News opinion 2008-04-11 Andanh.com

More signage needed for Dam Road closures
Just curious why the Denver Water Board or the Town of Dillon does not have signs at the following locations, when the Dam Road is closed: Next to the stoplight at 7-11, right after Straight Creek Drive going south, right before the Dam Road, and...

Candidate wants to clarify lawsuit details
Suzanne and I like to keep our private lives just that, private. However, since the Summit Daily News printed an article on March 31, our lives are no longer private.

The spirit of Gaper Day is mean
In response to today's letter about 'hardworking, underpaid locals' who deserve to celebrate Gaper Day, I sit amazed that locals feel so victimized by their chosen home that they would actually suggest that they are entitled to make fun of the...

Vince Lanuza deserves better coverage
How did a story of the private and unfortunate lawsuit between Vince Lanuza and David Soucie receive front-page status during a campaign for important Town Council seats?

Soucie is best choice in Silverthorne
I am writing in support of David Soucie for Silverthorne Town Council. I believe he should join Ann-Marie and Vince on the council.

Vote Lanuza for Town Council
Vince Lanuza is the best Silverthorne councilman that I have observed in my 39 years of residency in Summit County.

An open letter to the Grand County community
It is with deepest condolences that we extend our sympathies to all of the administrators, staff and students of East Grand School District. We are saddened by the loss of Reba Ferguson, a truly amazing leader and caring principal.

Soucie for council
I am a Silverthorne resident writing in support of David Soucie for town council. David impresses me with his desire to approach community issues with creativity.

Turf field would help lacrosse program
I happened to read the sports page this morning and noticed that our Lady Tigers lost their Lacrosse game 18-5. That's a shame. For the last 1 1/2 years, my husband has been trying to coach the middle school girls in lacrosse.

Green team to the rescue
I recently read the April 4 article, 'Breckenridge buys renewable energy". I applaud the Town for taking steps to make a difference regarding our environment and the effects of global warming.

Let’s hope for the Avalanche’s sake that Derek Boogaard plays a LOT in this series Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:22:05 +0000
I got a pretty hard chuckle tonight when reading the quote from Minnesota Wild goon Derek Boogaard, talking about how, like, for sure he’ll be in the first game of the upcoming Avs-Wild playoff series and, you know, we’ll see how much guys like Ian Laperriere want to try stuff on Marian “He’s ugly, but [...]

The Democrats’ race to the finish: 5 letters Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:10:43 +0000
Re: “Clinton right to hang on in race,” April 1 editorial. Party reforms resulting from the 1968 Democratic National Convention brought new rules, which opened the Democratic Party to broader representation from women and minorities. The new rules also changed the Democratic primary system to proportional winners, increasing the democracy of the process. Therefore, while Republican [...]

Showing off Denver to the world: 2 letters Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:08:24 +0000
Re: “Democrats weighing the West of both worlds,” March 30 news story. Ever since I heard that the Democratic National Convention was coming to Denver, I’ve been deeply concerned about how the city will be presented to the world; sounds like other folks are, too. Of course, Denver is part of the West, and there’s certainly [...]

A balanced Perspective Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:03:02 +0000
Kudos to The Denver Post for an ideologically well-balanced Perspective section last Sunday. Your editorial, “Paying for the DNC for years,” needed airing by the Denver press and will receive broader public consideration than if stated by the Rocky Mountain News. Ed Quillen’s “The experienced candidate” left me somewhat betwixt and between, not knowing whether [...]

To the Point: 5 letters Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:00:02 +0000
Where is Colorado’s emergency preparedness? Judging from all the confusion over Alamosa’s salmonella outbreak, I cannot imagine what dealing with a real disaster might be like. Percy Conarroe, Longmont It is interesting to note that the pictures of the struggling people in Zimbabwe in last Sunday’s Post (page 2A) are followed by three large ads for Tiffany [...]

Clearing up Country Boy Mine legend
Regarding the article in the Saturday Summit Daily News on the Country Boy Mine, I would like to set the record straight on Tom's Baby.

Why I picked the Wild BEFORE Nick Schultz just got hurt Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:29:18 +0000
'Not long after I file this blog, I find out Minnesota’s most reliable defenseman, Nick Schultz, is likely out for the series after an appendectomy. Well, I’ll leave the blog below as is for now, but the Schultz injury is a major blow for the Wild, and a major piece of “good fortune” for the [...]

