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WASHINGTON – Leave it to Barack Obama’s own former secretary of state to acknowledge the fatal flaw of his foreign policy: a total absence of strategic thinking. Mind you, Obama does deploy grand...
DATE: Aug. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
As this years school time gets closer and it could be the last year for football at Panther Stadium, we need to ask the school board members and superintendent, why do we need a new high school...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I was traveling through Cortez on July 18 and I was just about 17 miles north of town when a bear came out of nowhere. Unfortunately I couldn’t avoid hitting the bear. The bear was badly injured...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
After inquiring about the law concerning engine brakes on trucks, I was told by the police that it is against the law to use truck engine brakes in the state of Colorado and there are signs on all...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Before the vote on the Dolores River Plan I was a little worried about our river. Now, after the surprising vote, I am really worried. What I mean about “our river” is the Dolores, which belongs to...
DATE: July 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I believe the recent commissioner hearing on Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) was fraudulent in intention and therefore a waste of taxpayer time and money. I believe at least two...
DATE: July 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – Four years after Dodd-Frank became law, the question being asked is whether the country is safe from another financial crisis. It’s the wrong question. It presumes that major financial...
DATE: July 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The story (Journal, July 18) about how the cancellation of transferable development rights is going to cost the taxpayer’s up to $70,000 is enough to make one’s blood boil!. Commissioner’s...
DATE: July 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am surprised that the Cortez Journal published a guest editorial that was plagiarized. I am referring to the one headlined “Gaza conflict offers stunning example of moral clarity” (Journal, July...
DATE: July 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
On June 12, nonprofit leaders from the five counties of Southwest Colorado met with funders and government officials at this year’s Rural Philanthropy Days meetings in Pagosa Springs. Pressing...
DATE: July 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In response to Robert Valencia’s June 14 letter in the Journal slamming our U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton for not supporting our military veterans as he promised in 2010. Where has Valencia been? Hiding...
DATE: July 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Pursuant to the Montezuma County Commissioners upcoming public hearing on the Dolores River Valley Plan (DRVP), scheduled for Monday, July 7th, 2014, 1:30 p.m. at County Annex, we would like to...
DATE: July 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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