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Ashbaugh: How a Latino Democrat and a Black Republican opened a white, middle-aged woman’s eyes 
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Ashbaugh: How a Latino Democrat and a Black Republican opened a white, middle-aged woman’s eyes 

By Erin Ashbaugh | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice  “I’m a Republican.” he said.  “Ohhhh, I never pegged you to be that. I don’t think we can be friends anymore,” I laughed, only half-kidding. I was what one would consider a “Far Left” Democrat living in Boulder, CO when I said this, and Republicans were “the enemy.” The Republican friend of mine who I so quickly judged, as we reconnected after years of not seeing each other, was Lavelle Lewis, a football and basketball player who I’d cheered for during our years at IHS in Rochester, NY. After a couple of cups of coffee, I realized that as liberal as I was, Lavelle and I weren’t so different. Believe it or not, our values, morals, and political perspectives were rooted in similar ideals, just with different app...
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Dion: Colorado Republicans, it’s time to unite and fight 
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Dion: Colorado Republicans, it’s time to unite and fight 

By JAMESON DION | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice In Colorado, Republican Party politics has been defined in recent years by losses, infighting and a steady decline in the percentage of Colorado voters that affiliate with the party. Consider, just 24% of Colorado's registered voters were republicans as of June 2024. Democrats have controlled all statewide offices, and both chambers of Colorado’s state legislature since 2019. In short, it’s been tough to be a Colorado Republican of late.    This year’s elections offer hope and optimism. Joe Biden’s cognitive issues were on full display in the first Presidential debate. His age and decline was so apparent, many Democrat lawmakers and their typically reliable media mouthpieces have publicly questioned his abi...
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Tooker: Why am I opposed to the 400,000-acre proposed Dolores River National Monument?
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Tooker: Why am I opposed to the 400,000-acre proposed Dolores River National Monument?

By Aimee Tooker | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The west end of Montrose County is one of four Tier One coal-affected communities in Colorado. The effect of the closure of Western Fuels coal mine in 2018 and Tri-State Generation and Transmission’s coal plant in 2019 (two years ahead of schedule) had an obvious detrimental effect on our local businesses. Nucla-Naturita Fire Department suffered a 65% local property tax loss. The $550,000 we received from Tri-State generation has been spent methodically and gratefully. Since 2014 the west end has developed and has been implementing our economic diversification plans along with our recent coal-affected community transition plans. The proposed Dolores River National Monument will stonewall all economic processes that our ...
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Wood: Gov. Polis’ ‘Roadmap 2.0’ is not economically sustainable, equitable, environmentally balanced or fact-based
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Wood: Gov. Polis’ ‘Roadmap 2.0’ is not economically sustainable, equitable, environmentally balanced or fact-based

By PETE WOOD | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice This past February, Gov. Jared Polis introduced his “Roadmap 2.0” that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions in Colorado by 2050. The governor said, “Colorado has been a national model in bold climate action that improves air quality and protects our precious resources and open spaces. This updated, comprehensive Roadmap continues pushing our state forward in ways that will save Coloradans money, protect our air, and water, and ensure a more sustainable future for Colorado." Gov. Polis has doubled down on this policy that drives many local climate action plans that subsequently drive bureaucracies and mandates that make housing, transportation and the general cost of living more exp...
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Boebert announces mobile office hours, locations in July
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Boebert announces mobile office hours, locations in July

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Residents in the 3rd District will have seven opportunities in July to take advantage of mobile office hours being offered by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. The program has been one of the more successful in Congress, with Boebert's office citing assistance for 3,098 residents and the return of $6.36 million to constituents. “If you are a citizen in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District having issues with a federal agency, or you want your voice to be heard, please come to one of our mobile office hours, and a member of my team will be happy to assist you," Boebert said. Staff is available to help constituents with a variety of concerns, a press release reads. The concerns staff is prepared to assist constituents with include for those who aren...
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McKenna: Reflecting on America and Independence Day
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McKenna: Reflecting on America and Independence Day

By Stephen McKenna | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice On July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson presented perhaps the most consequential document written since the Bible to the Second Continental Congress. On Aug. 2, the 56 delegates to that Congress, representing the 13 colonies, signed the Declaration of Independence. In doing so, these patriots also signed their own death warrants, should the British empire rebuff their effort to create a country ensuring every individual’s right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”  From Patrick Henry’s closing line to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, "Give me liberty or give me death!” to former schoolteacher and Continental Army officer Nathan Hale’s, “I only regret that I have but one life to give to my count...
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Independence Day: Some cite Reagan, Trump, but Gardner goes way back to Adams in Twitter greetings
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Independence Day: Some cite Reagan, Trump, but Gardner goes way back to Adams in Twitter greetings

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice While Coloradans were enjoying parades, rodeos and cookouts in celebration Thursday of Independence Day, elected Republican officials past, present and possibly future turned to Twitter. For those not binge-watching Yellowstone re-runs, Twitter was filled with their personal thoughts and quotations, as could be expected, by Presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, and unexpectedly by novelist William Faulkner. The occasion drew former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner to get more creative, citing the country's co-drafter of the Declaration of Independence, the first vice president, first occupant of the White House and the country's only Federalist president: John Adams. Gardner encouraged Coloradans and Americans to, as Adams had said in 1776, "Ce...
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Devotional: A deeper understanding of freedom, and the true essence of independence
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Devotional: A deeper understanding of freedom, and the true essence of independence

By DRAKE HUNTER | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice As we celebrate another Fourth of July, a day that symbolizes the very essence of freedom and independence, it's crucial to reflect on the deeper meaning of this cherished value. Some may view "Freedom" as the ability to do whatever we please, but upon closer examination, this perspective is flawed. True freedom goes beyond mere self-indulgence; it encompasses a responsibility to serve and uplift others. As we celebrate our nation's freedom and independence on this significant day, let's not lose sight of the profound significance of freedom, and let’s just believe in freedom correctly. The Bible emphasizes the importance of freedom and reminds us that we are called to be free. It states, "You, my brothers and sisters, were called...
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Sloan: Leaving the door ajar on a wealth tax
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Sloan: Leaving the door ajar on a wealth tax

By Kelly Sloan | Contributing Columnist, Rocky Mountain Voice The progressive’s unquenchable appetite for exacting every last ounce of flesh from those who have accumulated more wealth than Bernie Sanders thinks appropriate may have gotten a bit of unsolicited help from the Supreme Court last week. The Court, in Moore v. U.S., upheld a provision from the 2017 tax reform, the mandatory repatriation tax (MRT), that assigned a one-time tax on shareholders of predominantly U.S.-controlled foreign firms, on retained (and therefore untaxed) earnings proportional to their ownership stake. The 7-2 ruling – with Thomas and Gorsuch dissenting – was rather narrow, as Justice Kavanaugh took pains to note in his opinion joined by Chief Justice Roberts, focusing solely on the specifics of the case...
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Cooper: The media doesn’t do their job, so you must to get real election answers
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Cooper: The media doesn’t do their job, so you must to get real election answers

By BOB COOPER | Guest Columnist, Rocky Mountain Voice Polling shows more than 55% of voters believe the voting system in the United States is problematic: a huge concern for a republic. What is fueling this? Elected officials who openly crush any form of transparency and block investigations, and a news media that does not question or investigate anything related to election claims.   Across the country, we see and hear a repeated theme of “gold standard” elections, yet elected officials controlling voting systems provide evidence to the contrary.  Did you know verifying election systems is not the role of law enforcement, but of citizens?  Elected officials and election officers should insist on transparency in all cases and commit to providing citizens with c...
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