Author: The Gazette Editorial Board
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EDITORIAL: Another wakeup call for Colorado’s ruling Dems
A Gazette news report this week on a sweeping, new survey of Coloradans opens with some helpful context — noting for readers that almost half the state’s registered voters are now unaffiliated. So, it’s probably no surprise a near-majority of the survey’s respondents regard the policies and politicians of both major political parties as off…
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EDITORIAL: A promising plan for the Broncos’ new home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Broncos will move barely a mile from Empower Field at Mile High, just west of I-25, to the old Burnham Yard a little south of Denver’s downtown. Yet, it portends of a whole new,…
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EDITORIAL: A promising plan for the Broncos’ new home
The Broncos will move barely a mile from Empower Field at Mile High, just west of I-25, to the old Burnham Yard a little south of Denver’s downtown. Yet, it portends of a whole new, fresh start for Colorado’s beloved football team. On Tuesday, the team ownership announced the historic rail yard is the “preferred…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s fiscal fail-safe gets reinforcement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado court ruling this week gave new — and unexpected — lift to the taxing and spending limits that have protected our state’s taxpayers for over three decades. In an obscure case pitting telecoms…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s fiscal fail-safe gets reinforcement
A Colorado court ruling this week gave new — and unexpected — lift to the taxing and spending limits that have protected our state’s taxpayers for over three decades. In an obscure case pitting telecoms companies against Lakewood City Hall, the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously struck down a couple of tax hikes the city had…
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EDITORIAL: Labor Day protest was dazed and confused
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Under Colorado’s Labor Day sunshine last week, hundreds marched in Denver under the banner “Workers Over Billionaires.” They demanded higher taxes on the wealthy and stronger labor protections. Their intentions may be noble, but their…
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EDITORIAL: Labor Day protest was dazed and confused
Under Colorado’s Labor Day sunshine last week, hundreds marched in Denver under the banner “Workers Over Billionaires.” They demanded higher taxes on the wealthy and stronger labor protections. Their intentions may be noble, but their understanding of the economic facts appears severely misguided. Organized by progressive groups, the rally outside the Colorado State Capitol featured…
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EDITORIAL: Rising evictions? Blame Colorado’s lawmakers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Perennial attempts by ruling Democrats at the legislature to impose rent control on Colorado’s landlords have been unsuccessful, and that’s a good thing. Any policy capping rent by law would be an epic failure. The…
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EDITORIAL: Rising evictions? Blame Colorado’s lawmakers
Perennial attempts by ruling Democrats at the legislature to impose rent control on Colorado’s landlords have been unsuccessful, and that’s a good thing. Any policy capping rent by law would be an epic failure. The consensus on rent control — within our state’s business community and among economists of every political stripe — is it…
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EDITORIAL: Rising evictions? Blame Colorado’s lawmakers
Perennial attempts by ruling Democrats at the legislature to impose rent control on Colorado’s landlords have been unsuccessful, and that’s a good thing. Any policy capping rent by law would be an epic failure. The consensus on rent control — within our state’s business community and among economists of every political stripe — is it…