Tag: opinion
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LETTERS: Downtown Colorado Springs hotels are boring; more ‘downtown stupidity’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Plain, mind-numbing structures The article, “Rooms With a View”, Feb. 24, praises the construction of a hotel in downtown Colorado Springs. The photo shows a prime example of the mind-numbing plainness of so many “modern” structures — no visual interest, a plain copy of an…
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EDITORIAL: Local officials taking steps to save more lives
Heading into 2020, Colorado should work toward a sustained decline in suicides and other catastrophic outcomes of mental health emergencies. Taking a big step in that direction, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office this week announced the expansion of its Behavioral Health Connect Unit (BHCON), which has saved lives since 2017. The program delivers a…
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PERSPECTIVE side: Prop CC at a glance
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prop CC, at a glance: Text of ballot measure: “Without raising taxes and to better fund public schools, higher education, and roads, bridges, and transit, within a balanced budget, may the state keep and spend…
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GUEST COLUMN: How we can save seven million lives
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We can save 7 million lives. We have made great strides, but we have work to do. My family recently returned from the East African country of Tanzania. From the moment we arrived, we fell…
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PERSPECTIVE SIDEBAR: Future and modern housing options
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Micro units In 2012, New York a program called “adAPT NYC.” A competition among architects developed “micro units” smaller than the city’s 400-square foot minimum for apartment space. Then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg waived zoning restrictions and the winning entry resulted in Carmel Place. It contains 55…
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LETTERS: Don’t politicize citizenship; undue strain on this country
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Don’t politicize citizenship I was privileged to attend the naturalization ceremony held Monday in Library 21C as part of the America the Beautiful Chorus, and to help welcome 41 individuals from 22 countries as naturalized…
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EDITORIAL:Trump takes on crony capitalists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency took a step toward draining the swamp by curbing the amount of corn ethanol being forced into our economy by the crony capitalist ethanol mandate. Big Corn is exploding with…
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PERSPECTIVE: Society struggles to end the mass shootings nightmare
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If State Sen. Larry Crowder has his way, the next session of the Colorado Legislature will focus on keeping schoolchildren alive when a criminal shows up with a gun. As Colorado mourned the latest school shooting the first week of May at the STEM School…
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Military leaders speak to the value of Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For Military Appreciation Month we asked several prominent military leaders to comment on the importance of the military in the Pikes Peak region: “The strong bonds we share with the vibrant and welcoming Front Range communities are a major reason Fort Carson is consistently ranked…
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EDITORIAL: Fission and fracking can save the planet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., rolled out her plans for her Green New Deal, there were several chuckle-worthy elements to it. Conservatives had quite a bit of fun with her “farting cows,” her proposed abolition of air travel, and her guaranteed incomes for those “unwilling…