{"id":1320435,"date":"2020-06-09T23:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T05:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=997136"},"modified":"2020-06-09T23:35:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T05:35:05","slug":"wednesday-letters-police-ethics-trumps-power-and-hanlon-for-public-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/wednesday-letters-police-ethics-trumps-power-and-hanlon-for-public-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday letters: Police ethics, Trump\u2019s power, and Hanlon for public lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Letters-Graphic-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Letters-Graphic-2.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/Letters-Graphic-2-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>To the Law Enforcement Officers of our valley and everywhere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ethics of a police officer does not come from a classroom or a training drill. It comes from your heart, how you were raised, and from the empathy that you have for another human being. Check yourself. God bless.<\/p>\n<p>Donna Kuipers<br \/>Rifle<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Trump will do whatever is necessary to keep himself in power<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Is the present Congress exercising the will of the people? The House has passed at least 350 bills, most of which are popular and bipartisan, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to take up for passage. Why? He has been focusing instead on judicial confirmations, so that now 1 in 5 federal judges are Trump appointees. Two more were confirmed in the last few days. With McConnell\u2019s help, Donald Trump is positioning himself to rewrite federal law to favor the rich and powerful. He will do whatever is necessary to keep himself in power.<\/p>\n<p>Notify your Senators if this is not your will. We have the power of our voices and our votes.<\/p>\n<p>Annette Roberts-Gray<br \/>Carbondale<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Hanlon will fight to protect the public lands that are vital to our way of life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vote Karl Hanlon for Senate District 8. I have known and worked with Karl and his wife Sheryl the last 5 years in running a nonprofit ranch that provides therapy to kids with autism and veterans with PTSD. As an attorney, Karl is a protector of our public lands, and has a way of getting things done with leaders ranging from city council members to U.S. senators. I fought in Vietnam to protect our country and the land we love. The Trump administration has been a disaster for lands throughout the West. Karl Hanlon will stand up to Trump and fight to protect the public lands that are vital to our way of life.<\/p>\n<p>LtCol Dick Merritt, US Marine Corps (Ret)<br \/>Basalt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.308333333333\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 gspi-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.173366834171\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p>Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent\u2019s work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/opinion\/wednesday-letters-police-ethics-trumps-power-and-hanlon-for-public-lands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the Law Enforcement Officers of our valley and everywhere The ethics of a police officer does not come from a classroom or a training drill. It comes from your heart, how you were raised, and from the empathy that you have for another human being. Check yourself. God bless. 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