Before the wife and I left for vacation last Wednesday morning we checked the weather…
OPINION: What Wage Gains?
Senator Patty Murray, alluding to the 10-year gap since the last minimum wage increase, asked: “If workers do not deserve [a raise] at this time, then when do they?”
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Four
I wonder how “resignation” fits into the well-documented shortage of new teachers…
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Three
The Archuleta School District has nevertheless decided to place police officers in school hallways, to prevent a crime that will almost certainly never happen…
BOCC Votes to Purchase Harman Art Museum Building
Last year, the BOCC was offered 5 acres of vacant property adjacent to the museum, as the site for their proposed County detention center…
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part Two
Will putting armed police in our school buildings actually help to keep violence out of the schools — or will it, in fact, insert a culture of violence into the environment?
EDITORIAL: Standardized Testing and School Security, Part One
“For ELA, we were at the 54th percentile, so right smack dab in the center, for the average ‘growth’ in the state. So our ELA program is delivering what a typical student in Colorado is getting…”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Six
“I think we’ve mentioned, many a time, that we’re willing to settle, when it comes to the attorneys fees, if the plaintiffs would like to approach us and discuss them reasonably….”
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Five
The 14 petitioners did not hire an attorney to represent them, but rather filed their request for an official ruling as pro se plaintiffs…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Four
We might note here the authority given to the County Clerk and Recorder, to resolve “any questions about the applicability of the procedures…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Dude, Where’s My Warning Label?
Two years later, I still hadn’t learned to read and wasn’t really keeping up on politics yet, so I missed hearing about the Federal Trade Commission report to Congress…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Three
“I pushed for that work session on their behalf, because they weren’t getting anywhere. As commissioner, I argued that, look, these guys have legitimate concerns…”
EDITORIAL: More Thoughts About the ‘Gun Show Loophole’
Not many of us are laughing about guns, at this particular time in our nation’s history…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part Two
The very act of bringing these petitions to the BOCC and requesting their placement on the ballot was itself a challenge to the status quo…
EDITORIAL: A Brief History of an Adversarial Relationship, Part One
“Now the [2014] elections have passed, and you guys had an opportunity to do something with [the petitions] — either address them yourselves or put them on the ballot; you chose to do nothing…
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Five
Despite long-standing complaints about potholes, crumbling roads, and unfixed highways, US states spent as much building new roads as repairing old ones…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Higher and Higher Education
Twenty years ago (1998) the University of Colorado at Boulder was charging $2,969 for tuition — no matter if you were in-state or out-of-state….
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Four
The BOCC went ahead and borrowed the money for their new jail anyway, without voter approval, using a clever financial device well-loved by the banking industry…
EDITORIAL: Telling Tales About TABOR, Part Three
We also noted that, in 2016-2017, more than 69 percent of Colorado state revenue was exempt from TABOR limitations…