Because the riots we’re seeing in California, and if I can predict the future (as this column’s deadline comes before the scheduled Saturday, June 14th, 2025, riots), coming to a town near you, are but a symptom (and warning) about our limited form of government that no longer knows any limits. It’s like these folks […]
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 […]
There are a couple of things I’ve written over the past few editions of The Business Times I can’t seem to shake. It’s not that I can’t shake them because some readers may not agree with them, but rather, they are more like eternal truths when it comes to politics. I used a quote in […]
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 just how do I know this, you may ask? Well, I could reference the emails I get from longtime readers telling me they are enjoying the more frequent, and more community-news-based, coverage. I could mention the phone calls from friends and associates who express to me how they see our move to weekly is […]
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 […]
Just when you thought Colorado couldn’t possibly need any more legislation, Gov. Jarod Polis shows up again and again on your Facebook wall signing into law another piece of recently passed legislation with smiling supporters in the background. And Facebook users better get used to seeing these posts, because our state legislature passed 485 pieces […]
Partly so the citizens of Grand Junction and Mesa County don’t have to “regret” Jason Nguyen fulfilling a full term of him ramming his personal agenda down our throats. But more importantly, Councilman Jason wants to be able to do his dirty work as Just Jason in the shadows. Because Councilman Jason is now doing […]
“The future’s not ours to see, que sera, sera,” is a lyric from a song by Doris Day. While the future may be unknown, there are definitely knowns in life. For students happily tossing their mortar boards in the air following graduation from high school or college, one known will be the need to find […]
And, yes, I’m writing this column mostly for the benefit of the Mesa County Republican Party, its leadership and overzealous minions who up until today thought presidential pardons were a bad thing. Let’s begin by first stating presidential pardons are indeed bad things. Because they pardon criminals who’ve been convicted of crimes. As a matter […]