By Mark Semlek Probably the most important vote of the 62nd legislative session took place last Friday when the House of Representative passed SF 104 which had previously passed the Senate the week before. The House vote was 39 aye votes and 20 no votes. I voted no. The proposal seeks to change how...
By Bruce Moats Wyoming Press Association Attorney Government does not work best when the people are pushed out of the way. As James Madison said: A Popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it is but a Prologue to a Farce or a tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern...
By Jerry Raehal Laramie Boomerang publisher The University of Wyoming needs the best president available if it is to continue to succeed and grow. That is one thing everyone involved in the question of whether the names of the finalists for that job are made public could agree on. But how to achieve that...
By Sarah Pridgeon Before I moved to Sundance, my pet ownership experiences were sadly limited. There’s simply not enough room in a London apartment for an additional animal; frankly, I had trouble fitting my husband in when he visited my green and pleasant land. My grandparents owned a Yorkshire Toy Terrier, but it...
By Randy Tucker (Originally published in the Riverton Ranger) The move to usurp the voice of the voters goes too far. It’s been an unprecedented two weeks to open the 2013 session of the Wyoming Senate. While personal disputes are commonplace in politics, this session took the personal vendetta to a new level with...
The day after our last City Council meeting, I signed an agreement with Janet Lake which allows us to place the failing water tank on her property just west of where it is today. That morning, our engineers (TRI-Hydro), city staff, Engineering America (the people we purchased the tank from), and Wyoming Water Development...
By Sarah Pridgeon It’s amazing that I’ve managed to make it this far into writing about being an Englishwoman in Wyoming without discussing the makings of A Nice Cup of Tea. It is, after all, the very lifeblood of the Brit and something not a lot of Wyomingites have had opportunity to appreciate. Because...
By Sarah Pridgeon We Brits ruled the waves for hundreds of years, sailing to lands unknown and contracting scurvy for the sake of exotic spice. It’s said that no British resident lives more than 150 miles from the ocean; I, myself, hail from Poole, the 1000-year-old port that played host to many of the...
Make your voices heard We’ve all heard the rumblings about a proposed 10 cent per gallon gasoline tax and increases to our vehicle registration fees. It’s been discussed here before as well as on various talk radio stations. I, for one, am dead set against any tax increase, anywhere, anyhow, but your view may...
Living in one country while bearing the nationality of another, I seem never to be in the right place. As you read this column, I am recovering from a ten-day trip across the oceans to bestow my twice-yearly Parental Visitation upon my loved ones. While in England, I was referred to as “the woman...
