Author: Cory Gaines
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Colorado’s common man subsidizes the electric rides of our rich | OPINION
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Cory Gaines Our state, along with the feds and Xcel Energy, are going big on electric vehicles. The combined tax benefits and other incentives are staggering, totaling tens of thousands of dollars in some cases. Where are our dollars going, however? I look around my neighborhood and see no EVs. I don’t know anyone who…
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Indebted adjuncts should try another career path | OPINION
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Cory Gaines Teaching as an adjunct college instructor has its place, but good luck to you if you try to make a living at it. I have seen article after article written about the plight of those who try, and it’s not pretty. It’s especially not pretty when student loans are involved. I saw a…
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Give all the public equal access to records | PODIUM
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Cory Gaines The law that governs how Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests work in Colorado makes special, explicit mention of the press, i.e., they are treated separately from the general population. Though journalists fill a unique role – gathering and disseminating information is their full-time job – they should not get special treatment. There have…
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One-size-fits-all energy code coming to Colorado | OPINION
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Cory Gaines I just recently finished my DIY solar panel installation. In reviewing the costs, it was striking to me that a full 22% of the tab went to upgrade my circuit breaker panel and meter box. If you’ve done any sort of construction around your house lately, you’ve probably run into the same. Building…
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Ballyhooed heat pumps don’t quite cut it in the cold
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Cory Gaines You’ve probably heard of heat pumps as an alternative to gas-fired heat sources. You may have also heard that they don’t work here in Colorado because we have a winter here. The truth is that they do work here in Colorado, but as with electric school buses, they don’t work as well. I describe heat pumps to…
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OPINION | Rethinking Colorado’s curbs on computer power
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Cory Gaines I’m not big into computer games, and it’s been forever since I bought a computer. So, I was surprised to learn that a new regulation on computers in Colorado, as well as in several other Western, Democratically controlled states, has put an upper limit on computer power in order to conserve energy. …
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OPINION | Are Colorado schools underfunded? A teacher’s view
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Cory Gaines You might read the oft-repeated claim that Colorado underfunds its schools. Trying to dig into that claim, you’ll find that one group says it looks that way because the reporters don’t use an apples-to-apples comparison – i.e., our state is not the sole source of funding for schools. Districts get money from many…
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Guv’s approach to Colorado agriculture — baffling
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Cory Gaines I like to grow things. I want to try a variety of things as time goes by, but right now I split my time fairly evenly between growing food and xeric plants that attract pollinators and birds. I like to think of myself as pretty experienced with plants. I have grown garlic for…
