When viewed as the only measure of our economy, the deficit is staggering. However, reasonable economists and the Federal Reserve use the percentage of the federal deficit compared to the…
The Bayfield School District’s long-term strategic plan has included a new school for more than a decade. Full-time kindergarten overwhelmed the existing elementary building back in 2005, and as enrollment…
I’d like to correct the record. After years of working in open violation of the Colorado Open Meetings Law and other county regulations governing DHRID operations, in the past year…
But it is strange that you didn’t mention climate change. The denial of human-caused climate change isn’t so bad until one has to pay for destroyed public infrastructure, lost private…
It is a well-known fact that airport terminals are not the reason folks travel to their destinations. It is also a well-known fact that airlines do not increase capacity (bigger…
Among other things, she has won my vote by promising to fight against partisan gridlock in Congress. As we are all aware, gridlock has meant inaction, the effects of which…
The reason is experience. And not just the experience gained in the county office. She has been a municipal judge in Bayfield and a prosecutor for the Southern Ute Indian…
Most notably, and what motivated her to run in 2012, was the demise of the county comprehensive plan in 2011. The result was the waste of years of work of…
Colorado ranks among the lowest in the nation in per-pupil funding. McLachlan has experienced the direct effects funding deficits have on public schools, our students, teachers and administrators. We only…
Spratlen has created a culture within his department that promotes community policing and relationship building. He is quick to tell you that the reason why the officers in his department…
Amendment 72 would raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.75, from 84 cent per pack to $2.59. Other tobacco products – cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff and the…
Plan is well-intentioned and ambitious, but has too many problems
In the Senate, Bennet has led by example and consistently demonstrated that his idea of a senator’s role is not to posture and preen, but actually to get things done.…
Whether you find the old saw funny depends on your wages. For too many, there is little humor in it. We support Amendment 70 on this year’s ballot; it calls…
We buy roses, nurture them, feed them and display them for residents and visitors of our community to enjoy. The city believes that our rose and perennial gardens are the…
Why do all of these issues need to use property tax increases as the only way to fund them? Why can’t the sales tax be increased to cover roads/bridges and…
The state selected Bayfield as its highest priority for school construction and awarded a BEST grant of $8.5 million that will cover 24 percent of the cost of constructing a…
Passionate about our public health and the environment, Barbara McLachlan made it clear that she is going to work for the people who live and play in the southwest, not…
Recently, I received a polling call which was clearly on behalf of J. Paul Brown. But what was unusual was that the young lady conducting the phone poll was obviously…
McLachlan is the forward-thinking candidate who will work to secure a dynamic, broad-based economy for Colorado. J. Paul Brown is the candidate who represents old ways of thinking that have…
Being secretary is extremely demanding. There’s grueling, sometimes dangerous world travel, often on short notice. She constantly dealt with people many time zones away. Tedious negotiations often involved people that…
We just lost 800 coal mining jobs and the surviving 200 are none too secure. That’s caused many families with children to leave, hitting our schools hard. But the word…
He doesn’t like John McCain because he is a disgrace for being a P.O.W. in Vietnam and I agree with that. In the same vain, I am sure “Uncle Donnie”…
I look back upon the past in which I was taught humility, honor and respect for all of those around me, and to treat others with dignity, as I hope…
It said she wants to decriminalize meth, she will do nothing to save failing schools and she will allow politicians to regulate free speech. It even tried to link her…
Amendment T would remove an unnecessary reference to slavery in the state Constitution. Amendment U would eliminate an esoteric tax in minor cases in which collection costs often exceed the…
Both measures would change state law. Both were initiated by proponents who gathered the required number of signatures. Proposition 107 was prompted in part by the messy way this year’s…
Over the past several years, I’ve enjoyed a sense of security knowing that County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt has demonstrated a firm grasp of how to balance the needs of the…
