No MSC classes
on Labor Day

I would like to express my disappointment with Tim Foster and the Mesa State Board of Trustees for deciding to hold classes today. This is a state and federal holiday.

I have talked to the governor’s advocate on higher education and she said this is unprecedented and though Mesa State is the only school she has ever heard of doing this, it is in within their charter to do so.

My questions is why? Is it going to generate more revenue for them? Will students learn more on a holiday? Is this punishment for staff or students, perhaps?  I think this is very unfair to the staff and to the students.

If one day is going to affect their curriculum that much, they  already have some bigger problems, in my opinion.
I have always supported Mesa State but it seems they are out of touch with my way of thinking now.

JIM FOSTER
Grand Junction

Americans need to hold themselves accountable

Having lived in Grand Junction most of my life, I remember when people flooded the Grand Valley in the late 1970s and early 1980s (prior to Black Sunday 1982). They came here because Grand Junction was not having the recession problems that the rest of the country was suffering from. Sound familiar?

The idea of our federal government giving money to banks for loaning and forcing mortgage companies to hold the current adjustable rates for those people who have not been late with a payment — and even the stimulus package — is crazy.

The recession problem is not just that our government is in over its head. We can not keep funding a war, and just reaching into some imaginary funding  account to stimulate the U.S. citizens’ spending.

It is time to suck it up. Be thankful for what you have and get out of debt.

Dumb ideas such as imaginary help is why the country is in the mess it is in. There is no reason those who drive diesel-powered vehicles are paying more for a gallon of fuel than those who drive gas powered vehicles.

But reality is we are a  greedy society. We all need to realize this recession is not just in another part of the country.
People cannot tell themselves no, so why should our government bail them out? It will never work. Instead of getting $300 from some imaginary fund, each  taxpayer could contribute $10 to go against the national deficit (one  trip to Starbucks) and work toward a real solution to the recession we  are in.

Bill Clinton was not very popular when he cut military spending  during his reign in office and redirected a small portion of those funds to  help citizens gain higher education. But when he left office, our nation’s  deficit was much lower than it is today.

This is not a Democratic or a Republican problem, this is an American problem. We the people are all going to have to fix this problem.

DEB  WIEKER
Grand Junction

Sentinel silent
on Obama nomination

Barack Obama was the first ever African-American to attain this level of national prominence. Obama delivered one of the most articulate, inspiring and rousing speeches ever since the era of JFK and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Yet what is on the editorial page of The Daily Sentinel? An article about a 9-year-old baseball pitcher from Connecticut and another one linking high gas prices with fewer highway deaths.
I can hardly believe that the Sentinel editorial staff has neglected the opportunity to comment on this noteworthy event which occurred right here in our very own state.
SHARI VANDERVELDE
Grand Junction

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