Letters to the Editor

To the community, Our Villa Grove/Bonanza VFD annual fundraiser on June 22nd was a huge success. We greatly appreciate our community and donors that continue to support our organization. We served over 140 meals this year. We had donations from approximately 45 area businesses both to our silent auction and to support our BBQ. All donations go to fund our daily station needs, training and equipment purchases. Villa Grove/Bonanza Volunteer Fire Department

Dear community,  With the recent Supreme Court decision on Presidential Immunity, it is clearer than ever that this election is a choice between Democracy and a dictatorship. No President since George Washington was elected in 1788 has ever had the need for immunity for any actions taken as President.  We can’t do everything, but we must do everything we can to ensure that Trump and his MAGA Republicans are not elected to the White House, the Senate, the House and in Colorado. I would like to share my actions: To remember that I am an instrument of the Divine and am here...

Dear community, On behalf of Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Crestone, a big thanks goes out to the entire community, volunteers and the Baca Grande Property Owners Association for a successful yard sale this year that benefits those in crisis in the Crestone, Baca Grande and Moffat areas. Neighbors Helping Neighbors raises money through grants, donations and fundraising in order to put thousands of dollars back into the community throughout the year. This year the sale was held at the Baca Grande Property Owners Association Hall and parking lot through the invitation of director Jay Walther. We are so grateful to the...

“We in America do not have a government by the majority — we have government by the majority who participate...All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”  ~ Thomas Jefferson Former House Speaker Paul Ryan advised voters to vote their conscience in the 2016 election. Election turnout has been below 100%. The 2024 election will determine the health of America’s government. Consider the aftermath of the 2020 election. On Jan. 6, 2021, our elected officials held to their constitutional duties, thwarting off a tyrannous foothold. Our constitution has been defined as a living document. Our...

To the community, My name is Jason Ensz. I’m running for Saguache County Commissioner district two. I have been a resident of Saguache County for nine years and a resident of the San Luis Valley since 1995.  My family and I consider Saguache County and the San Luis Valley to be our permanent home. I have been married for 10 years. My wife and I have three beautiful children. I am certain that we need to be concerned about our children’s future. I am a dedicated farmer and I will always do my best to preserve our farming and ranching communities....

Editor’s note: Some of the claims in this letter regarding Constitutional rights are the opinion of the writer and not that of The Crestone Eagle.  Marcus Weir hopes to bring much needed balance to the Saguache County Board of Commissioners and a common-sense approach to tough issues we all face. Weir has been a resident of the Baca Grande since 2019. He is running on a Republican platform of a “common sense approach to serious issues affecting all the citizens of Saguache County.” “The last four years have brought many changes and caused real concerns for the residents of our county,”...

To the community, Congratulations to Thomas McCracken and all the other candidates who made it onto the November ballot. “Winning” these days comes in many forms. I am beyond grateful to have met so many hundreds of new people and to have heard so many authentic stories about people’s experiences here in the valley. These connections and this deeper understanding of my neighbors’ needs and concerns have forever changed who I am, and who I strive to be. Thank you all for being here, at whatever level you are able to engage or witness. This new perspective on my community...

By Frankie J. Meyer i seen a scouting scoundrel fly by pre-cursor of bloody bugs a comin’ a city, a county, hell…a world of sneaky little suckers out there hatchlings with needs to make you bleed appetites big as tanker trucks roaring out of swampy sand  bound for your sweet juicy neck nectar of common humanoid yummy rosè burgundy beaujolais  probing, proboscis piercing, plunging past your pitifully thin epidermis well into a well of plasma a plenty gorging, gobbling, guzzling swilling your essential sap   suckling essence  of delectable hemoglobin vicious vectors are they me? well, I donate blood  so madam skeeter may lay her eggs in a beer can by a weedy scummy ditch to spawn her little skeeter children  who...