Author: The Daily Sentinel editorial board

Nerves are still frayed from the June 3 Grand Junction City Council meeting that saw 200 people representing minority groups descend on City Hall to protest unfair treatment by police, the school district and other institutions (including the council itself) in the wake of George Floyd’s death. …read the full editorial here.

The Colorado County Clerks Association wants the state’s voters to know how secure the voting system is. …read the full editorial here.

If lawmakers in the state Senate get their way, Colorado voters will decide this fall if it’s time to eliminate the Gallagher Amendment from the state’s Constitution….read the full editorial here.

The Grand Junction City Council just got a wake-up call. We all did. There are members of our community – people of color – who, at a minimum, feel marginalized. At worst, they feel like targets of open racist hostility. But it took them marching on City Hall Wednesday for their frustration to register. Mission…

With the Colorado General Assembly trying to figure out how to shave $3 billion from next year’s budget due to projected revenue losses stemming from the COVID-19 response, every government program is under intense scrutiny, including the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media. This is an office that struggles to justify its small budget…

Grand Junction Police Chief Doug Shoemaker didn’t have to publicly condemn the events in Minneapolis that led to the death of George Floyd. He could have kept silent and let the events speak for themselves. Wrong is wrong after all. Nobody needed to hear from the chief that Floyd’s death could have been prevented. Anyone…

Manned space exploration used to be the exclusive domain of national governments. Only Russia, the U.S. and China have sent astronauts into space. …read full editorial here.

Can this community call a truce on the mask-wearing cold war that has unfolded since the governor urged Coloradans to cover their faces in early April? …read the full editorial here.

The city of Grand Junction swung for the fences with its vision for Las Colonias Park – 130 acres of prime recreation riverfront park space anchored by a business park that will hopefully be home to outdoor recreation companies. …read the full editorial here.