Author: The Fort Collins Coloradoan

Colorado’s 2017 legislative session came to a close Wednesday. We have a balanced budget, which is a requirement of lawmakers per our state constitution. We have a deal on the hospital provider fee, which restores more than $500 million in funding for rural hospitals and also frees up money for other priorities. What we don’t have…

Police Chief John Hutto’s last day is May 12. The resignation, a decision reached jointly with City Manager Darin Atteberry, demonstrates humility on Hutto’s behalf and an opportunity for the department to move forward. Regardless of what transpired and what is to come for Fort Collins Police Services, Hutto ensures the department will have the opportunity…

An open letter to our Colorado senators and representatives: An increasingly unsustainable situation on Colorado’s roads is hindering the lives of Coloradans. It’s keeping commuters away from their families. It’s limiting job opportunities. It’s contributing to fatalities. And generations will be impacted by the effects of inaction on transportation. In Northern Colorado, Interstate 25 congestion…

An open letter to our Colorado senators and representatives: An increasingly unsustainable situation on Colorado’s roads is hindering the lives of Coloradans. It’s keeping commuters away from their families. It’s limiting job opportunities. It’s contributing to fatalities. And generations will be impacted by the effects of inaction on transportation. In Northern Colorado, Interstate 25 congestion…

An open letter to our Colorado senators and representatives: An increasingly unsustainable situation on Colorado’s roads is hindering the lives of Coloradans. It’s keeping commuters away from their families. It’s limiting job opportunities. It’s contributing to fatalities. And generations will be impacted by the effects of inaction on transportation. In Northern Colorado, Interstate 25 congestion…

When you’re in a leadership position, nothing is more fraught with anxiety than a serious examination of your organization’s culture. We become exposed and vulnerable to the unknown. It is even more difficult for leadership to then be transparent with that self-examination as it progresses, to disclose the findings and to commit publicly to specific…