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As a small-business owner and a taxpayer, I am forced to buy health insurance on the individual market, formerly known as the Affordable Care Act, which the Republicans decimated in 2017. In rural...
DATE: April 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
A crisis in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has been building for many years. We, the eighth-graders of Cortez Middle School, believe that we need to take action now to help the victims of...
DATE: April 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Reasonableness: Why is it so hard to find? Let’s consider what it takes to be reasonable. First it takes humility, the understanding that it is not about me. It is not about my winning or losing...
DATE: April 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This letter is in response to John Mumaw’s letter (Journal, Feb. 19 ) about my “baseless claims” against U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (Journal, Feb. 8 ). I will give Tipton credit for Hermosa Creek...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This November, the stakes for the mid-term elections couldn’t be higher. Because of the consequences, I would like to encourage Montezuma County citizens to begin to consider the impacts of their...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In your recent article on charging stations for electric cars (Journal, March 2 ), Laurie Dickson of 4CORE must have been misunderstood or misquoted. I lead the Durango Electric Vehicle...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The recent county commissioner candidates’ Q&A had a question referring to potential hemp growing in our county. The article (Journal, March 3 ) read that one candidate was “grilled” about his...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I have been reading your paper for almost 40 years. I often read your paper for the news around Southwest Colorado, to find out what events are taking place around the Cortez area, check the ads...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Responding to the letter from Sandy Lauzon, et al., (Journal, Jan. 30 ) about the Dolores playground, many people are going by “what they have heard” rather than verifiable facts. The letter...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I moved my family to the Dolores area in 2008 from Denver because I had heard what a wonderful school Dolores had. My son, Matthew Campbell, started that fall and loved his teacher and fellow...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I sent an email to the Montezuma County Commissioners to report the illegal dumping of tires in an arroyo next to my property. I didn’t hear a peep from them. I then emailed the Montezuma County...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Even though the stock market continues to set new record high after new record high, poverty is exploding all over America. It is being reported that 41 million people are living in poverty at this...
DATE: March 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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