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Letters to the Editor

Consider facts about property taxes

Fred W. Evans, Stanley I’m Fred Evans, chairman of the board for Brookbank Township, and I’d like to share some important facts about property taxes in Mountrail County, North Dakota, which may be similar to the situation in your area. The primary concern often revolves around property ...

End unfair property taxes in ND

Steven Moen, Minot I won’t vote for any politician who does NOT support Ending Unfair Property Tax. I was in the U.S. Navy, in a submarine group that was instrumental in winning the Cold War, known as 41 for freedom as we had 41 Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines that continually prowled ...

Can politics be positive?

Faye Seidler, Moorhead, Minn. I work in suicide prevention, which is work that focuses on hope. While we often think about this topic in regard to mental health, it’s so much broader than that. It’s how we feel connected to our community or not, our access to resources or opportunities, ...

Issue is not property tax fairness

Bob McNamara, Upham The amendment being advocated is titled Unfair Property taxes. I wonder how they can be unfair when the people you elected are the ones who passed those taxes. Whatever taxing authority you wish to refer to, they are people you elected and placed in a position to establish ...

MSU performance offered special treat

Anna Marie Shomento, Minot Recently, a friend and I attended the MSU production of the musical, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” The performance was so professional that I felt as though I were sitting in a concert hall in Minneapolis, Chicago, or some other large city. The city of Minot ...

CO2 pipeline is dangerous proposal

Gaylynn Becker, Bismarck Why would citizens of Bismarck, Burleigh, Emmons and Logan County as well as counties west of the Missouri River want a dangerous supercritical CO2 pipeline running near their communities? Summit Carbons Solutions (SCS) says the pipeline is safe. I agree, it’s safe ...