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Colo. GOP ‘Platform’ covered by Wall Street Journal, panned by readers

By | 12.01.09 | 10:14 am

The conservative national paper of record, the Wall Street Journal, reported on the Colorado Republican Party “Platform for Prosperity” today, describing it as a “bold move” to win over the “restive tea party activists.” The tea partiers interviewed…

Would-Be Gov. Penry’s Grand Junction slashing jobs and services

By | 07.17.09 | 8:31 am

Recession-made fiscal discipline has come to Grand Junction, where city leaders are admitting that they will have to cut services and staff because sales taxes have fallen off a cliff. The city had already taken steps to shave $7.5 million…

Signing Your (Political) Life Away

By | 09.24.06 | 11:10 pm

There have been some surprises for the race to win the Senate District 7 in Mesa County between Republican Josh Penry and Democrat Dana Barker. First, it was the age difference between Penry and Barker. The second shocker was…

Daily Sentinel Publisher Throws Beauprez and Penry Into a Blender

By | 09.03.06 | 3:56 pm

The guys in charge of the editorial department at the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel may believe Western Slope Democrats and moderate Republicans have more in common than moderate West Slope Republicans and ultra-conservative Republicans.

Penry Cooks His Goose

By | 08.08.06 | 3:10 pm

In the last days of the Republican primary for Senate District 7 between Matt Smith and Josh Penry, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel editorial opinion may have shifted away from their “favorite son,” Penry.

Seems that Penry, upset with…