By Leondra Price For a brief moment Americans were “woke” as we witnessed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers. It was an eye-opening reality...
Category - Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In actuality the Vail Voice was not my first choice when deciding where this particular note should be forwarded...
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Hello Vail community! I am Leroy Smith, Candidate for Vail Governing Board. I am a former Marine, disabled Veteran...
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Dear Editor, For 30 years I have lived and volunteered in the Vail School District. Over those years “We have done the hard...
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Dear Editor, Your latest issue of the Vail Voice had suggestions for conserving water: after all we do live in the desert. Those...
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Black Voices: I’m Tired
By Lauren Free With all of the events that our nation has experienced in the past few months I’m sure most of us are feeling pretty overwhelmed. From dealing with the pandemic to the civil...
Black Voices: Dear White Friends
By Melissa Waite I pray you are all well. I am writing to you because I recently had an epiphany. When we in the black community experience an escalated crisis, we often exclude our...
Black Voices: Enough is Enough
By MaRico Tippett When I was a Cadet at the Air Force Academy, we had an Honor Code. The Honor Code stated, “We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does.” This...
Letter to the Editor
An Open Letter To Steve Christy From Rob Nemitz I read your article published in the Vail Voice on June 19th, 2020 District 4 Updates: June. As an Iraq war veteran, I am deeply...
Letter to the Editor
From J. Rodriquez It’s been interesting to watch the extremes to which we all have gone to in dealing with the COVID—19 pandemic. It is estimated that approximately $2.1 trillion...
Letter to the Editor
No Saguaro? No Problem??? BUYER BEWARE!!! I am writing in response to Burt Graeff’s Article, page 38, in the March Vail Voice. I’m sure Mr. Graeff was well-intentioned...
Letter to the Editor: Leroy Vaughn
Dear Editor, After at least one month of continuous television coverage of the Coronavirus, I would like to comment on something that I see every time I go to the grocery store. It...
Letter to the Editor
From R. Perry The article contained some information about the Tuskegee Airman. When I was stationed at Davis Monthan in the mid 60’s I was a crew chief on an F4C fighter bomber...
Letter to the Editor
By Robert Sheldon We moved to Vail, Sycamore Canyon, or as our Utilities know us, Corona de Tucson, in 2006. At that time, we were informed that “No Parking” signs would be...