The mortgage crisis is nobody’s fault Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:07:15 +0000
The mortage crisis is not the government’s fault. They have been telling us since the 1980s that business, once free from the shackles of regulation, will thrive, thus stimulating the economy and trickling down wealth to everyone else. It is not the fault of largely unregulated business for downsizing, outsourcing, and building factories overseas. They owe [...]

District 6 graduation rates are declining despite statewide improvement
It's the first day of school in August. When you take your children to school on their very first day, you are starting a journey.

Health fair provides a valuable opportunity
It's that time of year again. The 9Health Fair, in its 29th year, will have locations in eight sites throughout Weld County this month.

Release the results of parole-hold audit Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:22:09 EDT
State authorities failed to keep a man, now suspected of murdering his girlfriend right here in Grand Junction, behind bars when they had the authority to do so.

Even Pork gets sneaky Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:21:46 EDT
Here are a few things that were not line items in any appropriations bill last year, but were funded by the federal government nonetheless:

Lawmaker wonders:Wholl catch the rain? Mon, 7 Apr 2008 02:02:28 EDT
A Denver lawmaker wants to allow new housing developments in the state to get water the old-fashioned way — with cisterns.

A higher-(ed) calling for federal lease funds Mon, 7 Apr 2008 02:02:22 EDT
After months of deliberation, revamping and refining, legislation to deal with the expected windfall in federal mineral leasing money over the next decade was finally introduced at the state Capitol.

A tempered decision Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:00:00 -0000
Donald Trump just has to say "You're fired!" on TV. But in the real world it's not quite that simple. At well-run organizations, employees seldom can be kicked to the curb with those two words. Professionalism, and the need to protect the company from potential liability, dictate following a carefully designed, fair process and documenting allegations under the watchful eye of human-resources, and sometimes legal, experts.

Executives on the grill Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:00:00 -0000
With gasoline selling at well over $3 a gallon, it's easy to point fingers at the oil companies. And so, with the cameras rolling, top executives of five major oil companies were hauled before a committee of Congress on Tuesday for a public grilling.

Parker: King's legacy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:00:00 -0000
On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. walked out on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tenn., and was felled by an assassin's bullet.

Iraq: The reason we can't talk about China
In October 1950, Communist China under Chairman Mao Zedong invaded the independant and autonomous nation of Tibet. After killing more than 1.

Land swap appraisals are questionable
Regarding the recent article of Chihuahua Gulch land swap for prime ski in ski out real estate at the base of Keystone Mountain: What needs to be questioned by all the town planning and county commissioner representatives of our community are the...

Time to clear the bike path
Please would someone plow the bike path so that I may start riding to work. I'm tired of driving. I thought we were a green county. It is not being used for anything else but snow storage.

The passing of Charlton Heston, a personal glimpse
Charlton Heston was world renowned for his larger than life acting roles. But I had the good fortune to meet him in another venue, his love for the game of tennis. I was a young head tennis professional at a resort in Maui, Hawaii.

Back from the rink, at the hotel Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:49:41 +0000
It was your typical morning skate today, even if it was the first game of a playoff series. The usual cliches from the locker rooms, blah blah blah. Let’s drop the puck to Game 1 and get this thing on. The game starts at 7 mountain time tonight, because of the Canadian network, TSN. But it’ll [...]

Get well Mike Haynes Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:21:55 +0000
From Minneapolis, where the weather is cold and gray. Gee, big surprise for Minnesota. Got some bad news right before I boarded the flight here, that of longtime Avs broadcaster Mike Haynes needing surgery for an aneurysm. Keep the positive thoughts flowing for Mike and his family. He’s a good guy, and I’ve known him back [...]

Olympic boycott? 2 letters Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:10:16 +0000
Now that China is about to host the Olympics, some Americans would have us put on our “holier than thou” hat, suggesting that we boycott the games because of China’s human rights abuses. These are terrible actions, but how inconvenient is it for us to recall that our nation still suffers from our legacy of being [...]

