear editor: Can you please stop painting us hunters in a bad light with your poorly worded headlines?
September 19, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Why Is Wyoming Still Using Gas Chambers To Kill Pets?
Dear editor: In June, Cowboy State Daily published a story written by Mark Heinz about the two remaining gas chambers still in use at animal shelters in Wyoming. These two chambers are two of the last three known active chambers used for domestic animals left in the entire United States.
September 17, 2024
Letters To The Editor: Dave Simpson's Love Poem To The Freedom Caucus
Dear editor: The Cowboy State Daily Opinion page is appropriately sub-titled “everyone has one." Dave Simpson’s love poem to WYO Freedom Caucus personifies the subtitle.
September 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Cowboys Aren't Dead, They Just Need To Adjust
Dear editor: The column by Tom Lubnau gave a factual account of the changing, or consolidation of collegiate sports conferences. While accurate in facts, the comments were akin to a wake for the spirit of athletic competition.
September 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Historic Opportunity For Wyoming, But Don't Count On Gordon
Dear editor: Wyoming has a historic opportunity to correct over 100 years of unconstitutional usurpation of our public lands. If Wyoming joins Utah in its lawsuit, it will not be because of our ‘Green New Deal’ governor...
September 13, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Owning, And Carrying, Firearms Is A Right, Yes. However...
Dear editor: One of the dirty little secrets of personal defense is that whether you do it right or not your life will be altered forever. If you do it wrong the emotional, monetary, and human costs can be incalculable.
September 13, 2024
Letter To The Editor: COVID -- The Science Is Flawed
Dear editor: It seems odd that after Jeanette Ward's column about forced Covid vaccines that you would post three anti-letters to her stance and none in favor, so here's the first to support the stance against forced Covid injections.
September 12, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Kozak Needs To Be More Than Concerned About Venezuela Gang Members
Dear editor: Kozak said he is “concerned” about reported Colorado gang violence because “things wind up here eventually.” We desperately need a sheriff who is ready to confront any situation that comes their way.
September 11, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Hey Cowboy State Daily -- Don't Get Too Fancy
Dear editor: I like the at home background shots, I like the in the car blurred background shots, I like the folks wearing old sweaters, ball caps, branded t-shirts and the casual feel to how the old format was.
September 10, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Is Half Right
Dear editor: Rod Miller is right that the populace seems to be “pissed.” However, for the most part, he is wrong to think the populace is pissed because they want change.
September 09, 2024
Letter To The Editor: No Need For Anti-Science People In The Healthcare Profession
Dear editor: We certainly don’t need anti-science, self-centered individuals like Rep Ward’s daughter in the healthcare profession.
September 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: We Better Be Careful With Not Requiring Some Vaccinations
Dear editor: We need to be thinking carefully as to what the fallout could be if our healthcare workers are not required to be vaccinated and/or tested for preventable disease.
September 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rep. Ward's Daughter May Have Acted In Haste
Dear editor: To Rep. Ward’s daughter, I only wish you had stayed in the nursing program long enough to realize and learn about what you don’t know.
September 07, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Republicans Don't Care About Real Issues
Dear editor: Leo Wolfson's article about the sex-offender who is running for Laramie County Community College Trustee, is a perfect example of the shiny-object politics that is the favorite-play of today's Republican Party.
September 06, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rate Hikes Are Causing Serious Financial Hardships
Dear editor: Black Hills Energy and Rocky Mountain Power make huge profits annually benefitting from failed green energy policies as they blame green energy implementation for the need to increase rates. Enough.
September 05, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Hey Matt Malcom -- You Lost, Get Over It!
Dear editor: Instead of trying to bolster support for the Democrats [Matt Malcom] aligns with, [he] wants to run as a fake Republican.
August 31, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Miller Isn't Reading The Room Right
Dear editor: One column said conservatives were lucky, as in a card game. By chance they drew the right cards through no effort of their own and won a big pot.
