Author: Burke Scot Beu

Burke Scot Beu Another empty seat in the state legislature, House District 32, has been filled by a vacancy committee (Adams County Democrats pick Manny Rutinel for House vacancy). In 2023 alone, seven of 100 legislative seats have been vacated, as well as one seat on the nine-member state Board of Education. State Rep. Dafna Michaelson-Jenet, D-Commerce City,…

Burke Scot Beu Paula Noonan’s recent column in Colorado Politics (“How trust is broken in public education,” May 18), was so contrived and pathetic, it must be countered. She outrageously compared polluters at the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City with education reformers and school-choice activists who are trying to address problems at the city’s…