Editorials

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Coyote consternation

A number of troublemakers have gotten residents of the Front Range upset, and some of them are looking to state and local governments to protect them. In response, many government officials are telling residents they must take measures to ...

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Body farm plan is not a stinker

Mesa State College likely won’t go through the city’s planning process to obtain a city permit for its body farm — officially known as a forensic anthropology center — for the simple reason that the law doesn’t ...

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A preference for local preference

It’s hardly surprising that the majority of Grand Junction City Council candidates, appearing at a forum sponsored by the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, said they would like the city to give some sort of preference to local ...

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Gregg gives up

It’s proving easier for President Barack Obama to win congressional passage of the most expensive pieces of legislation in the history of this country — the economic stimulus bill — than it is for him to fill his ...

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Free speech on the line in Garfield County spat

New Garfield County Commissioner Mike Samson may have a chance to do something important: stand up for the free speech rights of himself and his colleagues. Trouble is, he may have to challenge fellow commissioner and fellow Republican John ...

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House should stimulate public-lands protection

Negotiations over the proposed economic stimulus bill have hijacked most congressional activity this week, and may delay action in the House on the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, which had been expected this week. Even so, we hope the ...

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Patchwork schools

School District 51 won’t be engaging in a major new building program soon, thanks to last November’s defeat of ballot measures that would have funded construction and operation of new schools. Instead, if the district adopts the ...

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Lincoln’s legacy

It’s almost impossible to imagine what the United States might look like today if Abraham Lincoln hadn’t been elected president in 1860. It probably would have become two separate nations, or territories gobbled up by foreign ...

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Sheriff Vallario should step down

Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario’s reaction to complaints about his romantic relationship with one of his employees is akin to that of a cop doing crowd control at the scene of a minor accident. “There’s nothing to worry ...

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Questions on a fatality

The tragic death early Sunday morning of 18-year-old Samantha Ann Loy is a terrible loss to her family and friends. But the fact she was stopped and questioned by a Fruita police officer a half-hour before she crashed her vehicle on Interstate ...

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