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The Opinion pages are your place to spout off. This section contains Readers Reflect letters, My Shot opinion pieces, the occasional Face Off written debate, obituaries, and Mike English’s award-winning Shine On comics. You can also find community perspectives in our Think Local section, our monthly staff editorial, and Do Tell, which is a question we ask five community members each issue.

The word count for My Shots is 600, and as of Jan. 25, 2021, longer editorials are approved on a case-by-case basis. Letters can be reactions to our coverage or a local topic or issue you want to bring up and should be 300 words or less. Submit your opinions to editors@moonshineink.com.

Environmental Endorsements

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Environmental Endorsements: One activists climate-conscious voting guide for the region and its neighbors, with candidate and other ballot endorsements focused on environmental aims.

Trouble on the Truckee

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Have you seen the crowds floating down the Truckee River lately? This My Shot calls for proactive solutions and long-term planning.

Nevada County Not Protecting Truckee

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This My Shot argues that Nevada County isn’t protecting its residents in Truckee effectively when the town represents 16.5% of the county population but 56.5% of the new cases.

Why Do We Have CoronAmnesia?

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Lackadaisical attitude toward coronavirus threat defies common decency.

Hypocrisy of Workforce Housing

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One local developer’s take on the hypocrisy of incentive and fee structures for workforce housing.

Do You Believe in Ghosts? Why or Why Not?

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Something goes BUMP! in the dead of night, and it ain’t Casper.

Sold! But Not to the Highest Bidder …

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This My Shot author can wholeheartedly say that in a hot housing market, she is happy she bypassed the fees and hassle of selling her house on the open market and used her own networks instead to sell for cheap to someone already here and looking.

TDPUD Blunder

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Can online hiring truly match the pegs and holes?

Firestorms Don’t Heal Societal Divides

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Last Friday, Truckee Police Chief Robert Leftwich retired. He was basically run out of office last month. To us, our community missed the mark.

Save Lake Tahoe From Invasive Weeds and Herbicides

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With the TRPA and the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Board poised to use herbicides to combat the invasive weeds in the Tahoe Keys, the Sierra Club is taking a stand to restore the area to its original wetland glory in this My Shot by the local chapter’s vice chair.