Author: The Gazette editorial board

Tourism is a cornerstone of Colorado’s prosperity, and the hotel industry — which relies on an annual procession of conventions, conferences and many other events — plays a pivotal role. The industry pays $4 billion a year in wages and salaries to more than 98,000 employees along the Front Range, across the Rockies and throughout…

One of the country’s most-watched races for the House of Representatives pits gun-toting Republican Lauren Boebert against far-left Democratic sociology professor Diane Mitsch Bush. Democrats, thinking they can flip Colorado’s Congressional District Three from red to blue, have poured money into the Mitsch Bush campaign. It means a region of farmers, ranchers and miners could…

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet had a meltdown Sunday, decrying the inevitable nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court — an outcome achieved Monday night. Republicans, he said, would commit “institutional arson” by putting a young, brilliant, working-class wife and mother of seven on the U.S. Supreme Court. This woman who lives for…

The Aurora City Council’s 7-3 vote last week to prohibit “no knock” raids by police — part of a national frenzy to roll back police powers — may have felt good for members of the council majority. But it was a mistake. The raids — carried out under court warrants allowing law officers to enter a…

President Donald Trump made a strong and believable case for another four years during Thursday night’s constructive, civilized, and substantive debate.  Biden struggled a few times trying to complete his points but committed nothing that rose to the level of a severe and memorable stumble. Neither candidate came across as unlikeable. NBC White House Correspondent Kristen…

Southwest Airlines announced Thursday it will begin flights to and from the Colorado Springs Airport early next year, fulfilling a decades-long effort by city officials to lure the popular carrier. This can be a game-changer that makes our hyper-successful city even better. The nation’s largest airline, known for a loyal customer base, will make the…

If history repeats, the left-wing revolutionary movement of 2020 will soon fade away as another failed attempt to pursue a bad system of governance. Professed socialist politicians and violent left-wing riots may seem like a new American phenomenon among people living today. Denver has a far-left socialist city councilwoman who denounces capitalism and wants “community…

Since their origins in the 19th century, America’s teacher unions have taken a stand for wide-ranging causes. Foremost among them, of course, has been more pay and benefits for their members, but the unions hardly have confined themselves to the issues that come up at the collective-bargaining table. Over the years, teacher unions also have…

Colorado cannot afford another election in which ill-informed partisans blindly vote straight-party tickets. Democrats, who increasingly outnumber Republicans in Colorado, voted straight-ticket in 2018 and are suffering the consequences. Straight-party voting in 2018 ousted Secretary of State Wayne Williams, a Republican. He was widely considered the top elections official in the country by Democrats and…

Liberal Judge Craig Welling, an appointee of then-Gov. John Hickenlooper, released a child-raping monster to roam the streets of Colorado Springs. Two years later, Welling wants voters to retain him in office. Please do not. Do as he did to the rapist. Set Welling free by voting “no” on his retention. The story goes back…