Editorials

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Bob Zarlingo, R.I.P.

Robert “Bob” Zarlingo owned and operated a historic local business with his family — what became Horizon Drive Standard and Zarlingo Automotive. But his impact on the Grand Valley and western Colorado went far beyond ...

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Park partisans

National park designation for Colorado National Monument received a significant and welcome boost this week as the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and Grand Junction Economic Partnership agreed to support the designation. When those ...

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TABOR item can win 
if properly worded

Members of the Grand Junction City Council and city officials who had hoped voters would approve an override to TABOR Amendment revenue limits Tuesday to provide the city additional funding for transportation projects should be encouraged by ...

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Caution on Korea

The Obama administration is engaged in a difficult and dangerous balancing act with respect to North Korea, but one that is unfortunately necessary. Kim Jong Un, the North Korean dictator, appears to be playing a game much like his father and ...

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A council reset

Grand Junction voters apparently turned out incumbent members of the City Council Tuesday, largely in favor of candidates endorsed by the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. But one race, between incumbent Councilor Laura Luke and ...

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A victory for Brady 
and the zoning process

Groups and individuals who worked hard for more than five years, attempting to overturn the industrial zoning given to Brady Trucking’s property along the Colorado River, found that the overwhelming majority of city voters who cast ...

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Last day for city ballots

Today marks the end of one of the most important municipal elections in recent memory. When the ballots are counted tonight, Grand Junction voters will have chosen people to fill four City Council seats, elections that could significantly ...

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Churchill’s last stand

Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill lost his last legal opportunity to force CU to rehire him Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal of a state Supreme Court decision. Churchill was fired by the ...

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Public input warranted on national monument

Wow, Joan Anzelmo really doesn’t like local community input when it comes to Colorado National Monument. She didn’t like it when she was superintendent of the monument. In fact, she developed a reputation for rejecting advice from ...

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Legislative oversight and homeowners associations

A few years ago, the Colorado Legislature began examining how homeowners associations operate and took the first steps toward regulating these private, contractual organizations that set rules for people living in particular ...

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