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Editor: I would like to comment on the recent story, “Packing Heat,” (Journal, Dec. 17) . I thought it was a well-written, informative story. I did not think that the Journal was making trivial...
DATE: Dec. 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: I was dismayed to read the headline and the article about women “packing heat,” (Journal, Dec. 17). It trivializes the very real problem of gun violence in this country. It is like an old...
DATE: Dec. 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: We would like to thank Jim Mimiaga, Journal staff writer, along with the entire Cortez Journal staff for contacting us and writing an outstanding article about our story titled “Shooting...
DATE: Dec. 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: The passing of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, was well-recognized in America by politicians and citizens. Mandela certainly endured hardship in his lifetime and overcame...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: In 2014, there is the prospect of a ballot measure to ask the voters to raise the state sales tax by seven-tenths of a percentage point in order to fund statewide transportation and...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: An article concerning cancer treatment was on the news recently in which parents refused to take their child to the hospital for treatment. If and when they are found they will be arrested...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: In reference to Steve Sharp’s letter regarding using a belt to change a child’s attitude (Journal, Dec. 3), educators and mental health consultants and many parents find positive...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Picking up a newspaper these days all we ever read about are negative happenings. Recently, I was going back over my life and I thought people might find this a more enjoyable change,...
DATE: Dec. 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: The county has eliminated Firewise of Southwest Colorado in its proposed 2014 budget. Firewise is an essential resource in our fire prone area and provides education, services and...
DATE: Dec. 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: The 2014 draft budget for Montezuma County does not include funding for Firewise of Southwest Colorado – a serious omission. Firewise Colorado provides important resources to county...
DATE: Dec. 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Montezuma County commissioners recently decided to discontinue its support of the local Firewise Program in Montezuma County. I am surprised at this decision considering what a valuable...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: I wonder whether ultra-conservatives in the House realize that in opposing the Affordable Care Act, they are doing a disservice to their own poor constituents, who will not explore health...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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