A blockbuster CBS News/60 Minutes and Washington Post investigation reveals that after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) cracked down on big pharmaceutical distributors who were knowingly pumping millions of addictive opioid drugs into the black market in cities and…
Category: politics
CMU 20000 Steering Committee asks City Council to reconsider changing name of North Ave. to “University Blvd.”
The CMU 20000 Steering Committee has formally asked the Grand Junction City Council to reconsider it’s decision to change the name of North Avenue to “University Boulevard,” saying the matter has “become an inadvertent distraction” from the overall goals of…
Grand Junction Chamber backs scary candidates for the contested seats in School Board election
It’s no surprise that in the contested District 51 School Board races, the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce is endorsing candidates who are demonstrably the worst of the pack. That’s par for the course. What IS surprising is that you…
Republican Colorado State Senator Ray Scott can’t even fix a typo
Governor Hickenlooper called a special session in early October so legislators could fix a mistake in Senate Bill 17-267, passed last spring, that is costing public entities across the state millions of dollars in lost pot tax revenues. Legislators passed…
Make a Difference with this Little-Known Way to Give Powerful Feedback to City Council
Are you irritated that the Grand Junction City Council voted to change the name of North Ave. to “University Boulevard” without asking people what they thought about it first? Are you tired of tourists getting killed on Horizon Drive while the…
Sen. Ray Scott Doesn’t Want to Do His Job
State Senator Ray Scott doesn’t want to be bothered with having to fix a huge mistake the Colorado legislature made in 2017 that is blocking dozens of entities from getting crucial funds they need to function.
Businesses beg city to fix Horizon Drive Deathtrap; City claims “Sorry, no funds”
The headline article in today’s Daily Sentinel, “No quick fix on Horizon,” tells how for years businesses along Horizon Drive have been begging the City of Grand Junction to make the street safer for pedestrians. Three pedestrians, all tourists, have…
CMU Staff and Students Unhappy with School’s Odd, Oppressive Administrative Structure
Colorado Mesa University staff members are expressing frustration with the school’s unusual, flat administrative structure, which seems strategically designed to eliminate staff input into school operations, and prevent empowerment of the staff on campus. CMU President Tim Foster over the…
Hyper-conservative “ReaganGirl” Marjorie Haun backs tax increase
The worm turns. However uncharacteristic, prominent local conservative Marjorie Haun, who bills herself as “ReaganGirl,” has found a tax she likes, and she’s urging others to like it, too — and vote for it. Haun backs a proposed sales tax…
More Social Media Insight Into CO State Senator Ray Scott’s Attitude Toward Constituents
Mesa County resident Claudette Konola ran against Ray Scott for the State Senate District 7 seat in 2014, to keep him from running unopposed. We’ve already seen some of Scott’s contemptuous Facebook and email responses to citizens who disagree with his…
Mesa County citizens submit formal ethics complaint against State Sen. Ray Scott
Three Grand Junction residents submitted a formal ethics complaint (pdf) to the state legislature August 15 about Colorado State Senator Ray Scott (R-District 7) for blocking them from his official social media accounts after they criticized his views.
Donald Trump’s Tweet from Early This Morning (which he quickly deleted)
Early this morning, just days after a white supremacist drove a car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman, President Trump retweeted an image of a Trump train running over a CNN reporter. The image was originally posted…
Screencaps of Senator Ray Scott’s Rude Responses on Facebook
Not only has Colorado State Senator Ray Scott shocked participants on his social media accounts with consistent grammatical and spelling errors and frighteningly superficial knowledge of environmental issues, but he is particularly nasty toward constituents with whom he disagrees politically.…
Grand Junction’s Satanic Invocation a Success, More Diversity Likely Coming Soon
Grand Junction, Colorado’s first Satanic invocation went off without a hitch yesterday evening, with an audience of about 50 interested onlookers and five out of seven city council members present. The audience and was quiet and respectful as the speaker…
Grand Junction City Council to Host Satanic Invocation Wed., August 2 at 6:00 p.m.
Grand Junction, Colorado will host the state’s first Satanic invocation at their regular City Council meeting on Wednesday, August 2 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting is at City Hall Auditorium, 250 N. 5th Street. It will be only the second…
Now’s Our Chance to Help School District 51 — Finally!
First the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and downtown business owners like Doug Simons of Enstrom Candies told city residents they needed to pay an extra sales tax to fund an event center downtown. People panned the idea and…
Tipton Votes to Block Consumers’ Right to Sue Big Banks
Pay attention! One of your elected officials voted to take away your right to access the court system. Your House Representative, Scott Tipton (R-CO), voted today to block Americans from suing big banks that defraud or abuse them. Tipton voted to repeal the…
Rep. Scott Tipton: A One-Man Wrecking Ball for Coloradans
Think House Representative Scott Tipton is on your side? Think again. In the last couple of weeks, Rep. Tipton has voted against cleaner air, against creating more American jobs, and in favor of keeping financial information secret that would allow…