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The 2016 legislative session ended this past week and, as of a couple of hours ago, I’m thankfully back in La Plata County. I’ve turned in the keys to the short-term rental that serves as my base...
DATE: May 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In a moment, we’ll get to the Zika virus. First, remember how scathing Republicans were about President Barack Obama’s handling of Ebola in the fall of 2014? They lambasted his reluctance to ban...
DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Visitors who go to national parks to get away from it all may soon find that the whole corporate world has arrived ahead of them. Crunched for cash, the National Park Service has opted to sweeten...
DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In the past two weeks, 103 8th grade students from Cortez Middle School traveled to Fort Collins. Accompanied and supervised by 15 adults, these students visited two college campuses and multiple...
DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
We read with much dismay the recent letter “Cortez should apologize for its kids.” We were two of the 15 teacher/sponsors on our annual CSU trip, and we assure you that Cortez can be very proud of...
DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I read with amazement and growing irritation the letter written by Cheryl Bessett of Thornton, who accused our middle school students of terrible behavior when they visited Cabela’s on April 22. I...
DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I would prefer to ask these questions in person, but at the moment I am a full time caregiver to a person with acute health problems. Our commissioners are as easy to see through as glass. Like a...
DATE: May 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Who is really funding U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez? His No. 1 donor is listed as Bancroft Investments. If you Google the company you will find very little except it is a private equity fund...
DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – American consumers aren’t what they used to be – and that helps explain the plodding economic recovery. It gets no respect despite creating 14 million jobs and lasting almost seven...
DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Sensational journalism is everywhere and now it appears in Montezuma County as well. The front page photo (Journal, April 26) of a man being arrested, gagged and forcibly removed from his...
DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am writing in response to Steve Sharp’s letter headlined “Sales tax not always charged correctly” (Journal, April 29.) I want to help clarify our local tax rate for Journal readers that Sharp has...
DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I read with much dismay the letter headlined “Cortez should apologize for its kids” (Journal, April 29.) I was one of the 15 sponsors on our annual trip to Colorado State University, and I assure...
DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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