We’re discussing the possibility of protesting a property valuation that you believe to be in error…
Category: Opinion/Letters
INSIDE THE NEWS: I Lost Money Following a Colorado Newspaper’s Sports Betting Advice
Four years ago, Colorado legalized online sports gambling…
OPINION: Stepping Over the Border, Onto Planet Earth
“The border has never been as militarized as it is right now. We have the state government sending troops here, the National Guard. We also have state troopers at the border…”
EDITORIAL: How to Protest Your Property Valuation, Part One
How might you go about determining whether to protest your valuation? Here are a few suggestions to help you make that decision…
HMPRESENTLY: Press 1, or 2, or 3… or More
It’s a word suggesting a company’s desire to engage with someone… the word ‘relations…’
EDITORIAL: A Well-Regulated Militia, Part Five
But the Heritage Foundation and many other folks seem to believe that we desperately need to protect the right of an average citizen to own a handgun…
LETTER: Faulty Property Tax Valuations
While it is expected that property values will increase over time, a more appropriate appreciation is 4% to 7% per year, not 80%…
LETTER: Can We Discuss and Define the 2nd Amendment?
Earlier this spring, an innocent law abiding citizen was killed in his doorway by Farmington Police Officers who went to the wrong address…
EDITORIAL: A Well-Regulated Militia, Part Four
The NRA was founded by a group of Union officers after the Civil War who, perturbed by their troops’ poor marksmanship, wanted a way to sponsor shooting training and competitions…
BIG PIVOTS: Colorado Democrats Gather to Celebrate the Republican River
A revision of federal regulations may help Colorado meet irrigation reductions on a river in eastern Colorado… and slow the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer…
OPINION: A Few Thoughts About the Debt Ceiling
In the very short run, at least, we might want to remind those elected officials that we are watching…
EDITORIAL: A Well-Regulated Militia, Part Three
In 1776, the American colonies were fairly unified in the belief that a government supported by a standing army was a dangerous government…
HMPRESENTLY: Spewing Advice… That’s All It Takes
I can remember rejoicing, getting just a few words or sentences in the news, about whatever I was attempting to publicize…
EDITORIAL: A Well-Regulated Militia, Part Two
“Due to the crisis in Farmington, New Mexico today, San Juan Regional Medical Center locked down the hospital and established our Incident Command Center…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Toxic Femininity
“Compared to our knowledge of men’s aggression, relatively little is known about women’s aggression. Indeed, aggression and violence are usually considered male problems…”
OPINION: Take Action, After a Traffic Death
Prevention is a conversation we can all initiate in our communities with our neighbors, at our local coffee shop, and with our coworkers…
EDITORIAL: A Well-Regulated Militia, Part One
A careful reader will notice that Dr. Fox is talking about something rather specific. “Mass killings in a public place”…
OPINION: Connection Between Mental Health Treatments & Mass Shootings?
“CNN’s Pamela Brown reported that despite Abbott’s assertion that the issue is tied to mental health, he’s cut more than $117 million from the state’s Health and Human Services Commission in 2021…”
HMPRESENTLY: Agreeing With Gary Beatty
Mr. Beatty, with good reason, laments his local Florida newspaper being “a subsidiary of USA Today”…