Editorials

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Brainard for at-large seat

“Sometimes I think we set the bar too low” in this community, Rick Brainard said. Too often the City Council fails to look at the big picture, he added. That’s a refreshing view from someone who has considerable experience ...

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Kenyon in District A

Tom Kenyon has served Grand Junction well in his first term on the City Council, including one year as mayor. He gives a lot of thought to issues, is fiscally conservative and not afraid to challenge the views of others on the council. We ...

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Luke in District D

Laura Luke was appointed to the City Council fewer than two years ago. During that time she has questioned the status quo on several occasions, not least when she challenged former City Manager Laurie Kadrich on access to the entire city ...

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Capitol a grand stage for gun grandstanding

When Democrats in committees of the Colorado Senate passed seven bills related to guns Monday, they were mostly engaged in political grandstanding and overheated rhetoric about proposed laws that will have little practical effect in stemming ...

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A correct trajectory for youth corrections

News from the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections last week was both welcome and impressive: There has been a 44 percent reduction over the past seven years in the number of youngsters sentenced to confinement in youth corrections ...

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Energy straight talk

Gov. John Hickenlooper was pretty straightforward regarding his views on the nation’s bright energy future and Colorado’s role in helping the nation become energy self-sufficient Saturday at an energy forum in Vail. Especially ...

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Wright’s first effort 
not a high priority

State Rep. Jared Wright, R-Fruita, won election to his House seat last year in part by promising voters he would attack issues related to jobs and the economy. His first legislative effort didn’t exactly meet that standard. House Bill ...

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Life after sequester

Hunker down in your bunkers. Today is when the budget cuts under the process known as sequester begin to take effect, and life as we know it will change. Or not. It’s now clear that teachers don’t need to be laid off as a result ...

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School officials 
failed twice in Fruita

The severe beating of a 15-year-old girl at Fruita 8-9 School last Friday is disturbing in a number of ways, but mostly because of what it says about how staff at the school respond to bullying. Based on a 30-second video of Friday’s ...

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Time for tuition bill

We have long supported the idea that the children of illegal immigrants, youngsters who are here illegally through no fault of their own, who work hard academically and want to go to college, shouldn’t be punished for their efforts. They ...

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