Author: Gazette Editorial Board
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EDITORIAL: COVID overkill undermined Colorado kids
More alarming data revealing Colorado children’s declining academic performance reaffirms what a colossal mistake it was to shut down our schools for so long amid the pandemic. With school districts abruptly ending classes in mid-spring 2020 and consigning students to “remote learning” online for much of the 2020-21 academic year, it’s no wonder test scores…
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EDITORIAL: Cops at school — now, more than ever
Gazette readers this week were treated to an uplifting profile of a Colorado woman whose career path has taken her from full-time mom, to published author, to her latest calling — campus cop. Michelle Escamilla is a sheriff’s deputy who served this past school year at a high school as its on-duty resource officer. As…
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EDITORIAL: Тime for truth in labeling on retail pot
The battle against Big Tobacco back in the 1990s included an effort to make cigarette manufacturers disclose the hidden chemicals they stashed in each pack of smokes. Public health officials were concerned the ingredients might have gone beyond taste enhancers and preservatives to include substances intended to make nicotine even more addictive — and that…
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ENDORSEMENT: Pam Anderson for secretary of state — competence over politics
Pam Anderson is our choice for Colorado secretary of state in the June 28 Republican primary — both for who she is and for who she is not. First, who Anderson is — an exceedingly experienced, knowledgeable, competent and widely respected elections expert who served as Jefferson County clerk and executive director of the Colorado…
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EDITORIAL: Michael Bennet’s proposal would create a digital ‘Big Brother’
People across the political spectrum have serious beefs with social media giants like Facebook and Twitter. But Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet’s proposal to police them with a new federal bureaucracy is bound to backfire. Bennet introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate last week to create a Federal Digital Platform Commission. A press statement from…
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EDITORIAL: Once again, Colorado Springs is the most desirable city
For the fourth straight year, Colorado Springs ranks 1st among all metro areas for “desirability” in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of Best Places to Live — the premier ranking index for cities. Of five ranking categories in determining the best places, “desirability” is beyond dispute the most important. The other four…
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EDITORIAL: Celebrate independence and start with Juneteenth
As the Fourth of July draws near, Coloradans should prepare to celebrate Juneteenth first. It’s a celebration of what’s right with the United States. Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill last week making it an official state holiday. President Joe Biden made it a federal holiday in 2021. Juneteenth has for too long been an…
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EDITORIAL: Polis steps up for school choice
Kudos to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis for speaking out recently against a federal attempt to shortchange the nation’s groundbreaking charter schools. Polis is first, last and always a champion of charter schools. It has been part of his signature throughout his two-plus decades in politics, beginning with his first elected post on the state Board…
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EDITORIAL: Heed Polis, Weiser — and fix fentanyl bill
Fundamentally flawed legislation that was supposed to tackle the state’s deadly fentanyl crisis is now making its way through the Colorado Senate — and Gov. Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser are among the many who support putting more teeth into the measure. It’s yet another reason for Senators to fix what the House…
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EDITORIAL: A convoluted recycling scheme
In a roundabout attempt to boost recycling in Colorado, a proposal pending in the Legislature would set up a government-nonprofit hybrid with taxing and penalizing authority — but without accountability or oversight. Think of it as a new, offline bureaucracy. You also can think of it as a bad idea. House Bill 1355 would establish…