Mesa County residents fed up with the national epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. are teaming up with Mad Dog PAC of Washington, D.C. to run a billboard in Grand Junction aimed at pressuring congressional Republicans to address the…
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Job openings with the county pay $87,500/year plus benefits and require no experience
Mesa County has two job openings right now that pay $87,300/year gross salary with additional generous perks and benefits, and that require absolutely no experience and no required level of educational attainment. That’s a pretty good wage in Mesa County…
It’s time to admit Republican firearm policies have completely failed America
Americans young and old are getting slaughtered every day just going about their daily lives shopping in supermarkets, attending concerts and movies, going to services at churches, mosques and synagogues, going to school, going to work… How did America…
Tim Foster’s political stumping as CMU president may violate laws
[Update 8/14/19: Mesa County Commissioner candidate Janet Rowland pulled this ad from her Facebook page after this article was published]. People are questioning whether an ad that Mesa County Commissioner candidate Janet Rowland recently posted on her campaign Facebook page…
Wife of CMU Vice President given vacant seat on G.J. Regional Airport Board
Eight people applied for the open at-large seat on the Grand Junction Regional Airport Board, and it was awarded to just one, Linde Marshall, who happens to be married to Colorado Mesa University Vice President of Student Affairs, John Marshall.…
“Incredibly political”: Grand Junction’s newest City Councilman selected after heavy pressure on mayor
The Grand Junction City Council voted last night to fill the vacant District E seat, but only after a tense session in which one council member publicly pressured another to change his vote after the six council members deadlocked four…
The 5 Minute Mueller Report
Don’t have time to read the whole 420-page Mueller Report (pdf)? That’s understandable. You can download an audio recording of it for FREE and listen to the whole thing while you’re driving, doing housework or exercising. A free recording of…
There’s a seat on Grand Junction Regional Airport Board up for grabs
Want to gain some influence in town, and have a voice without having to get elected? Here’s another chance to do just that. With self-declared “deplorable” Grand Junction City Councilman Duncan McArthur leaving his his seat on Council, yet another…
Now’s your chance! City seeks to fill open City Council District E seat
If you’ve ever wanted to serve on Grand Junction City Council but didn’t want to have to endure a campaign and election to do it, now is your chance. City Councilor Duncan McArthur is stepping down from his seat on…
Oklahoma is just the beginning of what life will be like under Republican rule
Oklahoma Republicans just passed a mind-blowingly strict law that makes abortion illegal in virtually every circumstance, effectively terminating the right of women in the state to control their own bodies and reproductive fate. Oklahoma wasn’t alone in this, either. Other…
ACLU Sues CO State Senator Ray Scott for Blocking Constituent on Social Media
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Vanessa Michel, Director of Communications Office: 720-402-3112, Mobile: 917-399-0733 Deanna Hirsch, Media Strategist Office: 720-402-3122, Mobile: 720-971-2393 ACLU Sues Colorado State Senator for Blocking Constituent on Social Media DENVER –…
Sen. Ray Scott sponsors bill to eliminate price break for low-income energy consumers
Last week State Senator Ray Scott embarrassed Mesa County residents and made a fool of himself by actually saying out loud on the Senate floor that climate change has led to “massive improvements” in our climate. Now Scott is co-sponsoring…
Colorado bill would prohibit teaching religious doctrine in public school sex ed curriculum
Delta County School District, are you listening? Colorado State Senator Don Coram, a Republican who represents Montrose and Ouray counties, is a sponsor of HB19-1032, “Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education,” a bill to prohibit sex ed instruction in K-12 public schools…
One good thing Trump has done: Banning bump stocks
Watch out, local gun nuts. President Donald Trump is coming for your guns. Last December, President Trump issued an executive order banning bump stocks (pdf), devices that use the recoil energy generated from each shot of a semi-automatic rifle to increase…
AnneLandmanBlog Voter Guide: Grand Junction City Election 2019
Wondering how to vote in the City of Grand Junction 2019 election? Following are AnneLandmanBlog’s recommendations for how to vote in the 2019 City of Grand Junction April 2, 2019 Regular Municipal Election. I reached my conclusions about which city…
Gun laws WORK
On April 28, 1996, a crazed gunman armed with a semi-automatic rifle killed 35 people and injured 18 more when he went on a shooting spree at a historic and tourist site in Port Arthur, Tasmania in Australia’s worst gun…
Come on, G.J.: It’s time to charge a fee on single-use plastic grocery bags
A necropsy done on a beached juvenile whale last Friday in the Philippines revealed it had nothing but 88 pounds of plastic in its digestive tract and likely suffered for up to a year with pain from bowel obstruction before…
Lessons from past G.J. City Council elections
Were you around for the 2013 City of Grand Junction election? If not, then you really missed a doozy. That was a year in which Grand Junction residents learned some big, important lessons about city council elections. Here is one…