Posts Tagged ‘Tribune’

Isaia Aricayos to announce run against Young for HD 50

Republican Isaia Aricayos is formally announcing his intention to challenge Democrat Dave Young for the House District 50 seat following a series of votes in favor of controversial bills including restrictions on Second Amendment rights and a bill that would legalize actions taken by convicted abortionist Kermit Gosnell.   Aricayos will be announcing his candidacy [...]

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Tribune calls District 6 students “resources”

Laments siphoning to charter schoolsRecent revelations that District 6 will be letting nearly 20 percent of their new teachers has caused the Greeley Tribune to blame part of the problem on charter schools by categorizing students as “resources” that the district is losing.   At Monday’s board of education meeting, District 6 Superintendent Ranelle Lang [...]

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Tribune takes Greeley voters to the woodshed over District 6 scores

Criticizes voters for not increasing taxes enoughby Peter Grady –   The head of a local political organization has taken issue with a recent editorial by the Greeley Tribune placing the blame for low test scores on voters.   In a recent editorial, District 6 needs everyone’s help,  the Greeley Tribune said residents who want [...]

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Should hammer control be next?

  by Peter Grady –       While many liberals and media outlets are calling for restrictions on gun owners including national registration and a ban on assault weapons and handguns saying these weapons are used excessively in murders, information from the FBI shows these groups are going after the wrong weapon of choice [...]

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Buck defends continuing prosecution of marijuana users

by Jack Minor –   Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck has defended his decision to continue prosecuting marijuana users saying despite passage of an amendment legalizing the drug’s use, it is currently still illegal and he has a duty to enforce the law.   “What if I were to determine that the will of [...]

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Dem leaders with ties to Obama have incidents with press

by Jack Minor –   In recent days, democratic officials have butted heads with reporters for simply asking them questions as part of their job.   Dave Philipps, a reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette, was doing a brief interview with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, when he was threatened with physical assault for asking a [...]

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Lang defends administrator salary, says they work more than teachers

by Jack Minor –   District 6 Superintendent Ranelle Lang has responded to criticism that a teacher who has been teaching in district classrooms for over 25 years is making less than the new communications director by saying the amount is justified because administrators work more days than teachers.   Theresa Myers, who previously worked [...]

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District 6 has history of not being wise stewards of their finances

by Brett Reese –     I asked the editor of the Northern Colorado Gazette to reprint my letter of Feb 2011 to help us all decide whether or not to trust this administration…   As easy and fun as it would be to air out the many silly antics my colleagues on the Greeley/Evans [...]

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District “number ban” based on experience

by Jack Minor –   While the Greeley/Evans School District’s policy on banning certain numbers being displayed, including 18, which is the number of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, officials said the reasoning is actually based on experience.   The dress code for district schools prohibits team jerseys or belt buckles with the numbers 13, [...]

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Federal Reserve Inaction Would Be Blessing In Long Term

by Mike McCune –   Market investors are expecting help from the Federal Reserve as the recovery stalls so the markets continue to move higher. But experts are suddenly divided on the question of the value of another helping handout from government to its’ selected minions.   Most everyone remembers the threat given to House [...]

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District, Tribune ignores common sense solutions over John Evans issue

by Brett Reese –   After reading the Greeley tribune story of July 20th about raising property taxes to tear down and rebuild John Evans Middle school, I was convinced the three lattes a year sacrifice each of us would have to make for this school was an easy decision.  And, as always, The Tribune couched [...]

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Reese stymies critics by expanding business dealings

by Peter Grady –   A series of attacks by various groups over the years to destroy Brett Reese appear to have backfired as his holdings have actually increased over the past year.   Last week, Pirate 104.7 won the Grand Marshall’s Award for its float in the Greeley Stampede’s Independence Day parade.   The [...]

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Well decision a no-brainer, give farmers the water

While others, including the Greeley Tribune may try to waffle on the issue of whether area farmers should be permitted to turn their Wells on to prevent an economic disaster and save their crops, we believe the issue is a no-brainer. Turn the wells on.   While the Tribune has attempted to portray the issue [...]

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Man Camp manager takes Trib to task for closure remark

by Jack Minor –   The manager of a local RV park says that contrary to the Greeley Tribune’s statement that a man camp at their facility was shut down by county officials, they are still open and moving ahead with their permitting process.   In a June 3 editorial, the Tribune said, “Weld County [...]

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Civil Union bill does not provide enough protection for opponents

Supporters of the civil union bill currently being debated in the Colorado state legislature attempt to portray the issue as one of fairness, while opponents say it undermines traditional marriage; however there is a major issue with the bill that has been neglected during the entire debate. Colorado is currently among 29 states that have [...]

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Vindication: Mainstream media discovers Reese right about Broadmoor

Denver station discovers story Gazette covered last year by Jack Minor –   Former Greeley/Evans District 6 school board member Brett Reese says a recent story by a Denver television station was a perfect example of the type of fiscal mismanagement he tried to fight while serving on the board. In a May 3 article [...]

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Renter’s threats result in restraining order

Letter shows Reese took multiple steps to avoid confrontationby Jack Minor – A restraining order has been filed against a tenant of Brett Reese after he allegedly threatened physical violence against him for attempting to collect on a late rent payment. The restraining order was issued by Judge Michelle Meyer against George Tiba, 29, of [...]

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Feds Attack Family Farms. . . Again

Obama’s Labor Secretary leads a second charge. The Feds plan to regulate children on the family farm by Craig Masters Was 1989 the Mother of All Changes, as the Moscow News wrote? Maybe not? That headline was the subject line of an email from Scott Baker (Glen Beck). But the story follows closely the last [...]

