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Today's Opinions

  • Reyes’ exit from assessor’s office is long overdue

    We’ve reappraised the usefulness of Adams County Assessor Gil Reyes.
         The scandal surrounding his Majestic Realty case has been taxing enough for the area’s image without taking into account the myriad other misconduct and fraud cases that have plagued county government and taxpayers.

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  • Snake oil salesman

    Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg’s House Bill 1356 blazed across the legislative sky last week, a shooting star destined to vaporize on reentry. It did, but not before the fragments landed on Sonnenberg’s head.
        As proposed, the bill would have withheld mining and energy-related severance tax revenues for local governments that “in any way restricted or delayed the ability of an oil and gas producer to exercise its rights to extract oil and gas.”

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  • Thanks for a great season

    Editor:
        Congratulations to the Brighton High School baseball team and their coaches.
        What a pleasure to attend the games and watch a team that truly played as a  team.  Their 17-0 league record was a testament to this.  The team was well  coached in the fundamentals of the game, sportsmanship and support for one  another.
        This is one of the best coaching staffs that Brighton has ever put together.  

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  • Talk to your kids — the time is now

    As the father of two teenage boys I remember just how fine the line was between being reasonable in my mind and being reasonable in my sons’ eyes. As a parent who cherished his children, there were times when I could not be their best friend. I needed to be their parent. It was a difficult life lesson for the three of us to learn.

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  • A new face, a new place — but an old mission

    The more things change, the more they stay the same.
    For every cliché like that, there’s 20 pounds of truth behind it if you look hard enough. That’s why those ideas have staying power and hold such cherished places in our collective memory.

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  • Prochada family thanks community for support

    Editor:
        A year has passed since our daughters, Lizzie and Lilly, were in a car accident. Since the day of the accident we have faced many trials and received many blessings.

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  • Letter: Exit ramp blockage causing headaches

    Editor:

    I am a concerned and aggravated citizen of Brighton, and I know I am not the only one!

    Time and again, when going home from King Soopers, Walmart or other stores on Bromley, I get on US-85.

    When there is a train going through, the eastbound traffic on Highway 7 is backed up and the cars block the exit ramp so that many drivers cannot cross over, go around the circle and head west on Highway 7.

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  • Eight ways to fight hunger

    Kathy Underhill
    Special to Metrowest

    Twenty-five percent of all Colorado working families don’t earn enough to provide for their family’s basic needs. And yet, many people in Colorado still think hunger affects only the poorest people, like those in third world countries. That’s not the case. In 2010, 900,000 Coloradoans were impacted by hunger, and the greatest percentage of people who are hungry in our state are children under the age of five.

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