In January 2025, at the start of the 75th General Assembly, the Senate Republicans unveiled a suite of bills that, if passed, would have given the average Colorado family over $4,500 in annual savings. The Colorado Senate Republicans, together, took to the West Foyer of the Capitol building and unveiled a striking visual: a tower […]
P.J. O’Rourke said it best: “The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then get elected and prove it.” Let that sink in. Because it best describes the Grand Junction City […]
And the city council needs to begin its takedown as soon as possible. The people have spoken, and while none of the recent election losers, departing council members who approved the project or the two remaining on council who still desire to move onto pilot project 2.0 think the recent election wasn’t first and foremost […]
This is the only statement which we can make related to a post from Jason in a private group on Facebook. There is no “context” to be parsed or question to be asked by what he meant with his post. What he thinks about a good percentage of the population of Grand Junction and how […]
We’ll open this column with a general statement about the federal government, which is easy picking. Obviously, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is proving that there will never be enough when it comes to confiscating our money for its purposes and follies. Frankly, the last thing we want is for the government to be […]
As we see it, the coming Grand Junction City Council election on April 8, 2025, provides some simple choices. Although in our fair city two problems tend to arise when it comes to our spring, City Council elections. The first is always most glaring and in the past few elections has probably caused the citizens […]
Gov. Jared Polis has supported HB 24-1448, the recently passed school-finance reform bill, as a historic step forward in education funding. But the reality? It still fails to address Colorado’s chronic underfunding of schools. While the bill eliminates the Budget Stabilization Factor, it does not provide adequate funding for districts to meet the state’s own […]
A potential conflict of interest is raising concerns about the future of the HomewardBound of the Grand Valley Resource Center, as HomewardBound Board Chair William Wade and his wife, Karen Wade, are actively involved in multiple current Grand Junction City Council races. They are backing candidates running against Council member Cody Kennedy and at-large candidate […]
At the risk of further wearing well-worn idioms, Candace Carnahan has some big shoes to fill as the new president and chief executive officer of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. But if anyone is well-suited to follow in the footsteps of Diane Schwenke after her more than 30 years of work at the […]
One of the biggest attractions to working and living in the Grand Valley — or visiting here, for that matter — is the opportunity to play in the Grand Valley. Scenic trails not only abound, but also await uncrowded only minutes away. For those who don’t want to walk, hike or bike, there’s boating and […]