SB 252 will keep Colorado on track
Dear Editor:
Did you know that in rural Colorado only 10% of energy is generated by clean energy sources while other major Colorado utilities are on pace to produce 30% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020? With abundant wind, plenty of sunshine, coal mine methane, and an environment worth protecting, it's time to recharge renewable energy in Colorado.
What has America become?
Dear Editor:
The following letter written by Ken Huber, Tawas City, Mich., states my thoughts exactly:
Has America become the land of the special interest and home of the double standard?
Elected officials shouldn’t vote with their feelings
Dear Editor:
April 6 we had the opportunity to meet with Colorado State Senator Gail Schwartz and House Representative Millie Hamner in Paonia. The town hall meeting room was full of constituents.
Koch’s help was invaluable
Dear Editor:
As chairperson of the Facilities Committee for the Paonia Junior Senior High School, I want to thank Bear Ranch and Mr. Bill Koch for their help and generous donation toward securing the Great Outdoors Colorado planning grant.
Since the bond election of 2000, interested community members have been trying to find a way to improve the property surrounding our school.
Alternative plan protects the North Fork Valley
Dear Editor:
I would like to applaud and support the efforts of some of the North Fork's citizens and the leaders of Western Slope Conservation Center and Citizens for a Healthy Community to provide constructive input to the BLM's Resource Management Plan, currently under revision. A broad-based group has put together the North Fork Alternative Plan as to how the BLM should address petroleum exploration and production in the North Fork Valley.
Make the North Fork Alternative Plan a reality
Dear Editor:
Twice now the BLM has nominated public lands in the North Fork Valley for auction at oil and gas lease sales, and twice, due to public outcry, they have rescinded those nominations. Clearly some serious discrepancy exists between the BLM's outdated Resource Management Plan (the document by which the BLM evaluates costs and benefits of leasing available resources) and the reality of what the North Fork has become in the time since that Resource Management Plan was completed.
North Fork residents, let your voices be heard
Dear Editor:
The BLM is getting ready to release a draft proposal for a new Resource Management Plan for our area that will govern how public lands are used for the next 15 to 25 years. The BLM made a presentation in Denver this February about its preferred alternative in the new Resource Management Plan.
Support the North Fork Alternative Plan
Dear Editor:
The United States is on the cusp of an oil and gas boom. New discoveries and advanced extraction technology may have placed the holy grail of energy independence within reach.
Your vote is critical to ensure a strong DMEA board
Dear Editor:
It is that time of year again when members of DMEA are being asked to elect directors who will chart the course of their local electric utility for years to come. Having had the opportunity to serve on the board this past six years, as I cycle off, I would like to thank the membership for a very gratifying experience.
Student privacy threatened
Dear Editor:
I would like to offer this open letter for parents in Delta County concerning the new state standards called Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and ask that they do their own homework on this very important agenda that will not only affect their rights as parents but will track and take away a students' individuality.
Indiana, Alabama, Utah, and nearly a dozen other states are now educating themselves and their state legislatures about the centralized-education of CCSS, whether it's under the name of Common Core or any other name.