Author: Denver Gazette
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LETTERS: Not a pretty picture; listen to the professionals
Not a pretty picture Thank you so much for your insightful reporting, especially, of late, on the topics of the ill conceived GLA Zoning Code Changes and the poor handling of Denver’s Homelessness dilemma. You are providing readers a look as to what’s really going on in our Fair City. Not a pretty picture, but…
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LETTERS: Politicians can do better; birds or toilet paper
Politicians can do better Our civic leaders are sworn to represent, protect, and preserve the interests of their constituents. In a time of heightened political tension, Colorado’s political leadership should be focused on state issues and concerning themselves with the people’s issues. Instead, many of our political leaders, such as Attorney General Phil Weiser, have…
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LETTERS: Denver can not afford 303; criticism of the Afghanistan debacle
Denver cannot afford 303 Initiated Ordinance 303 has the promising air of helping our homeless population by “allowing” the city of Denver to create up to four authorized campsites that provide “basic services” (i.e., running water, bathroom facilities, lights and other hygienic provisions) on public property. This naturally will come at the expense of the…
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LETTERS: Politicizing an issue
Politicizing the issue Re: “Closing the schools hurt the students,” the Gazette, Aug. 31, setting aside Tim Carney’s obvious dislike for public schools in general and teachers unions in particular, what survey was source of his quote from the New York Times, “local governments and school boards harmed millions of schoolchildren…by keeping schools closed through…
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LETTERS: Ignoring key Covid numbers; time for honesty and transparency
Ignoring key COVID numbers When Denver Michael Mayor Hancock ordered on Aug. 2 that all city employees as well as many private-sector workers must be vaccinated against COVID, the daily average over seven days for COVID deaths in Denver was the lowest it could possibly be. It was zero. In fact, the daily average had…
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LETTERS: Only $302 million; democracy is best left at home
Only $302 million? How many know of the recent finding by the ‘Common Sense Institute’, that the recently concluded 2021 Session of our rapacious Legislature will (for 2023) be extracting an extra $302 million in fees and so-called ‘enterprises’ from uninformed Colorado taxpayers and their state’s economy? Shouldn’t such widespread chicanery have been presented to…
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LETTERS: Children need social bonding; what’s going on in Colorado
Children need social bonding Everything is a process. This is a term we hear time and time again but somehow only seem to focus on outcome. Once again, politicians, set in their constituent appeasement mode, seem to think crime is somehow a result of COVID, economics or racial oppression. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock recently stated…
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LETTERS: Loveland police officers correct; high cost of healthcare
Loveland off icers correct Loveland police officer’s followed procedure and properly arrested 73-year-old Karen Garner for shoplifting the Loveland, Walmart. If the press would take time to investigate all the facts that’s obvious. The police constantly have to deal with violators who walk away only to reach in a car for a weapon, run from…
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LETTERS
Address consumers’ concerns The American Rescue Plan includes much-needed relief for consumers when it comes to health insurance costs, and at the center of this legislation is historic expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its marketplaces across the country, improving accessibility and affordability. While many Coloradans and those in Evergreen will see relief…
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LETTERS: We are at the tipping point; environmental education
We are at the tipping point After enduring yet another year of raging wildfires, record breaking temperatures, and dwindling stream flows, it is of utmost importance to enact bills that favor the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Last year we witnessed how climate change ravaged through our forest and public lands. We are at…