A worker adjusts hands on a stainless steel tower clock at Electric Time Company, Inc. in Medfield, Mass. (AP file)
Re: “Ballot measure to make daylight saving time permanent springs forward,” Feb. 13 news story.
The proponents of year-round daylight saving time for Colorado apparently haven’t considered all the ramifications. “Oh good,” they say, “an extra hour of sunlight!” Obviously, this is not the case. Instead, kids will go to school in the dark for most of the winter (as will most workers), since it won’t get light until well after 8 a.m. Depressing, and potentially a safety issue. Energy savings? The lights will just stay on longer in the morning.
And how about unintended (or unanticipated) consequences? For skiers, lifts won’t open until 9:30 or 10, and the snow won’t soften up for an hour after that. Most Broncos home games, after the rest of the country switches to standard time, won’t start until 3:25.
Folks, itap not that tough to move the clocks twice a year. Year-round daylight saving time is just a bad idea.
John Goldstein,Denver
This letter was published in the Feb. 25 edition.
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