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Editor: I understand that there are 3 finalists vying for the Carbon County 2 school district (CC2) superintendent position. I would like to suggest four questions for these individuals. Their answers will shed light on important beliefs and convictions they hold concerning the education of our children. Questions are as follows: 1. I would like each candidate to respond to the following quote from the website of Wyoming Citizens Opposing Common Core: “ Student learning is complex and impacted by many factors which include, but are not l... Full story
Editor Not only a right, but a responsibility to bear arms. A group has formed in a Southern Wyoming Town dedicated to the study of the Founders’ Bible. Their study of this foundational text revealed interesting material regarding the second amendment controversies. William Blackstone, an eminent English jurist and philosophical scholar, has been identified as one the most significant contributors to the thinking that constructed the Constitution of the United States. He declared the right to bear arms flowed from the natural right of r...
Editor: Recently the Wyoming State Supreme Court rendered a decision on the constitutionality of SF104. The 3 to 2 decision found that SF104 was unconstitutional legislation. The Governor and the responsible legislators crossed the line, in an attempt to marginalize and diminish the character and reputation of Cindy Hill, the peoples elected choice. The petition drive to repeal SF104 was never about Cindy Hill personally, it was the peoples issue with a Governor who decided he and his minions in the legislature could remove an elected official...
Editor, Mr. Lee’s letter last week, spoke to the concerns that many of us have about the quality of public education. As a disgruntled former employer, 40 plus years in the construction industry, I have experienced first hand the lack of math skills, difficulties in conceptualizing or solving problems, and the inability to communicate solutions. I find it frightening that we continue to look to a federal gov’t for direction in education (common core), when this same gov’t has shown an inability to come to grips with their own issues. Right... Full story