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I am a disabled Vietnam veteran who has dealt with the VA for 45 years, since my medical discharge in June 1968 and it has always been adversarial and unpleasant. In my case coping with the VA has...
DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – The word is out that Chelsea Clinton is with child, making the favorite Democratic presidential nominee a soon-to-be grandmother. The headlines were inevitable – “Grandma Hillary” –...
DATE: April 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I have heard of the roving gangs of sage grouse. Wearing clown masks, these feathered fiends assault farmers and ranchers, posing a serious threat to their welfare and security. I heard of one...
DATE: April 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This letter is pointed at Edith Brewer (Letters, Journal, March 28). She wants us to take merit in her opinion as to whom would be better at the position of sheriff when she has “never felt the...
DATE: April 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
After reading a lot of different proposals and orders from both state and federal officials, I ask myself what is going on here? Most of these implements all concern transfer of water rights. Most...
DATE: April 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Funeral services for Tina Ann Newnum will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 25, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Visitation has been scheduled for Thursday from...
DATE: April 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
With session quickly coming to an end, I thought I would write the weekly column to inform you how the legislature has been for me this year. Perhaps some of you know, I worked for Sen. Roberts in...
DATE: April 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Has the city of Cortez ever considered raising the level of the bone-jarring, car-jolting sunken manhole covers all over town? Just wondering. Don Hammons Cortez
DATE: April 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It seems that now Empire Electric is now set to gouge the customers with its new facility. The new facility charge is $30 per month and is for the meter that is mounted at the customers’ homes....
DATE: April 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I think it is not yet too late for Montezuma County to fully embrace ignorance. I think we should continue the destruction of the world’s finest educational system. We can chant “We’re No. 1”, but...
DATE: April 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
As a resident of Montezuma County, I have seen some good and fair sheriffs. I can say with confidence that a sheriff’s job is, first and foremost, to uphold the law. In a multicultural community, a...
DATE: April 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
David Cox recently received just over the 30% necessary to be on the ballot for the Republican primary for the 3rd Congressional seat in Colorado. Those who voted for him deserve to have their...
DATE: April 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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