2011

Ax TAOR, re-empower the legislature But is it constitutional? Now, there’s the rub. Supporters of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights have been knocked onto their heels due to the lawsuit filed…

Remembering Civil War soldiers In his work “The Life of Billy Yank” first published in 1952, former Emory University history professor Bell Irvin Wiley describes how diverse and practicable Union army…

Travel helps provide persepective It’s been 14 years since I flew somewhere, although that will change when I travel to Greece this fall. Road trips rather appeal to me for several…

Strains of Civil War issues echo today At 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861, the attack that led to the war that had the potential to permanently tear America apart began.…

Seeing is not always believing “So what’s this about ‘motivational reasoning,’” I asked Suzy Six Pack as she sank into the easy chair with her freshly brewed tea. “Simply put, it’s…

Can the impossible be possible? I had just brewed a pot of brisk tea when the doorbell rang. “Suzy Six Pack and Joe Soccer Dad! What a surprise!” I said holding…

A 21st-century Clear Creek County When I began teaching, I made myself a promise that when nearing retirement I would not be one whose lesson plans would largely consist of old…

Barriers to economic growth are confronted On March 31, 40 community members gathered at the Georgetown Community Center to brainstorm goals to submit to Governor Hickenlooper as part of his “statewide…

Georgetown ready for change, McHugh April 5th was a different sort of day in Georgetown, seemingly, due to the lack of I-70 traffic drone. It was still. Unearthly still, reminiscent of…

The people make Clear Creek great “A woman for our time,” said Clear Creek Economic Development President Peggy Stokstad when I asked her about Commissioner Joan Drury. “Thoughtful, kind, considerate, grounded,…

Kerry Ann McHugh is living the G-town dream A few columns back I wrote about the disappearing American dream, even wondering if it were nothing more than a myth, a hook…

Georgetown history repeats itself “A strong, viable democracy is such only if the citizens raise questions and speak out. So, what does it take to get people all a’ blathering? Not…

Georgetown nearing fork in the road As the Ride the Rockies race is poised to ride into Georgetown in June, a far more consequential event will be taking place much sooner…

Public employees work hard for the money Back in the day, I would tell my students that if their goal is to become rich, don’t become a teacher. I suppose I…

Proposed cuts to education will damage our future “For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar’s angel. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar lov’d him! This was the most unkindest cut…