For anyone who read what my special guest columnist wrote, you have a little more understanding of the headline than those who missed the last edition of the Business Times. For those who missed it, my 21-year-old daughter, Evin, decided she’d write a column for me because I had a darned good reason for missing […]
This column wasn’t written by who you’d expect, but rather one 21-year-old version of him. I’m Evin Hall, Craig Hall’s oldest daughter. As the oldest, I’ve always tried to be the adult — until that is, it was something I didn’t want to do. Then I’d play the “I’m still a kid card.” Even into […]
I got a call the other day from someone many would consider a “community leader.” Yes, I used quotation marks. That’s because most “community leaders” are self-proclaimed or put into their roles by special interest groups. Or they’ve got job titles or own something. Usually a lot of money. There are other ways. But the […]
And let me tell you, between Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction, we live in a cross between the reality show level content of “Girls Gone Wild” and “When Animals Attack.” Although in River City, it seems some folks just watch the trailer, not the actual shows. I’ve always had a curious fascination […]
I never watched all of “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” But for you high school graduates, they got it right. Since I’ll never get asked, here’s what I’d say in a speech to grads. I graduated from Monroe High School in 1979 with absolutely no clue what life was gonna throw at me. Case in […]
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” — Ferris Bueller, 1986. “And the folks putting the pedal to the metal hope you don’t even take a peek.” — Craig Hall, 2023. To put it plainly, you’d be missing a lot. And a lot […]
If the COVID insanity taught us anything, it’s that people will do whatever government tells them. Especially when it’s done using government force. The sad result is government now knows it can get away with so much more — much of it without “force” per se. But never worry, that kind of force will be […]
If there’s a constant in government and its Borg of a bloated bureaucracy that assimilates everything in its path, it’s this: Everything government has made more expensive it will use tax dollars to reduce the price or cost to make it more palatable for citizens to swallow. It just happened before our eyes locally with […]
Why is this such a huge government thing? The naming of a program or bill up for consideration or being implemented after another party line vote creating mandates or, worse, laws that limit or take away or give special rights to voting blocks? I mean, especially when our betters in government and “community leadership” take […]
And quite frankly, MarillacHealth, you should demand it be put into your memorandum of understanding with Mesa County School District 51. I could end this column with that sentence. But that’s not how things work with government nowadays. And before you say, “Craig, this has nothing to do with government,” kindly note the two entities […]