Appreciate life — not all of us have 9
Well here I am at the office again on a slow Monday. Katie and Tim are griping about how much they dislike coming to work on Mondays. They should do an article on the 23,000,000 folks currently out of work. How would they like to wake up in the morning not having a paycheck coming [...]
Will Wright be a no-show in Denver?
By Tim Merris - Jared Wright was in the news again this week. Not for something he said or something he did, but for something he didn’t do. What didn’t he do? He committed to appear at a Club 20 debate on Sept. 8 and left Club 20 officials high and dry by pulling out [...]
Make Charlie your write-in choice
I’m back from my trip to see “Cats” last week. Still peeved that there were no cats in the production. Someday when they name a musical “Cats” there will actually be felines, not humans, trying to be one. Anyway, enough on that. I’m back in the Fruita Times office watching everyone start their day. As [...]
Man makes push for Wright to withdraw candidacy
By Tim Merris Mesa County republican voter Alex Chaffetz has paid out $400 of his personal money for 6,000 automated calls asking voters in the county to ask beleaguered HD 54 candidate Jared Wright to step down from his candidacy. Wright’s ability to represent his constituents has come under fire lately with public scrutiny surrounding [...]
Details immerge concerning ex-Fruita cop Jared Wright
Candidate calls findings ‘outrageous, groundless, politically motivated’ By Tim Merris Now that the internal affairs investigation of Jared Wright is public, things are looking ugly. Wright said in a statement at a press conference “The whole ordeal was over being 17 minutes late for work on June 8 and that Chief Angelo was a vindictive [...]