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Myers has an axe to grind

Editor:I hesitate to respond to Mark Myers’ e-mails, because he then sends in even one more over the top. Now he attacks the dead, a new low. Mark Myers was the Democrat appointed DA, briefly, in...

DATE: March 22, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Oppose ballot-initiative water grabs

Editor:Since 1876, Colorado’s Constitution has guaranteed the right to divert, use and decree water through the prior appropriation system. Since then, water rights have been recognized as property...

DATE: March 20, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why does CFPD need another $500,000?

Editor:Voters are being asked to approve a 3.5 mill increase for the Cortez Fire Protection District. I wonder how much most of the voters know about the Cortez Fire Protection District. The fire...

DATE: March 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

GOP is finally attracting competent candidates

Editor:Being a former district attorney for 8.5 years, I believe I can answer some of the concerns raised in Darlene Clark’s recent letter to the editor. Will Furse has been a lawyer in this area...

DATE: March 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Freeloaders vs. those down on their luck

Editor: That was mighty harsh, dude, loosing the hounds on that poor fellow who dared call a bum a bum, although your masters, the eastern liberal-owned conglomerates who bought up most of the...

DATE: March 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Furse fooled 80 delegates but not me

Editor:After reading Patricia Robbins’ letter (Marh 1), I must concur with her. Mcy questions are, what brought Mr Furse to this area? What is his experience in a district attorney’s office? Why...

DATE: March 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Political football at its best

Editor:When you place a comment to the editor, you never know where it will lead. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, I received two telephone calls regarding my comments.The first was from a man in Dove Creek....

DATE: March 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Re-1 staff member wants to see changes made

Editor:Why did the district/school board waste the time and any money to survey the staff and community about the four- or five-day school week if they already knew what you wanted to do. They...

DATE: March 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Perhaps compassion should be abandoned

Editor:At the risk of being labeled a bleeding heart liberal I would like to comment on Larry Tradlener’s column, “Freeloaders,” which appeared in the March 1, Journal. His column is two-fold....

DATE: March 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tradlener exhibits ‘man’s inhumanity to man’

Editor:We write in response to Larry Tradlener’s commentary titled “Freeloaders” in the March 1 edition of the Journal.It is Mr. Tradlener’s choice to interpret the series of articles in the paper...

DATE: March 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tradlener may be a freeloader too

Editor:I read with interest Larry Tradlener’s commentary about those “freeloaders” at the Bridge Emergency Shelter. There is no reason to doubt the truth of what he says, but the piece would have...

DATE: March 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tradlener provides no suggestions

Editor:Larry Tradlener’s commentary on the Bridge Emergency Shelter (“Freeloaders,” March 1) provides astonishing insight into big government, drug and alcohol abuse, unemployment and even unions....

DATE: March 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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