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Out on the streets, under the bus

Editor: Do you know what an incumbent is? He or she is already a Congressman but is up for reelection in the midterm. Since the president receives no help from the Republicans to pass bills moving...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Be an informed voter

Editor: Citizens will receive a mail ballot for the Nov. 5 election in Montezuma County. Included on the ballot are various districts including Southwest Hospital District. I encourage you to vote...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Power and greed

Editor: Politicians in Washington cannot hear. Only the wealthy can purchase their ear. While we all watch, the middle class dies. Every Congressman closes his eyes. Really, we know where their...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘Oh, I didn’t think that could happen to me’

Editor: I truly feel sorry for those individuals who worked so diligently on the Dolores River Valley project. They worked tirelessly for two years with the Montezuma County commissioners to come...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Doesn’t this make you proud?

Editor: Bad way to start a day, listening to our blithering idiot president make a complete joke of himself and our country. A couple of things he said won’t make many people happy. First, he said...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

War is not a video game

Editor: I am a disabled Vietnam combat veteran and am appalled that our country appears headed to an involvement in yet another unnecessary war. In my informed opinion as a combat veteran, why...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Stop playing Russian roulette in the Middle East

Editor: The United States has a long history of involvement in the Middle East. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the democratically elected leader in Iran and installed the Shah of Iran, who brought...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Taking advantage of minimal local enforcement

Editor: The issue of the severe contamination of the Red Arrow Mine site and its milling site just outside the Town of Mancos is a very serious matter. However, I must confess that I laughed when...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Report all the facts

Editor: The Cortez Journal needs a lesson on reporting news events instead simply being a propaganda mouthpiece. You failed to mention in your article that by law, parents can choose to exempt...

DATE: Aug. 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No right side in Syria or Egypt

Editor: How can we judge Mideast nations? We as U..S citizens want democracy for all the world, I won’t get into the fact the United States is a republic. Our dollars are in the billions taxpayers...

DATE: Aug. 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t risk degrading what we have

Editor: I have to applaud the county commissioners on their stand on the gold milling situation in the Mancos area, and I hope they hold everyone responsible and make them accountable. This is a...

DATE: Aug. 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cops speed through residential neighborhoods

Editor: It’s been a long time coming for someone to say something about how fast the cops fly down Madison Street bound toward Seventh Street. This is definitely a residential area, and you have...

DATE: Aug. 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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