Editorials

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The right way to fight gun laws

The news that several county sheriffs in Colorado, including at least two on the Western Slope, say they will refuse to enforce new gun laws just adopted by the state Legislature and signed by the governor, should be disturbing for all ...

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A new county administrator

The man who will replace Chantal Unfug as county administrator is an Iraq war veteran, a Utah National Guard colonel and an 11-year veteran of Mesa County government, most recently as interim county administrator. Tom Fisher knows his way ...

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Guns aren’t only issue 
in school-safety debate

We can’t disagree with the most-discussed part of the District 51 School Security and Safety Work Group’s recommendations, which were released this week. That is the decision to eliminate any recommendation for arming school ...

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A killing in Corrections

When the killing of a Colorado Corrections Department employee occurs, it usually involves one or more of the state’s 20,000 prison inmates attacking a guard at a corrections facility. The Tuesday murder of Tom Clements, executive ...

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Colorado prosperity mostly on Front Range

Let the good times roll, again. According to the latest economic projections, state revenue this year will exceed what it was in 2007, the year before the Great Recession began. And statewide unemployment in January dipped to 7.3 percent, ...

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Banner brouhaha may be flagging

The great banner flap of 2012 may be over, three months into 2013. The reason is that a group of city managers from around Colorado sat down with officials from Xcel Energy in a series of weekly meetings and reached a solution to a problem ...

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Sunshine grades

The idea of transparency in government is not some lofty-but-unattainable goal like world peace or bipartisan effectiveness in Congress. It is a standard reasonably easy to meet with rules — especially for state and local government ...

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An inspired choice with Pope Francis

We can’t say what role divine inspiration played in the selection of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio — now Pope Francis — to be leader of the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.2 billion members. But it was certainly ...

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Bridges possible over 
federal budget divide

In the nation’s capital these days, the partisan budget divide appears as wide as ever. Still, there is reason for very cautious optimism. There are indications that a meaningful compromise to address the budget and federal debt is at ...

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Training key for armed staff

It’s no surprise a working group assigned to study the issue of allowing armed teachers, administrators or volunteers in schools has been unable to reach consensus yet. It is not a question that lends itself to quick and easy ...

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