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Editor: Montezuma County includes many wooded rural areas. Fire mitigation is needed to protect our forest from wild fires. Firewise has met that urgent need. By working with neighborhood groups...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Too many people are amused that President Obama has rejected any attempts to modify Obamacare under, first the threat of, and then, the actual government shutdown. I gotta ask. What’s so...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: I am very concerned about the lack of funding in the proposed 2014 budget for Montezuma County’s chapter of FireWise of Southwest Colorado. This position costs the county a tiny fraction...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: I believe that each and every one of the constitutional rights was put in to protect all citizens of this country — that includes the Second Amendment. You can pass all the laws you can...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of Soldier’s National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Penn. Lincoln was not the featured speaker on that day....
DATE: Dec. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: The Nov. 8 Journal ran an article “Can the Forest Service shift fire focus?” The answer is no! Sen. Bennet’s objective of doing mitigation to prevent big fires is a nice idea, but he is...
DATE: Nov. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Despite funding the Montezuma County Chapter of FireWise of Southwest Colorado for the last four years, the Montezuma County draft budget for 2014 does not yet include any funding for it....
DATE: Nov. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Led by Ted Cruz, the evangelist senator from Texas, decalogues are flooding the media with lies about Obamacare. With his slash-and-burn tactics Cruz is the very reincarnation of Joe...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: If anyone has had their head in a complete hole the last two years, West Fork Gallery (a prominent landmark in Dolores for the last 17 years) opened a coffee and wine bar a little over two...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Rep. Tipton spoke in Montrose in October. I asked Tipton if he would support a background check bill introduced in Congress that week by a Republican from New York and a Democrat from...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: Thank you for the Readers’ Choice 2013 award for best tax preparer. We really appreciate your confidence and support! Heidi Trainor, Cortez
DATE: Nov. 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor: On behalf of the entire board of directors of SouthWest Colorado Concerts, I’d like to thank the people who helped make possible the recent premier Cortez performance of the San Juan...
DATE: Nov. 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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