However, in these increasingly trying times it is universally recognized in the veteran community we have a Veterans Service Officer who excels in his position that sets him above his…
Morley Ballantine and I had lunch together for the first time during my stint as a volunteer secretary and fundraiser for the Colorado Chapter of The National Mustang Association in…
And lord help us if any union meetings are being held in municipally owned buildings. We should root such advocacy out in the same way the Herald went after National…
Those who are northbound and turning west on 160 need to stop at the new intersection then proceed 100 yards to the traffic light for those that are going east…
The existing (unimproved) path is already heavily used and a more accessible all-weather link to Chapman Hill, Fort Lewis College and nearby neighborhoods would be as useful as the current…
Recently, a co-founder of Greenpeace, Patrick Moore – who has a Ph. D. in ecology and is well-versed in all biology subjects as well as climate change – appeared on…
Another specious argument is that downtown is “family-oriented.” On a recent Sunday at 11 a.m., I was driving past a bar at 10th Street and Main Avenue. There were about…
Agenda 21 is truly a United Nations plot to take over our country. Many thousands of U.N. operatives have infiltrated the Girl Scouts and are selling cookies with mind-control chips…
The No. 1 goal of the NRA is to protect the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. They went after left-wing politicians who had voted to weaken the right to…
I feel now I am faced with the same situation in a different location, that is, another remake of an intersection costing millions of dollars not needing to be made.…
For film-goers who want to avoid films with darker elements, the festival program contains content-descriptors for each film; the descriptors for “A Touch of Sin” were “mature content, violence, sexual…
I don’t know Jones, but judging his comments, I assume he is of the “right-leaning” persuasion and is a member of the 99 percent. I offer the following opinions: 1)…
Just after the New Year, I began exploring my health-care options on the Colorado Health Exchange, knowing that I would be dinged on my taxes if I did not get…
Allison McGee Johnson, Colorado Ethics Watch Denver
The health-care issue is not a matter of religious preference – forcing people who go to a church that does not believe in medical care to buy insurance; it is…
Highlights of the meeting I’d like to share with the public are: the huge amount of support shown for Michael Ackerman, as well as outrage about his elimination. One parent…
I lived downtown for a time and was often thwarted in parking by the constant and year-round city-sponsored events. Once, I had to park six blocks away from my apartment…
First, the Cornell University study has been debunked many times. In fact, a study from the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Lab casts even more doubt on the Cornell…
As a reformed smoker, I’m puzzled as to why it’s OK to smoke pot, yet millions of dollars are spent to discourage cigarette smoking. The next question is: Will the…
By mechanisms, I imagine he means laws, and by “human food,” I imagine he is referring to my plum tree and my apple tree. Really? I am to change my…
As a grandparent, I would much rather they be evacuated and lose an hour of school than be planning their funerals. We have lost too many kids already to assume…
In the “Green Run” experiment, people living around the Hanford area were intentionally exposed to raw, irradiated uranium fuel, not told of their exposure, then studied and monitored by the…
City Council is currently proposing significant changes to the Land Use Development Code and City Code, and with respect to vacation rentals, there appears to be a conflict of interest…
During that period of time, I saw the many different operations under Sheriff Schirard’s direction and supervision. I have been impressed with the operations and the response of the different…
For example, consider the concept of rent-seeking. As defined by economist Gordon Tullock, “rent-seeking is the use of resources for the purpose of earning an economic profit, where the profits…
Amazingly, Arkansas lawmakers addressed this child-safe health issue in 2006, with an upgrade in 2011. Shouldn’t “sensitive and protective” Colorado be leading Arkansas? Mike Sawyer Denver
According to the city planning department, the new code allows for 59 vacation rentals in the EN1 neighborhood (approximately East Third Avenue to East Eighth Avenue and First Street to…
The owner obviously wants more guns in the restaurant. Is this intended to make me feel more safe? It doesn’t – any more than welcoming every country in the world…
