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We need a legal shift on carbon release

Our Children’s Trust is a group of climate change workers seeking to “elevate the voice of youth to secure the legal right to a stable climate and healthy atmosphere for the benefit of all present...

DATE: Feb. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Things on social media should be free

Keep your articles off social media if you ask for money to see them. I have a subscription to your print edition and can read the same article one week later anyway. Kirby Weaver Mancos

DATE: Feb. 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Conservation easements misunderstood

I’d like to address some misconceptions voiced at the Feb. 12 Commissioners’ meeting regarding the Montezuma Land Conservancy. A conservation easement does not necessarily give public access to the...

DATE: Feb. 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hooray for CORE Act – now let’s pass it

Layne Rigney of Osprey Packs shares my sentiment when it comes to the enormous benefits the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act would bring to Southwest Colorado, including San...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It’s time to ditch the Electoral College

The Electoral College disenfranchises voters (“Are we a state? Denver looks for national alignment ,” Feb. 11). Five times in the past, the majority of voters in America were disenfranchised when...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Most fascist thing in name of democracy

Are we a state? (“Denver looks for national alignment ,” Feb. 11). Are we a country? should be the question at hand. In response to the Colorado Senate and now 13 other states that have decided to...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Commissioners, get with septic program

Thanks to Jim Mimiaga for his accurate, thorough description of the Feb. 5 Montezuma County Board of Commissioners meeting addressing the state transfer of title (“County reconsiders new septic...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Now comes the renewables tipping point

Over 100 American cities and several states have passed resolutions committing to reach 100 percent renewable energy by 2030-2050. Consider the current moment in American history. Just recently,...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Shutdown effects, fairness, exaggerated

Pete Eschallier recently wrote a letter to the editor titled “Resources used unfairly during shutdown ” (Feb. 4) and suggested that oil-and-gas-related employees were called back and were the only...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Four Corners saved from solar energy!

So, our chances of gaining a solar power facility in the Four Corners have failed?! (“Montezuma County’s hopes for solar power begin to dim ,” Jan. 26) Thank goodness that we’ve been saved from the...

DATE: Feb. 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The white man will be the death of us all

If President Trump wants a wall and he is of German origin roots, he should go back home to Germany and rebuild the Berlin Wall in his fatherland. The white man needs to remember that the U.S....

DATE: Feb. 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Resources used unfairly during shutdown

Every day, we contribute to the economy and vitality of Cortez as well as the multibillion dollar recreation economy in our state. Every day, we share the rich beauty and history of our public...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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