Letter to the Editor: Voting Ease or Difficulty

VINTON TODAY
May 3, 2022 12:05 am

Dear Editor:  On this day May 2, a letter appeared in the CR Gazette attempting to indicate how difficult it would be for the disabled or those without transportation to get to the polls to vote.

Letter to the Editor: Rebuttal

VINTON TODAY
April 30, 2022 1:03 pm

Editor: RE: Ms. GouldYou say I only know half of the story, so what is the other half I seem to have missed?  What do you glean from the misinformation media?  So then you are an expert on military tactics and strategy?  So where did you go to “boot camp” and where did you go to Officer Candidate School? Where did you go to Squadron Officer School, Command and Staff School and finally Air War College?  O.

Letter to the Editor: 84 billion -- some say 85

VINTON TODAY
April 26, 2022 6:51 pm

Dear Editor, Thanks to all for their comments.   What was not considered by the naysayers was how much equipment given to the Afghani armed forces was given up when they dropped their weapons and deserted their army in the face of the Taliban - when U.

Reading my mind: Words

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 25, 2022 10:22 am

I figure that Elon doesn't need a last name. We all know it's the gabillionaire that is driving the world nuts. How? The guy is attempting to buy Twitter and it's suspected that he believes in free speech.

Letter to the Editor: Living in the present, remembering the past 4

VINTON TODAY
April 20, 2022 2:57 pm

Editor:Living in the present, remembering the past 4This is the Monday after Easter, why did this memory come to me?  No way to explain- perhaps it's my age 80, but I was drawn back to my time in Undergraduate Pilot Training Webb AFB, Big Spring Texas, 1964.

Reading my mind: Pockets

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 19, 2022 3:39 am

It all started when the pants went into the laundry. It messed up my whole day. Now granted, I have other clothes to wear, but some don't have pockets.

Letter to the Editor; Support for Wasson

VINTON TODAY
April 18, 2022 8:55 pm

Dear Editor, When our leaders seeking office say "America needs farmers," all too often it feels like nothing more than lip service, a slogan which conveniently makes an appearance when career politicians pander to keep their jobs but one that's also quickly forgotten once they enter the halls of the Capitol in Des Moines.

Letter to the Editor: Living in the present, remembering the past 3

VINTON TODAY
April 15, 2022 1:38 pm

Dear Editor,  This was when I was assigned to the 6th Air-refueling Squadron 6h Heavy Bombardment Wing, Walker AFB, Roswell ,New Mexico.

Reading my mind: Dispatchers

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 13, 2022 12:36 am

This week is National Dispatcher Week. The dispatcher is the voice on the other end of a 911 call. The calm, cool and collected voice that sends help. Some dispatchers might joke that they are the ONLY ones that get to tell the cops where to go and not get arrested for it.

Letter to the Editor: $84 Billion

VINTON TODAY
April 11, 2022 10:14 pm

Dear Editor:The final account of USA military equipment and cash left behind in Afghanistan!Source: GAO analysis of Department of Defense data.Just imagine if the US had supplied just 30% of this military equipment to Ukraine.