Author: Dustin Zvonek
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PERSPECTIVE: Housing alone isn’t enough to solve homelessness
The White House recently took an important step toward rethinking America’s approach to homelessness. An executive order signed by President Trump last year directs federal housing funds to support a broader set of interventions beyond the long-dominant “Housing First” model. This shift is long overdue — and it should be reinforced and codified into law by Congress. New nationwide data now…
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PERSPECTIVE: Heal the homeless with treatment first
The tragedy of homelessness in our communities — and how to address this growing crisis — is on the minds of not only elected officials and community leaders, but residents and business owners. Our communities are clamoring for solutions to protect quality of life and public safety, and to help the men and women living…
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GUEST COLUMN: Aurora chief fell short; change was needed
The primary responsibility of the Aurora Police Department, including its top brass, is to keep our community safe. The chief of police must be a strong leader, somebody who can retain and attract the best available officers, and who can effectively and competently manage a department of over 700 employees. It is in these critical…
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GUEST COLUMN: Collective bargain will break local government
Last year, one of the largest labor unions in the country, the AFL-CIO, announced it would no longer be contributing to the Colorado Democratic Party due to frustrations that party leaders were not doing enough of the union’s political bidding. A few months later, with an election year approaching, legislative Democrats announced that they would…
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COLUMN: ‘A new day is dawning in Aurora’
Aurora is a city with near limitless potential. With one of the most diverse populations in the country, a world-class medical research industry, leading aerospace companies, a quickly growing population and a significant amount of undeveloped land, Aurora’s future is one defined more by its possibilities than its limitations. This is where the Aurora City…
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GUEST COLUMN: Hot air from Sen. Udall on the wind subsidies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “I will keep fighting in Congress to ensure we keep the wind at the backs of wind-energy companies in Colorado and across our nation” Sen. Mark Udall says. While he is blowing tepid air at…
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GUEST COLUMN: Hot air from Sen. Udall on the wind subsidies
“I will keep fighting in Congress to ensure we keep the wind at the backs of wind-energy companies in Colorado and across our nation” Sen. Mark Udall says. While he is blowing tepid air at wind energy companies, he is doing so at the expense of American taxpayers and energy consumers. If proponents of the…
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Better leadership – not a new logo – is what Colorado needs now
A national survey of how states are doing, and where they’re heading, finds the emergence of two distinct groups. One group is boldly taking steps to improve their business climate and get their fiscal affairs in order to spur job creation and give taxpayers a break. In the meantime, the other group, as if stuck…