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Thursday,  April 25 , 2024

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Immigrants help keep America great

April 25, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

There’s an overlooked chapter in Abraham Lincoln’s legacy. In addition to leading the Union through the Civil War, he was a history-making leader on another front. Read story

Letter: Place focus on rehabilitation

April 25, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Of course, the jail is too small. Of course, prisons are too expensive. How can this be a surprise when the U.S. chooses to incarcerate 2 million of its citizens at annual cost of more than $80 billion, an annual cost of more than $39,000 per inmate in federal prisons… Read story

Letter: Freight rail is safe, efficient

April 25, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

We are writing in support of the letter “Protect historic Chelatchie railroad,” (Our Readers’ Views, April 15). Read story

Letter: School budgets have problems

April 25, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Big budgetary problems in schools. The superintendent of Washougal School District, Mary Templeton, makes $245,475 yearly, $82.37 per student (2,980 students). Read story

Letter: Where are we today?

April 24, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

This week I read about a local young person who had recently graduated from high school. Before college she took a year to volunteer with a climate activist organization. The article went on to say that she was arrested during a climate protest at Vice President Kamala Harris’ house. Read story

Letter: Homelessness requires big fix

April 24, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

If you discover water running out from under your sink onto your nice hardwood floors, would you just get a towel and wipe it up and continue to wipe up the water until you run out of towels, or would you check to see where the source of the problem… Read story

Letter: Forgive student loan debt

April 24, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

If I see one more brainless internet meme about how unfair and horrible it is to forgive student loan debt I’m gonna scream. Read story

Letter: Letter shows true colors

April 24, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Regarding Robert Kerr’s letter (“Biden has got to go,” Our Readers’ Views, April 13), I couldn’t stop laughing. Read story

Letter: Questions about roundabouts

April 24, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

The article “Taking the roundabout way” (The Columbian, April 4) stated that “It’s unclear where Clark County residents stand on roundabouts.” Read story

Letter: Anti-vaxxers ignore risks

April 23, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

The Columbian has reported, “U.S. measles cases are up in ’24” (Associated Press, April 11). How can this be? How can parents who don’t allow their children to wander into the street without watching for traffic not vaccinate those same children against communicable diseases that can be fatal? Read story

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