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At a recent county commission meeting, in another travesty of mismanagement, Deb Barton was dismissed as the manager of the Montezuma County Landfill. Though the commissioners attempted to do this...
DATE: Nov. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve has ended its roughly $3.7 trillion program of bond buying, leaving in its wake a host of hard questions. Did it strengthen the economic recovery? If so, by how...
DATE: Nov. 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The Cortez Journal leads a headline with “Savior for Calkins...” (Oct. 28). If you consider a private, out-of-state developer as a “savior” that is not only misleading, but certainly biased. The...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
At the Oct. 24 football game a moment was taken to recognize the seniors. This seems to be a tradition for all sports at the last game of the season. I am writing to ask why the M-CHS cheer &...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It is no secret that Colorado is blessed with vast natural resources. And it is no secret that they benefit our state and its people. The extraction of our coal, oil and natural gas resources...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
On Oct. 19, a benefit was held for Ken Degener, a wonderful member of our community who suffered a major heart attack in the spring. Even with insurance, his share of the bills for the flights,...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Why does the Journal not print stories from years past as the Dolores Star does. A few years ago you did. I was born and raised in Cortez (1935-1954). I had to leave to find better employment....
DATE: Nov. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – Can Mario Draghi save Europe? Draghi heads the European Central Bank (ECB), Europe’s equivalent of the Federal Reserve. The fact that the question is being asked is an unsettling...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It is difficult to realize that only about two weeks after a “Letter to our readers” in which Doug Bennett from Ballantine Communications stated: “We value our partnership with our subscribers ...”...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
We would like to thank Sheriff Dennis Spruell and his department for a job well done. Sheriff Spruell responded to the voters in the Montezuma County when he stood strong for gun rights. We...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Where can we go to buy big, sweet, juicy, and tasty peaches? Every fall we buy them from all three of our grocery stores, and all three stores sell the same type of peaches: very hard. They never...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Say we didn’t hear that. Say we didn’t hear that rules for mortgages guaranteed by the taxpayers are going lax once again. Oh, but we did. For starters, the push is on to lower the minimum down...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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