Author: The Gazette Editorial Board
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EDITORIAL: A way around Colorado’s highway funding roadblock?
For a while, it looked as if Colorado finally had found a way to fund its long-neglected, crumbling highways: sidestep the legislature with a ballot proposal. Then, ruling Democrats at the Capitol sabotaged it. Initiative 175 would guarantee funding for Colorado’s deteriorating roads, bridges and highways by tapping $700 million in revenue from transportation-related taxes…
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EDITORIAL: Kirkmeyer can lead a Republican renewal
Colorado Republicans, sidelined for years, have an unusual opportunity this November to turn the tables on the Democrats running state government. The potential for change stems from the Democratic Party’s noisy, radical fringe as it marches ever closer to the cliff’s edge and seems determined to take the rest of the state with it. Its…
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EDITORIAL: Will Denver’s schools chief move on? Let’s hope
The superintendent of Denver Public Schools is being “recruited” by Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida, and he’s “agreed to participate in that process” — as if he had no choice. As The Denver Gazette reports, Superintendent Alex Marrero hasn’t explained what he meant by being “recruited,” and Miami-Dade officials didn’t seem sure, either. But…
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A recap of The Gazette’s ballot recommendations
Mail ballots are due June 30 by 7 p.m. For readers who have yet to cast their votes, The Gazette editorial board offers its recommendations once more, below. Governor Vote for Barb Kirkmeyer on the Republican primary ballot. Kirkmeyer is a smart and seasoned veteran of politics and policy — ready to serve as the…
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EDITORIAL: Juneteenth recalls emancipation, exalts freedom
With today’s fifth official state observance of Juneteenth, a Colorado holiday signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis in 2022, Coloradans can come together in a celebration of realized freedom. Just under two weeks before the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, and Colorado celebrates its 150th anniversary of statehood, Juneteenth reminds us of fortitude. It’s…
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EDITORIAL: Hallucinogens as ‘therapy’ and now, ‘sacrament’
If some want to claim that mind-bending, hazardous and potentially deadly hallucinogens offer a path to “spiritual development” — that’s actually a tenet of a new, self-described “church” profiled in The Gazette this week — well, they’re free to believe as they wish. But what hallucinogens clearly are not is medicine. They are not approved…
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EDITORIAL: The high cost of a ‘progressive’ tax hike
No sooner had we urged support the other day for Initiative 232 — which safeguards and caps Colorado’s simple, flat income tax — than a new analysis by the Common Sense Institute made another strong case this week for the ballot proposal. If its supporters gather enough voters’ signatures to qualify for next fall’s statewide…
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EDITORIAL: An upside-down legislature tries to disarm Colorado’s law abiding
Politically diverse Coloradans hold wide-ranging views on the right to arms. Many are grateful that right is guaranteed in both state and U.S. constitutions; others aren’t so sure, and yet others wish it had no legal protection. What all should be able to agree on by now — after successive policies enacted by the state…
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EDITORIAL: There’s no substitute for charity
At a time in Colorado when government seeks to tax more, purportedly for the common good, a report last week by the Common Sense Institute speaks to the state’s strides in philanthropy — in some key respects, the opposite of government funding. Charitable giving by Coloradans is continuing to prove a champion for the Centennial…
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EDITORIAL: Pushing back at a $2 billion+ tax hike
This November, Colorado voters might decide whether to turn back the clock to a complicated, burdensome and antiquated tax system — one thrown out nearly 40 years ago — or to reaffirm the flat-tax rate that has promoted prosperity in our state for decades. Making the choice even easier: The proposed throwback, Initiative 195 —…