“Dear Governor Polis, OPEN THE DAMN SCHOOLS.
You are the state’s chief executive. No more excuses and no more passing the buck to local school districts. No more empty platitudes about what you ‘hope’ will happen. Governor, it is time for you to do whatever it takes to open the schools. Every kid needs to have the option to attend school full time and in-person.
And until the schools are open, I don’t want to hear one more lecture on how Colorado’s COVID response is based on science.”
“I’ve felt deep, deep sadness this week for the 19 million women and girls across the earth in Afghanistan. Eleven million women in America head back to college in the coming weeks and 144 women sit in our U.S. Capitol leading our country. Sadly, the women now ruled by the Taliban face a sudden and horrifying shift in their lives that we can’t fathom here.”
“The NextDoor dings on my phone have been more frequent this year. The swoosh of my Ring app joins the occasion. These high-tech versions of the old ‘neighborhood watch’ can raise our awareness, but also our blood pressure.”
“I get it, it’s hard to keep up with the news these days. But some stories are too important to let slide. And this is one. In late June, Ben Markus at Colorado Public Radio reported a nursing home scandal — not in New York but right here in Colorado.”