Tag: our view
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LETTERS: Gun rights and hogwash; North Korea; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suggestions on curbing violence I get choked up every time I think about those beautiful children that were slain at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It was particularly bad watching “60 Minutes” last Sunday. We must…
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OUR VIEW: Clean water activists absent on solar (Poll)
Where are the opponents of oil and gas when we need them? Whenever City Council contemplates oil and gas production on annexed undeveloped land, protesters known as “fractivists” stage bullhorn-and-sign demonstrations outside of City Hall. They profess a holy obsession with clean water. The highly regulated practice of hydraulic fracturing could, they tell us, conceivably…
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OUR VIEW: Council votes to waste our money (poll)
After their swearing-in next Tuesday, six new members of the Colorado Spring City Council should quickly scrutinize a bad decision made this week at the last meeting of the current council. In a weird move to create an appearance of environmental stewardship, the Colorado Springs City Council — which doubles as the board of directors…
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OUR VIEW: Council votes to waste our money (poll)
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After their swearing-in next Tuesday, six new members of the Colorado Spring City Council should quickly scrutinize a bad decision made this week at the last meeting of the current council. In a weird move…
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LETTER: Gun control; The high cost of cool people; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is a slippery slope A wiser man than I once said that the problem with national policies is that we all pay the bill even if that policy is not to our benefit. This…
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LETTER: Gun control; The high cost of cool people; and more
This is a slippery slope A wiser man than I once said that the problem with national policies is that we all pay the bill even if that policy is not to our benefit. This why the original Founding Fathers sought to minimize federal government and give over policy making to the states. The bills…
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OUR VIEW: State mismanages pot regulation (poll)
Advocates of marijuana legalization promoted virtues of order that appeal to the masses. They said taxation and regulation are better than black market mayhem that cannot generate taxes and fees. It they were right in theory, government dysfunction may undermine their claims. Colorado state auditors issued a damning 89-page report Tuesday that highlights an array…
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OUR VIEW: State mismanages pot regulation (poll)
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Advocates of marijuana legalization promoted virtues of order that appeal to the masses. They said taxation and regulation are better than black market mayhem that cannot generate taxes and fees. It they were right in…
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LETTERS: Left defenseless; Window dressing; and more
We will be left defenseless Isn’t it funny how Governor John Hickenlooper takes our gun rights away and the next day he closes down the Capitol and beefs up security because (sadly) Tom Clements gets killed. But if someone in my neighborhood gets killed, we will be left defenseless. Do as he says but not…
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LETTERS: Left defenseless; Window dressing; and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We will be left defenseless Isn’t it funny how Governor John Hickenlooper takes our gun rights away and the next day he closes down the Capitol and beefs up security because (sadly) Tom Clements gets…