Tag: Opinion
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EDITORIAL: Some perspective on Colorado’s high housing costs
The cost of housing has soared in our state in recent years, outpacing income growth and making it especially challenging for lower-wage earners and younger, entry-level workers to afford rent. Buying a place of their own is an even taller task for many. It all has led to much public debate and, inevitably, hyperventilation by…
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Aurora should bet big on nuclear, clean-tech | Michael A. Hancock
There’s a window open in America right now — a rare alignment of federal dollars, geopolitical urgency, and public demand for serious solutions. That window is labeled: reindustrialization. And if Aurora is paying attention, it should climb through before it slams shut. Because while Colorado dithers in ideological debate, Aurora has a chance to lead…
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Some hard truths for Democrats amidst the despair | Sondermann
Across the country, Democrats remain deep in despair accompanied by more than a bit of lingering disbelief that they lost to Donald Trump a second time. This is all compounded by the powerlessness of seeing the Senate and House also run by Republicans, mostly Trump apparatchiks, to go along with a Supreme Court dominated by…
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Violent websites infected Evergreen shooter | Jimmy Sengenberger
Last week’s school shooting at Evergreen High School roiled Colorado yet again. In a quarter century, our state has endured mass shootings by students at Columbine (1999), Arapahoe (2013) and STEM School Highlands Ranch (2019). In each case, the perpetrators intended mass casualties before killing themselves. As debates over prevention policies reignite, there’s a disturbing…
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EDITORIAL: A promising plan for the Broncos’ new home
The Broncos will move barely a mile from Empower Field at Mile High, just west of I-25, to the old Burnham Yard a little south of Denver’s downtown. Yet, it portends of a whole new, fresh start for Colorado’s beloved football team. On Tuesday, the team ownership announced the historic rail yard is the “preferred…
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EDITORIAL: Pretrial policies must prioritize public safety
A legislature notoriously lax on law and order has rendered Colorado’s justice system a revolving door, letting lawbreakers loose all too soon to prey upon the public. Plenty are set free even before they have to answer for their charges. Sometimes, dangerous suspects who should be held held in jail are back on the streets…
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EDITORIAL: Density zoning’s drumbeat drones on
Longtime “Simpsons” fans will recall the satirical series’ riff on Broadway’s “The Music Man.” The citizens of mythical Springfield are beguiled by a huckster who pitches them on the idea of building a monorail — which, of course, the town can’t afford and doesn’t need. Before even unveiling his proposal, the pitchman slyly plays the…
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EDITORIAL: Another wakeup call for Colorado’s ruling Dems
A Gazette news report this week on a sweeping, new survey of Coloradans opens with some helpful context — noting for readers that almost half the state’s registered voters are now unaffiliated. So, it’s probably no surprise a near-majority of the survey’s respondents regard the policies and politicians of both major political parties as off…
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The more journalism the better: Denver Gazette turns five-years-old
“The more journalists you have, the closer you’ll get to the truth.” So said Patricia Calhoun, longtime editor of the alt-weekly Westword, at a recent conference on Denver journalism. This is precisely the reason we launched The Denver Gazette five years ago today — to add more voices to Colorado’s journalism ecosystem, to make sure Coloradans get…
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Dual tragedies — and the coarsening for our culture
Next Thursday, conservative activist and national radio host Charlie Kirk was scheduled to speak at Colorado State University in Fort Collins as part of his “American Comeback Tour.” Tragically, he won’t be making it. On Wednesday, the 31-year-old political influencer was assassinated by a single gunshot to the carotid artery while speaking outdoors at Utah…