Re: “Dashboard shows how much money Colorado has lost from U.S. cuts<\/a>,” June 18 news story<\/p>\n I\u2019m very glad to see the governor\u2019s office providing information that has been so difficult to obtain from the federal government. It\u2019s going to be a very helpful tool for all of us, but especially those in government leadership positions (no matter their political affiliation), to understand the home-based ramifications of the decisions coming from the White House.<\/p>\n Because I served as the former Dean of CU Denver\u2019s School of Education and Human Development, I\u2019m aware of some cuts in K-12 and higher education and hope that the next iteration of the dashboard<\/a> will include cuts from the Department of Education.<\/p>\n Also, because I\u2019m volunteering in the world of climate change and am aware of impending cuts to green energy that aren\u2019t yet represented in the dashboard, I hope the next iteration will include the Department of Energy. Thank you to the governor for collating and publishing the information and to Attorney General Phil Weiser for spearheading lawsuits that have resulted in fewer cuts (at least thus far) than might have transpired. What has been published to date on the dashboard is likely only the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n Lynn K. Rhodes Fritz, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n Language matters and often precedes action. How we address others sets the tone of civility, a lesson we teach school children, a lesson that should be lifelong.<\/p>\n Somehow the basic tenets of civil discourse no longer count for some. President Donald Trump continues to call the governor of California \u201cNewscum.\u201d Trump\u2019s mouthpieces in the media, personalities I listen to regularly, describe political opponents as \u201cleftist commies,\u201d \u201clibtards,\u201d \u201cderanged snowflake lunatics,\u201d \u201canti-American degenerate scum.\u201d I even hear these terms echoed by family members who despise the left. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is routinely referred to as Pocahontas. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been called \u201cWitless,\u201d and the list goes on.<\/p>\n Enter the wannabe patriot dealing with some perversion of the psyche. He connects his skewed dots and decides to perform a \u201cpatriotic\u201d act by eliminating the problem. In short, the shootings of the state representatives in Minnesota, the shooting at the \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally in Salt Lake City, the hammer blow suffered by Paul Pelosi, and other such acts lie squarely in the laps of the likes of Trump, Rep. Lauren Boebert, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and others of their ilk who continue to malign and dehumanize political opposition.<\/p>\n Where there should be discourse, we have vicious, ad hominem attacks. The result is obvious: a drastic escalation of violence fueled by people with a microphone. The blood from political vigilantism in this \u201cland of the free\u201d is on their hands. And lips.<\/p>\n Bob Giusto, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n By now, everyone who follows Major League Baseball knows that the Rockies are on a pace to set a record for losses in one season.<\/p>\n Why? Because your writers remind us after every game.<\/p>\n Why not let that thought go for a while? Or better, until it actually happens?<\/p>\n Craig Marshall Smith, Highlands Ranch<\/em><\/p>\n Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online<\/a> or check out our guidelines<\/a> for how to submit by email or mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While dashboard is great, hopefully even more federal cuts info is coming Re: “Dashboard shows how much money Colorado has lost from U.S. cuts,” June 18 news story I\u2019m very glad to see the governor\u2019s office providing information that has been so difficult to obtain from the federal government. 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We get it. Rockies losses are piling up<\/h4>\n