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Partnering with the community to support education

As the Montezuma-Cortez School District begins the work of crafting a strategic plan to guide it through the next three years, district leaders are seeking more participation from the public...

DATE: Mar 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education Update

Will 2nd Amendment expression replace the 1st Amendment?

By Carole McWilliams Almost two months into the Trumpocalypse, things aren't looking real good for the First Amendment. Part of that is freedom of the press. ...

DATE: Mar 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Our district’s commitment to success for all students

On March 9, our district board of education, district leadership team, and partners from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Education Department met with Colorado State Board of Education to presen...

DATE: Mar 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education Update

From the Senate: on ground water, coal rolling and charter schools

These have been interesting times in the General Assembly. The worst of government rears its ugly head every now and then. That has been the case these past few days. In my last ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State Senate

Good News may be best news of the day

Good News. It’s a phrase in the Christian world that is often linked to Jesus ... as in “This is the Good News of Jesus Christ.” The transliteration of the Greek from which this p...

DATE: Mar 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Welcome to a new monthly column from the mayor

March always comes in with the promise that spring is on the way...and that college basketball fans will either be euphoric with hope or devastated by loss as they watch their favorite teams...

DATE: Mar 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

EPA is now Environmental Predation Agency

By Carole McWilliams Over considerable opposition from Americans concerned about the future of our environment and from many current and former Environmental Protection Agency sta...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Boondocks

Water, special needs, private property on the docket

The first half of the 71st General Assembly is one-third of the way through. I have been successful on several bills so far. Three of my bills in one day has been the most. The on...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State Senate

Trump’s two-track foreign policy may yield benefits

WASHINGTON — At the heart of Donald Trump’s foreign policy team lies a glaring contradiction. On the one hand, it is composed of men of experience, judgment and traditionalism. M...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Change is hard, yet school failure is not an option

In a local control state like Colorado, local school boards usually make their own decisions about the allocation of funds and how best to serve students. We saw an example recently in Jeffe...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Board of Education

The case of the cover-up in search of a crime

WASHINGTON — It’s a Watergate-era cliche that the cover-up is always worse than the crime. In the Mike Flynn affair, we have the first recorded instance of a cover-up in the absence of a cri...