Tag: guest columnists
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COLUMNIST: Of false positive mammograms and blue and green taxicabs
Pretend that you are judging a case involving a nighttime hit-and-run by a taxi cab. An eyewitness testifies that the cab was blue. In the city where the accident occurred there are 100 cabs: 15 are blue, 85 are green. When tested for accuracy under the same nighttime conditions as occurred in the accident, the…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Stifling free speech outside Douglas Bruce’s trespass trial
In response to the Gazette article titled “Jury tampering delays Bruce trespassing trial,” (Nov. 14), I offer some thoughts. Most Americans believe that their liberties are safe in courtrooms; that courts will uphold and support their rights. Sadly, in Colorado Springs the opposite is true. This isn’t about jury tampering — it’s about something far…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Accused terrorists don’t deserve the benefits of our justice
I earned and wore a Green Beret and have sons doing the same now against a different enemy. There still remains a similar Beltway mindset where strategy is planned by military leaders, then discarded by an administration seemingly bent on the destruction of what we hold dear. I’m a 70 percent disabled Vietnam veteran and…
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COLUMNIST: Basic budgetary facts give way to Colbert Conservatism
Pop quiz — name the political leader who said the following:“We must be willing to pull the plug before sinking more dollars into weapons that do not provide what our warriors need.”Now name the leader who said this:“(W)e cannot track $2.3 trillion in (Pentagon spending) … We maintain 20 to 25 percent more base infrastructure…
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COLUMNIST: When high gas prices return ‘suck it up’, metaphorically
Guess what’s not in the news? Gas prices. Gas does not cost $4 a gallon, and hasn’t for a while. Anybody remember when this was a big deal? In 2006, before Republicans lost control of Congress, we were treated to Democratic proposals to eliminate price gouging (which, like pornography, they could never define). We…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: City could bring county into collecting stormwater ‘fee’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After all the controversy and wrangling for years over the Stormwater Enterprise, it looks like the end may be in sight. Or is it? There is another chapter to this whole story and in this…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: City could bring county into collecting stormwater ‘fee’
After all the controversy and wrangling for years over the Stormwater Enterprise, it looks like the end may be in sight. Or is it? There is another chapter to this whole story and in this chapter, the city of Colorado Springs could drag El Paso County into the debate. If you have not paid your…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Passage of 300 should have ended stormwater fee fiasco
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Does anyone believe Douglas Bruce fought the illegal stormwater tax for three years, with lengthy court battles and two petition campaigns, in order for voters to ratify and prolong it another eight years, costing taxpayers…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Passage of 300 should have ended stormwater fee fiasco
Does anyone believe Douglas Bruce fought the illegal stormwater tax for three years, with lengthy court battles and two petition campaigns, in order for voters to ratify and prolong it another eight years, costing taxpayers another $60 million? Councilman Bernie Herpin does. Or so he claims. His nonsensical Nov. 15th letter clumsily splices together #300’s…
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COLUMNIST: Obama’s doubletalk on political dissent
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Obama traveled all the way to China to praise the free flow of information. It’s the only safe place he could do so without getting heckled. With a straight face, Obama lauded political dissent…