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Letters to the Editor

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Letter: Hospice volunteers

Letter: Hospice volunteers

Being a hospice volunteer may be one of the most satisfying volunteer opportunities of your life.

By Patricia Dooley●
April 21, 2022 at 10:09 pm
Letter: Mental illness

Letter: Mental illness

We have another huge surplus in state funds. Let’s do something positive for people with mental illnesses.

By John Blaine●
April 21, 2022 at 10:07 pm
Letter: School bond choices

Letter: School bond choices

Let’s deliberate over these important issues separately and give voters a real — and reasoned — choice.

By Ted Moninski●
April 21, 2022 at 10:06 pm
Letter: Overreach hypocrisy

Letter: Overreach hypocrisy

Attorney General Treg Taylor and his boss are not faithfully representing Alaskans.

By Sharman Haley●
April 21, 2022 at 10:05 pm
Letter: Unacceptable situation

Letter: Unacceptable situation

Muldoon is becoming like Skid Row — we work and pay to live here and raise our children.

By Joseph Michaels●
April 21, 2022 at 10:03 pm
Letter: Federal overreach or state overreach?

Letter: Federal overreach or state overreach?

Many of these lawsuits, allegations and omissions look suspiciously more like “state overreach.”

By Tom Nelson●
April 21, 2022 at 9:20 am
Letter: Gerrymandering

Letter: Gerrymandering

In short, members of the board majority show no sense of values with regard to fairness or legality.

By Doug Robbins●
April 21, 2022 at 9:16 am
Letter: Trump’s endorsement

Letter: Trump’s endorsement

Will these candidates be able to act on any independent judgments? Alaska voters will ultimately decide these questions.

By Duff Pfanner●
April 21, 2022 at 9:12 am
Letter: Drinking in the backcountry

Letter: Drinking in the backcountry

I’m not advocating drinking to excess, but if one must, it is far safer to do so in the backcountry — the farther back, the safer.

By Dale Slaughter●
April 21, 2022 at 9:06 am
Letter: No real choice

Letter: No real choice

When the Russians decide to take back Alaska, what decision will we make?

By John Suter●
April 21, 2022 at 9:04 am
Letter: Reckless

Letter: Reckless

This is a preventable accident waiting to happen, and Gov. Dunleavy is directly responsible.

By Kay Bush●
April 20, 2022 at 10:13 am
Letter: Broken health care

Letter: Broken health care

All of us are paying in every insurance premium that adds to every employers’ bottom line and finds its way into our stream of consumer goods.

By Bob Lacher●
April 20, 2022 at 9:57 am
Letter: Fight for Ukraine

Letter: Fight for Ukraine

It is time for the U.S. and NATO allies to raise the temperature and slap Putin squarely across the chops. I

By Colby Root●
April 20, 2022 at 9:39 am
Letter: Shameful

Letter: Shameful

My parents had a phrase for men like this: flim-flam man.

By Terry Judge●
April 20, 2022 at 8:49 am
Letter: Gara listens

Letter: Gara listens

Our state needs a champion with wisdom and leadership while having the ability to reach common ground.

By William Beltz●
April 20, 2022 at 7:49 am
Letter: My six-week COVID story

Letter: My six-week COVID story

One step at a time, I am regaining my life.

By Roger Brown●
April 19, 2022 at 1:04 pm
Letter: Civic decency

Letter: Civic decency

Unfortunately, flies are attracted to the dung heap.

By Michael Hershel●
April 19, 2022 at 1:00 pm
Letter: Noisy drivers

Letter: Noisy drivers

The police seem to have no problem with the noise; they allow the culprits to do what they want with no consideration for others.

By Mark Leaf●
April 19, 2022 at 12:25 pm
Letter: Gifts and favors

Letter: Gifts and favors

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has clearly not learned this simple, ironclad lesson that I learned as a teenager.

By John Farleigh●
April 19, 2022 at 12:22 pm
Letter: Quality mug

Letter: Quality mug

Once again, I say Alaska, be proud of your state and local shop owners who provide this service.

By Joyce Pacheco●
April 19, 2022 at 12:20 pm
Letter: Palin would be a great representative

Letter: Palin would be a great representative

I believe Sarah was also a hockey mom. Hockey moms are the greatest.

By Doug Bartko●
April 19, 2022 at 12:17 pm
Letter: No call for violence

Letter: No call for violence

I read with horror and anger the article about the troopers spraying pepper spray in a child’s face.

By E.T. Durnford●
April 18, 2022 at 10:18 am
Letter: Humanitarian aid

Letter: Humanitarian aid

To make up for the Legislature’s inaction, I hope and pray that many of us will join in donating at least that war-caused inflated portion of the Permanent Fund to reputable relief organizations.

By Ernie Schlereth●
April 18, 2022 at 10:17 am
Letter: Just take the tests

Letter: Just take the tests

My parents use to phrase it, “Focus on how to move past boulder No. 14 on your road of life.”

By Jim Lieb●
April 18, 2022 at 10:14 am
Letter: Delayed recognition

Letter: Delayed recognition

As many times as I called the governor’s office in the Atwood Tower and requested a brief attendance at the Governor’s Safety Council award, I never got it.

By Hal Homer●
April 18, 2022 at 10:12 am

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