The non-partisan group Club 20 hosted debates this month featuring candidates for state and national seats. Last week, we covered Colorado’s Third Congressional District and State House District 26; you can read that story at https://bit.ly/3fjGGOB. This week, we turn to the debate between Colorado State Senate District 8 candidates.[Read More…]
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Colorado River Compact discussed at CLUB-20
One hundred-years after the historic Colorado River Compact allocated 15 million acre feet of water between seven states in the arid west, the situation has grown dire. On June 15, US Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton issued a call to action for all seven states in the 1922 Compact[Read More…]
Candidates clash at Club 20 debate
RBC | Club 20 organization—an amalgamation of county, municipal, business and individual members advocating for the well-being of our 20 some western Colorado counties—recently hosted a debate for the candidates of the Third Congressional District, which includes Rio Blanco County, as well as eight State House Districts, three State Senate[Read More…]
Club 20 takes positions on ballot measures
RBC | The Board of Directors of Club 20 held its fall business meeting and candidates’ debates last weekend in Grand Junction. Relevant western slope and statewide candidates were featured, and the board confirmed positions on the 13 questions Colorado voters will face on the November ballot. Rio Blanco County,[Read More…]
Club 20 addresses restrictions of Colorado Tax Policy; fire districts example
RBC | Saturday, March 31, some 120 attendees at Club 20’s annual spring conference in Grand Junction heard from U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D) and then Colorado’s Third District Congressman Scott Tipton (R-Cortez). Thereafter, the organization devoted more than half of its day-long agenda to presentations and discussions about the creation[Read More…]
Western Slope Club 20 attends annual Denver meeting
RBC | The Western Slope’s association of counties, municipalities, businesses and interested residents—Club 20—held its annual trip to the state capitol last Thursday and Friday. Club 20 joined forces with two other rural regional associations, Action 22 for 22 southern Colorado counties and Pro*15 for 15 northeastern counties, calling themselves “Voices[Read More…]
Letter: What is Club 20?
Dear Editor: We at Club 20 are pleased to have been included in your news report on the Rio Blanco County Commissioners’ meeting in Rangely Sept. 18. You reported that RBC commissioner, Si Woodruff, told the board Reed Kelley had been “nominated to represent RBC at Club 20 as a[Read More…]
Club 20 pushes highway funding measure during spring conference
RBC I Club 20, the presumptive “Voice of the Western Slope,” held its spring conference in Grand Junction April 7-8. Representing 22 counties and numerous towns as well as individual and business members, Club 20 was founded in 1953.
CLUB 20 to be in Meeker on Tuesday
MEEKER I On Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Kilowatt Korner, CLUB 20 will be in Meeker to provide a presentation by their director on several issues relevant to Meeker, Rangely and Rio Blanco County.
AGNC supports multi-use
RBC I Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado re-affirms its support for multiple use of public lands as “the Land of Many Uses” in supporting Club 20’s position regarding Western Slope energy resources.
CLUB 20 panel pushes for Colorado highway funds
RBC I The needs are growing while the revenue source is shrinking as Coloradans try to keep up with the demands of the state’s highways and bridges. At the same time, officials wrestling with the challenge face the larger challenge of deciding how highway funding can increase while also dealing[Read More…]
Health care solutions …
More than 20 people from Meeker and Rangely participated in discussions regarding sustainable health care solutions, brought to Rio Blanco County by the Colorado Trust in cooperation with Club 20 Education and Research Foundation and Colorado Mesa University.