The Crucial History Lesson Behind CO Ballot Initiative #75: the “Community Rights Amendment”
Colorado citizens are now gathering signatures to get Ballot Initiative #75, a groundbreaking constitutional amendment, onto the state wide ballot in […]
Elections
Benita Phillips to Run for Mesa County Sheriff
Benita Phillips, 61, a local retired Registered Nurse, will announce her intent to run for Mesa County Sheriff as a
Colorado GMO Labeling Law Heading for Signature-Gathering Phase
Colorado Ballot Initiative #48, the “Colorado Right to Know Act,” would require food manufacturers to include the words “Produced with
Colorado Ballot Initiative Puts Rights of People Over Corporate Rights
Think businesses have too many rights over citizens? Then attend a free informational session Tuesday, April 29 in Grand Junction
Retail Marijuana Coming to DeBeque
The new marijuana economy crept a bit closer to Grand Junction this week, after the citizens of DeBeque, Colorado, just
Democracy, Elections, politics, Religion
Mesa County Tea Partiers Continue to Battle “Old Guard” GOP Machine
AnneLandmanBlog has obtained video of western slope conservatives meeting at a local restaurant December 20, 2013 to pressure former Palisade
Democracy, Education, Elections, politics
Mesa County GOP Gets Slapped at the Ballot Box
All three District 51 School Board candidates endorsed by the Mesa County Republican Party — Mike Lowenstein, Patrick Kanda and
Mesa County GOP in Takeover Mode, Now Seeks Control of School Board
On October 16, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported that front range billionaire C. Edward McVaney had donated substantial funds to
Colin Powell Outs “Voter ID” as Voter Suppression, Says Laws will Backfire
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, said on Face the Nation that Republican claims that “Voter ID” laws
Grand Junction Citizens Unveil New Anti-Chamber Website
Members of Grand Junction, Colorado’s “Rein in the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce” Facebook group have unveiled a new
Citizens Picket Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce
Grand Junction citizens protested in front of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce yesterday morning. The group, Rein in
Rick Brainard Resigns, Disses Almost Everyone on the Way Out the Door
Grand Junction citizens breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday morning after hearing the news that convicted criminal Rick Brainard
Sentinel Exposes G.J. Chamber of Commerce’s Hubris
The Grand Junction, Colorado Daily Sentinel on July 21 published a scathing expose’ of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of
The Man Rick Brainard Beat
By any measure, former Grand Junction Mayor Bill Pitts is a stalwart of the community. A licensed private pilot and
Diane Schwenke Talks Nonsense to Mesa County GOP
Two days after Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce President Diane Schwenke made her May 5 Facebook post insulting atheists,
Saga Drags On as Brainard Assumes Seat on Council
Rick Brainard was elevated to Grand Junction City Council this week amid an unprecedented citizen protest at his swearing in
Brainard Episode Exposes Chamber Plot to Seize Political Control of Grand Junction
Rick Brainard’s election to the Grand Junction City Council and subsequent arrest for assault and harassment have appalled and galvanized
Citizens Flood City Hall with Calls of Outrage Over Brainard Issue
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel has published audio of telephone calls made by outraged citizens to City Hall about councilman-elect Rick