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Koch brothers represent unbridled greed

In response to Brad Milligan’s enthusiastic offer for the Koch brothers to invest in Montezuma County (Letters, Journal, Nov. 7) I urge the public to consider if the prospects of unbridled...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘Historic’ climate pact with China is a swindle

WASHINGTON – Historic. Such is the ubiquitous description of the climate agreement recently announced in Beijing between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping in which China promised for the first time to...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Landfill staff decision was past due

As a past employee of Montezuma County Landfill I believe a response to Lisa Roche’s letter to the editor (Journal, Nov. 11) pertaining to the dismissal of Montezuma County’s Landfill manager is...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why Americans cannot – or will not – govern

WASHINGTON – We Americans are increasingly given to political escapism. Regardless of our place on the political spectrum – Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative – we prefer self-serving...

DATE: Nov. 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Honestly discuss the full cost of drilling

The agenda for the Nov. 10 commissioner meeting announced a discussion of the extraction business out in the western part of the county. Unfortunately it was cancelled at the last minute, so those...

DATE: Nov. 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Recent paper caused bug-out

I always enjoy reading my Journal front to back soon as it arrives at my home. However, the Oct. 24 front page was so gross my interest in local news disappeared as quickly as the paper hit the...

DATE: Nov. 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ebola shows government incompetence

The past decade in this country watching the continuing disintegration of our society and the complete incompetence of our government to handle anything with any skill leads me to realize one is...

DATE: Nov. 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Koch Industries active in Colorado

Brad Milligin (Letters, Journal, Nov. 7) suggested that the Koch Brothers need to come to Colorado. Had Milligin visited the first page of the Koch Industries website he would have known that the...

DATE: Nov. 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

School must keep track of bus riders

I am writing this letter on behalf of my 4-year-old who goes to school in Dolores. He usually gets off at his bus stop and one recent day he did not he get off at his stop. The schools and the...

DATE: Nov. 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

TU is not a left wing organization

Will Coggin’s letter to the Journal (Oct. 7) berated the good work of Trout Unlimited on a national scale. In reality, that letter only serves to demonstrate that true, boots-on-the-ground...

DATE: Nov. 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Gruber confession shows lies behind Obamacare

Skeptics like me pointed out the obvious: You can’t subsidize 30 million uninsured without someone paying something. WASHINGTON — It’s not exactly the Ems Dispatch (the diplomatic cable Bismarck...

DATE: Nov. 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Visit, join Cortez Cultural Center

October was a very special month here at the Cortez Cultural Center. On the plaza we hosted the Pumpkin Festival and earlier in the month we enjoyed special food and brightly outfitted dancers as...

DATE: Nov. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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