letter to the editor
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Letter: New Civil Asset Forfeiture law was needed
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Editor: I am sure many of us thank the Legislature and governor’s office for the new Civil Asset Forfeiture law. Though the majority of us will never be affected by this personally, we are as a society. It certainly seems beyond belief that property can be seized on suspicion only, with no actual evidence of…
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Letter: Coffman’s LGBT rally attendance misguided at best
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Editor: Cynthia Coffman’s braggadocio in being the “only Republican attorney general in the country to attend an LGBT rally” leaves this citizen of 79 years thoroughly disgusted. Her blandishments of Colorado’s “equality” laws simply repeat a tiresome mantra designed to appeal to a highly select and numerically minimal portion of the state’s voting population. By…
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Letter: Gardner behind closed doors on ACA repeal
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Editor: Republicans in the U.S. Senate are secretly crafting a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. What has Sen. Cory Gardner told the citizens of Colorado about this bill? Nothing! Why the secrecy? Why no open hearings? The ACA had 100 open hearings. Currently in Colorado, 175,964 citizens enrolled in ACA health insurance plans for…
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Letter: Story about transgender teacher ignores contrary evidence
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Editor: Regarding the story about the transgender teacher in Denver, it appears that some of the reporting on this teacher is failing to look at a great deal of evidence in contention, leading many troubled people astray. A report released by the National Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine in April 2017 warned that…
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Letter: Cory Gardner should support BRIDGE Act
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Editor: The BRIDGE Act, introduced by a group of bipartisan senators, was written to maintain the legal status of 750,000 DACA recipients. These Dreamers are an integral part of our society – they are veterans, doctors, teachers and small business owners deserving of the status previously granted to them. Here in Colorado we have a rich…
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Letter: Why Colorado should support the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act
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Editor: Colorado is a state that has seen its share of regrettable history, but one legacy we can be very proud of is that of Ralph Carr, who sacrificed his own career in defense of American citizens who were targeted because of their Japanese ancestry. Our state senators are considering the Ralph Carr Freedom Defense…
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Letter: State must take climate action into its own hands
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Editor: In the wake of President Donald Trump’s nominations of climate-deniers like Scott Pruitt to cabinet positions, it is imperative that state leaders take climate action into their own hands through the implementation of programs in line with the goals of the Clean Power Plan, which calls for a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions from…
