Author: Colorado Springs Gazette Editorial Board

Colorado Springs should become the safest among all the country’s 50-largest cities. That means cracking down on crime, including common traffic infractions that kill. The Colorado Springs City Council took a step in the right direction on Tuesday, authorizing police to position automated cameras that can catch multiple speeders at once and issue tickets. It…

Colorado Springs should become the safest among all the country’s 50-largest cities. That means cracking down on crime, including common traffic infractions that kill. The Colorado Springs City Council took a step in the right direction on Tuesday, authorizing police to position automated cameras that can catch multiple speeders at once and issue tickets. It…

After plotting to ban millions of guns for “safety,” a handful of radical legislative Democrats hope to control trains. They have no such authority and might as well pine for Jim Crow laws. The Colorado Senate’s Transportation and Energy Committee today will hear House Bill 1030, titled “Railroad Safety Requirements.” The bill tries to do…

After plotting to ban millions of guns for “safety,” a handful of radical legislative Democrats hope to control trains. They have no such authority and might as well pine for Jim Crow laws. The Colorado Senate’s Transportation and Energy Committee today will hear House Bill 1030, titled “Railroad Safety Requirements.” The bill tries to do…

An endorsement by Denver’s mayor late last week of a controversial state proposal to force new land-use rules on local governments certainly stirred the pot. But it’s unlikely to change minds in the many other Colorado communities adamantly opposed to such meddling by the state. Their opposition is wholly justified. Zoning policies historically are a…

An endorsement by Denver’s mayor late last week of a controversial state proposal to force new land-use rules on local governments certainly stirred the pot. But it’s unlikely to change minds in the many other Colorado communities adamantly opposed to such meddling by the state. Their opposition is wholly justified. Zoning policies historically are a…

Colorado long has been a gun-friendly state, respecting the Colorado Constitution’s assurance that “the right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property … shall be called into question …” That could change, as the Colorado House passed a bill last weekend to outlaw “the manufacturing, importing,…

Colorado long has been a gun-friendly state, respecting the Colorado Constitution’s assurance that “the right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property … shall be called into question …” That could change, as the Colorado House passed a bill last weekend to outlaw “the manufacturing, importing,…

A bill saddling Colorado landlords with supposed safeguards for tenants is now on Gov. Jared Polis’ desk, awaiting his signature or veto. For the sake of affordable housing and the good of Colorado’s overall economy, let’s hope he vetoes House Bill 24-1098. Just saying no to the bill would in fact make a lot of…

A bill saddling Colorado landlords with supposed safeguards for tenants is now on Gov. Jared Polis’ desk, awaiting his signature or veto. For the sake of affordable housing and the good of Colorado’s overall economy, let’s hope he vetoes House Bill 24-1098. Just saying no to the bill would in fact make a lot of…