Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Now is not the time to shake up the Denver Auditor’s Office. The city needs tried and true leadership in this crucial oversight role and Tim O’Brien fits the bill. He’s served two terms in…
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Editorial: Let’s make the East High School shooting the last teen casualty of 2023
East High School students are in danger, as is every student in Denver Public Schools. What’s worse is that the City of Denver and Denver Public Schools have known that youth gun violence was increasing since early 2019 when The Denver Post’s Elise Schmelzer uncovered data showing that 2018 was a record year with 15…
Editorial: Let’s make the East High School shooting the last teen casualty of 2023
East High School students are in danger, as is every student in Denver Public Schools. What’s worse is that the City of Denver and Denver Public Schools have known that youth gun violence was increasing since early 2019 when The Denver Post’s Elise Schmelzer uncovered data showing that 2018 was a record year with 15…
Endorsement: Paul López for Denver clerk and recorder
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Ironically Denver’s champion of election participation and civic engagement is the only city-wide candidate running unopposed in the 2023 City of Denver election. Clerk and Recorder Paul López has spearheaded outreach efforts across the city…
Endorsement: Paul López for Denver clerk and recorder
Editor’s note: This represents the opinion of The Denver Post editorial board, which is separate from the paper’s news operation. Ironically Denver’s champion of election participation and civic engagement is the only city-wide candidate running unopposed in the 2023 City of Denver election. Clerk and Recorder Paul López has spearheaded outreach efforts across the city…
Editorial: Suncor can’t be this obtuse if it wants a future in Denver
Suncor Energy’s refinery operations in Commerce City are of regional concern — for health and safety, for the supply of fuels and asphalt, for problematic greenhouse gas emissions, and for environmental protection. Yet, the company that owns the plant refuses to be transparent about any of these concerns, instead forcing the public to sleuth and…
Editorial: Suncor can’t be this obtuse if it wants a future in Denver
Suncor Energy’s refinery operations in Commerce City are of regional concern — for health and safety, for the supply of fuels and asphalt, for problematic greenhouse gas emissions, and for environmental protection. Yet, the company that owns the plant refuses to be transparent about any of these concerns, instead forcing the public to sleuth and…
Colorado teen: “I’m trying.”
Editor’s note: Madison Schilling submitted her artwork to The Denver Post after her teacher at Green Mountain High School in Lakewood encouraged her to share it with a broader audience. Her hope is that it will help adults and teens cope with a difficult year of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. To send a…
Cartoons: Rod Blagojevich, Donald Trump and clemency
On Tuesday, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who’s been serving time in Colorado prison. Trump also pardoned former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik and granted clemency to financier Michael Milken.
Cartoons: Bloomberg jumps ahead to Super Tuesday while Trump takes on Kelly and Vindman
As Democratic presidential candidates did battle this week in New Hampshire, Mike Bloomberg zipped ahead to focus on Super Tuesday states. On the other side of the aisle, President Donald Trump took some flak from former chief of staff John Kelly over the removal of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the White House. Vindman testified…