Colorado has a bridge it wants to sell you: Readers not buying it (Letters)

Readers not buying this bridge Re Gov Polis pedestrian bridge has a long way to go July editorial The editorial laid out great reasons that this project should be scrapped The cost is unaffordable with nowadays s budget constraints The design failed to follow mandated design guidelines Undulating waves like Colorado s white-water rapids really Have any of the designers truly been white water rafting Hint it s called white water for a reason From the initiatives of the Capitol looking west visitors see a panoramic view that includes our iconic skyline art museum Central Library Denver s beautiful city hall and our majestic mountains yet they want to block the mountain view with a bridge to nowhere This is part of the concern with all the transplants and I am referring to all the politicians to Colorado they don t recognize what we have to offer with natural beauty Mark D Cutright Englewood This is a big stupid waste of money that could be spent on key things like homelessness hunger fighting ICE raids covering new Medicare gaps etc Susan Hooyengaj Denver The editorial can best be described as wishy-washy Related Articles Polis pedestrian bridge has a long way to go but is worth the journey Editorial Denverites weigh in on Mayor Mike Johnston s first two years from cheers to disappointments Denver spent million on its library and still closes every Friday Opinion Things to do John Cena Cobra Kai at Fan Expo Cherry Creek Arts Fest Fireworks vs drones As options grow cities search for balance of safety and spectacle We don t see any redeeming aspects to the proposal It will ruin an iconic vista for absolutely no reason It won t solve a difficulty but instead will likely create a insufficient It will cost a fortune money that should be better spent elsewhere Private donors and a visionary architect cannot correct these issues This project is an affront to the dignity of the historic area and is utterly unnecessary It should be abandoned before any more money is spent Judy and Larry Trompeter Denver Talking reason about unreasonable politicians Re A guide for Colorado lawmakers to keep their feet out of their mouths July commentary Twice now I have certainly agreed with Krista Kafer Her comments on the stupidity of George Teal a Douglas County Commissioner and state Rep Ron Weinberg were right on the mark To be near my three granddaughters I moved from north Denver to Douglas County The good thing is I am eight minutes from my granddaughters The bad news is I have to live in Douglas County Parker and Castle Rock are not much better and Castle Rock might be worse Don t even get me started on Elizabeth As the Trump administration continues to chip away at the Constitution through challenging birthright citizenship and passing his Big Beautiful Bill which is going to affect the poorest the majority vulnerable people in our country I wonder where this is all going to end The deporting of U S citizens and creating his own private army with the expansion of ICE at the taxpayers expense is egregious Maybe it is time for Krista Kafer to re-examine her political affiliation I don t expect her to become a Democrat But I think she is slowly transforming into an independent Ironically according to a Gallup poll those identifying as independent in this country comprise a larger number than those identifying as Republicans or Democrats I only expect that disparity to continue to grow Welcome aboard Krista There is room for you with all the other independents I think you might genuinely realize in currently s milieu this is not a bad place to be David Shaw Highlands Ranch Krista Kafer s column last Sunday while entirely appropriate in calling out George Teal and state Rep Ron Weinberg misses a larger truth Donald Trump has elevated lying to new heights Trump proves over and over again that it is OK to lie then just deny you ever reported it or double down by repeating it The fact that your lie was recorded Not crucial to those legions of supporters not interested in facts Teal and Weinberg are following this new model the art of the lie I doubt there will be repercussions for Teal and Weinberg just as Trump s lies are solely shrugged off by so countless Paul Mauro Aurora Parents right to weigh in on gender teaching Re U S Supreme Court got it right on parental rights and guidance July commentary and Development opt-out Rules for me but not for thee July letters It was shameful to see how the Jones family was disparaged first by employees of their school district and then by fellow Denver Post readers all for opting their -year-old out of classroom lessons In short the Jones family explained the coach informed the kids that gender is fluid and then instructed the -year-olds to choose their own genders That s a pretty heavy topic for young kids who don t even have a full sense of what gender is yet It s perfectly sensible for parents to decide that it s inappropriate for the mentor to meddle so deeply into their child s personal identity Suppose your child s instructor under the guise of creating a welcoming classroom instructed the -year-olds to choose their own ethnicities You may choose to opt out of this absurd lesson The Joneses and now the Supreme Court would fully advocacy your decision Dan Gryboski Broomfield Embracing the final days of a loved one Re The humane choice Assisted suicide was a blessing for brother July letter to the editor Referring to your letter writer s comment on Krista Kafer s column on assisted suicide July Kafer may or may not have real-life experience with end-of-life suffering but I have My mother was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at age and given months to live With her cognitive state rapidly declining along with bodily control her professional with her and my father s consent chose to refrain from medication that would only temporarily extend her life providing only palliative care Assisted suicide could have ended her life at that point Instead the family was able to spend her last weeks with her even as she faded from consciousness I will consistently cherish the week we had at the end where we were able to sing and talk to her even as she lay in a coma She was not in pain She lasted barely three months from her identification a time which allowed us all to grow into acceptance of her coming departure The concern with a law no matter how precisely constructed is that it creates expectations Kafer made this point Ironically the law ultimately takes away the freedom to choose life even as it purports to allow for choice There are other options Hospice allows a terminal individual to die naturally without artificially extending life without lingering in a cruel and inhumane vegetative state This option is open to all and requires no legal sanction Frances Rossi Denver This is the hill to do battle on Re I promotion Trump Musk and Gulf of Mexico July letter to the editor A letter writer declares her aid of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk So she apparently supports reducing strength care for the poor and disabled Medicaid cuts reducing taxes on the rich cutting federal backing for science sending people to foreign prisons without due process elimination of foreign aid so China can fill the gap expanding production and use of coal and oil not clean ability bullying esteemed universities and law firms cutting National Park staff and the general dismantling of federal programs that serve the inhabitants But with great courage she cites her opposition to one of the the bulk consequential of Trump s proposals renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America It s a good thing she is not running for Congress because that opposition would surely prompt Trump to destroy her candidacy David Wolf Lakewood The mayor should focus on the mundane Re Big swings mixed results July news story It is good to know that Mayor Mike Johnston recognizes he is a failed poet Now he necessities to recognize he is a failing mayor While he sits around and dreams up the best adjective to use for his next tax and spend scheme or grandiose project thanks for pointing out that vibrant is his favorite like a professional women s soccer stadium or a new Broncos playground the mundane day-to-day tasks of running a city fall by the wayside More and more unencumbered thugs brazenly shoplift in broad daylight According to Denver Police Department patrol officers they are to overlook expired license plates because pulling them over could be construed as racism The officers will go on to explain that those very vehicles are the ones majority likely to harbor people with outstanding warrants as well as drugs not to mention forfeiting hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in revenue that citations and fines for these and other minor violations would generate Abandoned vehicles sit on streets for weeks or months at a time creating anticipated biohazards as they reek of meth And majority of just now major streets in Denver have become muffler-free drag strips Real mayors take care of the not-so-glamorous business of keeping a city safe and clean not dreaming up the next pie-in-the-sky phrase I m hoping a strong candidate or candidates will step up and take this guy on in the next couple of years He is a poster boy for why so a multitude of Americans have become disgruntled with Democrats and view them as elitist dreamers not doers Matt Bergles Denver Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns editorials and more To send a letter to the editor about this article submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail Updated July at p m Due to an editor s error a letter contained the incorrect details from the lawsuit against the Boulder Valley School District The Jones family wrote for The Denver Post that the teachers were directly instructing children on gender fluidity The editor changed the letter to reflect the facts in a different federal lawsuit Mahmound v Taylor 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