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It’s Time for a Republican Party epiphany

Greg Haitz, the owner and operator of Rimrock Wellness Center in Grand Junction, announced Friday that he is running for the District B seat on the Grand Junction City Council.

Barring a districtwide or communitywide outbreak of COVID-19 the likes of which haven’t been seen throughout the pandemic, required masking in School District 51 schools will soon be a thing

Grand Junction voters elected three new city council members and one familiar face in April’s municipal election.

By JIM SPEHAR Maybe it’s a combination of realism and the fact that I’m a professionally trained skeptic thanks to what some critics might consider an appropriate B.S. in Journalism. Or perhaps my status as a native hereabouts with some experience in local campaigning. But count me a little less certain than some about the possibility that last week’s Grand Junction City Council election marks some sort of turning point in local politics. “All of the far-right candidates see...

Even though the same voting systems were used to elect such Republicans as U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and state Rep. Matt Soper, some members of the GOP in Colorado are questioning the legitimacy of Tuesday’s Grand Junction City Council race. Those objectors are all supporters of the four losing council candidates: Mark McCallister, Jody Green, Greg Haitz and Kraig Andrews, who all ran on a similar limited government platform. “WE JUST LOST every single City Council Seat,” Grand Ju...

Grand Junction Election Results: Door Opens to Marijuana Business Grand Junction Says Yes to Marijuana Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado in 2012 and the first dispensaries opening in 2014, there has been much debate and discussion about bringing the marijuana business to Grand Junction. Local residents have watched other communities in western Colorado reap the benefits of marijuana taxation, all the while wondering how long it would be before Grand Junction would get...

The eight candidates for Grand Junction City Council raised another $27,29, bringing the total for this election to more than $100,000. The money, which was raised between March 12 and March 28, was reported to the City Clerk on Friday. Those reports also included the amount of money candidates had on hand at the start of the reporting period and their expenditures over that period. The largest amount raised during the second reporting period was by Dennis Simpson, who raised $7,809. That amoun...

Crocodile tears over open lands? City Council candidates Green, Haitz, and McCallister are shedding crocodile tears over their “exclusion” from the Outdoor Recreation Council’s questionnaire on public lands and recreation issues. As described in the Sentinel article on April 1 ,“candidates miffed by public lands discourse,” the ORC’s screenshot proves that the questions were mailed to all 8 candidates; only three chose not to respond. Coincidentally, these are the ...

Americas promising future cant be deterrred Well here we are again. Republicans attempting to suppress the votes of African Americans, Hispanics, and in many ways elderly people. Why? Is it because they understand since the time of COVID, Americas demographic has changed? And formerly Republican stronghold districts are being taken over by independent voters and Democratic voting blocks. It is the way of the nation now. So many seeking jobs in places besides their home states, where so many bus...