2013

KYGT-FM to expand, signal, reach What a gift, and just in time for the holidays!  Well, the unwrapping will be delayed, but the FCC’s granting of a stronger signal for KYGT,…

Mandela was a model of courage In his eulogy of Nelson Mandela, President Obama said the world is not likely to see the likes of him again.  Mandela’s life was a…

TABOR still not a good idea Attorney General John Suthers, Colorado’s highest-ranking Republican official, has shed his conservative mantle and donned the robes of a curious progressive, so it seems.  In…

Teaching is tougher than you think The lopsided defeat of Amendment 66, which in opposing was a first-ever for me given it was dedicated to increasing funding for the public schools,…

A move in the right direction In her defense of George W. Bush’s War on Iraq, National Security Adviser and later Secretary of States Condoleezza Rice used the phrase “status quo…

Mulling over the death of JFK If you remember flash bulbs and the assassination of President Kennedy, you’re likely over 60.  For the nation the ordeal was a “flash-bulb” moment, one…

In health care, we’re in it together In a 167-word letter to the editor in the Denver Post, Dr. Mark Earnest nailed the rationale for the need for universal health care. …

Reason needed to reverse an opinion The two-part series I wrote on the wisdom of preserving open space atop Floyd Hill elicited varied responses, written and verbal.  Some were specific to…

Floyd Hill shows divergent ideas for future The unpleasantness that has arisen due to commissioners Tom Hayden and Phil Buckland reneging on their promise to protect open space atop Floyd Hill…

Floyd Hill should remain county gateway Fair warning, Floyd Hillers, you better sit before reading on – Fabyanic is about to drop a bombshell.  Empirical data is convincing me that it’s…

Think before you vote on ballot issues Put me down as no-yes-yes-no-yes on the ballot tax questions. No on the Georgetown tax that would add 1.5 percent to the sales tax…

Fire-breathers are burning us down Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. – Barry Goldwater After proclaiming that at…

It has been a wild,ten-year ride Ten years and counting.  Hard to believe.  I started writing for the Courant when Lynn Granger was Georgetown Police Judge, Bob Poirot county commissioner, Bill…

Recalls have larger implications The recall of two state senators has and will continue to have implications on our democratic process for time to come.   Had they not been successful, we…

Politicians need to keep their promises Things have changed in Clear Creek in 2013 with the “new regime,” as it is being called.  Elections generally do have consequences, and the change…