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This is The Denver Post’s Sound Off newsletter. Every Monday, we deliver to your inbox a roundup of what we’ve been publishing on the opinion pages over the past week, including both print and . That includes Denver Post , op-ed by Post columnists like Chuck Plunkett and Megan Schrader as well as nationally syndicated columnists like George F. Will and Garrison Keillor, plus guest commentaries, and editorial .
Perspective
First, a summary of what was in our Sunday Perspective section yesterday:
We dedicated this week’s Perspective section to the Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which voters passed in 1992. We’re also holding a related event this Tuesday at the Denver Press Club, which is open to the public. TABOR panelists will include The Denver Post’s Chuck Plunkett and Megan Schrader, as well as Penn R. Pfiffner, Scott Gessler, Henry Sobanet and Carol Hedges. Get details .
Tim Hoover, director of communications for the Colorado Fiscal Institute, wrote that after 25 years, it’s time to look at the and ask if we should merely fix it or if we’re ready for something better.
Penn R. Pfiffner, who is chairman of the TABOR Committee, and TABOR author Douglas Bruce wrote that for Colorado taxpayers.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, the former Denver mayor and former brewpub owner, on how TABOR has affected his time in elected office.
Denver Post columnist Diane Carman wrote that with TABOR, teachers and students for measly taxpayer refunds.
Scott Gessler, the former Colorado secretary of state who now writes twice a month for The Post, that Democrats hate TABOR, conservatives love it, and Republicans get hurt.
Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute and also a Post columnist, explained that TABOR is all about the .
State Rep. Millie Hamner wrote that TABOR hinders Colorado’s long-term economic viability and listed being hampered by the amendment.
The Denver Post’s editorial board weighed in on the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, saying that to make Colorado greater, .
And finally, we asked our readers for their thoughts on TABOR, and we received dozens of responses. Here is a of those letters.
In addition to our TABOR feature, we published the following letters and columns:
Garrison Keillor, the author, entertainer, and former host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” wrote a satirical take on President Donald Trump delivering a , which has been the most popular article among The Denver Post’s online readers for the last week.
Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle wrote that the , which she calls a perfect example of what economists call a “public good.”
Writing for The Washington Post, Marc A. Thiessen on President Donald Trump’s “enemy of the American People” comment.
And for those of you who can’t get enough editorial , here are the two we featured on the back page of Sunday’s Perspective section, on the topic of congressional town hall meetings:
The past week
Here are highlights from last week’s opinion coverage:
Denver Post editorials:
White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s assertion that there would be “greater enforcement” of federal law when it comes to recreational marijuana programs in a state that sold and taxed $1.3 billion worth of pot in 2016.
Despite what some Denver activists are urging, . We support transit solutions that take cars off Denver streets, but don’t punish those who need to drive.
On immigration policy, Congress should work quickly with President Trump to find a humane approach to allow those here otherwise living lawfully a path to legal status. Simply cracking down on an artificial underclass after all these years .
In selecting H.R. McMaster as national security adviser, an independent-minded warrior scholar who is prepared to provide credible advice.
In the long, grinding war on radical Islamic terrorism, itap important to note the occasional bit of good news. So here’s some: The putative .
Op-ed columns:
Megan Schrader, a Denver Post columnist and editorial writer, wrote that despite what Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says, .
Post columnist Greg Dobbs, responding to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments on enforcement of federal marijuana laws, wrote that on legalization.
In a guest commentary, three Denver physicians wrote that stripping health care from 20 million people — which is what what happen if Obamacare were repealed — .
Bloomberg View columnist Albert R. Hunt explained since the overhaul of the U.S. tax system.
Ruth Marcus, a Washington Post columnist, argued that President Trump’s rationale for revoking transgender bathroom rights is .
Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin wrote that Donald Trump and Stephen Bannon are .
David Harsanyi, a former Denver Post columnist who is now a senior editor at The Federalist, wrote that those who make Nazi references in response to suggested U.S. immigration policies are .
Llewellyn King, the executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS, wrote that Trump’s policy on immigration is .
Steve Bachar, a Denver attorney and former Clinton White House and Treasury Department official, wrote that for the rise of presidential executive orders.
Letters to the editor:
Notable and quotable
“There is still a federal law that we need to abide by in terms of recreational marijuana and other drugs of that nature.”
Sean Spicer, White House press secretary
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