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Potholes and trash collection neglected

Other than living in the city, and on North Edith, which is now nearly one big pothole, I am wondering. I was thinking last night about going down with a shovel and digging into those potholes off...

DATE: Feb. 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sensible biomass bill draws opposition

With the adrenaline rush of the Super Bowl victory by the Denver Broncos fading but certainly not gone, legislative activity is picking up steam. I had four bills to present in committee last week...

DATE: Feb. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hold firm, and then in November win one for Nino

WASHINGTON – Let’s understand something about the fight to fill the Supreme Court seat of Antonin (“Nino”) Scalia. This is about nothing but raw power. Any appeal you hear to high principle is...

DATE: Feb. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Heads up on the highway appreciated

To our neighbor in uniform: Thank you for alerting traffic on Highway 145 to the family of deer crossing the road. Earl C. Moore Dolores

DATE: Feb. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City crew demonstrates can-do attitude

Recently workers from the Cortez Public Works Department came to my house at the intersection of Aldridge and Cochita in the Paradise Village subdivision to repair the roadway. I noticed them out...

DATE: Feb. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hold city accountable for the potholes

It would be advisable for the voters in Cortez to reflect on the inability of the current City Council and mayor to effectively have the snow removed after a large snowfall (it took weeks), and...

DATE: Feb. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Gold King bill a disappointment, but the fight goes on to hold the EPA accountable

With a late start to the General Assembly this year, always the second Wednesday of January, it started out feeling a little unusual. Opening day remarks seemed to draw a line in the sand and did...

DATE: Feb. 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lacking candor and clarity, budgetary fairy tales

WASHINGTON – We have a candor deficit. President Obama last week submitted his $4 trillion 2017 budget, using the occasion for self-congratulation. Deficits are down. Employment is up. He plugged...

DATE: Feb. 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Congress not protecting our public lands

While standoffs by the Bundy bunch in Oregon and Nevada are more dramatic, almost daily I hike Bureau of Land Management trails at Mud Springs, near Cortez, and often see pickup trucks destroying...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sanders, Trump both selling magical solutions

WASHINGTON – The New Hampshire results have solidified the reigning cliche that the 2016 campaign is an anti-establishment revolt of both the left and the right. Largely overlooked, however, is the...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hold local hearing on methane rules

I would like to applaud the new federal rules limit on gas flaring and venting. Several times recently I have experienced shortness of breath and these episodes have occurred at the same time that...

DATE: Feb. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We must all work to protect public land

While standoffs by the Bundy bunch in Oregon and Nevada are more dramatic, almost daily I hike Bureau of Land Management trails at Mud Springs, near Cortez and often see pickup trucks destroying...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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