Author: Tony Olivero
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DJ Summers dives into the costlier state of Colorado | The OpEdge Podcast
Common Sense Institute’s Director of Communications & Research Operations DJ Summers dives deep with The OpEdge Podcast host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger regarding Colorado’s drop in the institute’s Free Enterprise Competitive Index. Summers shares shrewd insights regarding Colorado’s curious, one-of-a-kind case study of economics, demographics and culture of the past 15 years, when a…
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Superintendent Michael Gaal on why schools work better without union contracts | The OpEdge Podcast
In the latest episode of The OpEdge — The Gazette’s new opinion podcast — Colorado Springs District 11 Superintendent Michael Gaal reveals why teachers’ union contracts hold schools back. Gaal tells OpEdge host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger how ending D-11’s labor contract unleashed flexibility on teacher pay, staffing and accountability, while arguing school choice and…
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Dick Wadhams charts Colorado’s rocky political shifts | The OpEdge Podcast
In the latest episode of The OpEdge — The Gazette’s new opinion podcast — veteran campaign winner, political analyst and Gazette columnist Dick Wadhams dissects the electoral shifts of Colorado politics with OpEdge host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger. Wadhams charts the curious cases of Colorado’s Democratic and Republican Parties, the surge of unaffiliated voters and…
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Michael A. Hancock’s ‘Rules for Restoration’ to counter radicalism | The OpEdge Podcast
In the latest episode of The OpEdge — The Gazette’s new opinion podcast —writer, Denver Gazette columnist and business executive Michael A. Hancock tells OpEdge host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger how his book, “Rules for Restoration,” offers concrete ways to counter Colorado’s “radicalism” and restore genuine hope in an age of grievance and outrage. Watch…
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George Brauchler on Colorado’s ‘Jailbreak’ | The OpEdge Podcast
We are pleased to introduce the inaugural episode of The OpEdge — The Gazette’s new opinion podcast. District Attorney and law enforcement hawk George Brauchler tells host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger what lawbreakers can expect in the 23rd Judicial District. Brauchler recaps his recent commentary for The Gazette — “Jailbreak” — detailing legislative Democrats’ efforts to empty Colorado…
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Hypocritical air-quality-control standards put rural Colorado last | OPINION
By John Justman and Don Coram As former rural lawmakers, we’re no strangers to the state trying to squeeze us into the same box as the Front Range. But Colorado’s latest regulations take things to a new level: not only are they completely unworkable for our communities, but the rules also reveal a hypocritical double-standard…