Tag: columnists
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GUEST OPINION: Royal Pine Apartments: Addressing a critical housing shortage
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs is facing a critical housing shortage, and Royal Pine Apartments is an important response to this pressing housing need. Despite a historic demand for housing, the proposed 232-unit affordable housing development, strategically in…
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GUEST OPINION: Why I left the Republican Party to join the Unity Party
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs is a city built on service—military, civic and personal. I have spent my life living those values, first as a U.S. Army Special Forces officer, and now as a consultant, mentor and community…
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DoBetterDNVR’s doxed sources speak out | Jimmy Sengenberger
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What happens when a major news organization uses the transparency tools meant to hold government accountable — against the citizens using them? Ask Jill Osa and Alex Pacheco, two of three women doxed by The…
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GUEST OPINION: The future’s plugged in – is Colorado?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s economic future and quality of life depend on energy. Meeting future energy needs is not simply a matter of engineering, but a matter of planning with clarity and conviction. In the metro Denver region,…
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COLUMN: Nobody fights cancer alone in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You wouldn’t normally correlate the flu with cancer, but that’s how my medical odyssey with the dreaded disease began. It was late February. Mark Bodman, my friend and doctor of many years, suspecting pneumonia, sent…
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COLUMN: A miserable, horrible, dangerously cynical idea
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Avalanche superstar Cale Makar, not one to pass up a strategic advantage, would never be so bold as to suggest that the other team be required to play with broken sticks. Caitlin Clark, her polished…
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GUEST OPINION: Why a smart energy transition matters for Colorado Springs Utilities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a preliminary announcement that helps us in our ongoing efforts with the State of Colorado to identify a retirement date for the Nixon Power Plant beyond 2029. The EPA’s preliminary decision, in simple terms, removes federal enforcement…
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COLUMN: Ranch wives know the terrible impact of wolf reintroduction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The voices of the wives of ranchers are rarely heard, save for the periodic social media post or the whispered discussion in the produce section between women who understand what is asked of them and their families daily. Amanda Cerveny and Nikki Day have been…
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Why is Michael Bennet running for governor? | Dick Wadhams
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet could learn a thing or two from former Vice President Kamala Harris. After anguishing over whether to run for governor of California following her presidential loss last year, Harris has announced…
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COLUMN: Ranch wives know the terrible impact of wolf reintroduction
The voices of the wives of ranchers are rarely heard, save for the periodic social media post or the whispered discussion in the produce section between women who understand what is asked of them and their families daily. Amanda Cerveny and Nikki Day have been watching the wolf depredations on the McCabe Ranch and Lost…