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Wow! I was really shocked to the news that Cortez was legalizing alcohol on the sidewalks (Journal, Aug. 9). So, if I’m a drunk from the park, I don’t have to worry about getting thrown in jail if...
DATE: Aug. 21, 2017 | UPDATED: 6 minutes ago | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I’m so sorry that Danny Giannone (of the Cortez Planning and Zoning Board) has to look at our metal carports that us poor folks have put up (Journal, Aug. 4) to protect our vehicles because he sees...
DATE: Aug. 21, 2017 | UPDATED: 6 minutes ago | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I recognize them immediately, almost daily, those lawnmower riders of the purple sage. They are the ones who always raise their hands to me in greeting, stopping religiously at all stop signs,...
DATE: Aug. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am so grateful to live in such a kind, caring area that would provide a safe place for a deserving woman to live while her immigration status is being addressed (Journal, June 30). I was...
DATE: Aug. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I would like to thank many residents in and around the area of Cortez for their help in trying to recover our Australian shepherd after he fled the fireworks on the Fourth of July. The folks at...
DATE: Aug. 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Lyndon Johnson said, “If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we … (need to) leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got...
DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
My compliments to Jonathan Thompson for his article “One grid to rule them all” in the July 21 Region section. He did a good job covering many of the challenges the utility grid faces right now,...
DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I would like to express my gratitude for having a marina at McPhee Reservoir, and encourage all decision makers in Montezuma County (county commissioners and public lands employees) to support its...
DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Like all presidents, Donald Trump entered the White House bringing with him a record of his conduct over the span of his adult years. He arrived with a full baggage car: A raft of bankruptcies. A...
DATE: Aug. 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Had my grandchildren at a McPhee beach near Dolores. An older couple pulled up and splashed their canoes right where children were playing! Not once, but twice! Then as they pushed off, they...
DATE: Aug. 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
This idea of building Medians on Main Street just doesn’t seem to make any sense at all. If the reasons are in fact what the city claims, to slow down traffic, stop U-turns and to prevent left...
DATE: Aug. 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I live in Kansas and have been coming to Cortez and the surrounding area to vacation since 1980. I have hiked my favorite trails - Priest Gulch, Calico, Johnny Bull, to name a few, and have enjoyed...
DATE: Aug. 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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