As a matter of tradition as much as anything, I fully intended to write about President Barack Obama’s latest State of the Union Address. I quickly realized, though, that to do so would be as much a rewrite of my previous four late-January columns as the speech itself was little more than self-plagiarism of its […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The raucous sounds of metal on ice, rebounding pucks and cheering fans returned to the Glacier Ice Arena during a recent weekend as the Colorado Mesa University hockey team competed in its first home tournament. It was like music to the ears of owners Allen and Robbie Koos, who reopened […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Members of a Western Colorado coalition met with state legislators and other officials to address a list of 10 concerns. But the overarching concern during two days of meetings in Denver was a West Slope economy that lags behind the Front Range. Steve Reynolds, president of Club 20, said he hoped […]
For reasons I won’t detour to distill here, Colorado has become something of a testing grounds for the rest of the nation. Occasionally, Colorado tests conservative ideas — the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, for example. But more often than not, policies tried out in the Centennial State have their genesis on the left. Radical environmental […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Colorado not only has survived wildfires and floods, but also has thrived in an economic recovery that has brought new jobs and companies to the state, Gov. John Hickenlooper said in a State of the State Address that acknowledged tragedies and touted accomplishments. “Despite every unforeseen test, despite everything that was […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A Western Colorado lawmaker questions the wisdom of providing state economic development funding to a company that fills jobs outside Colorado. “I think TK Mining is a fine business, and they do a great work in providing jobs for our mining professionals. But the fact is that those jobs are in […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A Canadian company could expand its aerial firefighting services with operations based out of the Grand Junction Regional Airport. Representatives of Coulson Aviation, a division of the Coulson Group based in British Columbia, have been meeting with representatives of the state government to discuss establishing a base of operations in Colorado. […]
The occasion of a new year invariably elicits a spirit of reflection, a spirit heightened if one spends its passing holed up with flu severe enough to bring the whole “death panels” issue into stark relief. It’s in that spirit that I offer the following observations. There are many aspects of American and western culture […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A Grand Junction legislator has requested an urgent meeting to address an underperforming economy in Western Colorado. “Western Colorado is on life support,” State Rep. Ray Scott warned in a letter to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. Scott, a Republican, asked for an emergency meeting with Hickenlooper and the Office of Economic […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Two Grand Valley lawmakers say the Colorado Legislature must remove what they consider regulatory “hurdles” that hinder job growth in the state. That includes an increase in renewable energy standards for cooperative electrical associations enacted last year as well as the effects of federal health care legislation, according to State Sen. […]