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A note of thanks to Karen Sheek, Phillip Johnson and the Cortez city workers. Two weeks ago, we visited Mayor Sheek regarding a problem with the entrance from Empire Street to Brookside Drive; the...
DATE: Feb. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
One of the most tragic aspects of the epic natural disasters in California is knowing that much of the cost and suffering could have been prevented had we taken action decades ago when the impact...
DATE: Feb. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
HB18-1043, introduced by Kimmi Lewis (R-Kim), would have ended a consumer-targeted deception by reserving the “Product of the USA” label only for beef derived exclusively from animals born, raised,...
DATE: Feb. 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Once again our corporate representative, Scott Tipton, doesn’t represent his constituents. The man who hates federal public lands, which are owned by us, the citizens, once again shows what side he...
DATE: Feb. 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am a conservative Republican and value integrity, freedom, and personal responsibility. Like a growing number of Americans, I am concerned about our current administration’s policies regarding...
DATE: Feb. 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Scott Tipton is not doing average Coloradoans any favors. Here are tax cut items that Tipton voted for in December: Are you a teacher? Tipton’s House version eliminated deductions for classroom...
DATE: Feb. 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
My grandfather came over from Italy in the late 1890s. Southern Italy at that time was a “s--thole country.” He was a carpenter and kindled a thriving construction business. Whenever I see...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Scott Tipton is not doing average Coloradoans any favors. Here are tax cut items that Tipton voted for in December: Are you a teacher? Tipton’s House version eliminated deductions for classroom...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
On Martin Luther King’s holiday, I could not keep silent regarding the disconnect between what we proclaim as a nation (honor and respect for all people) and the tenor of the president of the...
DATE: Feb. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
“If you ask me, Great Old Broads are the invasive weeds.” Larry Don Suckla, Montezuma County Commissioner, said that at the Dec. 12, 2017 commissioners’ meeting. The comment was made during a...
DATE: Feb. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
When I read that Jeff Pope was resigning from KSJD, I wasn’t sure whether I should be doing a happy dance for him or shedding tears for what our community will be losing. I first met Jeff 10 years...
DATE: Feb. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In response to Wendy Mimiaga’s utter dismay with the Dolores town board and staff (Journal, 12/22), several points are worth consideration. The first is the oath of office sworn to by town...
DATE: Jan. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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