Stuck and perplexed on York Street What were the city planners thinking with the York Street reconfiguration? What once was a four-lane thoroughfare with traffic flowing is now a two-lane road with endless backups. If you live in City Park West, forget about even turning right, let alone thinking about turning left. The traffic is…
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Downtown Denver isn’t doing as well as city auditor claims Re: “Gutting Denver’s minimum wage is bad for workers, business, and city,” Feb. 16 commentary With all due respect to Timothy M. O’Brien, Denver’s city auditor, perspective is everything. Thriving? I don’t think so. O’Brien cites statistics outside of downtown Denver, where property and sales…
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Media’s focus under Trump administration Re: “Internal Revenue Service: Layoffs hit Denver’s office,” Feb. 21 news story I am sorry for anyone who lost their job, as it has happened to me more than once. I was extremely surprised at all of the attention that The Denver Post and local TV newscasts gave to the…
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Belmar Park: Going back to the drawing board isn’t always feasible Re: “Lakewood’s messy fight can be solved,” Feb. 16 editorial I read your editorial on the open space fight going on in Lakewood. Your suggestion that the developer should just go back to the drawing board is not realistic. If they had plans that…
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Protect the Dolores River landscapes Re: “Advocates still hoping to protect canyonlands,” Feb. 9 news story As a proud member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, I welcome the legislative efforts to protect the Dolores River, such as the proposed National Conservation Area in the southern stretch of the river. This landscape is not only…
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Tax returns: What’s the holdup? Re: “State to begin processing individual tax returns,” Feb. 19 news story What’s going on at the Colorado Department of Revenue? It has been reported that the department is not processing income tax returns, even though we are in the second half of February! I was just on the revenue…
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President pointing fingers at Ukraine Re: “Russia, U.S. agree to work toward ending Ukraine war,” Feb. 19 news story We are experiencing the decline of democracy in this country as President Donald Trump continues his dictator image of taking control of various government agencies that used to be independent for the best interest of the…
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Immigration raids without warrants, racial profiling raise fears Re: “ICE raids hit apartment buildings in metro area,” Feb. 6 news story The promised immigration raids finally came about on Wednesday, Feb 5. The excellent photos from The Denver Post showed an armed task force at the Cedar Run Apartments and reporting cited lots of banging…
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Another year, more ineffective gun laws Re: “Gun bill debate begins; labor law overhaul gets initial OK,” Feb. 14 news story Well, here is another New Year, and here we go with new gun laws for 2025, and state Sen. Tom Sullivan, a Democrat, and his colleagues are leading the charge. Sullivan seems to have…
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“Bravo, Boulder” for climate fight Re: “Justices will consider climate-change suit,” Feb. 10 news story Bravo, Boulder, for firing off a “rock” at Suncor and Exxon (a David and Goliath fight) with the argument that the oil and producers are impacting our access to clean air and favorable climate now and for the future. Members…
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