Dear Editor: We would like to thank and commend all 3,508 Rio Blanco County voters who cast their ballots in the Nov. 8 election. This was an 87.9 percent return from the 3,992 active voters in the county. By the time you read this, our election will be certified with[Read More…]
Tag: Election 2016
Editor’s Column: Glad that’s over? Now the real work begins
The election of 2016, with all its flaming rhetoric, is behind us. We have elected the 45th president of the United States of America. May he be given all the wisdom, compassion and grace he will need in the days ahead to keep his promise to “make America great again.”[Read More…]
RBC voters opt for a straight Republican ticket
RBC | Continuing a long tradition, the majority of Rio Blanco County voters opted for a straight Republican ticket on the 2016 ballot. Unofficial results as of press time show RBC choosing the Republican candidate in every race by a wide margin. As of press time Wednesday morning, Rio Blanco[Read More…]
Denying the costs of coal regulations
By Luke Popovich Special to the Herald Times RBC | In a recent Facebook interview, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy acknowledged the obvious—that she supports the Environmental Left’s “Keep it in the Ground” policy. In an online “Mashable” discussion with science editor Andrew Freedman, McCarthy said of anti-coal activists, “I think[Read More…]
Letter: Support for Emily Tracy
Dear Editor: I will be voting for Emily Tracy for State Senate because she knows how important it is to give Colorado kids the tools they need to get ahead. For more than 20 years, she worked in child protection helping foster kids find stable homes and making sure they[Read More…]
Letter: Vote ‘no’ on 71
Dear Editor: Having grown up in a town with 1,500 people, in a rural area where I had 48 classmates in high school, I know something about rural vs. metro area issues. Now I’m a lawyer in Denver who started The Judicial Integrity Project because my profession isn’t behaving as[Read More…]
Letter: Rebuttal to last week’s Amendment 71 letter
Dear Editor: I would like to respond to the concerns expressed by Golden resident Russell W. Haas in his letter to the editor published Oct. 20 regarding proposed Amendment 71. First, contrary to Mr. Haas’s assertions, I find the language of the ballot proposal adequately detailed and fail to see[Read More…]
Nightmare on Election Street …
Meet the state senate candidates seeking to represent Rio Blanco County
Editor’s note: What follows are two articles about the two candidates running for the state senate seat that will represent Rio Blanco County. Emily Tracy, Breckenridge (Summit County), is challenging incumbent State Senator Randy Baumgardner, R-Hot Sulphur Springs, in his bid for re-election to a second four-year term representing State[Read More…]
Ballots must be received by Nov. 8
RBC | The 2016 General Election is just days away and the U.S. Postal Service is encouraging Colorado voters to mail in their completed ballots now to allow for timely receipt and processing by local election officials. “We are urging all voters to mail their completed ballots as soon as[Read More…]
Letter: Backing McCrory Bid
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to support Chip McCrory for the office of District Attorney for Pitkin, Garfield and Rio Blanco counties of Colorado. I have learned from friends and colleagues that many are unaware of a third choice for DA. Chip is an independent, trusted and highly[Read More…]
Letter: McCrory for DA
Dear Editor: Four years ago, I publicly endorsed Sherry Caloia for District Attorney in her successful bid to unseat the intolerable incumbent, Martin Beeson. I’m glad Sherry won and I was relieved alongside many in the district that Mr. Beeson was out of power. In this election, I am very[Read More…]
