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No one on my street likes basketball

Maybe TDS brings in the TV shows but we only watch Wheel and Jeopardy. All of a sudden I’m seeing a bunch of dorks playing basketball. No one on my street gives a crap about basketball. Why are we...

DATE: March 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Popular-vote compact will bite Dems

I am not sure that our Democrat legislators approving and Gov. Polis signing the National Popular Vote law was such a bright idea. If I read it correctly, Gov. Polis is giving our votes to the...

DATE: March 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You decide if gun bill will be a just law

Attorney General Phil Weiser states the red flag gun bill will be found constitutional. Many Colorado citizens have taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, not an opinion by a judge...

DATE: March 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Rep. John Lewis is a hero for all times

On Sunday, Feb. 24, I unexpectedly heard from a real hero, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia. He made a short presentation at the Academy Awards. In this age where many are called heroes, John Lewis is...

DATE: March 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tell Empire Electric what you really think

Empire Electric Association (EEA) is our local non-profit electric co-op. If you pay a monthly bill to EEA, you are a member of the co-op. Right now, you have the opportunity, as a member, to share...

DATE: March 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Could last to leave turn out the lights?

Having lived here for 18 years, one recurring theme I’ve heard is “That’s how we do it here. If you don’t like it, go back where you came from!” I was recently told this personally by one of our...

DATE: March 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cartoon about Venezuela was unethical

The cartoon in Friday’s paper (March 15) would be something I would expect from the Trump administration. To compare the problems that Venezuela is having to socialism is to try and strike fear in...

DATE: March 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Gun-control supporters are hypocrites

In recent weeks there have been a number of letters to the editor criticizing our county commissioners for declaring Montezuma County a gun sanctuary county. The writers of those letters have every...

DATE: March 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Red flag gun bill violates due process

HB19-1177, the red flag gun law, is unconstitutional. Step 1: A person petitions a judge to confiscate a person’s guns and the judge agrees. Step 2: The guns are confiscated. Step 3: The defendant...

DATE: March 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Red-flag bill protects lives, due process

The county commissioners have not done their research or heeded legal counsel. According to the Journal, County Attorney John Baxter advised that a resolution declaring Montezuma County a “gun...

DATE: March 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t like guns? Go back to California

We in Montezuma county respect and protect the Constitution. I for one swore an oath to protect the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies. I can see that people who do not like people...

DATE: March 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Useless, fear-mongering commissioners

Fear is secure in Montezuma County and it is being led by our county commissioners. Apparently they have nothing important to do as our elected officials so they have made up their gun sanctuary...

DATE: March 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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