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I have never before received such a condescending Violation Notice letter from the city regarding “inoperable vehicle” and “accumulation of Rubbish & Garbage, Rubbish & Garbage,” repeating the last...
DATE: July 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair captured in a few words why our current political campaign finances need...
DATE: July 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Please let me add to Eleanor Macfarlane’s concern (Journal, June 25) about what has happened with Tom Hooten. If I sent in a story about three boys in school who started to pick on one of their...
DATE: July 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
While investigators have not yet concluded that the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad caused the 416 Fire, it has become clear that the coal-fired engine poses a serious threat to our lands...
DATE: July 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Jonathan Evison, New York Times bestselling author, will be at the Cortez Public library today at 6 p.m. along with local bestselling author Chuck Greaves, to discuss Evison’s newest book, Lawn...
DATE: July 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Initiative 97 would mandate oil and gas development be set back at least 2,500 feet (eight football fields) from any occupied structure or defined vulnerable area. This would increase the minimum...
DATE: July 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Seven years ago, the Dolores School District was rated as one of the best in Southwest Colorado. About that time, we were gifted with Scott Cooper as our superintendent. He was a great community...
DATE: July 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In her Washington Post opinion piece, repeated in The Journal on May 29, Kathleen Parker writes, “The state is a soul-less, ruthless and insatiable machine, and its only purpose is to increase its...
DATE: July 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Colorado has a proud history of defending lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights. Our state legalized same-sex marriage back in 2008, seven years before it was federally mandated....
DATE: July 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The Journal’s June 8 editorial reminded me of a vow I made to current and past state legislators when PERA landed upon hard times. I vowed to do whatever I could to lay the primary responsibility...
DATE: July 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I’m gravely concerned about the recall effort against two Dolores School Board members, and dismayed that community members would support this. It indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of how...
DATE: July 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
As we were traveling to Flagstaff to watch my daughter graduate from Northern Arizona University, my father fell ill. We were blessed to have the good fortune to be near the Cortez Hospital where...
DATE: July 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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