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The Mancos Library District is asking voters to approve a 2-mill property tax increase to fund operating costs for the library. Of the local ballot questions, this is the only one with a tax...
DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 is asking for voter approval to use $1.874 million for asbestos abatement and demolition of the old high school building and restoration of the old high school...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
District Attorney William Furse, seeking re-election in the 22nd Judicial District (which includes Dolores County), has no opponent.His is a thankless job for many reasons, and most of the...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In 2005, when Senate Bill 152 was passed, it did not make sense for governments to expend tax dollars moving into industries the private sector was tackling. Prohibiting counties and municipalities...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Montezuma County’s commissioners all are officially unaffiliated, but voters should not mistake them as independent. All three — including Keenan Ertel and Larry Don Suckla, who are seeking...
DATE: Oct. 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The Colorado ballot this year lists 22 candidates for president along with their would-be vice presidents – including Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the only ones with a chance of winning. There...
DATE: Oct. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Colorado continues to sort out its ongoing experiment with legal marijuana. And with each step it becomes apparent that, while it cannot be treated exactly the same as alcohol, there are steps that...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
It was a striking picture published last week. The lieutenant governor of Colorado was captured riding a bicycle at Phil’s World, the popular trail system that winds among the sage, piñon and...
DATE: Sept. 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Like many Western states, Colorado has a process whereby its voters can enact or amend state laws and even the state’s constitution. And do we ever love to use it. To those unfamiliar with its...
DATE: Sept. 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The Affordable Care Act is turning out to be clearly anything but affordable. With premiums increasing by double-digit percentages, forcing the insured – and their employers – to adopt higher...
DATE: Sept. 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
It is true. Southwest Colorado is beautiful all year. But perhaps we need a new adjective to describe the glory of autumn? It is hard to mention it – from the Animas headwaters to the meanderings...
DATE: Sept. 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
As much as we enjoy the erudite work of syndicated columnists and the wit of political cartoonists, and for as much as we enjoy our own standing to comment on current affairs, the fact is that...
DATE: Sept. 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials
