Author: Denver Gazette Editorial Board
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Denver reaps what decriminalization has sown | Denver Gazette
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What’s the downside of lofty ideals like decriminalization, “justice reform” and “harm reduction”? How about the rampant drug abuse and epidemic of overdoses that have engulfed parts of Denver? Just ask the merchants on trendy south Broadway, where curbside chaos and passed-out drug addicts compete for sidewalk space with hipsters trying to visit the area’s…
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Denver reaps what decriminalization has sown | Denver Gazette
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What’s the downside of lofty ideals like decriminalization, “justice reform” and “harm reduction”? How about the rampant drug abuse and epidemic of overdoses that have engulfed parts of Denver? Just ask the merchants on trendy south Broadway, where curbside chaos and passed-out drug addicts compete for sidewalk space with hipsters trying to visit the area’s…
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Governor enacts the Smoke-Filled-Room Law | Denver Gazette
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Nineteenth-century American lawyer, journalist and politician Gideon J. Tucker had a warning: “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” President Ronald Reagan spoke of the nine most terrifying words in the English language: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” A quote attributed to President George…
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Governor enacts the Smoke-Filled-Room Law | Denver Gazette
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Nineteenth-century American lawyer, journalist and politician Gideon J. Tucker had a warning: “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” President Ronald Reagan spoke of the nine most terrifying words in the English language: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” A quote attributed to President George…
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Drug bill doomed — but still warrants discrediting | Denver Gazette
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Let’s start with the good news on a bad bill under consideration at the Legislature: Gov. Jared Polis is adamantly opposed to it. So, while HB24-1028 is still on the calendar for a vote by the Colorado House of Representatives, the word around the Capitol is it won’t go very far. The bill attempts to…
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New bill would harm working-class households | Denver Gazette
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Colorado’s Marshall fire destroyed 1,084 homes and damaged an additional 149 in two middle-class suburbs of Boulder. The average value of each lost or damaged home was $416,000 in 2021, or $457,949 in 2024 as adjusted for inflation. The Black Forest fire of 2013 destroyed 511 homes and damaged 37 near Colorado Springs. The average…
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Colorado’s chance to curb deadly fentanyl | Denver Gazette
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Our state is in the throes of an overdose crisis. It is stoked by a shameful and tragic abundance of lethal opioids and especially, of course, fentanyl — the drug culture’s mass-killer. In 2022, the latest year for which hard numbers are available, 910 people between 18 and 45 died from fentanyl use in Colorado.…
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Aurora gets it — crime shouldn’t pay | Denver Gazette
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In the same week researchers at the University of Colorado concluded that fewer police mean more crime on the streets, elected leaders in Aurora gave their cops more tools — in the form of stiffer penalties — to rein in lawbreakers. Granted, the findings released by CU-Boulder didn’t exactly amount to a stunner. More like…
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Don’t push parents out of Colorado’s libraries | Denver Gazette
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No one, to our knowledge, is proposing to “ban” books in Colorado. Banning books would mean the government is preventing their publication or distribution. That would be unconstitutional, to say the least. But good luck trying to make that clear to those who raise the specter of a “book ban” any time parents express reasonable…
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Colorado lawmakers eye a backdoor gun tax | Denver Gazette
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The latest attempt by ruling Democrats at the Legislature to curb Colorado gun owners comes with crocodile tears. It’s a bill requiring liability insurance for law-abiding citizens exercising their right to keep arms. HB24-1270’s mandate applies even if firearms are under lock and key in the safety of one’s home — and even if kept…
