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Letters to the Editor
Sen. Gardner is unwilling to listen to us
That is a rather lame excuse for being unwilling to actually listen to them. It would behoove Senator Gardner to understand that literally hundreds of real Coloradans, just from one…
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End-of-Life Options Act all about choice
I have been with family members as they died painfully and without hope. My father begged to die. There are not always strong enough drugs, and he would stop breathing…
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Make the bridge actually go somewhere
Make the “Bridge to Nowhere” go somewhere. Have it enter a loop at the top of Farmington Hill and build it on concrete pillars above where the old T-Bone Steak…
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Tipton is no defender of our public lands
He is a sponsor of a bill that will nullify the Bureau of Land Management’s “Planning 2.0” rule. The rule governs all planning for 250 million acres, and repealing this…
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Industry’s right to local government broadband restrictions has expired
du1-i-syn The failure of this bill will not affect most communities in Southwest Colorado because they have already opted out of the provisions of 2005 legislation, Senate Bill 152, that…
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Tipton should act on climate priorities
This approach has bipartisan support and follows conservative, free market principles. The money raised by the carbon fee would be returned to consumers as a dividend. There is little doubt…
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Confirmation of DeVos was shameful
I, like thousands of others across the country, have been alarmed by the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary. As the information about her lack of experience, total disregard…
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Time to step up and be responsible
Maybe a family member is addicted, strangely deaf to our loving words and best efforts. Or we know someone who takes advantage of others, acts selfishly and refuses personal responsibility.…
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Basing TABOR formula on state costs may be the best way forward
Basing formula on state costs may be the best way forward
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Remove symbols of hate from property
Because this country – the one that I serve and which I’m sworn to protect – is not big enough to accommodate my ethnicity and your hate of it. One…
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Why not shop locally for school mentors?
The Check and Connect program, which provided academic mentoring in the district for several years, blew up on 9-R, so management turned to AmeriCorp to fill the gap. But these…
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Open letter to Sen. Gardner, Rep. Tipton
I hope that you’ll agree it is vital that we know our chief executive is not compromised by his business entanglements with foreign powers hostile to the interests of the…
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Deregulation: Freedom or lost protection?
The logic goes something like this: Less government equals less regulation, which equals more corporate profit, which creates more jobs that result in an improved economy and freedom for all.…
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Hotel plan brings questions about growth, economy
A pivotal time to preserve community character and balance our economy
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If the wall is built, cover it with art
The billions and billions of dollars to construct and maintain this major project should, in my opinion, have a goodwill message to lessen the current objections. How about covering the…
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Yes, BLM does have a choice on Chaco
The BLM has full authority to close areas to oil and gas leasing and does so on a regular basis throughout the West to protect environmentally or culturally valuable resources…
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Crisis calls for carbon fee and dividend
It’s time for all people of good conscience to step up and take part. It’s very frightening to confront the reality of destruction that, in geological terms, is imminent. We…
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Additional information to clarify protests
The media did not make up the abhorrent things he said. He said them; I saw it, along with millions of other Americans. He mocked a disabled person; bragged about…
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Educate yourself on dangers of fluoride
Children can have topical fluoride applications if so desired, but mass Orwellian additions of a drug to a public water system, threatening the general well being of all who drink…
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Award-winning logo design has been welcomed by students of all nations
Award-winning design has been welcomed by students of all nations
Pine River Times opinion
Seasons appreciates Chamber award
It is an honor to be among the distinguished nominees and finalists for the 2016 Durango Rocks Chamber Awards. It is even more humbling to have been selected as the…
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Conservatives offer climate change fix
There is little doubt that our planet is warming, the past three years have been the warmest on record, and that this global warming is caused by human activities, through…
Pine River Times opinion
Pagosa residents appreciate help
It was getting dark, was very cold and it started to snow. Within minutes these good Samaritans stopped to change the flat tire. With their help and AAA we were…
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Upper Pine helps cardiac patient
The crazy thing is it was the north end of Vallecito Lake and the crew was from Station 4. A year ago, there would not have been a crew there…
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Lions Club Foundation hosting banquet
Our goal this year is to put a new roof on the Lions Hall. This is the last MAJOR project to complete the renovation of the hall. The hall is…
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Dylan Redwine’s mom thanks friends for remembering son
It meant so much to see everybody’s profile picture of Dylan Redwine on facebook! We celebrated at Dylan’s bench this year and I was so grateful for all that was…
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Concern about Neil Gorsuch nomination
So what does that have to do with Judge Gorsuch? The judge’s mother, Anne Gorsuch, was President Ronald Reagan’s EPA secretary from 1981-83. In that time, she rolled back the…
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A request for Sen. Cory Gardner
Please reserve a very large venue, and please allocate several hours of your time for it. There are a number of topics we constituents would like to go over with…
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Representatives: Reject immigration ban
The statements from Gardner and Tipton are deeply concerning. Only Bennet identifies the dark heart of the order: Using religious or ethnic preferences to shape the nation’s refugee program “betrays…