As a longtime Erie resident, I know the importance of the upcoming election. The exodus of our current Mayor and three Trustees has the potential for major impact to our town, possible good, possibly not. We need to make informed, conscientious choices if we want to continue down the path Mayor Moore has forged over his six years in office. That said, I am most concerned by the excessive number of signs Joe Wilson has put up.
View this post »The purpose of a corporation is to make money. The purpose of government is to provide security and maintain order. The state should provide a stable platform for businesses to compete. Our elected leaders need to control what corporations can and cannot do. They need to protect the country, and it’s people from predatory practices of unrestrained corporations. This is why in the past we have had laws prohibiting monopolies, poisoned food and child labor.
View this post »In reference to the March 17th article, Boulder transportation official: Cyclists should have to dismount at crosswalks, Community Cycles supports reasonable measures that increase safety for all modes, but we feel that new laws to deal with safety concerns in crosswalks are unnecessary and excessive. As the article states, the city transportation department has yet to determine if crosswalks are the scene of more accidents or if the crosswalks would be safer if cyclists walked, rather than rode, through them. Calling for new laws based on anecdotal evidence, or where existence of a problem is still in question, is not good government. We should try enforcing the laws we already have before creating new ones.
View this post »An election should be about what the future holds and how candidates plan on helping Erie reach that future. Ideas, clearly expressed and openly discussed, provide a firm foundation upon which Erie’s voters can make informed decisions.
View this post »In regard to the story “Conservatives carp about solar,” Hannity and McCain are spot on. That money plus another 10 million could be better spent hiring new operatives for the Blackwater organization to search out and silence suspicious characters that could be potential terrorists.
View this post »Boulder should be proud of its tolerant attitude toward public nudity (or at least “toplessness”). There is nothing disgusting, threatening, or even unpleasant about the human torso. And even if there were, we put up with little fashion surprises all the time—too much clothing as well as too little, shocking colors, unfortunate combinations, misguided body piercings, fountains of body hair, explosions of tattoos, ugliness here, excesses there.
View this post »Look out for kid firesetting as weather gets warmer…
As Spring Break and warmer weather draws near, local fire departments begin to see more instances of juvenile firesetting. The days are longer and warmer. Children are outside playing, and there’s more time for them to get into trouble.
Gays can take heart in the fact that the facts are on their side. Homosexuality is a natural biological variation among humans and other mammals. At present its causes are obscure, but there is no doubt within the scientific community that homosexuality has biological roots, and that it is not a conscious or unconscious “choice” that someone makes.
View this post »Responding, to “Boulder transportation official: Cyclists should have to dismount at crosswalks.” As a seasoned bike commuter, I certainly appreciate Mr. Driscoll’s concern. However, I’m not sure that requiring cyclists to dismount at crosswalks is thoroughly warranted. Most cyclists know better than to move into a heavily-used roadway without due caution. Personally, I am not one to assume that drivers will stop their cars solely because they’re obligated – whether it’s for a crosswalk, a stop sign, or even a red light. Just when you think you’ve seen everything, and you’re sure there are moving violations so obnoxious that no one will ever make them, you’ll see something new and nearly impossible to believe. After a while, what’s easier to believe is how many of those drivers are talking on their cell phones.
View this post »Like businesses, which incorporate to protect and enhance their investments, we the people of America, have a right – and indeed, the duty – to protect and enhance our investment…..which is two hundred and thirty four years old, and has three hundred million shareholders.
View this post »The City Council’s decision to purchase iPhones for all its members was poor judgement. But spending $ 18,000/month on service fees for fancy phones, while reducing library hours and firing some 360 teachers, is indefensible.
View this post »The last few days of warm weather have reminded me that bicycling season is around the corner, and I’d like to make a friendly suggestion. Please don’t take your young kids biking up the road in Boulder Canyon with you. I was on my way home from work last fall. As I rounded a sharp corner in the canyon, a young boy who seemed to be riding with his family veered from the shoulder into the lane.
View this post »Editor: There is a gay couple somewhere in Boulder County with whose lifestyle choices I may not agree. But, considering the New Testament, these two people are MUCH closer to the Kingdom of God than is the Archdiocese of Denver. In at least this case, stature trumps status.
View this post »This past winter brought us record snowstorms and floods, continuing collapse of the housing market, and partisan paralysis in Washington. I really look forward to March 20th, the first day of spring, balmy weather, blooming flowers, and the Great American Meatout.
View this post »We have listened with open minds to people’s concerns that the children of a lesbian couple were denied re-admission to Sacred Heart of Jesus School. We, too, are saddened by this decision. Yet, we believe the Church and millions of Catholics were guided by our faith to take this position.
View this post »What in the world is wrong with Israel and why do they continue to flaunt international law in continuing to expand their ’settlements’
which is nothing more than continuing to steal Palestinian land? Do they think the world is blind? Have they themselves somehow gotten into a strange form of the Stockholm Syndrome wherein they treat people the way the so called Third Reich treated them? I think so or close.
Joe Carnival gets my vote for Erie Board Trustee.
Joe brings a fresh, new perspective to the Board yet will continue to build off our existing town leadership. Joe has the ability to listen and react while representing the people of Erie and maintaining our best interest for today and tomorrow.
There is an oversight in Brad Segal’s otherwise excellent Guest Opinion of March 14, 2010. He claims that Obama’s health care reform plan “offers significant improvements in all key areas that have been proven to work in health care systems throughout the rest of the developed world.” A missing key area is the removal of for-profit insurance.
View this post »After this latest dog and pony show called the health care summit, Democratic politicians will try and push their legislation through Congress using the “Reconciliation” process. The final version may even have a “Public Option”. The overriding question is will this bill really fix our dysfunctional health care system?
View this post »Pressure for all-mail balloting is relentless. All-mail balloting seems to me to be more like an administrative procedure than an election.
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