In his column in the 10/16/2019 issue of the Daily Sentinel, local lawyer and perennially annoying right-wing political columnist Rick Wagner asks why Proposition CC on the current ballot is identified using double letters. “Have we run through the alphabet…
Tag: Extremism
Swastika scrawled on Riverfront Trail in Grand Junction
Graffiti of a swastika was found yesterday, October 10, on the section of the Riverfront Trail just west of High Country Court in Grand Junction. The symbol is an emblem of far-right nationalist movements and is used by Nazis and…
State Senator Ray Scott cites full-on wacko nutbag source in tweet on climate change
One of the most dangerous things about Colorado State Senator Ray Scott is that he can’t tell the difference between credible sources, authoritative sources of information and paid promotional research or websites known for trading in wacky conspiracy-theories. Case in…
Grand Junction mosque’s new sign vandalized
On August 31, the Islamic Center of Grand Junction unveiled a colorful new sign installed in front of its new Two Rivers Mosque at 8th and Gunnison Ave. and held a community barbecue to celebrate. About 50 people attended the…
Sen. Ray Scott’s tweet opposes progress and planning for future
Is Republican State Senator Ray Scott concerned about Colorado’s economy and workforce? It sure doesn’t look like it, judging from his twitter feed. On September 4, Scott posted a tweet that said “2022 an’t come fast enough.” It was his…
One more thing about commissioner candidate Janet Rowland…
Former Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland, who has already had two terms in the recent past and is now running for a third term, has given Mesa County voters plenty of reasons not to elect her again, but here’s another…
“Recall Polis” campaign violating laws to gather signatures – county passes Resolution prohibiting taping signs to their buildings
Upset citizens have been contacting the City of Grand Junction Parks and Recreation Department and the Mesa County Elections Bureau left and right to complain about the “Recall Polis” campaign violating laws by putting up tables and signage in places…
Beware electing Janet Rowland as county commissioner (again)
Janet Rowland is running for Mesa County Commissioner. Yes, again. She’s already been a Mesa County Commissioner — from January, 2005 to January, 2013 — but that doesn’t mean her being commissioner again is a good idea. It arguably is…
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…
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…
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…
Grand Junction may soon lose its only secular hospital
A previous blog discussed why Mesa County residents should be glad to have an alternative to a Catholic hospital in the valley and why it is so important to people’s health to have a secular hospital option available for medical care. But our…
New form of harassment: weaponization of classified ads
Utilizing a novel form of harassment, someone put a malicious classified ad in the January 3 edition of The Nickel Classified Ads saying our house was for sale “by owner” at a lowball price, and that there will be an open…
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…
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…
Milo Yiannopoulos’s Grand Junction show cancelled
Grand Junction has been spared a potentially embarrassing and costly problem. A show by white supremacist provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos scheduled for April 14th at an undisclosed location in Grand Junction has been cancelled. The website for the event, “A Night…
How the President’s racism affects the western slope
President Donald Trump spent years spreading the racist lie that President Obama was born in Kenya. He’s publicly described Mexicans as rapists, called for a “complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” said immigrants from Haiti “all have AIDS,” used…