Author: The Gazette editorial board
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ENDORSEMENT: Kelly Brough for Denver mayor
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Kelly Brough’s life could be a reflection of Denver itself. Her own profile synchs with much of the city’s image: educated but down to earth; cosmopolitan yet compassionate. She reflects Denver’s diversity, too, as a mom to bi-racial kids. She also can relate on a very personal level to some of Denver’s most daunting challenges.…
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Denver Gazette: City schools need Jones, Villagrana, Fashaw
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100521-cp-web-oped-dgeditorial The latest unsettling news about Denver Public Schools reaffirms the need for a change of elected leadership at Colorado’s largest and most prominent school district. It seems the Denver school board’s reigning embarrassment, first-term member Tay Anderson, has stepped in it yet again. And school board candidate Scott Esserman stepped in it alongside him.…
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Colorado Springs Gazette: Nuclear power could save the planet — and Pueblo
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Xcel Energy’s Comanche coal-fired power plant. As green energy supporters urgently advocate renewable energy, reasonable people of all political persuasions should laud Pueblo County’s push for nuclear power. The Gazette this week reported Pueblo County wants a compromise on the future of the jurisdiction’s troublesome energy economy. The county’s proposal comes after the giant public…
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Denver Gazette: Finegan a fine pick for next U.S. attorney
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It was reassuring to learn this week that the president has nominated distinguished attorney and respected policy sage Cole Finegan to be Colorado’s next U.S. attorney. His nomination now awaits confirmation by the U.S. Senate; if approved as is likely, he will succeed former U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn. Finegan will give the federal justice system…
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Denver Gazette: An Aspen lab goes rogue over COVID
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Imagine trying to get a COVID test – only to have the lab refuse to serve you. Then, imagine if it was because of your politics. Pretty infuriating, right? But nationally prominent conservative commentator Candace Owens didn’t get mad at all when that happened to her. “Truly, I’ve never laughed harder,” she wrote in response…
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Denver Gazette: Muddling the debate over mask mandates
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Just when it seemed enough had been said in the back-and-forth over school mask mandates – and different state and local governments were reasonably using their leeway on the matter amid a COVID surge – the Biden administration has made an issue out of it once again. And it is doing so in a way…
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Colorado Springs Gazette: Keeping mask matters local
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Coloradans are sharply divided over a lot of issues, so it’s no surprise they’re evenly split on the hot topic of the moment – whether to mask up their kids for school. As reported Thursday in The Gazette, a new survey conducted by Louisville-based political polling firm Magellan Strategies found 50 percent of Colorado parents…
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Denver Gazette: ‘CRT’ by another name is still CRT
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Out of the blue, an awkward academic phrase – “critical race theory” – has become fightin’ words. Yet, the warring sides can’t seem to agree exactly what they are fighting over. Advocates of the “CRT” theory – that racism is the basis of society’s other woes and even its social institutions – insist it isn’t…
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Denver Gazette: As schools reboot, let parents mind the masking
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How normal will the return to school be this fall? One indicator is likely to be how many of the faculty and staff are wearing masks – and whether masks are required. That, in turn, will be influenced by how much concern there is over fluctuating COVID numbers amid the delta variant. And also by…
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Denver Gazette: Rx for a divided Aurora: a ‘strong mayor’
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Aurora’s City Council is deadlocked – all the way until November. Residents of Colorado’s third-largest city won’t be able to expect much progress before then on just about any big issue at City Hall. Definitely not on any bone of contention before the sharply divided council. As reported by The Gazette, the stalemate follows at…