A response to Tancredo’s anti-immigrant stance Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:08:07 +0000
Re: “Tancredo plans to keep fighting illegal migrants,” April 7 news story. I shuddered in examining Tom Tancredo’s upcoming goals against immigrants in Colorado and across the nation. In response I offer myself as a voice of opposition. And I’m not alone. There are a multitude of voices supporting the people forced to come here for [...]

America must lead on torture by example Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:07:53 +0000
John Yoo, the former Bush administration lawyer who now teaches at the University of California at Berkeley’s law school, authored a torture memo that cleared the way for the U.S. military to begin torturing suspected al-Qaeda members in Guantanamo and black site prisons, as well as Iraqis in Abu Ghraib. This memo, recently declassified and released, [...]

Give malpractice victims same rights as others Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:06:34 +0000
Re: “Medical missteps touch one in 15 kids, study finds,” April 7 news story. With the actor Dennis Quaid and his family on the front page, maybe now The Post will examine what has happened in the civil justice system over the last 20 years in Colorado. Insurance premiums have skyrocketed; insurance companies’ profits have risen, [...]

Weld restorative justice program a model for the state
We're glad to see that Gov. Bill Ritter signed off on a bill to help youthful criminal offenders through restorative justice programs.

Modern Dems determined to make the same mistakes as Dems of the past Wed, 9 Apr 2008 18:52:08 EDT
As General Petraeus testifies this week in Congress, we can be sure of two things; Democrats will browbeat him and make speeches, trying to convince the electorate that we are a beaten country with a failed foreign-policy that must be resolved by giving up and passively waiting for what comes next.

Petraeus reports Wed, 9 Apr 2008 17:57:40 EDT
Eight months after he first reported to Congress, Gen. David Petraeus was back on Capitol Hill this week, offering an update on the troop surge that began early last year.

State should allow shared wine facilities Wed, 9 Apr 2008 17:57:20 EDT
Here’s the most astonishing revelation about a bill that passed the House this week regarding Colorado’s wine industry:

Top 40, we won't forget you Wed, 9 Apr 2008 01:22:10 EDT
I had a six transistor when I was a kid

History gets burned in southeastern Utah Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:17:24 EDT
A longtime Utah rancher wandered around the still-smoldering remains of the Dewey Bridge Monday morning, picking up bits and pieces of what was left of the historic structure.

Virtual Editorial Board: Boycotting the Olympics Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:08:00 -0000
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced she will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in a show of protest over the recent unrest in Tibet. What do you think is the best course for Bush and other world leaders to follow to pressure China to change its policies on Tibet, human rights issues and it's involvement in the crisis in Sudan?

Bush-Putin summit: Future bilateral relations important Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:00:00 -0000
The weekend summit meeting between President Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia was packaged as the last between the two leaders. When the Russian-American dialogue resumes with new leaders, however, the same national interests will be at stake, and the same key issues will be on the table.

Racists are in Democratic party too
Gary Lindstrom's article this Monday, 'Your mother called,' said 'That was the turning point where all of the racist Soutern Democrats suddely became Republicans.'

Gaper Day is about being light-hearted
I noticed you were asking opinions of gaper day yesterday, I may have missed the chance to respond. I am a local of 11 years here in Breckenridge, own a small business and have participated in 'Gaper Day' since the first one.

Is this a hockey state, or what? Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:43:52 +0000
Yes, it really is the State of Hockey, this Minnesota. The guy at the front desk of my hotel here is Dave Holmgren, a cousin of Flyers GM Paul Holmgren. The girl who filled a prescription for me today at a local pharmacy went to high school with Dan Hinote. Dave at the desk showed me [...]

The reality of global warming: 2 letters Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:10:29 +0000
Re: “Skeptical about climate researcher’s claims,” April 5 letter to the editor. Letters like John Dendahl’s make me want to tear my hair out and wonder whether Americans will ever be as educated as most Europeans. Dendahl says global warming skeptics are “being bullied into silence” and “censored.” This is the patent nonsense one hears across [...]

Need for speed shows lack of respect, safety Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:09:40 +0000
Speed and lack of respect for others seem to be common themes in Wednesday’s headlines regarding skier and CDOT employee deaths in Colorado (“Ski deaths prompt look for link” and “Killed transportation workers honored”). Fatalities in both categories can be reduced if people slow down enough to ski and drive safely and in control. The [...]

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