Author: The Gazette Editorial Board
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EDITORIAL: Springs council cops out on car camping
Springs residents only could be disappointed with their City Council’s decision Monday to postpone a measure reining in car camping. A crackdown was warranted. At issue is a mobile version of the tents and lean-tos that pop up around town in parks, at roadsides and along waterways. In this case, dilapidated RVs and other vehicles…
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EDITORIAL: A welcome crackdown on Denver’s expired tags
On Saturday, the Denver Police Department will begin a month-long enforcement operation that is crucial to combatting crime — even if it also can be an annoyance for some of the motoring public: ensuring vehicle registration is up to date. Granted, the cost to the law-abiding driver to register a car and display updated plates…
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EDITORIAL: When school districts fail — a case in point
Two years ago, Colorado’s State Board of Education abandoned a yearlong effort to take charge of the beleaguered Adams 14 School District, based in Commerce City north of Denver. The board backed off under pressure from leaders in other districts, likely concerned about their own failures. The district was cratering so badly in its academic…
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EDITORIAL: An easy out for Colorado’s play-it-safe senators
If Colorado’s U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper ever want a glimpse at some profiles in courage, they don’t have to look far in the Senate chamber. They’ll find several among fellow Democrats on their own side of the aisle, in fact. Seven Senate Democrats and an independent showed pluck in voting with the…
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EDITORIAL: A Colorado campus relents on free speech
The student government at Fort Lewis College in Durango made national news the other day when it voted to block a conservative group from organizing a campus chapter. Then, just last Friday, the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College reversed itself and voted unanimously to let Turning Point USA set up shop after all. “It…
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EDITORIAL: Is Colorado’s middle class moving out?
Although Colorado became a magnet state for newcomers in the 2010s, the past few years have seen a slowdown of in-migration and a surge in those moving away. A new analysis, in fact, finds that Colorado has lost more people than it has gained in the past year. The analysis also found that in less…
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EDITORIAL: Reopen government — put Coloradans back in the air
We’re still wondering if some U.S. Senate Democrats are willing to set aside politics long enough to vote with Republicans to reopen government — and avoid chaos in air travel. We realize the Senate minority in Washington wants concessions — as of Friday, they sought a one-year extension of health-care tax credits — but first…
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EDITORIAL: AG plays politics with Space Command
Colorado’s hyper-litigious attorney general has filed so many lawsuits against the Trump administration, we’ve lost count. So, you may have missed AG Phil Weiser’s long-shot bid just last week for a court order to block the administration’s move of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Ala. But you can bet the president…
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EDITORIAL: A new DPS board — a new direction?
With substantial turnover imposed by voters Tuesday on the board of Colorado’s biggest school district, Denver Public Schools, the business of governing starts afresh when the new members are sworn in Dec. 2. We stress “governing” because it’s been sorely missing on Denver’s school board for years. Tuesday’s headline was that voters fired two of…
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EDITORIAL: Governor’s land grab repudiated
Gov. Jared Polis has pushed a passel of laws through the legislature over the past couple of years that mandate sweeping revisions to local land-use rules. His attempt, essentially, to rezone Colorado’s metro areas micromanages matters ranging from the number of housing units per parcel to whether new housing can be required to have off-street…