Author: The Daily Sentinel editorial board
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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Reaching our potential
As we toast graduations around the valley this time of year, a curious and nagging fact continues to foul the celebratory punch bowl: The number of District 51 graduates obtaining any kind of post-secondary education lags the national average by 20 percent. District 51 grads going to four-year college, getting an associates degree, obtaining a…
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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Very seriously?
It’s hard to read the reporting on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist implicated in a scheme to sell bobcats pelts overseas and not wonder how the agency could tolerate keeping such an employee on the payroll. Read more at The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: A public lands story
We can thank our public lands for the estimated $2.5 million economic impact that should result from hosting the Grand Junction Off-Road mountain biking race over the weekend. Read more at The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: The way it’s supposed to work
On the heels of Sunshine Week – and in light of heightened awareness of local threats to school safety – we would be remiss if we didn’t recognize a Mesa County magistrate for allowing sensitive court proceedings to be observed. Magistrates have discretion over who gets to watch juvenile cases. Mesa County Magistrate Will McNulty,…
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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Let’s make policy, not be victims to it
Back in June, we described the county’s response to a budget crisis affecting public safety funding as “government malpractice.” The idea there was not to dismiss the need for a sales tax increase to hire more deputies and prosecutors, but to highlight an absurdity unfolding before our eyes. The county had just rejected an opportunity…