Author: John Suthers
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GUEST COLUMN: Legislation would usurp local zoning powers
Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Democrats in the state legislature have decided that the housing affordability crisis in Colorado is the fault of local municipal zoning laws. Having come to that conclusion, their solution for the perceived problem is Senate Bill 23-213, a breathtaking usurpation of control of local land use by the State. The…
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GUEST COLUMN: Legislation would usurp local zoning powers
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Democrats in the state Legislature have decided that the housing affordability crisis in Colorado is the fault of local municipal zoning laws. Having come to that conclusion, their solution for the perceived problem is Senate Bill 23-213, a breathtaking usurpation of control of local land use by the state. The…
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GUEST COLUMN: Legislation would usurp local zoning powers
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Democrats in the state legislature have decided that the housing affordability crisis in Colorado is the fault of local municipal zoning laws. Having come to that conclusion, their solution for the perceived problem is Senate Bill 23-213, a breathtaking usurpation of control of local land use by the State. The…
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GUEST COLUMN: Protecting Colorado Springs’ future water supply
Last Tuesday, five courageous members of the Colorado Springs City Council approved an ordinance, recommended by the leadership of Colorado Springs Utilities, which will help to ensure Springs residents have a sufficient water supply as the city grows in the years ahead. Approximately 50% of Colorado Springs water originates in the Colorado River basin with…
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GUEST COLUMN: We must address the drug epidemic
Colorado has reached a crisis point concerning fentanyl. Gov. Jared Polis and the Democrat-led Legislature passed up a chance to do something meaningful about it, and that means more Coloradans will needlessly die. We need to treat this poison like the weapon of mass destruction it is. We need to restore law and order and…
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GUEST COLUMN: We must address the drug epidemic
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Colorado has reached a crisis point concerning fentanyl. Governor Jared Polis and the Democrat led legislature passed up a chance to do something meaningful about it, and that means more Coloradans will needlessly die. We need to treat this poison like the weapon of mass destruction it is. We need to restore law and order…
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GUEST COLUMN: Addressing rising crime and drug abuse in Colorado’s largest two cities
As the mayors of Colorado’s two largest cities, we often work together and set aside politics to address urgent concerns. The COVID-19 pandemic made nonpartisan collaboration even more critical. We hope the Legislature will do the same, even in the heat of an election year. Top of our list: Crime and drug abuse. Cities across…
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GUEST COLUMN: Mayors addressing rising crime and drug abuse
As the mayors of Colorado’s two largest cities, we often work together and set aside politics to address urgent concerns. The COVID-19 pandemic made non-partisan collaboration even more critical. We hope the Legislature will do the same, even in the heat of an election year. Top of our list: Crime and drug abuse. Cities across…
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PERSPECTIVE: The city needs money for wildfire protection and parks
Building and maintaining adequate public infrastructure is an essential function of government. That’s particularly true on the local level. When I was elected Mayor of Colorado Springs in 2015, the city had three very serious infrastructure problems for which there was no adequate revenue stream to remedy. City engineers and planners estimated the total infrastructure…
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PERSPECTIVE: The growing crime problem
I chose to spend a large portion of my career as a prosecutor on the local, state and federal level because of my strong belief that prosecution is an important public responsibility essential to good government. Protecting the safety of its citizens is the highest responsibility of government, and our criminal justice system cannot effectively…