This year’s Democratic primary makes a good case for ranked-choice voting
Did you vote in the primary only to see your top candidate drop out before the votes were even counted? […]
Activism, Elections, politics
Mesa County Clerk ignoring qualified applicants for vacant positions
Over 24 employees have quit the Mesa County Clerk’s office since Tina Peters took over the office just 15
Could County Clerk Tina Peters be criminally liable for ballot loss scandal?
Tina Peters might have more legal exposure than previously recognized for having lost 574 ballots from the 2018 general election.
Mesa County GOP: County Clerk Tina Peters’ loss of 574 ballots “trivial”
The Mesa County Republican Party is trying to minimize the severity of Tina Peters’ loss of 574 ballots from the
Petition demands Tina Peters resign as County Clerk
An online petition is up at Change.org demanding Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters resign her office in the wake of
Republican Party sends out fake census forms just as real census begins
Republicans are sending out fake “census” forms to voters in an attempt to fool people out of participating in the
Democracy, Elections, politics
Democratic caucuses in Mesa County are Saturday, March 7 to choose a candidate to run against Sen. Cory Gardner. Here’s what you need to know:
Note: the date of the caucuses has been corrected in the title of this article. They are on Saturday, March
Mesa County Clerk stumbles onto 500+ uncounted ballots from 2019 city/county election
The Daily Sentinel reports that when Mesa County Clerk employees went out to collect the early Democratic primary election ballots
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“The Day Democracy Died,” sung by our Founding Fathers
A lesson for every western slope voter.
Socialism is already here and we love it
Many people fear socialism, but that’s because they misunderstand what it actually is. Democratic socialism already exists at all levels
Rep. Tipton votes to cut Medicaid, CHIP
On February 6, 2020 House Rep. Scott Tipton voted in favor of cutting funding for Medicaid and the Children’s Health
State to give free money to CO public schools to teach medically-accurate sex ed
Delta County School District 50J, are you listening? For the first time, the State of Colorado is offering free
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3 reasons why government should not be run like a business
Video from MinuteMBA, an online MBA course website.
Modern-day Republicans oppose progress
A short blurb in the Sunday, Feb. 8, 2020 Daily Sentinel offers a lesson on why Republicans are such harmful
Western slope nonprofit group encourages people to report violations of separation of church and state
The western slope’s nonprofit watchdog organization Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) encourages people to report violations of separation of
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Despite overwhelming evidence of the President’s guilt, CO Sen. Cory Gardner votes to acquit him
Colorado’s Republican Senator Cory Gardner voted this afternoon to acquit President Trump of the high crimes of obstructing Congress and
New, non-OGRE* candidate running for County Commissioner in District 3
* OGRE is an acronym for “Old Guard Republican Establishment.” Voters unhappy with the longtime direction of Mesa County politics
The Daily Sentinel abdicates its mission, caves to Trumpism
In an editorial January 23 the Daily Sentinel announced it is giving up reporting on Donald Trump’s impeachment. The Sentinel