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After this election, all of Montezuma County will find itself redistricted into the 58th House District, currently represented by first-term state Rep. Don Coram, R-Montrose.Coram faces challenger...
DATE: Oct. 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The 112th Congress has accomplished relatively little, and none of its members can escape responsibility for that. Blame whomever youd like, no one has managed to break free from the partisan...
DATE: Oct. 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
“Things educators could say but don’t,” a post on a Washington Post blog, has been making the rounds on email and Facebook. The author is Robert Bligh, who is former general counsel of the Nebraska...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In Montezuma County, politics happens differently than in most other places.For example, the conventional wisdom is that primary contestants should remain somewhat restrained, in order not to...
DATE: Oct. 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In the 22nd Judicial District, Todd Jay Plewe is the only district judge up for a retention vote this year. He deserves a positive vote.Appointed to the District Court bench in 2010, Plewe has been...
DATE: Oct. 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Brian Davidson knows higher education from the inside out, and that wide-ranging perspective plus an enthusiastic commitment to improving the delivery, cost and outcomes of higher education qualify...
DATE: Oct. 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Colorado voters face three statewide ballot issues in this election.The proposed Amendment S to the state constitution is mainly concerned with updating the state personnel system to give greater...
DATE: Oct. 9, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In an election, competition is always a good thing, and in Montezuma County general elections, its a rare thing as well. In this years election for Montezuma County Commission, District 3,...
DATE: Oct. 6, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The deadline to register to vote in this years general election is Tuesday, Oct. 9, but theres no need to wait. You can register online at the Colorado Secretary of States website,...
DATE: Oct. 6, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
For more than 11 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has beenin political and judicial limbo as different presidential administrationsand state governors have given their take on the rule...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
When it comes to politics, Americans are polarized, and Coloradans are no exception. There might be widespread consensus that they live in the most beautiful state of the 50. They might mostly...
DATE: Oct. 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Spanning much of western Colorado from Wyoming to New Mexico and from Utah to I-25 and beyond, the third congressional district is far from homogenous in its geography and in its population. The...
DATE: Sept. 27, 2012 | CATEGORY: Editorials
