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Vincent Carroll
Vincent Carroll has been writing commentary on public policy and politics in Colorado for 35 years, after several reporting and editing stints in other states. He was editorial page editor at the Rocky Mountain News for many years until that newspaper’s demise in 2009, when he moved to The Denver Post. When Carroll retired from full-time journalism in 2016, he was editorial page editor of The Post, too. Carroll is the recipient of many writing awards for editorials and columns, as well as a 2014 inductee into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame
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Carroll: To survive, RTD should abandon the northwest rail line and cut back low-ridership routes
Itap the worst of times for RTD but not necessarily for RTD’s new chief. No one expects Debra Johnson to work miracles. The agency was on the ropes even before...

Carroll: Hickenlooper the capitalist would make a more credible presidential contender
John Hickenlooper’s emphatic rejection of the Green New Deal is an obvious -- if somewhat risky — attempt to elevate his profile among the gaggle of Democratic candidates running for...

Denver will have money to take care of its mountain parks — and needs to do so
If the city’s mountain parks don’t finally get the resources they deserve, it will be due to willful budgetary neglect.

Carroll: Can electric scooters survive threats in the streets and in courts?
A self-righteous trial lawyer and smug scooter company surely deserve each other. But if forced to take sides in their clash over vehicle safety, letap root for the scooter company,...

ap: Do we believe in redemption or is Rep. Melton to be a pariah?
Lots of prominent citizens, including the editorial board at this newspaper, think state Rep. Jovan Melton of Aurora should resign. Thatap understandable given recent revelations that Melton, who is deputy...

Carroll: If we look past the doom and gloom … it’s never been better
Life is forever hard, but it has never been easier than today. And barring an unforeseen catastrophe, we will very likely be much better off 25 and 50 years from...

Carroll: Should we give up on double standards for racism? Short and long answer, yes.
Sarah Jeong and Saira Rao — the one a newly hired editorial writer for The New York Times and the other a recent candidate in a Colorado congressional primary —...

Carroll: Beware the Ministry of Truth, Mr. Zuckerberg
Little could Mark Zuckerberg have guessed back in his Harvard dorm when he was working on what would become Facebook that by the ripe old age of 34 he would...

Carroll: Data on Denver police profiling is long overdue but no panacea
As crucial as data might be, don’t expect it to settle entirely the question of whether profiling exists or its extent.

Carroll: Polis may prove Colorado is for sale, after all
Polis’ personal spending is apparently unprecedented in Colorado -- or at least I can find no candidate in modern history in the same league.