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By JIM SPEHAR In a couple of days, we’ll have a good idea of the direction Grand Junction will be taking for at least the next few years. Deadline for City Council ballots to be returned is 7 p.m. Tuesday. Election results will follow shortly thereafter. It’s been an interesting election season featuring puzzling non-participation in most public forums by four of the eight candidates, a dustup over public lands and recreation questions posed by the Outdoor Recreation Coalition, and ou...

Several City Council candidates voiced displeasure with a local organization of outdoor recreation leaders after it published responses to a questionnaire that did not include all the candidates. In Sunday’s edition of The Daily Sentinel, a letter to the editor from Outdoor Recreation Coalition (ORC) member Sarah Shrader pointed readers to the ORC website, which published candidate responses to a questionnaire on public lands and recreation issues. The questionnaire itself was not part of ...

Ballots for the April 6 municipal election will soon be arriving and The Daily Sentinel this week has been covering the city council races that voters will be deciding. Profiles of the eight candidates running for City Council can be found online at gjsentinel.com along with their complete answers to questions asked by The Daily Sentinel. Included in those surveys to candidates were questions about some of the biggest issues currently facing the city. Should Grand Junction buy Glacier Ice Arena...

By GENE GOFFIN

After meeting with Greg Haitz and Dennis Simpson, the Sentinel’s editorial board could not reach a consensus on whom to endorse in the Grand Junction City Council District D race. Both candidates are well-qualified, knowledgeable and have the relevant experience to hit the ground running. But that’s not to say voters can’t get this one wrong. Some on the board fear Simpson’s presence on the council could be a major disruption, while others appreciate his reason for running �...

Greg Haitz, who is running for Grand Junction City Council in District D, says the Council needs the perspective and experience of a small business owner like him as it

A big, beautiful wall can solve wolf problem There may be a problem with Matt Soper’s bill allowing introduction of gray wolves only in those counties where voters approved such introduction, i.e., how to keep the wolves in the five Western Slope counties and the eight Front Range counties that approved the proposition. Since wolves are notorious for their disregard of jurisdictional boundaries, I see only one solution. Mr. Soper must include a requirement in his bill that those wolf lovin...

Science can’t ‘tweak’ virus into submission

Candidates for Grand Junction City Council met Tuesday at a forum to answer questions focused on business and economic issues facing the city. The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the forum, which featured all eight candidates who are vying for the four open council seats. While the candidates agreed on many of the issues raised, including supporting small businesses and keeping the city out of the real estate business, there was some disagreement over the city’s $1 million i...

The number of candidates for the April City Council election is set at eight after one prospective candidate did not collect the required number of signatures. L. Roger Johnson had been listed as an unofficial candidate for the District A seat, but did not deliver the 50 signatures from registered Grand Junction voters required to appear on the ballot. That leaves eight candidates for four open seats: Rick Taggart and Mark McCallister for District A, Greg Haitz and Dennis Simpson for District D...