Author: The Gazette Editorial Board
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EDITORIAL: Leave Colorado’s Labor Peace Act intact
The latest reckless attempt in the legislature to gut Colorado’s long-standing and carefully balanced Labor Peace Act is roundly unpopular. The pending legislation has been drawing flak from Democratic Gov. Jared Polis as well as from the state’s business community. That’s the good news. The bad news is it might pass anyway. That’s because, unlike…
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EDITORIAL: Cowboys’ move is Colorado’s loss
After more than 75 years of calling Colorado home, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association appears to be packing up its operations and ProRodeo Hall of Fame and moving to Wyoming. The all-but-official move to Cheyenne will mark the end of a Colorado headquarters dating back to December 1950, when the association’s board voted to relocate…
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EDITORIAL: Lawmakers look for ways to let convicts loose
If only the Democratic majority at the State Capitol worried as much about the offenders roaming our streets as it does about those who are behind bars. Colorado’s offender-friendly legislature seems oblivious to the former and convinced there are too many of the latter. The progressive fringe among ruling Democrats often appears unfazed by headlines…
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EDITORIAL: A scar heals above the Springs
A Gazette report last month summarized the legacy of the Pikeview Quarry on the city’s northwest side with one simple yet accurate word: complicated. For decades, the “Scar Wars” that were fought over the quarry had cast a shadow over Colorado Springs, much like the barren blight upon the mountainside visible from much of the…
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EDITORIAL: Don’t leave Coloradans in the dark
When residents spoke at last week’s meeting of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, which regulates the state’s utility companies, they gave them an earful about Xcel Energy’s “Public Safety Power Shutoffs” in December. The utility giant — a state-regulated monopoly — shut off power to Jefferson County, Boulder and other northern Colorado Front Range communities…
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EDITORIAL: Defiance of immigration laws will backfire on Colorado
The contempt for law enforcement among ruling Democrats at the State Capitol has escalated — from reckless to delusional. It was in 2020 that the Democratic majority in the legislature, led by its soft-on-crime political fringe, revoked qualified immunity from law officers across our state. It has had a chilling effect on law enforcement ever…
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EDITORIAL: Applause anew for Polis on school choice
Kudos once again to Gov. Jared Polis for standing up — and sticking out his neck — for a promising federal initiative that incentivizes school choice. Thanks to the governor’s recent decision to OK our state’s participation, Colorado’s kids and their counterparts in 26 other states now stand to benefit from this significant stride in…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado must make way for data centers
Colorado has become a leading state for innovative technology companies to set up shop. The question is: Can — and will — we keep it up? That may depend on whether we’re hospitable to data centers, a critical element of the 21st century economy, especially in the age of AI. They are central to the…
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EDITORIAL: A chance to shed Colorado’s sanctuary status
Shooting deaths in Minneapolis involving Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s operations have stirred strong opinions about what to do with illegal immigration in our state and across the country. Many Coloradans are against ICE’s operations in Minneapolis and elsewhere, including here in Colorado, under President Donald Trump and find them to be unwarranted and dangerous. Many…
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EDITORIAL: Legislative Dems must sidestep the sideshows
Coloradans who had hoped the 2026 legislature would stick to bread-and-butter issues — for a change — will be sorely disappointed. Only weeks into the new session, the noisy fringe among ruling Democrats at the Capitol already appears determined to make headlines rather than constructive policy — rekindling divisive debates over social issues. Exhibit A…