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The problem is too much spending

Editor:I am tired of hearing about “return to the Clinton tax rates.” Let’s look at reality in a simple way for the Tradlener detractors, as gleaned from data from OMB and the Tax Policy...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

An update on the Cortez Cultural Center

Editor:I’d like to give you and the community an update on the Cortez Cultural Center. First I’d like to recognize Denis Boon (who recently resigned from our Board) for his years of service and for...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Judging others through our own fears

Editor:In regards to Scott Christensen’s comments, preaching from the Bible that all humans are born into a morally depraved state, the Bible has been rewritten and has many versions and then it is...

DATE: Nov. 27, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Accepting others all along their faith walk

Editor:It is comforting and reassuring to read the columns of several pastors in Cortez and know that they meet others where they are in their faith walk and accept them. These good shepherds don’t...

DATE: Nov. 27, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You 5,106 people are the stupid ones

Editor:Let me get this straight. You people voted to build a school that hasn’t been designed, no plans or blueprints, no mechanical or site preparation figured yet in monetary terms, and those of...

DATE: Nov. 27, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Local loyalty should be a two-way street

Editor:Recently, an appointment took me to Durango, where I discovered the price of regular gas was generally $3.21 per gallon. On my return to Cortez, regular gas was still selling at the stubborn...

DATE: Nov. 27, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

High gas prices here discourage shopping local

Editor:We normally go to Durango to do our shopping because we find that if we watch the advertisements, there can be considerable savings on just about anything from groceries to hardware. Today...

DATE: Nov. 23, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

An honest difference of political opinion

Editor:Larry Tradlener’s commentary entitled “The end of America,” as usual with his rants, tells us more about Mr. Tradlener than about his subject. His ignorance and arrogance are really...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Now let’s talk about the Bush administration

Editor:Once again the conservative from McElmo Canyon has provided us with a clear and “intelligent” observation on the recent presidential election. With his apparent relationship to high-level...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sidestepping the conversation we need to have

Editor:In 1973 the Arab oil embargo opened a window of opportunity for sustainable energy, which we largely ignored in the most wasteful fashion. The slap-happy days of Ronald Reagan, symbolic for...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cortez is more of a ‘dusty little town’

Editor:It is unfortunate that you failed to include a photo of the Vernal, Utah, main street in your editorial on that subject. The display exhibited on Vernal’s main street can’t be fully...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A dismal record, to say the least

Editor:A rare occasion occurred on Nov. 9, 2012: A young man completed the drug court’s long process of changing his motivation of being addicted to drugs, the first one to complete this course ,...

DATE: Nov. 19, 2012 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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