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A new city park is being planned on the site of the former high school. Among the possibilities for things to include there is a band shell. A summer concert in the park with picnic baskets and...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Last fall I met a retired couple living nearby in an RV. Their daughter had contracted a debilitating disease requiring costly treatments. Although they had health care insurance, their daughter...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I recently saw a quote from Twila Brase, president of the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom – She had this question: “If government-controlled health care systems – in other countries and the...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
President Trump did not leave the golf course after two mass murders, and once he flew off to Ohio and Texas hospitals, three days later, he quickly talked with an influential NRA CEO that wanted...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
George Will, a respected , prominent and honored long-time conservative author and presence in political D.C., is also a former member of the Republican Party. He is among the many who have written...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Our forefather’s values were those of dignity within diversity. That is a fact. It was a new narrative among old objects. No longer would kings wield power to make right. “We the people” would...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
A few years ago, Skywest Airlines indicated to the City Council and airport manager that they were interested in bidding the Essential Air Service contract using a 50- or 70-seat twin engine CRJ...
DATE: Aug. 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Our grandmother and uncle died from this disease. Now we are watching our mother die from it. It is so hard to watch someone you love, who was so full of life, loving and giving, become someone who...
DATE: Aug. 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I have often heard “bad” things about Southwest Memorial. Well, I would like to say that during my recent bout of feeling badly and having to go to the ER and then to Medi-Surgery, I have never...
DATE: Aug. 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
If ever there were a more hypocritical bunch of misfits, the Democratic debates proved it. The blood lust hatred for this country is unlike anything ever seen. One glaring example: Trump’s comment...
DATE: Aug. 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
July 26 was the 29th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Some people in Cortez and Montezuma County evidently haven’t gotten the word or don’t think the law applies to them. They...
DATE: Aug. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 582, “Raise the Wage Act,” and it is now being forwarded to the U.S. Senate. I want to thank our U.S. representative from the 3rd Congressional...
DATE: Aug. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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