Author: Kevin Flynn
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GUEST OPINION: Yes on 2G; elect all Denver officials by majority
Kevin Flynn Darrell Watson Officials who represent a citywide constituency should be elected by a citywide majority. That’s a basic principle of democracy, and it’s the driving motivation behind Referred Question 2G on Denver’s Nov. 4 ballot, modernizing Denver’s City Council at-large city election to align with all other city offices. Question 2G places the…
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Slaughterhouse ban is not the Western way
The wide-open West has a long tradition of respecting other people’s choices. It’s a live-and-let-live lifestyle that says my neighbors can live their lives according to their own beliefs while I make my own choices—so long as we don’t trample on each other’s rights. That Colorado way of life is under attack in a particularly…
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Sidewalk fee is inherently inequitable
There is no dispute that Denver deserves sidewalks that are accessible to all. But an attractive slogan can’t disguise the multiple systemic inequities embedded in Initiative 307, the annual sidewalk fee. Struggling families are being bombarded with Denver’s new trash fee, higher water bills and electricity rates structured to cost the most when families need…