August 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: A Newcomer’s Take on The Wyoming GOP Primary
Dear editor: In a state wherein elected leaders can lean into conservative positions, it was peculiar to see some candidates in Republican primaries seemingly moderating themselves.
August 28, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Grocers Are Not Price Gouging, The Numbers Speak For Themselves
Dear editor: You have probably heard price gouging mentioned in the news lately. Grocers seem to be the target. They respond with claims that they operate on a razor-thin margin of 1% to 2%.
August 27, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Open Letter To The Treatment Of Predators Working Group
Dear editor: I watched your Casper meeting and found it to be a sham. Only two in-person speakers were allowed a brief two minutes each and were met with hostility, while morning speakers had unlimited time.
August 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Does Know The Difference Between A Wolf And A Hole In The Ground
Dear editor: I re-read Rod Miller's column and couldn’t find one thing where he said anything about wolves specifically. His column was about the reintroduction process, and it was very interesting to hear from somebody who was on the inside.
August 25, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Rod Doesn't Know A Wolf From A Hole In The Ground
Dear editor: As a member of the Yellowstone Center for Resources team who worked for a decade to restore wolves to the park, I find Rod Miller’s barstool history factually flawed...
August 23, 2024
Letter To The Editor: May You Live In Interesting Times
Dear editor: When I got to my office on Monday morning, August 19, the day before the primary, I discovered someone had taken down the three signs, laid them flat on the ground and put a pile of dog feces in the middle of each sign.
August 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: No Ballot For You
Dear editor: I expected to be able to change my affiliation like I have every time I've voted in my life, but was enraged when the poll worker stated plainly, "We don't have a ballot for you."
August 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Ken Clouston Made The Right Vote
Dear editor It's time to set the record straight on Rep. Ken Clouston's vote on House Bill 44. It's important that Gillette voters know the truth. Rep. Clouston made the right vote.
August 18, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Needs More Democrats
Dear editor: Bill Sniffin takes it for granted that Wyoming is "a one-party state, pretty much" in his Aug 3 column. You know who else is a one-party state, pretty much: China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela.
August 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Don't Believe Zwonitzer When He Tells You He's A Republican
Dear editor: I have checked Dan Zwonitzer's record personally and his record matches the Democrat platform better than some of the lonely true Democrats in the House.
August 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The Far Right Believes County Clerks Are Evil People
Dear editor: The Wyoming Republican Party Leadership, Sec. of State Chuck Gray, and the Wyoming Freedom Caucus want us to believe that our 23 county clerks -- who oversee our elections -- are bad, evil people out to steal our elections.
August 16, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Quit Parroting Propaganda!
Dear editor: There is no utility-scale "green" or "renewable" or "sustainable" energy on this planet. Having news sources like yours mindlessly parrot this propaganda is disturbing.
August 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: 2000 Mules Should Not Be Discounted
Dear editor: Leo Wolfson states that the "2000 Mules" documentary has been discredited. Sure, it's been discredited, by liberal media (CNN, NPR, ABC, MSNBC, et al). Has Leo watched it?
August 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: I'm Planning An Anti-Trump Parade
Dear editor: With all the anti-democratic dogma coming from the Trump camp, it becomes a very real concern that, to stay in power, they may end up eroding democracy.
August 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Killing The Grizzly Bear Was Unnecessary
Dear editor: This gruesome and disturbing story perfectly illustrates what happens when we label an animal as a “pest," instead of asking what the real problem is.
August 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Harris And Walz Are Not Soft On China
Dear editor: Your 8 August cartoon suggests that Communist China supports the Harris/Walz ticket. If you want to criticize the Democratic ticket, wouldn't it be better to find truthful ways to do so?
August 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Republicans Should Vote Like Republicans
Dear editor: I see the the liberal press and far left citizens of Wyoming are in a total uproar at the “ negative campaign materials” that are being mailed to voters in Laramie county.
