Articles from the Letters to the Editor Archive

2 Feb 2012 | Letter to the Editor

Lincoln County Officials Turn a Blind Eye to Fraud To the Editor, I have lived in Lincoln County for the last 16 years and it seems to me that the Lincoln County officials do not care about your tax dollars. There is welfare fraud all over Lincoln County. Reports have been made to ...

26 Jan 2012 | Letter to the Editor

Optical Shop Strives to Meet Community’s Needs To The Editor, I wanted to respond to the recent letter to the editor from Dec. 29 concerning an unsatisfactory experience a customer had at our optical shop. I hope my response will give readers a better understanding of our commitment to the patients we ...

19 Jan 2012 | Letters to the Editor

Rebuttal for Local Shopping To the editor, I was disturbed to read a letter to the editor in the Dec. 29 issue of the Lincoln County Record about never shopping in Caliente again because of being wronged on a pair of eyeglasses. We all think we have been abused at times, sometimes ...

12 Jan 2012 | Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: Has anyone else in town noticed their power bills going up two months in a row? Have you noticed the usage has gone up, not the rates? I and almost all my co-workers have noticed an extreme jump in our power bill usage for November and December. Some of ...

5 Jan 2012 | Letter to the Editor

To the Editor, I am hoping that you can help my deer find their way home to me in Panaca; that was my Christmas wish. It hasn’t happened but I hope either the person responsible, or their parents, or someone who may have found either of the deer will bring them home ...

29 Dec 2011 | Letter to the Editor

To the editor, I will never again shop at stores in Caliente. After buying a pair of glasses less than a year ago from our eyeglass place, paying outrageous prices, and being on vacation three months later just to have the rim/frame break out of state. I had to super glue ...

8 Dec 2011 | Web Editor

Thank You, Wendy Rudder I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for Wendy Rudder. As I read the article written by Mr. Maxwell in this newspaper a few weeks ago, I felt compelled to write this letter. Wendy is known in this valley and in the county as an ...

24 Nov 2011 | Web Editor

Some of the people of Caliente are so busy bad mouthing people, including the city officials, they need to know what they are talking about; is it true or gossip? They need to take care of their children. The city spent a lot of money to build all these nice parks, ...

10 Nov 2011 | Web Editor

All the home games are over. It seems it went faster than usual this season. Big thanks to all the players and coaches, glad to see Mr. Ottley back. I also want to say how much I enjoyed the halftime where the cheerleaders and dance teams share the time. Let ...

3 Nov 2011 | Web Editor

I am writing about a problem that is developing in Panaca. Our small town has the smallest budget in Lincoln County. We have to be very careful about how we spend our tax dollars because we do not get that much. This summer we spent close to $400 for flowers ...

27 Oct 2011 | Letter to the Editor

This letter is to let the residents of Caliente know that our city employees have been contacted by Teamsters Union officials and could be in discussions already about joining the Teamsters’ Union. This was on the City Council Agenda on Oct. 20, and was tabled. For the record, I do not ...

13 Oct 2011 | Web Editor

Dear Editor, Your publication of Sept. 22 was outstanding. Mr. Terry Jones’ letter concerning the Million Dollar Courthouse was spot-on! It was strongly reinforced by Dave Maxwell’s piece, “Repair Work to Begin Soon,” wherein he focused in part, on remarks and concerns of the inimitable Jane Humphrey, a Lincoln County citizen ...