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This fall, voters will be asked to consider Proposition 113, also known as the National Popular Vote. This proposition has but one purpose: It seeks to eliminate the Electoral College. Our founding...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
What we need now more than ever is someone who will work for all of us and not insult those with whom she disagrees. We need someone with a proven track record of working across party lines. We...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
American soldiers defended this country against the Confederate army, which did not believe in the liberties which define the U.S. Today, people display the Confederate flag alongside the American...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It is hard to sit down to a meal and drinks with family and friends, if they are Democrats, without having an argument. I can’t sit by without defending America. I don’t understand why everything...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The anti-mask, pro-President Trump crowd drive down Main Street waving their flags to declare their freedom from state public health orders. They have their freedom of speech. But does that give...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Coloradans are asked to vote on yet another abortion ban, despite having weighed in on this issue already. As we navigate the pandemic, this is no time to throw roadblocks in the way of...
DATE: Sept. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
There is fresh excitement in the air. A beam of sunlight in this dark time of struggle. The excitement? Rebecca Samulski is running for Montezuma County commissioner in District 3 as an...
DATE: Sept. 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
My grandfather was a wheat and bean farmer; his brother, a dry land potato farmer. Aside from the hard work and stress of farming, my grandfather’s favorite and relaxing pastime was growing roses....
DATE: Sept. 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Lauren Boebert does not understand the challenge of free market health care. On her campaign website, the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress lays out her policy positions in her Contract With...
DATE: Sept. 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Colorado is a mess with at least four major fires occurring in the state, day after day of record-breaking temperatures, week after week with no rain and smoke-filled skies that present a danger...
DATE: Sept. 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am writing in support of Marianne Mate for the District 4 seat on the Empire Electric Association’s Board of Directors. Marianne has deep experience working with nonprofit and municipal boards....
DATE: Sept. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
How refreshing it was to read Rebecca Samulski’s responses to Journal questions in the Aug. 12 issue. Rebecca is a Montezuma-Cortez High School graduate who left Cortez seeking an education and...
DATE: Sept. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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