The courtroom was full as Michael McCarthy, representing taxpayers for public eduction group, speaks during oral arguments at the Colorado Supreme Court in the Douglas County vouchers case on Dec. 10, 2014. (Denver Post file)
Re: High court should hear Dougco school choice case, Feb. 28 guest commentary by Sen. Cory Gardner.
Cory Gardner should be fighting for change in all schools, not just those relegiously-affiliated schools he wants to support with our tax dollars. As long as church schools include religion in their teachings, they should not receive support from the state. The separation of church and state is as important today as it was in 1791 when the First Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution.
A business would not be competitive if it was the only one that could not terminate poorly performing employees and if it was the only one with revenues that were required to be less than others. If Gardner would work to improve public schools by eliminating tenure for teachers and by supporting state funding that is equal to church funding, every parent would be able to send their child to the high-quality school of their choice.
Don Peterson, Greenwood Village
This letter was published in the March 6 edition.In Colorado, public funds cannot be used to promote religious education, and this ruling by Colorado courts has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Regarding Sen. Cory Gardner s guest commentary on the best education for students and his submitting an amicus curaei brief urging Supreme Court action, I am in total agreement that perhaps the Supreme Court needs to take immediate action, especially when there are now only eight sitting justices.
It seems appropriate for one of Colorado s senators to advocate for an expeditious ruling by the present eight sitting justices in order to silence the cries from parents and students who only want one thing: the best education.
If only there were nine Supreme Court justices sitting on the judicial bench. Alas, regarding this appeal by the junior Colorado senator, the present eight justices need not act, and by not acting, the Supreme Court lets stand the legality of the lower court s present ruling.
Bill Powell, Gunnison
This letter was published in the March 6 edition.
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