Author: Eric Sondermann
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A memo to Denver’s mayor to-be | SONDERMANN
To Mike: I hope a first-name basis is OK, and that we can put off the honorifics until you take office. First off, congratulations on a decisive victory. You have been at this a while. When you first ran for governor in 2018 with a bit more hair, I somehow doubt that you envisioned getting…
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The meaning of Yemi in Colorado Springs | SONDERMANN
Perhaps it’s a matter of Hertz versus Avis with the number-two entity always finding it necessary to “try harder.” In this case, the mayoral election in the state’s second largest city, Colorado Springs, was far more interesting and likely consequential than Denver’s Tweedledee and Tweedledum race at last now at its finish line. Blessing Yemi…
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A springtime menu of small bites | SONDERMANN
For this week, we have a sampling of small bites instead of the usual heavy meal. Eric Sondermann Let’s start with: And the cynic is… A year ago, Gov. Jared Polis labeled as cynics any who dared to question his “Colorado Cashback” tax refund checks amidst his reelection campaign. He and his legislative allies protested…
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The wrong battle, the right war | SONDERMANN
This is hardly a courtroom, but let’s begin with a stipulation. Namely, all reasonable people can affirm that a country must pay its bills. No different than is the case with any responsible individual, obligations incurred need to be paid. A nation cannot simply walk away from its debt; least of all, the United States…
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A tribute to mothers, especially mine | SONDERMANN
As you read this, it will be Mother’s Day or a few turns of the clock later. Eric Sondermann All mothers are to be praised and celebrated. It is the Lord’s work with the return on investment mostly unknown and often endlessly in the future. As my wife commented during the period of intensive child-rearing,…
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‘Root causes’ are real — but no excuse | SONDERMANN
What the absolute (fill in your favorite four-letter curse word)? Eric Sondermann We are away, but the headlines travel and tell a gruesome, sickening story. A troubled teen is patted down as part of an accommodation allowing him to attend a public high school. Only on this day, a gun is found on him and…
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The Trump drama – season umpteen, episode one | SONDERMANN
Sorry, Dave. Eric Sondermann My valued friend, Dave, is of conservative bent, though certainly not a Trumper. Over dinner a few months back, he gently admonished me for writing too many columns about our defeated former president. He said something about regularly reading my commentary and often agreeing, except that he would cast it aside…
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Inside Denver’s two mayoral campaigns | SONDERMANN
The nine weeks of the Denver mayoral runoff is an eternity. That is, unless you are one of the two combatants, or a senior advisor. Eric Sondermann For them, those 63 days will elapse mighty fast. We are already close to a third of the way through that period. More tellingly, we are halfway to…
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Very different streaks broken in Denver and Colorado Springs | SONDERMANN
To state the obvious, Denver and Colorado Springs, the state’s two principal cities and population centers, are very different places. Far more separates them than an ever-shrinking amount of open space. Eric Sondermann But in assessing the results of Tuesday’s election, both cities broke rather notable streaks in picking between mayoral candidates. Both of those…
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A way to ditch the runoff – and build consensus | SONDERMANN
Let’s play a bit of pretend. Eric Sondermann Pretend that it is around 11 p.m. on election night this Tuesday, April 4th, or perhaps closer to 8 a.m. the next morning, and the citizens of both Denver and Colorado Springs know whom their next mayor will be. Pretend that the good people of both cities,…