Viewpoint: Voting is Easy, Right?

Six men faced off to fill three positions on the Colorado City Metro Board. One of the positions they were going to fill was mine. You don’t want to invest the time and effort to serve two terms and then not vote for the men that will replace you.

Viewpoint: Kansas Got This One Right

Kansas legislators got it right. The Kansas legislature got the necessary two-thirds supermajority needed to overturn Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that requires Kansans to use public restrooms that correspond to their sex.

Viewpoint: There Might Be More Kip Kinkel’s Out There

My most in your face moment with a school shooter happened on May 21, 1998. We were living in Eugene, Oregon at the time and on that morning the news erupted with a shooting at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. Only the interstate separated Springfield and Eugene.

Viewpoint: Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is celebrated during the first full week of May each year. In 2023, it is May 8-12. National Teacher Day falls on the Tuesday of Teacher Appreciation Week. That would make it May 9 this year.

Viewpoint: Are We a Local Newspaper, or Not?

Most days, the little references about no longer living in Colorado City don’t bother me. But, occasionally, I do get slightly annoyed. As most of you know, we moved to be near our delightful grandchildren, ages ten, eight, six and four.

Viewpoint: Most of the World Lives in a Tiny Home

My wife and I took a few days off and spent them in a house in Granby with my daughter, son-in-law, four grandchildren and my sonin- law’s parents. Ten of us in a house with plenty of room for all. My nuclear family had six (the same as my son-in-law and daughter).

Viewpoint: This is a Bad, Bad Bill

Colorado Senate Bill 23189 concludes with the following statement: “Section 13- Safety Clause: The general assembly hereby finds, determines and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety.

Viewpoint: My Staff Isn’t Keeping Track

I am continually frustrated with the fact that my staff does a really poor job of keeping me up to date on legislation that matters.

Viewpoint: Murder is Different - I Want Answers

It is being treated as a homicide. I’m referring to the death of Rye’s Fred Ettleman, on February 24, in the Northern Avenue King Soopers parking lot. That same evening at almost the same time there was another homicide in Pueblo.

I recently found a few quotes that I’d like to share with you

I recently found a few quotes that I’d like to share with you. The first is by Jim Carrey: “Behind every great man is a woman, rolling her eyes.” Usually, of course, that woman is the man’s wife. And why is she rolling her eyes? I don’t know, but I believe she does in fact think he’s great.