Author: The Gazette Letters
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LETTERS: Report vs. reality; what’s next in Colorado?
Report vs. reality I am writing to you with an important message regarding a recent statement by Senator John Hickenlooper that referenced a Public Citizen report and, unfortunately, implied that several Colorado hospitals, including St. Mary-Corwin, are at risk of service cuts or closure. We want to address this directly and unequivocally. First and foremost,…
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LETTERS: Colorado is failing; beetle outbreak
Colorado is failing All the tax-paying citizens of Colorado are now witnessing the true damage the Democrats have done to our once great state of Colorado. The budget deficit started at a billion dollars, now the honest story is a billion five hundred million dollars in the hole. What is the real number? As of…
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LETTERS: Empowering the protesters;
Policy empowers the protesters A new executive order outlines Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s response to immigration enforcement operations, including directing police to intervene and detain an ICE officer if they observe ICE using “excessive force”. This policy is setting up conflict. Your mayor has no policy for dealing with protesters that intervene in an ICE…
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LETTERS: Meals can make a difference; deceitful conservatives
A meal can make a differenceI want the kids in our community to thrive. As a board member at Citizens Project, proud auntie, and a once free and reduced lunch recipient, I know a meal can make a world of difference.Being raised by a single mom who worked as a hairstylist in Colorado Springs, I…
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LETTERS: Negative changes in Denver; horrible idea
Negative changes in Denver My wife and I first moved to Denver in 1995, settling in Cherry Creek for over a decade before relocating to a downtown condo in 2006. Throughout our time in the city, I worked for an international accounting firm while my wife served as a museum director and curator. In 2019,…
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LETTERS: More on Ford Amphitheater; public deserves transparency
More on Ford Amphitheater Congratulations to Brennen Kauffman for his well written article referencing the Dudek Engineering Peer Review of the Ford Amphitheater. With respect to the VENU representative’s comments regarding Dudek Engineering, “making up new rules”, the question arises, “ Who made the rules?” In the PUD and the 2025 Compliance Agreement, the only “rules” provided…
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LETTERS: Affordable housing; more journalism welcome
Too much affordable housing? Affordable housing. Anyone listening to the news, reading a newspaper or watching TV has heard those two words over and over again. Is affordable housing unsustainable? As Colorado’s budget spirals out of control why the elected officials haven’t looked at cutting some money out of the affordable housing budget. Last year…