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Making 4th and 5th two-way streets won't work the way city intends
The City of Grand Junction needs to understand that a two-way 5th Street will naturally become the most direct route through Downtown...
JH
Sep 11, 20210 min read
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Let us all show a little consideration as we reopen
As the country begins to open back up let us all be responsible and show a little consideration for others. Don't scoff at or ridicule...
JH
Apr 30, 20200 min read
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Poorly designed drive-thrus adding to Covid stress
This shutdown has helped to highlight a huge glaring problem that has been plaguing society for years. Poorly designed restaurant...
JH
Apr 18, 20200 min read
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Making the case for paid sick
If people took the seasonal flu and common cold as seriously as we are taking the Coronavirus then maybe we wouldn't lose tens of...
JH
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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Red lights, hurried drivers a bad combo
The vast majority of red light accidents occur within the first few seconds of a signal light change. Unless they're drunk or on their...
JH
Mar 9, 20201 min read
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Colorado needs a flat sales tax
Colorado should implement a flat across the board sales tax. Everyone pays the same no matter what city or county they happen to be in....
JH
Feb 27, 20200 min read
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More streetlights, sidewalks needed
It should be a state law that all urban streets have sidewalks and streetlights. I understand that many urban areas used to at one time...
JH
Feb 7, 20201 min read
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Pedestrian bridge to nowhere.
For years there has been no safe way to cross the I-70BusinssLoop between the downtown Grand Junction core and the train station area...
JH
Dec 30, 20192 min read
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Sports park needed in south Grand Valley
The large parcel of land at the corner of 29Rd and Riverside Parkway would be a great location for a sports oriented park like Canyon...
JH
Sep 14, 20191 min read
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Coloradans Deserve Better Mountain Highways
This state needs more guardrails installed along steep and dangerous drop-offs. Not just on cliff edges but along rivers and lakes. In...
JH
Sep 14, 20191 min read
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DUI reforms needed
Enough is ENOUGH!!!! We need DUI reforms and we need them now! A new law here in Colorado aims to make someone's fourth DUI a felony....
JH
Sep 12, 20191 min read
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Playground etiquette
It's so much fun to watch teenagers and full grown adults using children's playground equipment for parkour. Leaping, jumping, climbing...
JH
Sep 7, 20191 min read
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Red light cameras enforcement
I don't care what anyone says about 'invasion of privacy', red light cameras worked. They acted as a deterrent and saved lives. The sad...
JH
Sep 7, 20191 min read
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Bike paths and canals
The Grand Valley Project is a massive public works project that includes the Grand Valley Diversion Dam, a powerplant, two pumping...
JH
Sep 4, 20191 min read
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Open space wildland parks
I totally love the idea of greenbelts and open space parks. These undeveloped wildland-like areas are used to separate cities - and...
JH
Aug 31, 20191 min read
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Seatbelts do more than just protect you
People tend to think that seat belts only protect the wearer, but that's an erroneous assumption. Any unbelted occupant can become a...
JH
Aug 31, 20191 min read
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Pedestrian bridges needed for CMU
How long before the city and CMU both get their act together and realistically address the obvious pedestrian issues around the...
JH
Aug 30, 20191 min read
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Grand Valley need more, better bike lanes
How great would it be for the Grand Valley if there were more dedicated bike routes? I'm not talking about the narrow strips of asphalt...
JH
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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You can thank me later
You may have noticed some freshening up around the Mesa Mall in recent months. You should have noticed something. For years the mall has...
JH
Aug 16, 20193 min read
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White lines at intersections
Attention, drivers. When at an intersection you are to stop at the thick solid white line just before the crosswalk. You do not stop at...
JH
Aug 7, 20191 min read
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