When it comes to income taxes, the top 10 percent of earners pay 70 percent of income taxes and the bottom 50 percent pay less than three percent. Mr. Wishon…
du1-i-syn Ski resorts, Colorado state and out-of-state water entities are funding AgI np deposited on wilderness, ranches, backyards and humans. Industrial snow is falling in Colorado, “permitted” for another 5…
This is a reminder to all small town businesses to perfect the basics of customer service and make the local people happy with what you are providing. Not a day…
Prior to an open HOA meeting this summer, ballots were sent to the residents regarding the subject of trash collection. The HOA board proposed using only one vendor, not three,…
du1-i-syn However, my career would have ended in 2011 and I would not have made it through any of the subsequent years had it not been for Mike and Nancy…
du1-i-syn Sen. Cantwell used her opening remarks to condemn the makeup of the panel, many of whom traveled thousands of miles from their home in and around ANWR to testify…
A diagnosis of COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, comes with many physical and emotional challenges that can affect the person’s family and circle of friends. This November, during…
One alternative, advocated by most economists and a growing number of conservative business and political leaders, is a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend program. Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the conservative…
We would have agreed, except for the interaction we had with a lovely couple in Three Springs on the same day. The couple came in to see and connect with…
The act, ironically named National Monument Creation and Protection Act, would make the creation of new national monuments to protect public lands nearly impossible. It would also endanger existing parks…
First, 4 p.m. is not a good time for anyone who may have wanted to attend. I suspect that 80 to 90 percent of the county taxpayers are either still…
From the map city planner Vicki Vandegrift sent me, you can see the city will only annex the northeast shore of the lake. They are not annexing any land between…
I want to thank Gulliford for this interesting and very thought-provoking essay. It made me think about everything going on in our country at this time and to see that…
As an enthusiastic supporter of Fort Lewis for more than 50 years, I hope this incident does not diminish Gulliford’s reputation in any way. I am glad he will remain…
As one who obtained around 100 of the signatures, I found most acquaintances and strangers that I approached to be in full support. Obtaining these signatures was easy. Of those…
It’s not whether or not women are drinking alcohol. It’s unrelated to the clothes they are wearing – or not wearing. Accepting a ride home with friends of friends shouldn’t…
Sens. Corker, McCain and Flake are fighting for the return of the soul and sanity of the Republican party. The racist, bigoted, white nationalist, unsavory business people – and, of…
I’m speaking as a concerned but proud citizen of the United States of America. I do not believe anyone should be allowed to enter this country illegally, let alone come…
I would like to ask how he and people who share his liberal views feel now with yet another terrorist attack in the streets of New York (where I think…
In oil, it would be drilling a “gusher” without leasing the land, or in poker, staying in the game with no chips and getting a royal flush! Colorado’s Department of…
I am going to pass judgement on the Herald’s lack of discretion in the recent article about the sad situation with the three young men and the young women that…
du1-i-syn I researched what the Center for Disease Control stated would slow down suicide in our communities and a lot of it would need laws to change within our state…
There are many more “victims” of this alleged assault, albeit none even close to the original victim. I am the grandmother of one of the accused men, and filled with…
Warming temperatures (predicted for decades) dries out vegetation (both live and dead) sooner in the season, which then burns easier and faster. Fire seasons have grown longer and fire intensity…
du1-i-syn Whether the additional revenue is justified, or not, is a separate issue. Attempting to raise it via increased property taxes is just plain unfair. Those requesting this increase need…
When I hear stories from my classmates back home in respect to their onerous tax burdens, I find myself grateful once more for the state, county and town in which…
Big Pharma’s opioid epidemic, rape and pillage of our land, air and water by the oil and gas industry, high-cost education that is often also low-quality, expensive “health care” that…
How times have changed when elected representative Scott Tipton takes every action possible to desecrate, destroy and abolish “America’s Best Idea,” our national parks and monuments. He no longer represents…
The very first national park created by that Act was Mesa Verde National Park. Before becoming a public servant, Tipton earned a fortune selling Mesa Verde Pottery to the concessionaire…
Well, what short and select memories Democrats in general and, specifically, here at this liberal paper, have. The original deceptive and lie-filled bill called for a huge expansion of Medicaid,…
