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JoAnn Kalenak, Senior Blogger, DCCR — A couple of weeks ago, Delta County Planning Commissioners voted seven-to-one to recommend approval of a new chicken barn on Fruitland Mesa. Some sixty residents attended the open meeting; nine spoke in favor and Read on…
By JoAnn Kalenak, President, DCCR Board — The county is about to begin its annual budget process. In a recent interview with KVNF, Commissioner Suppes sidestepped a question about county reserve funds telling listeners that the county wants 25 percent Read on…
By Brenda Perkins Published: Published June 27, 2018 DELTA COUNTY INDEPENDENT Dear Editor: We have all heard of the good ol’ boys club and shrugged it off, but you don’t understand how it impacts people’s lives until you Read on…
By JoAnn Kalenak What would you do if you woke up one day to find your address had changed suddenly and without prior notice? I’ll take a guess and assume you’d be pretty upset. I know I would be. This Read on…
At the March 19th commissioner meeting, dozens of residents were present to question the recent decision to eliminate the Upper North Fork seat to the Delta County Planning Commission (PC). Several simply wanted Jen Sanborn, who had held the seat Read on…
By JoAnn Kalenak/DCCR It’s times like these that I wish I’d paid better attention in my high school civics classes. Then, I might have been better prepared to reconcile how our County Commissioners could adopt a hot-topic ordinance without hearing Read on…
Delta County Commissioners have made an interesting addition to their public meeting agenda. If you follow these things, you know there is a regular agenda item called “constituent time,” the time that “we the people” bring issues to the board. Read on…