Mayor responds to Letter to the Editor

Kimball Mayor, Keith Prunty responded to the letter to the editor submitted by J. Pete Scales of Pocatello, Idaho, and published in the Nov. 5 edition of the Western Nebraska Observer. Scales voiced his concern over a letter received by his sister, who is 80 years old, from the City of Kimball regarding tree removal.

Apparently, the elderly woman was upset by the letter and deemed it to be threatening in content, as did her sibling when he read the letter in question.

“I think the man was misinformed,” commented Mayor Keith Prunty in regards to the printed letter, “it’s the same l...