2 weeks Ago
Republicans must be the party to impeach Trump I agree with the April 17 Open Forum letter, “If we don’t impeach Trump now, we may not get another chance,” that Trump should be impeached (again) and convicted this time. But Representative Joe Neguse shouldn’t be the one to initiate the process. We know what happened twice before when impeachment proceedings were initiated by Democrats: The Republicans got all up in arms, refused to convict, declared it to be a political move and they would do it again.
Our only hope is that Trump does something so egregious (hasn’t he done so already?) that the Republicans would finally get some backbones and do it themselves (although I’m not sure Vance would be much better). G. Edward Bixby, Boulder Lack of curiosity to attempt to verify opinions is depressing The Open Forum letter from April 16, “EVs for emergency vehicles a terrible brain fart,” exemplifies a common problem in America these days.
And, no, my comment is not really about Boulder’s EV fire engines. It’s about the inability, or unwillingness, of so many to do extremely easy, basic research before forming and expressing an opinion. Through the internet, we have at our fingertips access to almost every bit of information in human history, whether by computer, phone or voice systems.
I timed myself and it took exactly 17 seconds to open a browser window, type in the search, “ do boulder’s electric fire engines have diesel backup?”, find the appropriate Boulder City webpage, and read that the new fire engine is a “Range Extended Electric Vehicle (REEV), meaning it has an all-electric drivetrain and pump with a diesel energy backup system.” The lack of curiosity, or willingness, to even attempt to verify opinions is simply depressing. Paul Alter, Boulder Democrats want an oligarchy As our online, streaming and published talking heads and pundits call for all U.
S. Citizens to exercise their power and authority in opposition to the acts of the current governmental powers that be, the Democratic Party of Colorado is doing its best to deprive all Colorado voters of their direct voice in our state and local government. Colorado has a long history of citizen initiatives that amend our State Constitution.
Why? Because historically, our state legislature has shown again and again that when left to their own to implement voter-approved programs in the state, they have failed to do so as intended by the voters. The only way for Colorado Citizens to be assured that their desires will be implemented as proposed and voter-approved is for the citizens to approve a constitutional amendment — one our elected officials can’t modify and adjust as they, and not the voters, feel is appropriate. Now the Democratic Party of Colorado is pursuing a lawsuit that, at its heart, posits that the direct enactment of Colorado laws, taxes, etc.
by the voters of Colorado (AKA citizens initiatives) is unconstitutional as we must have “a republican form of government” and not a direct democracy. They seem to be contending that only the elected officials of the government have the authority to implement certain laws and regulations and that the direct implementation of such by the citizens is not permitted. This is more insidious and nefarious than anything Trump and his cronies have done to date.
This could eventually deprive every citizen in Colorado of any power to directly impact how we are governed. If successful and taken to its logical conclusion, only our elected officials would have the power to write and implement the laws and regulations that govern us. Other than by voting for our various representatives and governmental officials every two, four, or six years, citizens would have virtually no control over what our elected representatives did and virtually no way to hold them accountable; nor would we as voters have any way to change anything they did.
Such a move would form a solid foundation for an aristocratic oligarchy. Is this the type of government you want? Peter Dente, Boulder.
