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Today's Opinions

  • Get rid of D.A. term limits

    Voters making decisions through the ballot box is a good thing – has been for 230-something years. There are some rather frivolous items that come before the voters that are best left alone. But we’ll save those gripes.
        So you can imagine how happy we are that the question of a third term for the Adams County district attorney goes to the voters in November. But we’ll go beyond that.
        Get rid of the term limit rule for other elected offices that require specific expertise and knowledge.

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  • The science of wine tasting . . . Huh?

    There is no way in the world that the authors of this particular press release weren’t intending to be serious about the subject.
        They were touting a new study that combines the tradition and science to test the quality of wine.
        There’s also no way to look at the information with a straight face and believe that someone could be paying for this.
        But that’s a digression.
        Big time.

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  • Only the good juice young

    The penultimate week of the 2010 NFL football season was tempered for me with immense grief.
        First, there was the news that MTV’s “Jersey Shore” brought in record ratings.
        This left open the possibility that more people may take in the childish, felonious antics of Snookie, grand poobah of the New Jersey Oompa Loopas, than Tuesday night’s rerun of President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address.

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  • Finding permanent resolutions

    Break any New Years resolutions yet?
        Chances are you did, and if so, you’re certainly not alone. Thirty percent of all resolutions fall within the first month, according to statistics. More than half die within six months, and of the remaining 50 percent, half of those are made by masochists that would have found some way or other to quit having fun, regardless of resolutions.    

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  • Down with the dances

    We call our teenagers lazy. We call them uninspired. We call them unmotivated.
        And then they sneeze in our Taco Bell order when we are not looking.

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  • Remembering Diana Hummell

    Popular wisdom will tell you that Diana Hummell lost her battle with cancer last week.
        I don’t believe that. I think she won.

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  • Role models shouldn’t be chosen by gender

        Recently it was announced that there is program in place to compile a list of influential women in the history of Colorado.

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  • Reyes’ exit from Assessor’s Office is long overdue

        We’ve reappraised the usefulness of Adams County Assessor Gil Reyes.
         The scandal surrounding his Majestic Realty case has been taxing enough for the area’s image without taking into account the myriad other misconduct and fraud cases that have plagued county government and taxpayers.

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