Don’t let the locals fall off the cliff

BRUCE CAUGHEY

Published on Thursday, 29 November 2012 10:46

By BRUCE CAUGHEY
Executive Director, Colorado Association of School Executives

KEN DELAY
Executive Director, Colorado Association of School Boards

SAM MAMET
Executive Director,
Colorado Municipal League

CHIP TAYLOR
Executive Director,
Colorado Counties, Inc.

ANN TERRY
Executive Director, Special
District Association of Colorado

There is little time left before the nation hits the so-called "fiscal cliff." President Obama and the lame duck Congress have an unprecedented number of issues to address — including some which directly affect every city, town, special district, county, and school district in Colorado — and every Colorado taxpayer.

Every day is Veterans Day

JAMES E. KOUTZ

Published on Thursday, 08 November 2012 13:23

By JAMES E. KOUTZ
National Commander
of The American Legion

When people think of veterans, they often think of warriors, but Hurricane Sandy offers just the latest reminder of the significant humanitarian and often times life-saving work performed by our veterans on a daily basis.

As Sandy was still wreaking devastation on the East Coast, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members mobilized on the opposite coast — at March Air Reserve Base in California to trek nearly 3,000 miles to assist their fellow Americans.

Good neighbors

Randy Sunderland

Published on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 01:00

Robert Frost, in his poem, "Mending Walls," artfully shaped the question of good neighbors. In Delta County, the debate is less peaceful.