Author: Mike Kopp
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HB 23-1190 would devastate multi-family housing market | OPINION
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Mike Kopp With the legislative session behind us, all eyes are on Gov. Polis as he considers the bills that will become law and those that will not. We have written a letter, as have scores of others, asking the Governor to veto HB 23-1190, the so-called Affordable Housing Right of First Refusal. It would…
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OPINION | Utilities paid huge tab to keep our homes warm
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Mike Kopp It is easy to take electricity and natural gas, and the vastly complex systems responsible for their generation, transmission and distribution, for granted – until the power and/or gas are out. The recent letter from Gov. Jared Polis to the Public Utilities Commission, emphasizing the importance of planning for extreme weather events and…
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ROAD TO RECOVERY | ‘Flatten the bureaucracy’ for health care
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Mike Kopp As a nation and as a state we are just now beginning to fully realize the impacts of COVID-19. From staggering unemployment numbers to a $3 billion shortfall in the state budget, the fallout is extraordinary. Coloradans may have weathered the challenge of the pandemic, but the path back to economic prosperity will…
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A ballot issue that mandates stagnation and recession? No thanks
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Colorado is a welcoming, pro-business state. We have one of the best performing economies in the country, even when times are tough. When the Great Recession hit almost 10 years ago, for example, we bounced back faster and stronger than the rest of the nation. That’s no accident. For decades, Colorado’s political and business leaders…
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THE PODIUM: New study on Lakewood ballot measure reveals high cost of anti-growth agenda
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Colorado has one of the strongest economies in the country, but we all know living in a growing state can be challenging. I’ll be the first to complain about traffic congestion, for example, and the first to demand more investment in our infrastructure. But as we work on these challenges, we should never pretend growth…
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Kopp: I am indebted to Bill Armstrong
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The admirers of Bill Armstrong are legion. They seem to share in common this deep sense of indebtedness to a man they saw as a giant but whom they knew as a friend. Yes, their gratitude abounds and it is spontaneous. It gushes forth with little perceived effort the way a brook swells in response…
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Colorado Health Benefit Exchange may be a slow-moving train wreck
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Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, Colorado must adapt to new federal mandates that will dramatically affect health care costs and the insurance plans available to health care consumers. How will Colorado cope with these new and costly federal mandates? Senate Bill 200, enacted in May, created the…
