At election time we’re always told the same old thing from wealthy business interests: “Ballot measure X is going to wreck our state! Ballot measure X will crush our businesses and cost hard working Coloradans thousands of jobs! Vote NO…
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Liberals, be very proud of who you are
Right wingers often disparage political liberals in western Colorado with nasty names like “libtard” and “snowflake.” Some even claim without foundation that liberalism is a “mental disorder.” But being politically liberal is a profoundly positive thing. Why? Because liberals have made…
FREE Progressive Family Picnic Sept. 1 features gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis
Attend a FREE political event to celebrate the increasing power of liberals and progressives on the western slope! Come to the Progressive Family Picnic on Saturday, September 1 at the Watson Island Amphitheater from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. The event…
Senator Ray Scott’s absurd efforts to block progress in the energy industry
State Senator Ray Scott (R-Mesa County) isn’t just your average fossil fuel cheerleader. He goes far beyond defending the oil and gas industry by working to hobble and block advancements in clean, renewable energy, including solar energy, electric cars and even by…
Club 20 screams like a spoiled toddler while Polis attends events that are free and open to everyone
At the end of July, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis announced he was going to have to miss Club 20’s September 8 candidate debate. In response Club 20 took on the persona of a spoiled, whiny toddler, quickly issuing a nasty…
Election hacking? No biggie. Sen. Cory Gardner votes against funding election security
Russia’s campaign to influence U.S. elections and help Donald Trump get elected must not be any big deal to Colorado’s Republican Senator Cory Gardner, who joined Senate Republicans in blocking an attempt by Democrats to include $250 million in the…
Billboard raises awareness of Republicans’ dangerous dalliance with Putin
A billboard on I-70 B takes aim at the Republican Party (also known as the “Grand Old Party” or GOP) which is quickly becoming “the party of Trump.” The billboard is in front of Rimrock Marketplace on I-70 B and…
Grand Valley Business Times repels Democratic business owners
The Grand Valley Business Times (GVBT) has long been a source of business news in Mesa County, usually focusing on helpful items like what new businesses are moving in, the newest soups at Zoup, and which authors will be appearing…
Western Slope pastor and Mesa County “Patriots” display stunning callousness towards refugees, children
Amid the massive “Keep Families Together” protests in over 750 cities across the country including in Grand Junction last weekend against the Trump administration’s harsh “zero tolerance” immigration policy that separated thousands of refugee children from their parents, some Mesa…
Wondering who to vote for for Mesa County Clerk and Recorder? This one’s EASY.
Are you voting a Republican primary ballot and trying to figure out who to vote for for Mesa County Clerk and Recorder? The race is between two candidates: Tina Peters and Bobbie Gross. Here is a brief rundown on both…
State Senator Ray Scott of Mesa County caught double-dipping
A Daily Sentinel article from May 24 details how Republican State Senator Ray Scott double-billed his legislative expense account and his campaign account for over $1,000 in Uber rides, and didn’t correct it until the Sentinel exposed it and questioned him…
Sen. Ray Scott supports big-government interference in the construction industry
An election is coming up this month, and supporters of incumbent Senator Ray Scott (R, Dist-7 – Mesa County) need to know who they’re voting for. Scott supports big nanny-state government interference in the construction industry, according to a bill…
Anti-Ray Scott billboard campaign starts May 11
Mesa County residents who are fed up with State Senator Ray Scott are running a campaign urging people not to re-elect him in 2018. Constituents say they’re fed up with Scott’s narrow-minded fossil fuel boosterism, ignorance of climate science, sub-par…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce takes off it’s fig leaf
If there is a shred of doubt left that the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce exists only to promote it’s own political ideology, it dispelled that notion today with an ad in the Daily Sentinel endorsing the Grand Valley Drainage…
Celebrate the National Day of Reason Thursday, May 3, 2018
The first Thursday in May of every year is the National Day of Reason, a celebration that coincides with the National Day of Prayer, which encourages Americans to pray to God for peace and prosperity for the nation. A big…
Flex your muscle by getting out and voting in the May 8 Drainage District election!
Mark your calendars: there’s a local election coming up that Grand Valley progressives and intelligent voters can actually win if they just get out to vote: It’s an election in which typically only about 200 people turn out vote, so…
Canal roads voted “Best Health Club” in Sentinel’s “Best of the West” contest
Area residents voted trespassing on the Grand Valley’s irrigation canal roads as the “Best Health Club” in the Daily Sentinel’s “Best of the West” contest in a “favorite write-in votes” section. Almost 4,000 people voted in the “Best of the…
State Sen. Ray Scott votes with Dems
Video credit: KKCO 11 News, Grand Junction