Author: Denver Gazette
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Man arrested in connection with fatal stabbing in Castle Rock
Castle Rock police on Sunday arrested Jason Menton, 22, in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred around 9:30 p.m. at East Allen Street and Alexander Place. As of Monday afternoon, police had not released a motive for the stabbing. The coroner will release the victim’s name after that person’s family has been notified. Jason…
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Metro Moves: Head of new Office of New Americans named
Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to dennis.huspeni@gazettedev.gazette.com. New hires The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment hired Dee Daniels Scriven as director of its new Office of New Americans, according to a…
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LETTERS: Wasting tax dollars; do something Denver
Wasting tax dollars The large wildfires we’ve been experiencing in Colorado and across the West “threatening our homes and risking the lives of residents and firefighters” are the result of high temperatures and drought made worse by climate change, coinciding with high winds. And the two most important actions we can take in response are…
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LETTERS: Worried about DPS; gun control laws
Worried about DPS If I were a current parent of a student in the Denver Public Schools (DPS) system, as a whole, I would be very worried. I would be worried about the true level of education that is being administered across the entire system, K thru 12. I would be worried about the future…
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LETTERS: Closing of six pools; courage out of necessity
Closing of six pools After reading The Gazette on May 25, Denver Parks and Recreation is closing six pools for the summer. It would seem that after the state and local politicians have spent billions of dollars on their pet projects and literally millions on the homeless, they could figure out a way to keep…
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LETTERS: Bike safety; tax and spend
Children and bike safety Pediatricians everywhere have seen children suffer from cuts, scrapes, and broken bones due to bicycle crashes. While most kids walk away from these crashes with minor injuries, sometimes the injuries can be much more serious: devastating head or brain injuries. Bicycle-related injuries occur commonly during childhood, especially during the warmer months.…
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LETTERS: Where is the outrage?; laws that can get you killed
Where is the outrage? This past week, Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder was the victim of religious discrimination vandalism when a likely group of spineless radical anti-abortionists spray-painted the church property based on their unhappiness with a possible U.S. Supreme Court decision with which they disagreed. The church was clearly targeted because of…
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LETTERS: Remembering Dennis Gallagher; burdening police with social work
Remembering Dennis Gallagher It’s with great sadness that I read of the death of Dennis Gallagher. We served together in the Colorado House of Representatives Colorado (1973-1978) and I will always remember his wit, his sense of humor and his care for his fellows Coloradans, especially seniors and those who were most vulnerable. One summer…
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LETTERS: Predator students not punished; HOAs and fraud
Predator students not punished I read with great interest the article in Friday’s Gazette by Jimmy Sengenerger detailing an incident of abuse by one student upon another, and how the Cherry Creek School, and the school district, ignored and “swept under the rug,” without any resolution whatsoever. A very similar incident happened to my granddaughter…
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LETTERS: Have Denver elected officials lost their minds?; your invitation to a rally
Another worthless law After reading the article in the April 13 Gazette it becomes more evident every day that the elected officials in the Denver city government (Mayor Michael Hancock) have lost their minds. Does he think that people who have conceal-carry permits that enter into the state parks outside the city limits are going…