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Editor: In the June 14 paper, Tom Sykes took issue with my guest commentary regarding public lands being in federal title as unconstitutional. He alleges that Article IV, Sec. 3 trumps Article 1,...
DATE: June 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: That laws contrary to the U.S. Constitution should be enforced goes against the very spirit that informs our senses of liberty and governance. The Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison...
DATE: June 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: The city evidently got some bad press over the gentleman staying in a trailer in a private citizen’s backyard, so their answer is more restrictions, more ways to fine people and more ways...
DATE: June 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Denton May made a statement in his recent letter that I will cut and paste as a quote here: “The lawsuit claims that the new law violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments, overlooking...
DATE: June 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: For many parents and children, spring means time for baseball. Since 2006, one or both of my sons has played on a team for the SW Colorado Youth Baseball Little League. Throughout these...
DATE: June 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Last week I was traveling from Salida to Mancos towing a trailer. Passes had included Monarch, Red Mountain and Molas — many steep and winding miles and a heck of a long day. I was about...
DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: The recent revelation that the NSA has been conducting massive surveillance of about 100 million citizens’ emails, along with the intimidation of the politically incorrect by the IRS,...
DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: There is a bike thief spreading disappointment and more. A little 6-year-old boy had his bike stolen from in front of his home recently. This may not be a big deal to some but to this boy...
DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: A recent op-ed writer claimed that the federal government has unconstitutionally usurped control of public lands from the states and cites Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution to...
DATE: June 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: The Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 would like to extend a huge “thank you” to Byron Maynes and the staff of the First National Bank of Cortez for their willingness to make their...
DATE: June 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:It appears that the majority of Colorado sheriffs, including the one we elected in Montezuma County, do not understand the limits of their authority. Sheriffs are elected to enforce the laws...
DATE: June 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:This horrifying story we are hearing on the news makes one wonder how the plight of those women, held captive for a decade, could have been kept from the world, never mind the next-door...
DATE: June 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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