Tag: guest column
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Suggested reforms to put PERA on a sound footing
Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to Colorado lawmakers: As representatives of the Colorado business community, we are writing to urge your support for responsible public pension reforms before the end of this legislative session. The findings of a recent study by the REMI Partnership show just how unbalanced the PERA system has…
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GUEST COLUMN: A classic struggle between decency and indecency
The Jewish holiday of Passover begins today, March 30 at sundown. It celebrates the Hebrews’ escape from Egyptian slavery to freedom 3,250 years ago. Weeks later, God revealed the Torah at Mount Sinai. The Ten Commandments and other values in these first five books of the Bible, received by Jews and largely spread by Christians,…
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COLUMN: Congressional Democrats: Your body, our choice
Democrats are the pro-choice party. Unless you’re dying. Then your body belongs to them. We know this because on March 13, a “Right to Try” bill failed to get a two-thirds majority in the House. Most of the 140 “no” votes came from Democrats. The Right to Try movement believes terminally ill patients should be…
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COLUMN: Use existing law in gun control debate
Today our subject is the gun control debate. Some gun control advocates say that the Second Amendment has been misinterpreted when applied to individuals and not militia; gun violence would be reduced by gun control; and that a majority of Americans, including gun owners, support new gun restrictions. Opponents say and that the Second Amendment…
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GUEST COLUMN: Tenure shouldn’t protect poor performers
The recent decision by the Colorado Supreme Court refusing to recognize public school tenure will spark outrage in some quarters. But it is consistent with tenure’s original and fundamental purpose. That purpose is to protect intellectual freedom for college and university researchers. It is inappropriate for jobs that do not require research, such as teaching…
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AMR proud of its record while serving the city
The Gazette article “Complaints over ambulance lateness” (March 19) presented some facts regarding American Medical Response’s response times to emergency calls. However, a sound understanding of the facts presented requires more context than the article provided. AMR’s contract with Colorado Springs envisions a certain percentage of calls to which ambulances do not respond within designated…
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GUEST COLUMN: UCCS event teaches students how to think critically
President Donald Trump’s recent move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is just his latest policy decision that has disrupted the traditional political order. Support for the decision has split conservatives between those who favor free trade and those who want to protect manufacturing jobs. But it’s also attracted some liberals, who are…
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COLUMN: Teen Court aids the criminal justice system
Teens have certainly gained themselves a unique new spot within the national political conversation. Whether we agree with their stances, we must admit that they may turn school safety into a lasting movement . Young people have always been change agents. And they push us – the older generation – to consider doing things differently.…
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GUEST COLUMN: Quarry the best option for land owner and city
By Cindi Allmendinger Guest opinion – I am Cindi Allmendinger, a high school math teacher with a family ranch 10 miles southwest of Colorado Springs. My family wants to put a small fraction of the ranch to work as a granite quarry, which would yield millions in royalties for public schools, ensure low-cost aggregate and…
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GUEST COLUMN: In support of Trump’s terrific tariffs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What? A free-market economist supporting tariffs? Well, I never! But all the pearl-clutching by the globalist Republican establishment, and by many Democrats as well, misses the point. Allow me to explain. President Donald Trump has…