The Denver Post Editorial Board
The Denver Post¶¶Ňőap editorial board takes positions on issues and politics that affect Colorado. To contact the board or to set up an editorial board meeting, email Megan Schrader at [cq comment="mailto:mschrader@denverpost.com" ]. Send letters of up to 250 words to the editor to openforum@denverpost.com. Send columns of up to 750 words to columns@denverpost.com.
The members of the board are all employees of The Denver Post:
Megan Schrader is the editor of the editorial pages. She started as an opinion writer at The Post in 2016 and before that covered the Colorado Capitol for the Colorado Springs Gazette. As editor, she writes the editorials that represent the board's opinions and she helps select letters and columns for publication in print and online. She covered schools and politics at The Oklahoman and the Gainesville Sun (Florida). She also interned at the Kansas City Star and the Grand Junction Free Press.
Lee Ann Colacioppo is the editor of The Denver Post, a position she has held since 2016. She joined the editorial board in 2018 and in that role is a voting member of the board and frequently edits Denver Post editorials. Her first job at The Post was in 1999 as an assistant city editor. She previously worked at The Des Moines Register, Greenville (S.C.) News and Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News.
Bob Kinney is vice president of technology for The Denver Post and its parent company, ¶¶Ňőap. He’s worked at various newspapers throughout his career, arriving in Denver in 1995 to work for the Rocky Mountain News. Kinney joined The Post in 2001.
Monica Brewer has been with The Denver Post for 26 years. She assists the editor with newsroom operations and manages the editorial operating budget. Monica is a native of Colorado and an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota nation.
TJ Hutchinson is the systems editor of The Denver Post and has worked at The Post since 1997. Hutchinson compiles and edits letters to the editor for the ¶¶Ňőap pages in addition to her role on the board. A Metropolitan State University Denver graduate, she previously worked at the Long Beach Press-Telegram in California and Orange Coast Daily Pilot in California.
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Denver’s cuts will come at a terrible time, but no one should be surprised (Editorial)
The city has been living high on the hog for more than a decade, growing city government services and hiring hundreds, if not thousands, of new employees.

Grand County boy’s suspicious death would have remained a rural-Colorado secret if not for watchdogs. More transparency is needed. (Editorial)
When a malnourished and dehydrated 7-year-old died in Grand County with high levels of sodium in his blood, the response from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office was to send an...

Polis’ Senate Bill 5 veto maintains the Labor Peace Act, until compromise can be met (Editorial)
Polis’ decision is one of the most controversial vetoes in recent history. We had joined Polis in calling for a compromise and his veto makes certain that is still possible.

Valor Christian isn’t the only Colorado high school lost to ‘gladiator culture’ (Editorial)
Valor Christian’s former head football coach is the canary in the coal mine for Colorado high school sports.

Trump’s suit against Colorado “sanctuary laws” starts with a lie and only gets worse (Editorial)
Trump and the DOJ are trying to tear down sanctuary policies so they can use local law enforcement to conduct mass deportations -- rounding up millions of residents whose only...

Many Coloradans would lose Medicaid under Trump’s proposed expansion cuts (Editorial)
Colorado’s clinics and hospitals are already feeling the strain of losing half a million patients from the post-Covid Medicaid wind-down, and now Congress is threatening to slash and burn the...

Is the NWSL stadium a good investment for Denver? (Editorial)
Now redevelopment of the 40-acre site is within grasp, with a promising economic model. But the catch is that the city must invest millions more into a project that has...

Investor who snagged Denver home for $23,524 can do the right thing with a deal too good to be true (Editorial)
It's unethical to foreclose a home over unsightly or inconvenient violations of covenants, and the ethics of snapping up these deals at auction are questionable as well.

Polis’ signature can end Colorado’s two-tier justice system (Editorial)
Colorado lawmakers have passed an end to Colorado’s two-tier justice system. Now, Gov. Jared Polis just needs to sign House Bill 1147.

Michael Bennet should resign his U.S. Senate seat to run for governor (Denver Post editorial)
If U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet wants to show voters that he truly cares about Colorado, he should resign now to run for governor.