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Trimberger out, Lidiak in

Reese encouraged by independent thinking “newbies”  by Jack Minor   -– At the first meeting of the new District 6 school board, members wasted no time in setting a new tone and direction. After  all board members except Judy Kron and Julia Richard indicated they would not support her leadership, Linda Trimberger was forced to step [...]

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The Greeley Tribune vs. The Greeley Gazette

By the Mayor of Vernsville, Vern Spencer Journalism, as practiced by the Greeley Tribune, is often used as a vehicle to harass and defame Greeley citizens.  During Mayor Ed Clark’s term of office, the Tribune used the power of the poison pen to manipulate public opinion against Mayor Ed.  He ended up getting payback by tellingColorado, [...]

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Media: Cain must provide details of charges we brought up

by Jack Minor – A liberal news organization said it was Herman Cain’s responsibility to provide specific details on charges of sexual misconduct. Late Monday evening Politico.com issued a breaking news story claiming that in the 1990’s, while Cain was head of the National Restaurant Association, two female employees complained that Cain engaged in “inappropriate [...]

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Candidates speak out on placement on Tribune’s “do not vote for” list

by Jack Minor – Three of the candidates the Tribune specifically said should not be elected to the school board say the newspaper’s statements reveal their bias to real and meaningful change for the district. In an editorial Sunday, the Tribune stated it was announcing which candidates it would endorse in a different way this year. [...]

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The Choices are very clear for education’s future

By Craig Masters Any one who has been exposed to the news and comments about the campers in New York who have named themselves Occupy Wall Street, must certainly understand the basic reasons these folks are there. They are frustrated, uneducated, and vulnerable to smooth talking ‘community organizers’ who will promise them everything they demand. [...]

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Gilcrest trustee stands firm in opposition to public documents in Spanish

“Knowing English key to succeeding in this country” official says by Jack Minor – A town trustee is standing firm amidst a media onslaught, stating that he is not a racist and his comments are actually intended to help Spanish-only speaking persons succeed in America. Recently the town of Gilcrest sent nearly 30 notices to [...]

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Circulation decline prompts new charges for Greeley Tribune

Denver television station KDVR reported Tuesday, that faced with a shrinking number of print subscriptions, The Tribune, Greeley’s largest daily newspaper, has announced it will begin charging customers for much of its online content starting in November. Tribune Publisher, Bart Smith, in an article posted on greeleytribune.com this week, stated the paper has made the [...]

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Who are the school board candidates?

    By James Courant   The field for the upcoming Greeley/Evans school board elections is a crowded one. With fifteen candidates vying for the four open seats, the Gazette will be doing a series of articles on meeting the candidates.   In this article we will be providing some basic information on each candidate [...]

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Gardner: Another Misreporting by the Tribune…sheesh

by Sam Hill(Editor’s note: We were unable to gain permission from the author of www.greeleyreport.com to edit this story.  Therefore we print it as is and as it was meant to be, a news editorial.  However, in spite of the bent, there are many facts herein and they are neglected by the Tribune in their attempts [...]

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Tribune’s arrogance toward (future former) readers knows no bounds

Editors Note: This is an email exchange that took place between a Greeley Tribune reader and Tribune reporter Dan England.  We at the Gazette are happy to print the otherwise unpublished arrogance of The Tribune. You may contact us with your direct correspondences at editor@greeleygazette.com   Incidentally, we couldn’t agree more.  Tuesday’s Tribune’s front page [...]

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Brett Reese: D6 is wasting million$ – Taxes not the answer

Budget is not “innovative”  In spite of numerous meetings with the public, my colleagues are continuing their fantastic proclivity to image and politics instead of education.  They have held meetings, collected input and then ignored it all for their own whims.  There does not exist on this board a single business owner who is making their [...]

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Some school administrators sacrifice for students

The following article was reprinted from the Seymour Tribune in Seymour, Indiana Reed resigns for sake of school Move could save Medora $123,000 June 14, 2011 1:06 AM By AUBREY WOODS MEDORA — This community’s school corporation may likely survive state funding cutbacks, but it will have to do so without Superintendent John Reed. “You [...]

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D6 employees: “We’ll lose our jobs if we speak out”

Teachers, other employees fear retaliation for talking to board members at Reese town hall meeting Story and photo By Jack Minor  Former and current School District 6 employees spoke out during a town hall meeting held by Brett Reese saying they were afraid to discuss the problems in the district, fearing it might cost them [...]

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Greeley Trib serving our community?

Many see constant attacks on Reese cracking newspaper’s credibilityBy Brett Reese  –  (The Tribune has refused to print this editorial, or any editorial by Brett Reese, elected official) General Douglas MacArthur once stated, “I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of [...]

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Reese announces open town hall meeting on May 28

  Brett Reese, as an individual not as a school board member, will be holding an open town hall meeting for residents of Greeley/Evans District 6 on May 28th at 11:00 am at the Farr Library 1939 61st Avenue Greeley, CO 80634.  Residents are encouraged to bring questions or concerns to the meeting.  This will be [...]

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Greeley Tribune gets it wrong…again

By Brett Reese  For those few who still read the Greeley Tribune as well as to those who still believe it to be an objective source of local information, it’s time I set the record straight. I was there.  Another tortuous district 6 board meeting.  I got up just a few minutes in, and left after [...]

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Tribune mocks Lakin, ignores legitimate discrepancies into Obama birth issue

Paper chose not to interview, independently investigate the issue The Tribune once again took a swipe at a decorated soldier from Greeley who simply asked for a document that the President finally released last week.  Using mocking words, the Tribune, in an editorial, appears to take pleasure in Lt. Col. Terry Lakin’s going to jail [...]

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