Sure, it’s a poor paraphrasing of the adage saying when seconds count, the police are minutes away. And please note, this isn’t a column about the policing of our communities, although given the evil intent of the legislation I’m going to address, the police in your community are about to become willing or unwilling accomplices […]
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 […]
I just got done reading and watching a few stories on how our elected betters in Denver are attempting to “balance” the next year’s budget, and I’ll just have to admit I have no idea what the hell they are doing. Then again, it’s become apparent neither do the vast majority of “lawmakers.” Let’s just […]
At least when it comes to the federal government, it’s over $7 TRILLION (OK, some $2 trillion of that is made up out of thin air) or so, we can see why all the dirty pool is going on. But in Grand Junction, we’re not even talking about real money at our budget levels. The […]
And that’s whether you declare it as a news story or make it an agenda item for a city council meeting or whether that “agenda item” basically became a doxxing for “up to 20” people who are indeed at risk in their lives. For those of you on the left who believe themselves 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 […]
It seems to me that every time we have a “budget crisis” with the federal government the one option never taken is the one that is always hovering above the fracas taking place with our “elected betters” in Congress. And it’s probably the only solution to our spending problems. It’s also the simplest. Just shut […]
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 […]
Well, news broke recently that the City of Grand Junction was abandoning its plans to acquire the property next door to HomewardBound as the new location to move the homeless resource center. And at The Business Times, we’ve received a few accolades as being a catalyst for this occurrence. I guess that’s fine. I suppose […]
In 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright, bicycle mechanics in Dayton, OH, earned their place in history by inventing, building and flying the world’s first successful airplane. Their invention revolutionized transportation and opened up a new world. At the same time, the U.S. Army had paid Samuel P. Langley $50,000 to design a flying machine, which […]