Monthly Archives: April 2009

The irony of the biker safety bill in the legislature is that Boulder County voters have repeatedly approved road funding to widen county roads and add bike lanes (e.g., Cherryvale Road south of Baseline) at a cost of tens of millions of dollars. Three additional feet of space was added in each direction. Yet whenever I travel Cherryvale I repeatedly see bikers using the white stripe (that marks the shoulder of the old width) as a kind of “guide for their ride”. Continue reading →

Chris King appears unqualified to be Superintendent of the Boulder Valley School District. Your recent article reported that King characterized current plans to rebuild Columbine Elementary as “insufficient” because he wants to expand the size of the school. King used the threat of larger class sizes to persuade the School Board to build a school that can accommodate 550 students. Continue reading →

The last thing anyone wants to do is to hit a bicycle with their car. I want to give them plenty of room without hitting oncoming traffic. Crossing the yellow line to achieve this does not seem safe either. But the proposed new bicycle bill says bicyclists can ride two abreast if they don’t impede traffic. Do bicyclists realize that the bicycle lanes in Boulder are not wide enough to safely ride two abreast without impeding traffic? Continue reading →

Dear Editor: The World Health Organization has just ratcheted up the threat alert for the swine flu epidemic to Phase 4 (out of 6). Along with the avian flu of a decade ago, the Hong Kong flu of 1968, and … Continue reading →

I am a member of the Mohawk nation who wishes to bring up some pertinent information in regards to Ward Churchill teaching once again at CU. Continue reading →

Of the three smoke stacks only the shortest one is being used.  The other two are relics of the past. The ‘smoke’  (effluent) you see is not the carbon dioxide  but another greenhouse gas rarely mentioned, water vapor.   It … Continue reading →

As congress finally takes on health care reform in the coming weeks, we will see and hear many viewpoints based on emotion and not rational thought. This is totally understandable because the decisions our leaders make will affect the care of our children, our parents, our spouses and us. There are a number of reasons why people are currently upset with our broken system: ever rising insurance premiums, rising numbers of uninsured people, and the financial devastation that a health crisis can cause a family, to name a few. Policy changes at a high level require decision makers to understand the consequences of their actions. Like other stakeholders, The National Association of Health Underwriters (insurance brokers) strongly supports reform to healthcare financing, but we also believe that prudence is needed as we proceed. Continue reading →

I checked out the Business Plus section in Monday’s paper. I don’t usually read that part of the paper. But, the hard hitting article on how the economy has effected some was hilarious. Some are forced to hire personal chefs … Continue reading →

Dear Editor. Last Friday evening, I attended a concert by the Rocky Mountain Chorale at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church.  The snowstorm prevented the conductor, about a quarter of the members of the chorale and much of the audience from attending.  Nevertheless, the … Continue reading →

I was inspired by the photo in Thursday’s paper about the extensive 98 Kw photovoltaic solar system installed by SolSource of Denver on the roof of Blue Mountain Arts. When I think of all the acres of flat rooftops available in Boulder, imagine how much renewable energy we could produce if we placed photovoltaics on nonresidential rooftops throughout the City? Continue reading →

I agree in principle with the Camera’s decision to include more local editorial columnists over the past couple years. Last Sunday, columns by Stu Stuller regarding academic freedom at CU and Bill de la Cruz on balance and partisanship were … Continue reading →

The Siegelman conviction was obviously political and was known to be political from the very beginning.  Karl Rove has had his vicious attacks on Democrats overlooked for far too many years.  Rove must be brought to account and Don Siegelman’s … Continue reading →

President George W. Bush, in an address to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001 said, “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” With 87,000+ recorded Iraqi deaths since 2005…Mr. Bush, please answer the … Continue reading →

A forum on health care reform was held Saturday afternoon at CU to discuss our moving towards quality, accessible, and affordable care for us all. Even though a majority of American citizens and doctors are now saying they want a national policy for the public funding of the private provision of health care, our elected officials are mostly saying that this is a political non-starter. Who’s running this country? Continue reading →

There is always someone who thinks they are special. In reference to the Tuesday, April 21 article concerning the landowner who wants to use a 40′ setback for personal use in the Goldbranch subdivision in Niwot. I was one of the several homeowners who attended many meetings concerning the development of this subdivision. One of the items on the agenda at those meetings that was approved by Boulder County was the 40′ setback and 60′ wildlife corridor surrounding the development. That setback was not meant to be used by a poorly planned project and the open space was meant to be left as a wildlife corridor. Continue reading →

Paul Krugman’s column on the return of obscene pay levels to the leaders of the ailing Wall Street banks (April 29, 2009) prompts this thought: Why not outsource CEO positions? It’s no secret that many bright minds reside in countries such as India and Brazil – some of them have even been educated at American schools. Continue reading →

For the last eight years, I have heard people decry the use of harsh interrogation methods. Now president Obama has released memos in which the tactics were sanctioned by the Bush administration. Continue reading →