The gold-covered dome on the State Capitol shines in the late afternoon sun in downtown Denver. A politically divided legislature, which ended its session May 11 in an election year to boot has proven to be a recipe for Colorado lawmakers to do just short of nothing about the state’s most urgent priorities: a scarcity of affordable housing and near-stagnant funding for underfunded K-12 schools, roads and higher education. (David Zalubowski, Associated Press file)
The recently concluded session of Colorado s legislature, which was 120 days long, has been deemed by several sources to have been ineffective. Wouldn t a 90-day session be equally so, saving Colorado s taxpayers substantially?
Which solon will introduce such a bill next year?
Russell W. Haas, Golden
This letter was published in the May 18 edition.
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