“Gov. Jared Polis is starting to sound more and more like President Trump!”
Colorado Governor Jared Polis holds a press conference with state and government officials in his office at the Colorado State Capitol where he signs an executive order addressing access to affordable housing on August 21, 2023 in Denver, Colorado.
Gov. Jared Polis is starting to sound more and more like President Trump! His plan to punish those cities that don’t agree with his “more, more, more” housing policy is just petty Trump-like vengeance. And it’s a Trump-like diversion from the underlying failure of this policy. In simple terms, this “growth first” policy never had a solid basis in the housing market for the Denver area. Any decent look would have shown that the long-term demand is far too great to expect prices to magically come down and stay down. Thus, the intelligent policy would have been to acknowledge this fact and also that adding too many people will destroy our quality of life. Instead, require a significant portion of new housing to be permanently affordable, and to force new business development to pay for housing for workers whose jobs would not pay enough to meet the market prices. That would have provided more affordable housing while preserving some of Colorado’s quality of life. But apparently, it is not in accord with Polis’ “bully the market” mindset.Re: “Opposition leader wins Peace Prize,” Oct. 11 news story The symmetry could hardly be more appropriate: the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to a Venezuelan woman fighting for the democratic rights of her people while our president feels slighted by the Nobel committee as he and his Republican colleagues work systematically to dismantle our American democracy. Maria Corina Machado lives in hiding as she voices opposition to autocrats while on the streets of our cities heavily armed agents and soldiers wear masks as they carry out what even they must perceive as a legally questionable mission. The ironies write themselves while our citizenry is forced to imagine a Venezuelan scenario here at home.Bravo to The Post for bringing the article of the DIA Infamous Nine to the community. Once again, the DIA officials stepped on their common sense thought process. It is easy to spend money when it is not yours. Very easy. Stakeholders, the taxpayers are there to pay the bills. No problem. Until the investigation by The Post brought the wrong to light. What would be the right thing to do is for each of the Infamous Nine to take out their check books and reimburse the taxpayers the difference between their business class and first class tickets and what the price was for coach class and reimburse the taxpayers. While the County and City of Denver are going through deep cuts in funds and services, you have nine “officials” enjoying the good life.Colorado envisioned a renewable energy park near Golden. Neighbors don’t like what might get built instead. Ballot Issues 2A through 2E ask voters to approve $950 million for projects in Vibrant Denver bond package Two Denver suburbs take different paths as residents face housing crunch: ‘We can manage it, but just barely’Re: “Here’s how we prevent every youth suicide,” Oct. 10 commentary I appreciate Dr. Reinecke’s insight into the key factors that trigger, and the key approaches that ameliorate, the youth suicide crisis in America. However, he skirts around one issue. He notes that “suicide becomes a solution, an option, a source of relief.” He fails to draw a line between the growing acceptance of assisted suicide in Colorado and other states, and the epidemic of youth suicide nationally. When stories of people ending their lives through assisted suicide are glorified in the media and in our daily conversations, we send the message that suicide is indeed a rationale, and perhaps even a preferred, answer to our physical and/or existential suffering. This is a very dangerous perspective that has deadly reverberations in our vulnerable youth.Parker Gabriel’s 7 thoughts on Broncos’ wild win over Giants, including a deep dive on Sean Payton’s Saturday special that set up winning FG Parker Gabriel's 7 thoughts on Broncos' wild win over Giants, including a deep dive on Sean Payton's Saturday special that set up winning FGColorado has banned 7 people for life from the state’s casinos. Here’s what it takes to make the list. Colorado has banned 7 people for life from the state's casinos. Here's what it takes to make the list.No Kings rally has lost even this sympathetic critic of President Donald Trump Broncos’ Sean Payton hoped Giants would make QB change from Russell Wilson to Jaxson Dart ‘long after our game’ Broncos' Sean Payton hoped Giants would make QB change from Russell Wilson to Jaxson Dart 'long after our game'Broncos four downs: Bo Nix backs up Sean Payton's London call in comeback for the ages
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