Today's Opinions

Thanks to retailers for supporting Raise the Woof! Gala
Editor:
I want to extend a HUGE thank-you to the numerous Evergreen retailers who gave so generously to support the Raise the Woof! Gala to benefit Foothills Animal Shelter.
Your community spirit and support of the animals were both overwhelmingly positive and humbling. Our event raised $90,000! Thank you, Evergreen!
PJ Jones
2012 chair, Raise the Woof! Gala

By Pam Linquist
In November, Jefferson County voters have very important decisions to make. The outcome on ballot measures 3A and 3B will affect Jefferson County Public Schools forever, because if they fail, we all lose.
Both sides have valid points regarding Jeffco’s education, but one side doesn’t solve our immediate need today.

For as long as I can remember, the Colorado state personnel system has been characterized as being overly bureaucratic and restrictive. This year, we have a chance to do something about it.
Based upon Tammany Hall-type scandals involving government employees around the country in the last half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, governments across the United States enacted merit-based personnel systems that made it all but impossible for politicians to reward their political allies with government jobs as rewards for their loyalties.