More than two years ago, Erich Bussian, at that time a board member of the Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado, initiated the movement to create a bag ordinance. Erich was…
This small increase in our mill levy will not be difficult for any of us and we want our beautiful cemetery to remain beautiful. When you get your mail-in ballot,…
Current mill levy is .075, and the request is to double it .15 of 1 mill. Currently, the average property owner is paying the cost of a cup of coffee!…
Our state president, Bobbie Heisterkamp, has written, “Amendment 66 successfully addresses many education needs in Colorado. It will fix many of the shortfalls embedded in our public school system. It…
Ordinance O-2013-11 is a false attempt to make a real positive impact on our environment. The facts say this ordinance is a new tax and a huge amount of legislation…
Those folks who have kept our Bayfield Cemetery an attractive example of our community’s pride deserve a vote of gratitude and confidence. Their stewardship of that which belongs to all…
As a past member and former president of the 9-R board, I believe I have a good understanding of what it takes to be a productive member of that team.…
City Council thoroughly studied the issue,and voted (4-1) for an ordinance to put a 10-cent fee on the use of disposable checkout plastic and paper bags in the big grocery…
Perhaps most voters now understand that the current property tax mill levy, set in 1998, is no longer adequate to fund the emergency services provided by UPRFPD. Tax revenue that…
Since we have vastly overpopulated the Earth with ourselves and our stuff, how is it that we can’t bring ourselves to do such a simple thing? In the United States…
I was particularly impressed that Kim was able to find that critically important balance between student individual need and academic achievement. Kim was excellent at being able to view a…
Because Amendment 66 applies only to preschool-12th grade funding it doesn’t affect the fiscal problems in the college/university system. Yet, the amendment mandates that 43 percent of state revenue is…
With extensive business, IT, law and public service careers, they are equally knowledgeable in the education world from both sides of the equation – as developers of innovative programs, in…
Chiefs Allen Clay, Mike Dunaway and Noonan (along with his bird, Rojo) met regularly for years brainstorming a solution to better serve the whole community. When DFRA began in 2002,…
Voters can end fire-district confusion, bureaucratic redundancy and cut costs
Charging for plastic and/or paper bags crosses the line. Thievery is a crime. Store managers have confirmed the fact the cost of all bags already is figured into the cost…
Has Ryan considered that the reason for obstacles to certain of Obama’s proposals – i.e. Obamacare – have more to do with problems in the proposals themselves and with Obama’s…
The bag fee ordinance is a small fee on disposable bags at just three locations in the city. It is easily avoidable by bringing reusable bags. This is a small…
First, our family has been bringing our own durable bags to the grocery store for decades. When not in use, they fold up neatly on one coat hook by the…
It appears to me that, for far too long, it has all been about getting re-elected to office. If the politicians knew that they only had two terms to serve,…
I decided to wait until after the flood of initial onlookers checked out the site. As someone with a valid need for better, more affordable health-care coverage, I was beyond…
While I support everyone’s right to express his opinion, I believe the wording of the letter from Dave Peters of Hesperus is deliberately misleading readers into thinking that I have…
I also live outside city limits and pay for private trash and recycling pickup. I take my glass to the city-provided bins. Trash and recycle pickup services are paid for…
I had waited two months to view this film. During the final scenes of the film, the people in the row in front of me were talking and making noises…
Residents of Ignacio now pay $63.05 a month for sewer, which is more than twice the state average cost. In 2010 and 2011, our rates were $45 a month. This…
The big problem here is the big stores don’t have the option to “buy out” of the ordinance. What a pity. By the way, the smaller stores will be placed…
The arguments presented against disposable bags are a lie. Council’s action is a decision to compel virtue. Coercive correctness is exclusionary and no way to run a society. Council has…
