Chuck Plunkett

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Chuck Plunkett

Chuck Plunkett is a former Denver Post editorial page editor. He resigned in 2018. A professional journalist for more than 20 years, he served as The Post's politics editor from July 2011 through July 2016. Plunkett worked for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, his hometown paper, and for The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review before coming to The Denver Post in 2003.

Members of the group Westwood Unidos hold signs before a State Board of Education hearing last Wednesday regarding whether to end Colorado's seven-year ban on diet sodas in high schools. Despite public comment against lifting the ban, the board voted 4-3 to end it.

Plunkett: On both sides, the diet soda debate falls flat

September 17, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

Last week, conservative and progressive partisans decided to have a big dust-up over whether Colorado school districts should have the right to allow sales of diet soda in high schools.

A photo enforcement agent places a photo radar sign on 17th Street in Denver on Feb. 29, 2012.

Plunkett: More photo radar? Have a heart!

September 16, 2016 at 2:45 p.m.

As Denver considers whether to expand its money-making photo-radar and red-light camera program, it ought to consider other, more charitable methods.

The month of October, Denver will be Celebtating the 30th anniversary of the 16th street mall. Tuesday, October 9, 2012 marked the official opening with the Mall in 1982 and was celebrated with a small ceremony at Skyline Park. John Leyba, The Denver Post

Plunkett: Hope and dread on the 16th Street Mall

September 6, 2016 at 10:48 a.m.

Despite the mall鈥檚 runaway success, that urban balance you want to be a part of in a city, that impossible-to-plan-for mix of civic and weird, isn鈥檛 really working presently.

Lt. Jeff Kramer of the El Paso County Sheriff's Department holds a press conference on March 20, 2013, in Monument, near the home of prisons chief Tom Clements. Clements was shot and killed by paroled convict Evan Ebel, though it's still unclear whether others were involved.

Plunkett: Whatever happened to the Tom Clements case?

March 16, 2017 at 2:51 p.m.

Often I get up early, because it抖阴ap so much quieter and you can get some real work done without distraction. But sometimes your best intentions fall prey to habit. One...

Poll: Was Chief White right on racial data collection?

August 8, 2016 at 5:08 p.m.

Do you agree with Denver Police Chief Robert White's decision to have officers collect racial data from those they stop?

Republican Darryl Glenn, left, is looking to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.

Plunkett: Darryl Glenn鈥檚 $400 million gift

August 6, 2016 at 7:00 a.m.

The $400 million Iran ransom story should be a huge gift to Darryl Glenn's race to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, but his campaign is ill-prepared to act on it.

A hiker surveys the landscape from the summit of Mount Evans.

Plunkett: Celebrating the practical this Colorado Day

August 1, 2016 at 2:55 p.m.

As Colorado celebrates its 140th birthday, a reflection on how divided our politics has become.

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from "Mad Max: Fury Road."

Plunkett: This Mad Max world will play out

July 23, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

While it抖阴ap at times difficult to see, the political class, as it seeks to curry favor, more often latches on to the better of our ideas and instincts, and always...

Plunkett: Some good news for the American Dream

July 16, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

With the major political parties hosting their conventions this month, we should hope to hear ideas about how to address income inequality. Not all of them will be delivered in...

Passengers wait in security screening lines at the south end of Denver International Airport on May 5.

Plunkett: Airport security shouldn鈥檛 create target-rich environments

July 12, 2016 at 9:25 a.m.

Recent terror attacks that occurred outside security checkpoints should tell us it's time to stop being complacent and rethink our most basic security practices.

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