Tag: columnists
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Here’s what will make Aurora great | Michael A. Hancock
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When most people think about the future, they think about Silicon Valley, D.C., or some other overhyped coastal city. But here’s a thought: what if the next great American city — the one that gets…
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GUEST OPINION: A full commitment to security, transparency in elections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I have met with many individuals, including some of the authors of recent letters to the Gazette, who have questions about elections in El Paso County. I welcome those conversations. I am also someone who…
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COLUMN: Jason ought to eat crow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A recent insightful op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal by Karl Rove described the Democrat Party’s infighting, self-destruction, and outright hysteria. Colorado Rep. Jason Crow (or whichever of his liberal staffers likely wrote it) replied with a feeble letter to the editor that was…
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COLUMN: What’s the worst street name in Colorado Springs?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was William Shakespeare who famously suggested names were merely interchangeable and arbitrary labels. “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” wrote the English…
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DoBetterDNVR under attack — from the media | Jimmy Sengenberger
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I first heard of DoBetterDNVR from my now-fiancée, who started sending me Instagram reels about a year and a half ago — clips of open drug use, sprawling homeless camps and other vivid signs of…
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COLUMN: A definition and defense of political moderation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A dozen or more years ago, a media colleague paid me the compliment of calling me, “Colorado’s most radical moderate.” Thank you for those words, David Kopel. As both parties have moved toward their extremities…
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COLUMN: The importance of the state’s cattle industry
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s $3 million campaign to urge Denver residents and visitors to eat less meat to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) is tone deaf at best. There is no need for widening the divide between people and where their food comes from, especially here…
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GUEST OPINION: Why collaboration with ICE enhances community safety
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In recent months, demonstrators have gathered outside my office in downtown Colorado Springs to protest my collaboration with federal law enforcement, particularly U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). While I fully respect the right to…
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As the Colorado legislature cries poverty, remember the three taxes | CALDARA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There are three ways you get taxed. The first way seems transparent — direct taxation and fees. Money’s taken out of your paycheck, you see that. You write a check for property taxes, pay sales tax on a cup of coffee. These “transparent” taxes can…
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GUEST OPINION: Why the first day of school still feels like magic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the past 10 years, I have been a sideline witness to the tidal wave of emotions that hits when parents drop off their 5-year-olds for the first day of kindergarten. As assistant principal and…