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Lack of zoning destroying county’s beauty

Montezuma county does not have zoning. If you buy property in Montezuma County be warned that you have no zoning protection in the future of your property. A good example happened recently on CR...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

State’s traffic signs, signals confusing

Colorado leads the nation in confusing traffic signs and signals. I am pretty sure I drove by a speed limit sign on the Front Range last month that said, “Speed Limit 65/55 mph from 5:15 p.m. to...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton slanders Delta County in his ad

Your Colorado neighbor, Delta County, has its challenges. We just lost 800 coal mining jobs and the surviving 200 are none too secure. That’s caused many families with children to leave, hitting...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tres Rios MLP will benefit all involved

I understand that Montezuma County is upset about the master leasing plan (MLP), but having been through the process here in Moab, I think that by the time it is finished, the county may like it. ...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Say ‘yes’ to demolishing old high school

Ballot Question 3B asks voters in the RE-1 school district for permission to use the $1.87 million set aside for a stadium to be used to abate and demolish the old high school. Money not used for...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mud Creek contamination still a problem

In 2009, large mounds of excelsior at the mulch operation in Mud Creek caught fire by spontaneous combustion following a long wet period. Several acres of deep burning excelsior smoldered for over...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Escalante Days Parade a disappointment

I am writing this letter as one of many disappointed and disgusted observers who watched the Escalate Days Parade in Dolores on Aug. 13. First of all, the American flag and color guard did not lead...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Kaepernick’s anthem action is offensive

Recently, I was deeply offended when Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, refused to stand during our national anthem. He claims that he as a minority has been “oppressed” by...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Consider an alternative to fiber optics

A atory (Journal, Oct. 11) reported on a recent evening meeting of the Montezuma County Commissioners. On the topic of providing broadband service to the County, Commissioner Larry Don Suckla is...

DATE: Oct. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The de-Reaganization of the Republican Party

WASHINGTON – Now that the GOP is the Party of Trump, could Democrats become the party of Reagan? That’s a stretch. But Democrats are making a bid for the title. At Tuesday night’s vice presidential...

DATE: Oct. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Proposed path will impact private lands

Our property west of Mancos is within the four-mile band along U.S. Highway 160 as mentioned in the article about the proposed Paths to Mesa Verde (Journal, Sept. 24). When we purchased our...

DATE: Oct. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Schwartz is hunter’s choice for Congress

As a hunter of some 60 years in Colorado, I am very concerned that Scott Tipton has co-sponsored four pieces of legislation to transfer or sell off Colorado’s 25 million acres of national forest,...

DATE: Oct. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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