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In regards to the story headlined “Native students get biggest dose of discipline” (Journal, May 15): The statistics compiled of disciplinary actions undertaken by Re-1 elementary schools are raw...
DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This is in response to the front page story (Journal, April 28) headlined “9-12 quizzes legal officials.” In this story District Attorney Will Furse and Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane say they will...
DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Why is it I see the same handful of people in the letters section who claim to speak for everyone else when it comes to public lands? One of these guys claims the feds are closing them off “at...
DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I just read that Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg stopped a bill that would have allowed two 55-gallon rain barrels to water gardens and grass. The reason given makes no sense at all. When water falls on my...
DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Just amazing the number of people condemning Pam Geller for the cartoon contest. It was provocative and she shouldn’t provoke the radicals who want us all dead, they say. Then perhaps all the gay...
DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
State Sen. Ellen Roberts needs to stand up for our public lands. Here in Southwest Colorado, our public lands are one of our most valued assets. We all relish our opportunities to get outside and...
DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Fast-track authority allows an administration to negotiate the details of a trade agreement and then come to Congress for a non-amendable up-or-down vote. In various forms, that has been granted to...
DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Women are often the caregivers of the family. After taking care of kids, spouses, aging parents, or even friends, women sometimes forget to take care of themselves! Each year, Mother’s Day kicks...
DATE: May 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – In 1975, the Brookings Institution – perhaps Washington’s best known think tank – published an elegant essay by Arthur Okun, who had been one of the leading economists of the Johnson...
DATE: May 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Public lands are the fabric that binds America together, part of our shared national heritage. Hunters and anglers understand this fact better than most, as our federally owned lands and waters,...
DATE: May 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – Police and prisons are the successful answer to a narrow question: Can overwhelming force and routine incarceration bring temporary order to impoverished and isolated urban...
DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I was disappointed to see in the May 1 Cortez Journal more letters and even a sort of commentary on uninformed histrionics about how the state wants to sell off the public lands and people would be...
DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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