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Letter to the Editor: Trash cans on the street no answer
To the editor: This letter is in regards to the mandate that our three trash cans are in our streets and not in the alley. I agree with Garry Nelson's letter to the Shafter Press dated March 31, 2022. However, the Rotary motto does... — Updated 4/27/2022
Letter to the Editor: Shafter, our city
To the Editor: There are few things that keep me awake at night, but the recent decision by our City Council to move all trash pickup to the curb is one. The many years I served on the City Council, being a Rotarian, I tried to bas... — Updated 4/3/2022
Letter to the Editor: Dumping 'epidemic'
I have lived almost my entire life here in rural Wasco one mile away from where I was born at the peak of the “Dust Bowl.” In the last 25 years a problem has become of epidemic proportion – the dumping of city waste onto road... — Updated 2/16/2021
Where are the visionaries?
I have lived in Shafter for 30 years and have seen many positive changes for the city. Let me say that I usually don’t get involved in local politics because we elect people whom we feel will get the job done for the people who e... — Updated 11/1/2020
Letter to the Editor - Aug. 15, 2019
To the editor: I considered it an honor and privilege to have served the City of Shafter for 20 years as a member of the City Council, eight of those years serving as mayor. Throughout those 20 years, the council worked together... — Updated 8/16/2019
Letter to the Editor - July 25, 2019
After reading Stan Voth's "Letter to the Editor" in the June 27 Shafter Press, I feel compelled to state a few more facts. The Richland School District is in a sorry state of affairs, with approximately a half-a- million-dollar... — Updated 7/30/2019
Letters to the Editor policy
We received a letter recently but the letter was not signed, so we are unable to verify its author. Since it's the policy of the paper not to publish anonymous opinion, we didn’t have the privilege of printing the the... — Updated 7/4/2019
Letters to the Editor - June 27, 2019
My interest in Richland School District affairs was again sparked by the forced resignation of Superintendent Dr. Garcia, and public statements by district CBO and others in position to know of the financial health of the... — Updated 6/29/2019
