Dear Mr. Mayor,

As a resident of Silver City for thirty-one years, I am writing to you in hope that you will not consider changing Columbus Day to Indigenous People Day to please a small minority of people. I was disgusted to read this in the Silver City Daily Press today that it was even being considered. Columbus Day is a day that most Americans have celebrated and enjoyed for most of their lives.

Indigenous people have Indian Nations where they don’t have to celebrate Columbus Day. I happen to have Native American blood in my ancestry, too. I am an American who is tired of all this sudden offense that people are feigning and causing idiots to tear down beautiful statues, erase our history and insult America. If it is so bad, why are they here?

I hope you do not cave in to these people. We are a multicultural town, NOT bicultural and for the most part, we are Americans who are seeing our country and our history (good and bad) destroyed.

I do not want my taxpayer money going for stupid things like changing names of holidays and making Orwell’s "1984" come true before my eyes.

Very truly yours,

Marianne D. Bray
Silver City, NM