Author: Gordon Klingenschmitt
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GUEST COLUMN: Unprecedented election tactics in Springs election
If you voted in city elections April 4, congratulations! Most didn’t. Nor were voters pre-warned of clear fault lines, how races fell into three categories: Democrat-Assisted, Republican-Unassisted and Developer-Bought seats. If you typically vote Democrat or Republican, sorry your candidates all lost, or will soon, due to unprecedented dark money buying seats for developer-funded winners,…
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GUEST COLUMN: Allow Academy’s religious cadets to graduate
Lieutenant General Richard Clark, USAFA Superintendent: Sir, I plead with you, to keep your oath and the public promise you made to me in September (on video before hundreds of eyewitnesses) to “absolutely” defend religious freedom for cadets who refuse the vaccine on sincere religious grounds. You swore you’d defend their Constitutional rights. Instead, your…
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POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Does Doug Lamborn deserve reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives?
Point: Electra Johnson No. It would appear that Doug Lamborn has assumed that his constituents would always vote for him, despite his refusal to debate his competition on issues, and despite his voting record. His lack of transparency in public debate is the first reason he should not be reelected, but more importantly his voting…
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GUEST COLUMN: The death of the grassroots and caucuses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s rare when the far left Bernie Sanders followers and the far right friends of Gordon Klingenschmitt share a common political cause, but the recent Colorado Republican and Democrat statewide party primary votes are sadly…
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Point/Counterpoint: Was President Trump right to ban transgender individuals from the military?
Paul Rosenthal Once again, the president has fired off a controversial set of tweets, this time attacking transgender soldiers serving their country honorably in the military. Refreshingly, voices from the right to the left in politics resoundingly condemned Donald Trump’s statement. Conservative U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch stated to USA Today, “I don’t think we should…
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GUEST COLUMN: What you should know about dark money, nasty postcards
Wouldn’t you love to know the names of the secret billionaires who pay for all those anonymous, nasty, false postcards in your mailbox before elections? I sure would. Their favorite big-government candidates, even some Republicans, raise your taxes after elections, pilfering your property into their cronies’ pockets. Now thanks to a court ruling, their names…
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GUEST EDITORIAL: An attack on religious beliefs
Our city is full of religious people. Christian, Catholic, devout worshipers of many faiths, and as an ordained Pentecostal minister raised Roman Catholic, I am one of you. Sadly, we’re often despised by some so-called leaders because of our beliefs. They don’t get us. There is a political “establishment” in Colorado, even within the Republican…
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GUEST COLUMN: Regulate marijuana candy for the kids
As a newly sworn Republican state representative, I am surprised by strange alliances or conflicts on niche issues at the Capitol. Take the regulation of marijuana, for example. I didn’t vote for Amendment 64, but it’s in the State Constitution (for now), so I’ll defend it until we awaken to repeal it. Yet I like…