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By Susan Stamper Brown It is said if someone wants to understand a person’s true priorities, just look at their checkbook. The late “Fast and Furious” star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash last...
DATE: March 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Construction on the Capitol dome appears to be winding up and, as the scaffolding is slowly dismantled, natural sunlight is beginning to reappear in the center of the building. It’s been a work in...
DATE: Feb. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I recently wrote a letter to editor (Journal, Feb. 7) expressing concern over costs of new car leases and fleet utilization by the sheriff’s office. The day the letter was published I got a phone...
DATE: Feb. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Well, I’ll be 86ed! Preventing the introduction of non-native species into our county will necessitate a supreme effort requiring the dedicated participation of all our citizens. As our enlightened...
DATE: Feb. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In response to the editorial on solar energy (Journal, Feb. 11), my hope is to one day raise my children in a world where energy sources are clean and the job market is full of opportunity. We are...
DATE: Feb. 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Two Feb. 4 Cortez Journal commentary headlines were curiously at odds with the articles that followed. Sen. Ellen Roberts’s column, “Good governance informs measure to change county election...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
What a president we have. He disdains the Constitution, refuses to discuss anything with the Republicans and believes anyone who is conservative is to be destroyed. He uses any and all federal...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
We should applaud Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., for reaching across party lines and taking another step toward developing sustainable energy sources. Like any concerned...
DATE: Feb. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
LILONGWE, Malawi — Yamikani walks deliberately, intently, with a bean bag on his head, showing a balance that is probably hard-earned. “When he falls,” his grandmother Irene tells me, “we have to...
DATE: Feb. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
When the more temperate parts of the country are experiencing the kind of winter that Southwest Colorado needs, it is easy to chuckle at communities paralyzed by an inch of snow. The residents of...
DATE: Feb. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I took a walk down Main Street while it was snow free, did some Christmas shopping and thought it was time to check it out again. I find some nice shops, restaurants, coffee shops, beauty salons,...
DATE: Feb. 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I can’t believe the latest coming out of the government about Obamacare after the Congressional Budget Office said Obamacare will cost more than 2 million jobs. Now losing your job will be...
DATE: Feb. 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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