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The news is stunning, though anyone studying the changing economics of electrical power generation and distribution might have suspected it on the distant horizon. Still, it is hard to fathom: The...
DATE: March 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Colorado’s Gallagher Amendment to the state constitution is a good example of how a too-rigid mandate, which at the time seems an ideal solution to a problem, can cause significant trouble in the...
DATE: March 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In retrospect, Coloradans were naïve to believe that medical marijuana wasn’t a foot in the door for recreational use, or that once recreational pot was decriminalized here, the marijuana business...
DATE: Feb. 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
There are several components to the Taxpayer’s Bill Of Rights amendment to Colorado’s Constitution, but the two which residents pay the greatest attention to are the requirement that voters approve...
DATE: Feb. 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Access to technology, and removing impediments to that access, should not be partisan issues. Last week, though, Colorado’s Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee killed, on a party-line...
DATE: Feb. 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
There has been speculation that no one in the nation was more surprised by President Trump’s election than Donald Trump himself. This claim, popular with his detractors but admitted by some...
DATE: Feb. 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The decision of commissioners in two counties to appoint different representatives to the Southwestern Water Conservation District is a change worth watching, especially in a year that may well...
DATE: Feb. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Since before Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to act on his campaign promises. Unfortunately, his actions do not yet – and may not ever – add up to a cohesive policy...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
As Montezuma County moves forward with plans to pay Mesa TV to broadcast and rebroadcast video of commission meetings, it confronts an important issue: By paying for that service, the county...
DATE: Feb. 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
County residents have persuaded the county commissioners to leave the intersection of U.S. Highway 491 and County Road BB alone. That’s well and good as a political decision. Elected officials...
DATE: Feb. 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In 2014, NASA discovered a methane cloud the size of Delaware hovering over the San Juan Basin. Although this area includes a vast outcrop that releases methane naturally, there are more than...
DATE: Feb. 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Remember back in November when it seemed like the snow would never fall? Now, after a month of storms, it seems like another era altogether. Then again, so does a winter that reminds us of a...
DATE: Jan. 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
