russell w. haas
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FEEDBACK | Readers dissect a bumper crop of ballot issues
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‘All children have special needs’ As the former superintendent of two Colorado school districts, Boulder and Jeffco, I suppose it is not surprising that I am a supporter of Amendment 73, which supports our school districts in meeting the mission to educate all of our children. Yes, of course, I am supporting the amendment, however,…
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FEEDBACK | The debate goes on: oil and gas — and Brett Kavanaugh
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Divesting PERA of fossil fuels is right thing to do My husband and I receive PERA retirement money each month from a defined contribution plan (pension). We are dismayed that some of the money is invested in oil and gas funds. These companies, such as Extraction Oil and Gas, are heavily in debt, having borrowed…
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FEEDBACK | Stapleton unfairly targeted; vehicle registration is no bargain
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Blamed for the sins of our fathers? Really? (Re: Recent news coverage about gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton’s great-grandfather, Ben Stapleton, who as Denver mayor in the 1920s had been a member of the KKK.) Isn’t it a legal precedent dating back millennia that children cannot be punished for the misdeeds of their parents? Is the…
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FEEDBACK | Is hysteria over Syria another round of yellow journalism?
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Is, “Shoot first, and then determine a reason,” the new normal? Is it not much more likely that the latest purported Syrian gas attack was staged as a “false flag operation,” by parties unknown, to counter President Trump’s recent statement that American troops, occupying sections of Syria, should be brought home soon? How can the mere photo of a…
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FEEDBACK: Civil rights, PERA’s woes — and an aquanaut for CU regent
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Civil Rights Division, Commission ensure a valued, respected work force As a citizen and small-business owner, I testified in favor of reauthorizing the Colorado Civil Rights Division and Commission in front of the House Judiciary Committee. I was relieved when it passed reauthorization on a decisive 10-1 vote. The growth of Colorado’s strong economy depends…
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FEEDBACK: Let the Colorado Civil Rights Commission go gently into the night
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What Coloradan would think that he would get a fair shake if he were brought before a panel dealing largely in thought-crimes (i.e. the so-called Colorado Civil Rights Commission), which functions as a combination of judge, jury and prosecutor? Would he be content to know that he would have no jury of his peers to protect him from prosecutorial…
