Author: Gazette letters

Values solar provides My husband and I are both senior citizens, and our decision to install solar on our westside home about a year and a half ago was not an easy one. It was an extremely expensive investment and we will not live long enough to realize the complete benefit of that decision. But…

Place this issue on the ballot In reference to Breanna Jent’s article in Saturday’s Gazette, “The Sky’s The Limit” concerning the debate over establishing a height limit for Colorado Springs buildings, this was a well written article that showed all sides of the debate while remaining objective. I am firmly in the camp of establishing…

Conductor will be missed Sunday afternoon was the farewell concert for Colorado Springs Symphony’s conductor Josep Caballé-Domenech, and it was a memorable one. Preceding the concert, the conductor was awarded Conductor Laureate status, an award not given in the 97-year history of the symphony. Pamela Shockley-Zalaback and past board dignitaries gave the award, and the…

Never been OK to be rude at work Response to Jon Caldara’s “Pervasive bill for a silent workplace.” It’s always refreshing to open the Sunday paper and be smacked in the face with a piece (written by someone who purportedly hosts a local television show and has a regular Sunday column) about how hard it…

Introducing Friends of Falcon The Falcon area was once known as a quiet, rural community but after remarkable growth, it is now better known as a unique and harmonious mix of rural and urban lifestyles. Continuing to grow while maintaining that balance will be challenging. In light of this, volunteers formed a new nonprofit organization…

Our roads are deadly Eighty people died in traffic crashes in El Paso County in 2022, while 56 of those people died in Colorado Springs, robbing families of parents, children, sisters, brothers, husbands and wives. Hundreds suffered serious injuries, forever changing their lives. In July, officer Nicholas Hamaker’s police cruiser was hit head-on, causing career-ending…

Story inspired treasured memories I was delighted to read Linda Navarro’s article about Barthel’s last week. After contacting her with my memories of working there, it was suggested I follow-up with a letter to the editor to share my experiences working at Barthel’s from 1940–1943. Downtown Colorado Springs in the 1940s was a warm, friendly,…

Amache reminds us of the past I read with interest the recent well-written front page Gazette article about John Hopper teaching his students about Camp Amache. The Dean of Students of the Granada School District is to be commended, along with his students, for preserving the former Japanese-American internment camp and creating the Amache Preservation…

‘Equity Cafés’ fail district’s families Over the past two years, Colorado Springs School District 11 has been laying the groundwork for the implementation of an ideological program they call “Equity” (yes, despite the district’s denials, “equity” is one of a number of pseudonyms for critical Race Theory). In pursuit of this agenda, supported by the…