August 14, 2024
Letter To The Editor: WY Freedom PAC Mailers Are Slanderous Garbage
Dear editor: Thousands of slanderous postcards, text messages and emails have been sent to Fremont County residents alleging lies and misinformation. The postcards are produced by 'WY Freedom PAC' -- apparently a ghost operation, since there are no names or addresses to contact."
July 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Job Creators Need IRS To Do Its Job
Dear editor: We're seeing a regulatory red tape rodeo with the Internal Revenue Service right now, screwing up the Employee Retention Credit and leaving many Wyoming small businesses in the lurch.
July 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Unhappy With Bill Gates Coverage
Dear Editor: Focusing two news articles on a card game between Bill Gates and citizens in Kemmerer, Wyoming makes light of what Mr. Gates plans to do (June 11 and 12, 2024). It reflects celebrity-style reporting.
July 30, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Not Participating In Debates
Dear editor: As Chairman of the Fremont County Republican Party, I am disappointing in a few Republican candidates who have declined to participate in public forums/debates to help inform Republican voters.
July 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Retaining The Good Old Boys Club
Dear editor: There's a highly coordinated campaign laser-focused on maintaining the power of the Good Old Boys Club in Wyoming government.
July 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Sweetwater County Getting Flooded With Deceptive Mailings
Dear editor: "We have been flooded with texts, mailers, and door hangers filled with inflammatory rhetoric, distortions, and outright lies. These groups seek to manipulate us, assuming we are ignorant..."
July 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Throw Out The Glossy AFP Mailers
Dear editor: "It’s not principled or civil to lie so comfortably about things so easily proven false. For Wyomingites who do care about principle and civility, I encourage you to toss the glossy AFP mailers..."
July 10, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Look At The Connections Before Voting In August
Dear editor: When you look at the connections being made you can see that the Wyoming Caucus Republicans are working with the Democrats to defeat freedom loving conservatives all over Wyoming and the nation.
June 28, 2024
Letter To The Editor: California Rail Rule Threatens Wyoming’s Logistics System
Dear editor: "The rule from the California Air Resources Board would sunset 25,000 useful locomotives across the U.S. rail network just for being 23 years old or older. Massive rail disruptions and supply chain slowdowns would ensue, raising prices and pushing freight to less efficient options."
June 26, 2024
Letter To The Editor: House District 32 Coverage Was Misleading
Dear editor: "In this crucial election year, journalists hold a responsibility as significant as a sheriff in a lawless town. Cowboy State Daily's recent House District 32 race coverage between Rep. Ken Clouston and George Dunlap was misleading."
June 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: The "View Entire Message" Link On Newsletter Is Annoying
Dear editor: I can't be the only one, but man am I tired of hitting the 'view entire message' button in your newsletter. Is that really necessary?"
June 21, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Trump Using Judicial System For Political & Financial Advantage
Dear editor: "Following Trump’s guilty verdict on all 34 felony counts, the Wyoming Congressional delegation and the governor rushed to defend their presumptive GOP presidential candidate by repeating the same highly charged rhetoric used by the former president."
June 09, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Gordon Continues To Disappoint
Dear editor: Sixteen honorable legislators sent this letter to Gov. Gordon Wednesday morning. We are disappointed in the governor's vetoing of Senate File 13..."
May 22, 2024
Letter To The Editor: How Do You Get The Sunrise Photos Before The Sun Rises?
Dear editor: I get up at 5 to 5:30 almost every morning. Interestingly enough, I find a picture of the morning sunrise for that day, when the sun has yet to rise.
May 20, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Reforms Needed to Protect Against Foreign Adversaries
Dear editor: President Biden sounded an awful lot like President Trump this week when he announced massive tariffs on Chinese cars and green technology.
May 15, 2024
Letter To The Editor: Dave Simpson Is Not Buying Crap And That's Crap
Dear editor: "So Dave Simpson is not buying crap, according to his May 13 column. Dave rested his case. Case closed. This publication won't let anybody argue with Dave. There is no debate here, no contest of ideas. You just push hard right propaganda, and pretend it's mainstream."
May 15, 2024