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Letter: Church gets its way in Wyoming, against residents’ wishes

The LDS church recently has shown its true colors. Those colors are green and black. Green for money and black for its civic heart. The Church's frequently vaunted billions of dollars of disposable income have been used as a threat to force the city of Cody, Wyoming to grant a permit to build a ...

Letter: Addressing subpar student housing conditions

I am writing to address pressing student housing issues in Provo, primarily resulting from Brigham Young University’s (BYU) housing policies. Currently, BYU requires that single, first-year undergraduate students reside in one of three options: on-campus housing, off-campus contracted ...

Letter: Shocked at description of 9/11 terrorist attack

I love the Daily Herald and enjoy reading a paper newspaper each day. I wanted to comment, on the article written by Rob Nielsen entitled, Helping Others Remember. I'm so glad to hear about the exhibit that Weber County hosted teaching children about the events of 9/11/2001. I was struck, ...

Letter: Dreading the possibility of a ‘future Trump presidency’

A Deseret News article on August 27, 2023, had a captivating title and a disquieting subtitle: “The most powerful Utahn you’ve never heard of could be America’s next Vice president.” The subtitle is “Robert O’Brien’s name is being floated for high-profile positions in a future ...

Letter: Truth matters. Facts matter

It is difficult to sit back and allow the outrageous false claims made by Rusty Butler in his Letter to the Editor, Aug 30, 2023, go unchallenged. He accuses Todd Pedersen of trying to “sway voters” and “stirring up support for his city council candidates”. Let me clarify. Mr. Pedersen ...

Letter: Big money in Orem elections

Remember Proposition 2, the effort to create an Orem-only school district? It was overwhelmingly rejected by the voters by over 70%. Well, Todd Pedersen, who, along with Alex Dunn spent hundreds of thousands of dollars last year trying to sway voters to support Prop 2, is back. Perhaps you ...