Letters

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E-mail letters, June 21, 2010

Why exempt hotel project from development fees? What was the Grand Junction City Council thinking with its decision, “Council waives fees for downtown hotel at Third and Main”? Was the almost quarter of a million dollars for the ...

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Printed letters, June 20, 2010

School board decision was not surprising While somewhat disappointing, the District 51 School Board’s decision to ignore two petitions, submitted on behalf of the public by Rose Pugliese and calling for the separation of political bias ...

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E-mail letters, June 19, 2010

Stricter rules needed to protect Colorado The ongoing spill in the Gulf of Mexico is another example of the oil and gas industry’s disregard for the hazards of drilling and the industry’s tendency to take cost- and time-saving ...

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E-mail letters, June 18, 2010

Medical marijuana belongs in licensed pharmacies I don’t understand the hand-wringing over the marijuana dispensers. Now we have “medical marijuana.”  Big deal. We also have medical narcotics, amphetamines, ...

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Printed letters, June 18, 2010

Forestry policies hurt area economies We are very conscious of all of the Gulf of Mexico fishermen who are now temporarily out of work. While these losses of fishing jobs are devastating, this is nothing compared to the thousands of good ...

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Printed letters, June 17, 2010

Citizens came first in gravel-pit ruling We would like to thank the Grand Junction Planning Commission for the action taken at its June 8 meeting. At that meeting, planning commission members made the decision to briefly set aside their ...

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Printed letters, June 16, 2010

Three Grand Junction police officers have been fired. This has stirred up emotions in our community and seems to be drawing lines of support. Something that has been overtly absent is the officers’ account of this situation. What is the ...

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Printed letters, June 15, 2010

I see our president has declared a moratorium on offshore drilling because of the spill in the Gulf. Why? It was a production platform, not a drill rig that caused the spill. We will now lose thousands more well-paying oilfield jobs and send ...

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Printed letters, June 13, 2010

Terminated officers disrespect community The three terminated Grand Junction police officers, (Joseph Mulcahy, Justin Roberts, Phillip Van Why) have stooped to new levels of disrespect by filing post-disciplinary appeal meetings with the ...

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E-mail letters, June 11, 2010

Public input sought on Battlement drilling Garfield County is hosting a public meeting on June 15 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Grand Valley Fire Station in Battlement Mesa. The purpose of this meeting is to update stakeholders and the ...

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