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WASHINGTON – In 1992, James Carville popularized the adage “It’s the economy, stupid.” If the economy is ailing, people tend to vote against the party in the White House. That happened in the 1992...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Where are the local Democrats? Newcomers to our area ask this question. We are here! We are in Mancos, Dolores, Cortez and Towaoc. We are a bit outnumbered by the Republicans and unaffiliated...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am concerned that the Montezuma County commissioners are considering not publishing some, if not all, legal notices in our local paper. The commissioners have already restricted public comments...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – The reigning idiocy of the current political season is the incessant tossing around of “establishment,” an epithet now descending into meaninglessness. Its most recent abuse is by...
DATE: Feb. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. I am a native Coloradoan, a disabled Army veteran of Desert Storm. I retired from the Army in 2004 and am the founder, president and CEO...
DATE: Feb. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
As the co-chair of the 2012 MCHS bond campaign, I would like to respond to statements made concerning the demolition of MCHS in the Jan. 21 Journal. While I do not live in the community anymore due...
DATE: Feb. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The Montezuma county commissioners need to keep publishing all public notices, including land use and zoning notices in The Journal. The newspaper is the best way for people to know what is going...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – It’s hard to believe that the United States, having resisted the siren song of socialism during its entire 20th-century heyday (the only major democracy to do so), should suddenly...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Thanks for printing the Jim Hightower piece on your Opinion page (Journal, Jan. 15). Although in that piece he gleefully skewered the Republicans, as a libertarian he enjoys many targets. We have a...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Ageism and nepotism are alive and well in Montezuma County. Once you hit 50 no one will hire you. Even if you have the job requirements and skills, they will choose someone younger. Or, you apply...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – Capitalism has always been an epic struggle between risk and reward, and the easiest way to understand the present turmoil in world stock markets is to recognize that the two have...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Monday, Jan. 18 was Martin Luther King Day. It is a significant day because civil rights for all are crucial to the success of a democratic society. Significant because the right to vote is crucial...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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