Thankful for better security times at DIA
The investment that Denver International Airport made in the new security checkpoints certainly paid off during the government shutdown. The wait times were hardly affected, and my visitors had no troubles at all. Great job, DIA!
Tobi Howell, Idaho Springs
Support public health intervention at immigration center
Re: “Adams Co. Health Department admonishes ICE detention center,” March 30 news story
It is appalling to read that the ICE detention center in Aurora is acting with impunity in not complying with the public health inspection and not following recommendations intended to protect the health and safety of detainees and staff alike. All the Adams County Health Department can do at this point is “admonish” them!
The appalling conditions inside the detention center have been well-documented by the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, including insufficient medical and prenatal care, extreme temperatures, nutritional neglect, and deteriorating mental health.
We cannot accept these injustices and the human suffering that is being inflicted on our community members. We are not helpless! is making its way through the state legislature. It would expand the health departmentap authority and subject the detention center to a civil penalty and/or revocation of its license for failure to comply with its directives.
I implore everyone to contact their state legislators today and demand the passage of this bill.
Maureen Daly, Wheat Ridge
Troubled waters for our republic
America is the Titanic.
Trump 2.0 is the iceberg.
The 99% are the steerage class.
The 1% get all lifeboats.
It took the Titanic 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink. It’s taken America 250 years. Democracy isn’t unsinkable after all.
Scott Stoddard, Aurora
Don’t cut the education all Americans need — especially now
Re: “,” March 28 news story
No, no, no to cuts to social studies testing and learning. Inflation is spiking because high-level decision makers didn’t understand the importance of the Strait of Hormuz, and Colorado thinks we should de-emphasize both geography and economics? It’s never a good time to tell teachers, students, and parents that civics doesn’t matter, but now? When our democracy is in peril? To save a million bucks? What’s tested is taught, and what’s not tested is not taught. Our state and our country depend on people who understand civics, history, geography and economics. Cutting it is foolish.
Joan Jacobson, Lakewood
Go ahead, try out that turn signal
Modern-day automobiles can drive themselves and park themselves. They come with global tracking systems that direct motorists to their destinations. Cars are capable of providing verbal answers to spoken questions, playing favorite songs on demand, brewing coffee, showing films, placing bets and reciting poetry.
Many even come with something called “turn signals” that indicate a driver’s intention to turn. However, these require thoughtfulness and respect and, therefore, here in the United States, they are rarely used.
Craig Marshall Smith, Highlands Ranch
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