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Today's Opinions

  • Our Readers Write

    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

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  • Let’s hear it for law enforcement

    We all breathed a sigh of relief when the Westminster Police Department announced it had Jessica Ridgeway’s suspected killer in custody. But in the days following his capture, we are learning the extent to which this result was made possible by great police work.

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  • 3A/3B critical to providing Jeffco kids the best education

    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.

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  • Our Readers Write

    Anti-Obama letters were hypocritical and lacking facts
    Editor:

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  • Ballot items: some good, some bad

    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.

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  • Our Readers Write

    Thanks to People Comforters
    Editor:
    I have to thank you for doing the story on the angels who are involved in People Comforters. As a recipient of one of their beautiful pieces of handiwork, I want to let them know how much the quilt we received means to us.

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  • If it is broke, then by all means, please fix it

    By Jim Rohrer

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  • Really: This is a critical election

    Every four years we hear it, but this time it just might be true: This could be the most important election in a generation.

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