Letters to the Editor

We like musicand celebrating eventsand our local breweryeven if others say we don’t We ask that our voicesdo not interrupt the musicand that the music allows for normal conversation We like musicand celebrating events and our local brewerythroughout the year We ask we participatein the dance of lifeto allow good mannershard work, celebratingand learning to live with each other. We like our communityit may be like yours. Dudley Pace Crestone resident

Dear Editor: If you question why the American public seems so unhappy with the current state of affairs, I believe you need look no further than the Congress and more specifically the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. When the Biden Administration asked for additional funding for the Ukraine, they were told by the Republicans in the House, that they first had to present legislation addressing the immigration problem.  The Senate did just that, and on a bipartisan basis came up with the first piece of major legislation on immigration since the proposal from the Gang of 8 (four Republicans...

Spring was here early. On my hike up the South Crestone Creek trail yesterday I noticed some of the early signs of warmer weather arriving: deep tire gouges in the snow covered trail. It’s spring and the cyclists are anxious to get out.  Bikers, please take pause to think about your impact. Ice, snow and mud still cover large parts of the mountain trails and need time to dry out. In a relatively short time our footpaths can become rutted, and ever wider. Taking some perspective, most of the popular “single-track” trail areas, (areas not on roads), such as around Crested...

From “Psychology Today” (www.psychologytoday.com).  Gaslighting:  Gaslighting is an insidious form of manipulation and psychological control. Victims of gaslighting are deliberately and systematically fed false information that leads them to question what they know to be true, often about themselves. They may end up doubting their memory, their perception, and even their sanity. For years, a few of the Trustees of Crestone have used the above technique to manipulate the public, twisting reality into favorable rhetoric that helps to get them elected and/or in public favor. Most recently this has happened twice within the last month in the Town of Crestone public...

Dear community, I’d like to put it out there that Charlene needs help. I found out about a caring, big hearted woman up Tracy Canyon, who is alone taking care of 35 rescued wolf-dogs on just her social security income. I went out to meet her and the wolf dogs to find out how I could help.  Oh what a sight, such beautiful four leggeds. Many rescue dogs were shy from trauma, and some are so wanting to have people connections. I was so taken by how much each wolf-dog showed love for Charlene. Charlene gives all she can, that’s not...

By Nathan Good with Heather D’Alessio. This month we explore how our news has been critically affected by H.R.5736, aka the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 (SMMA). This law permits the federal government to feed you its agendas through press, paper publications, radio, motion picture, the internet, and other information media including social media, using information centers and paid instructors to intentionally influence public opinion with a wide range of agendas. SMMA was buried in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act for good reason, as it promotes paid alliances between the media and the U.S. State Department’s (USSD) “partners” that are NGOs...

An op-ed by Carew Papritz, the award-winning author of The Legacy Letters. I wasn’t around to see the end of the passenger pigeon. One day there were three billion. Over one third of the bird population of the planet. And within a lifespan, they were no more. The last passenger pigeon, Martha, died on September 14, 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo. No one could ever imagine that you could wipe out three billion birds in the blink of a geological eye. But we did. The buffalo story was almost the same.  From 1874 to 1884 we slaughtered 30 million. In less...

By Carl Cole. Hello Crestone, You may remember me for initiating a recall election against Mayor Danforth in 2021. I tried to present a factual, direct, and open campaign, based on the issue of mismanagement. Today, every town office employee has resigned, the budget is blown, and the community is debating the same complaints. Have we gained any ground on reaching a compromise or equitable solution? They say there’s two types of people. In this case, you’re either for public gatherings or against them.  I have a friend who works in hospice care. She also has a saying. “They say there’s two types of...