Author: Denver Gazette readers
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LETTERS: Miscarriage of justice; core American values
Miscarriage of justice Guillermo Ramirez was set free last week in a Jefferson County courthouse after being deemed unfit for trial because he has been declared “incompetent and not restorable” after he collided with a 2003 Chevy Suburban shortly before 5 a.m. more than three years ago on Dec. 17, 2021. Ramirez was driving over…
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LETTERS: Access to pet care; not about free speech
Access to pet care A recent survey by Colorado State University found that 82% of Colorado pet owners consider their pets part of the family (CSU Animal-Human Policy Center, 2023). It is no wonder Colorado voters passed Proposition 129 to create a new veterinary professional associate (VPA) role. Similar to physician assistants in human medicine,…
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LETTERS: Democrats’ unchecked power; putting our health at risk
Democrats’ unchecked power When tragedy unfolds, our humanity elicits a shared sense of empathy and mourning within our core. We evaluate and seek to understand an event. We demand justice. True justice, however, doesn’t punish the whole because of the wrong performed by the few. For that, too, would be an injustice. Yet with the…
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LETTERS: Elephants suffer in captivity; defend the Constitution
Elephants suffer in captivity I’d like to urge The Gazette to help the Nonhuman Rights Project fight for the freedom of the five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Elephants are highly intelligent animals that are adept at communication, using as many as 47 different call types and more than 300 gestures, signals and postures…
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LETTERS: Denver mayor’s lasting impact; highway debris
Denver mayor’s lasting impact Denver has become a national laughingstock among U.S. cities. Following the wasted time and resources on the futile effort to block Donald Trump from Colorado’s ballot—a move ultimately rebuked by the U.S. Supreme Court—the city now faces bizarre and misguided initiatives from Mayor Mike Johnston, capturing national media attention. One can…
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LETTERS: Opportunity for change; a veteran’s perspective
An opportunity for change I’ve had the honor of meeting thousands of Coloradans over the years – first during my time campaigning for and serving two terms as Colorado State Treasurer – and then during my time campaigning as the Republican nominee for Governor in 2018. There is a common theme that underlies almost every…
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LETTERS: From cow town to chaos; longing for the past
From cow town to chaos Denver in 2000 was a pretty quiet place to live. Bill Owens was the Govenor, Wellington Webb was Mayor of Denver and Paul Tauer was Mayor of Aurora. The population of Denver was approximately 500,000 and Aurora was 275,000. The population in the state at the time was 4.3 mil.,…
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LETTERS: Prop. 129 will help animals
Prop. 129 will help animals As a retired Colorado veterinarian, I am a strong proponent of Proposition 129. The purpose of Proposition 129 is to establish a new, regulated professional associate as a provider of veterinary care. This new veterinary care provider will be a midlevel practitioner known as a Veterinary Professional Associate (VPA). They…
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LETTERS: This growing epidemic; animal suffering unacceptable
This growing epidemic After reading a recent Denver Gazette article discussing Colorado’s $8.25 million in opioid response assistance to organizations and jails, I wonder: How can we claim to lead the fight against this crisis when Coloradans don’t have access to all FDA-approved overdose reversal agents? Without every tool available, our state is not fully…
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LETTERS: Grocery store merger; spending is not sustainable
Proposed grocery merger With the recent hearing on the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger, the topic is being widely discussed in the news cycle. The real issue at hand is the uncertainty surrounding the future of Albertsons if the merger doesn’t go through. For those closely following the developments, it is clear that the merger’s fate is…