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EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Fifteen

EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Fifteen

Posted on October 9, 2020October 12, 2020 by Bill Hudson

“You know, we do see a lot — within the South Platte Basin — of entities buying up water rights with the intention of drying them up in the future… definitely something we’re working on, to come up with different options…”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

HMPRESENTLY: Disconnects

Posted on October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 by Harvey Radin

But, the most troubling disconnect of all, would seem to be the growing disconnect between so-called ‘law and order’ and what has been described, through the ages, as “man’s inhumanity to man”…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Fourteen

Posted on October 8, 2020October 9, 2020 by Bill Hudson

For more than 125 years, our Colorado courts have been granting water rights holders the privilege of making a profit selling the “right to use” publicly-owned water…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Considering the Magna Carta

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Considering the Magna Carta

Posted on October 8, 2020September 6, 2023 by Gary Beatty

In 2020, our economic liberty is being threatened by government mandated shutdowns. We are being subjected to regulation of private property, business, and commerce…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Support for Amendment B

Posted on October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 by Post Contributor

As the head of the National Federation of Business has said, without Amendment B, a real number of small businesses around Colorado will be pushed over the edge to insolvency…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Thirteen

EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Thirteen

Posted on October 7, 2020October 8, 2020 by Bill Hudson

The new Anti-Speculation Law Work Grooup will hold its first official meeting today, Wednesday October 7, at 12 noon MDT, via ZOOM. This public meeting is scheduled to last from noon until 2pm…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

HMPRESENTLY: The Artistry of Journalists

Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 by Harvey Radin

What a kick that was, with your adrenaline going like crazy! There could be monsoons or volcanic eruptions, just outside, but you’re laser-focusing on the journalist’s questions…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Twelve

EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Twelve

Posted on October 6, 2020February 14, 2022 by Bill Hudson

In its draft budget, SJWCD plans to contribute about $2,500 to the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Building More Roads Won’t Help Repair Our Economy

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Charles Marohn

Bottom-up investments have less risk and higher financial returns than the federally guided projects of the past…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: To Restore a Sense of Decency

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Post Contributor

President Trump had almost four years to lead the United States and has failed us, by his own choosing…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Eleven

EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Eleven

Posted on October 5, 2020October 6, 2020 by Bill Hudson

I did not read through the documents, but I noticed that the oldest document under Case Number CA0073 was a handwritten court decision dated 1896…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

HMPRESENTLY: Working For The People?

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 by Harvey Radin

“Nothing can stop him from working for the American people. RELENTLESS!” tweeted the president’s daughter and senior advisor, Ivanka Trump…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

LETTER: Hickenlooper’s Proven Record

Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 by Post Contributor

John Hickenlooper has a proven track record of service to Colorado as mayor of Denver from 2003-20011 and governor from 2012-2018…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Ten

Posted on October 2, 2020October 5, 2020 by Bill Hudson

“A governmental entity has the burden of demonstrating three elements in regard to its intent to make a non-speculative conditional appropriation of unappropriated water…”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: ‘Mental Health Colorado’ Announces Ballot Recommendations

Posted on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 by Post Contributor

“Even as we constantly hear about Colorado’s great economy and business growth, our state consistently ranks in the bottom third of the nation in terms of the magnitude of our health needs…”

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

EDITORIAL: Speculators Buying Up Colorado Water Rights? Part Nine

Posted on October 1, 2020October 2, 2020 by Bill Hudson

I have to agree with attorney Eklund. In light of current Colorado water law, there is absolutely no ‘speculation’ involved in purchasing a farm with senior water rights and continuing to operate the farm in a traditional matter…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Election of 1800, and Amy Coney Barrett

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Election of 1800, and Amy Coney Barrett

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by Gary Beatty

The system of ‘checks & balances’ built into our Constitution was designed to defuse the detrimental effects of faction…

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

HMPRESENTLY: A Whole ‘Nother Story

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by Harvey Radin

Very recently, the nation’s intelligence agencies and the FBI expressed concerns about domestic terrorism carried out by far-right groups,,,

Posted in News/Politics, Opinion/Letters

OPINION: Wolves Are Indigenous to Colorado

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Post Contributor

In the wake of Manifest Destiny, take a moment to pause and see what is happening to the Earth. Take that moment now, before it is too late…

Posted in Environment/Recreation, Opinion/Letters
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