Meis puts own interests first
One might consider Dan Robinson naive to even consider that Mesa County Commissioner Craig Meis would respond to an appeal to ethics, morality or concern for the welfare of Mesa County when doing so would conflict with his personal business interests and individual income.
Mr. Meis has been consistent during his term in office in placing his personal interests above those of his constituents. Our only hope for recourse is to elect an honest, honorable and ethical commissioner to replace Mr. Meis.
DUANE HOGUE
Grand Junction

Robinson wrong
to suggest Meis’ bias
All I could do was shake my head in amazement as I read Dan Robinson’s ridiculous letter to the editor in the Aug. 24 edition of The Daily Sentinel. Mr. Robinson insinuated that County Commissioner Craig Meis gave Delta Petroleum preferential treatment during a recent hearing on the permitting of a natural gas compressor station that required a conditional-use permit.
Had Mr. Robinson taken the time to attend the entire hearing item, he would have known that Commissioner Meis was thoroughly interviewed by County Attorney Lyle Dechant regarding his ability to participate in the hearing in an unbiased and impartial manner. Had there been any question as to Commissioner Meis’ ability to participate in this hearing item, Mr. Dechant would have requested that Commissioner Meis recuse himself from participating in this hearing item.  This was not the case.
However, as is typical with the anti-natural gas crowd, Mr. Robinson came in at the last minute, spewed his canned glob of rhetoric and immediately left the hearing after providing his “testimony.” Pretty typical of the cowardly “hit-and-run for cover” antics of his ilk. Had Mr. Robinson bothered to stay for the entire hearing item, he would have seen that all three county commissioners truly struggled with how to best resolve the predicament before them.
To simply show up at a county hearing, take several cheap shots at Commissioner Meis, and then run out the back door without making the investment in his own personal time to hear the entire item, clearly demonstrates who is being biased and unreasonable.
MIKE GARDNER
Grand Junction

Sentinel wrong to publish accident photo
I was sickened and saddened when while reading The Daily Sentinel on Aug. 27,  I found a completely inappropriate picture on page 11B.
There was a picture of a rescue and recovery in process of two, high-voltage line workers. As the wife of a lineman, I was dismayed to see the bodies of the injured and fatally injured workers in the newspaper. The danger of this trade is all too real and this was a very private moment for the men and their families that didn’t need to be cheapened by being splattered in the newspaper.
I don’t recall ever seeing pictures printed of close-ups of firemen, policemen or traffic workers when they are injured on the job. I find it in extremely poor taste to show these men, one hanging by the rescue rope in the background and one looking at the world as he is being rescued, in a newspaper. A better tribute would have been a picture of the pole, with a short caption explaining that there was an accident at this location, such as the picture I found at the Salt Lake Tribune online. This left the men and their families a little privacy in the matter of what the accident looked like.
I believe in the future, it would be better to further edit the photos that come from the Associated Press. Imagine for a moment that the injured person was your family member or friend. Is this how you would want the world to see him? Please use better judgment in the future.
VIKTORIA COX
Rifle

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