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Tend to our republic or risk losing it
Max Stites Letter to the Editor Grand Junction Daily Sentinel February 12, 2025 Ben Franklin warned us to tend to our republic or risk...
Max Stites
Feb 182 min read
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Bipartisanship is difficult, but essential
Greg Walcher Daily Sentinel Op Ed October 25, 2024 When President Kennedy explained the goal of sending a man to the moon, he said the...

Restore the Balance
Oct 25, 20243 min read
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What Price Freedom?
Betsy Longenecker RtB Writers Group October 17, 2024 I never should have been born; that is, if you looked at the odds. In 1944-45, my...
Betsy Longenecker
Oct 20, 20242 min read
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Restore the Balance Candidate Scorecard
For immediate release October 11, 2024 Restore the Balance

Restore the Balance
Oct 11, 20241 min read
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Colorado could vote to upend its election system. Here is one lawmaker’s take on how it went in Alaska.
Alaska Sen. Cathy Giessel, a Republican, initially opposed all-candidate primaries and ranked choice general elections, which is on the...

Restore the Balance
Oct 10, 20245 min read
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Local group will host event about ranked-choice voting
Jay Stooksberry Writer & Editor Delta, CO—Ranked-choice voting is on the Colorado ballot this year, and a Delta County group believes...
Jay Stooksberry
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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America has always been great; Biden has kept it so
Bill Heller RtB Writers Group Letter to the Editor Grand Junction Daily Sentinel September 13, 2024 With the contest between the former...

Bill Heller
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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Democracy isn’t perfect, but it’s the best system
Glenn Whitaker RtB Writers Group Letter to the Editor Grand Junction Daily Sentinel September 11, 2024 When obviously intelligent people...
Glenn Whitaker
Sep 11, 20242 min read
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What Will The Legacy Be?
Max Stites 9/6/2024 RtB Writers Group I was born in 1942. Yes, I am old. As others in my generation, I have seen and experienced much in...
Max Stites
Sep 7, 20243 min read
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With eyes on November, Colorado Republicans keep voting against certifying elections
Erin Mansfield Natasha Lovato USA TODAY August 25, 2024 After Colorado’s elections for local offices this past November, a state...

Restore the Balance
Aug 28, 20241 min read
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Fox News talking points don’t sell MAGA platform
David Lurye Letter to the Editor Grand Junction Daily Sentinel August 8, 2024 Yet another letter from a frequent writer in Wednesday’s...
David Lurye
Aug 22, 20242 min read
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Democracy is worth saving
Janalee Hogan Letter to the Editor The Durango Herald Friday, Aug 16, 2024 I’m pleased to see that the La Plata County Republican Party...
Janalee Hogan
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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Republicans flock to Democratic convention with ‘common cause’ to elect Harris
MSN Global News August 21, 2024 Story by Sean Boynton This week's Democratic National Convention may not just be notable for U.S....

Restore the Balance
Aug 22, 20244 min read
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I do not recognize my party - Republican Arizona Mayor John Giles
Mesa, AZ Republican Mayor John Giles: I do not recognize my party. I have something to say to those of us who are in the middle: You...

Restore the Balance
Aug 11, 20242 min read
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Trump campaign offers no answers to voter questions
GLENN WHITAKER Letter to the Editor Grand Junction Daily Sentinel August 8, 2024 The latest dizzying change in the United States...
Glenn Whitaker
Aug 11, 20242 min read
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Calls for Violence & Jury Nullification at Election Fraud Conspiracy Event in Grand Junction
Sharon Sullivan Colorado Times Recorder July 15, 2024 MyPillow founder and election denier Mike Lindell was a surprise guest at a movie...

Restore the Balance
Aug 4, 20244 min read
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Some Very Disturbing News
The RTB Board of Directors has recently been made aware of concerning happenings right here in our backyard of Mesa County. A recent...

Restore the Balance
Aug 4, 20241 min read
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Questionnaires are indispensable to voters
Betsy Longenecker Letter to the Editor Grand Junction Daily Sentinel July 26, 2024 There have been letters to the paper in the last few...
Betsy Longenecker
Jul 31, 20241 min read
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We can agree
Joan Levy RtB Writers Group To my Republican neighbors…I am a lifelong Democrat and as such, likely you think that we are diametrically...
Joan Levy
Jul 26, 20241 min read
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Biden has turned the race into a prosecutor vs. felon
Blane Colton Letter to the Editor Grand Junction Daily Sentinel July 24, 2024 OK, pop quiz: What do the following people all have in...
Blane Colton
Jul 26, 20241 min read
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