Gary Garrison

RTD’s budget woes raise serious questions about its priorities – and FasTracks (Editorial) Next year, six seats on RTD’s board, including those representing Boulder and Longmont, will be up for election. And as it looks now, that board is in dire need of a shake-up to reinvigorate leader…

More than 20 years after Boulder County voted to fund FasTracks, we are still waiting on our train – while RTD sits on $1 billion in reserves.

Using our money as lever for climate action (Opinion) Most Americans support climate action, yet their deposit accounts, pensions, and retirement funds are often funneled into fossil fuel projects. The institutions managing our collective wealth are q…

"Most Americans support climate action, yet their deposit accounts, pensions, and retirement funds are often funneled into fossil fuel projects. ... Redirecting our money is a first step toward using financial power for a livable planet."

A Motus Theater Art Opening and Community Civic Dialogue with the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office — Motus Theater On Saturday, August 9th from 5:30-7pm, Motus Theater opens an exhibit engaging visitors with art that centers the stories of community members with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) throug...

In this day and age, everyone should attend a Know Your Rights session, whether you are doing it for yourself, your family, your friends or your community.

We need an alternative to the One Big Beautiful Bill. This is it. (Opinion) It’s now been a few weeks since the One Big Beautiful Bill became law. It seems clear that the new law will make our debt situation worse and many of our people poorer. I’ve been waiting to hear wh…

"It’s now been a few weeks since the One Big Beautiful Bill became law. ... I’ve been waiting to hear what a comprehensive Democratic response might be, if only because it seems obvious that many people might want something else to rally around."

Deporting criminal defendants is not justice (Editorial) Caught up in ICE’s haphazard dragnet are individuals who have been charged with crimes but who have not yet stood trial. Not only does deporting criminal defendants effectively set them free in a f…

Not only does deporting criminal defendants effectively set them free in a foreign country, but it also prevents victims from having their day in court and those who are not guilty from proving their innocence. It makes a mockery of the American judicial system and our supposed values as a nation.

Speak freely and resist; bees are having a massive die-off; Trump’s pro tobacco position (Letters) Today, we are living through the most dangerous and destructive time since World War II. But together, often with many uncomfortable conversations, we will defeat this evil among us.

"Today, we are living through the most dangerous and destructive time since World War II. But together, often with many uncomfortable conversations, we will defeat this evil among us."

NoBo library camera system is insufficient ; the trickle-down fairy tale (Letters) Yesterday, a person who has a known vicious dog was allowed to escape responsibility thanks to the deficient coverage of the security cameras at NoBo Library. Was this camera system designed to pro…

"Trump apparently still believes the trickle-down fairy tale. The real mystery is why so many of his fellow Republicans do."

Re-invest our hope into the future; protecting taxpayers from endless legal feud; encourage young people to be themselves (Letters) Let’s not lose sight of re-investing our hopes into a future worth having. Let’s work toward the day when our hopes for all in a flourishing human community cover the earth. Hope is an expectation …

"Hope is an expectation that there is a meaningful future for us and that together we can contribute positively to bringing it about."

Editorial: Shuttering NOAA labs is absurd self-sabotage The tragedy in Texas underscores just how ruinous slashing funding to NOAA and the National Weather Service can be. NOAA is one of our most important tools in helping us protect ourselves from the …

NOAA is one of our most important tools in helping us protect ourselves from the dangers of the natural world. In the face of a changing climate, we need that protection now more than ever.

Editorial: Trump is testing the final guardrails of democracy By deploying the National Guard to quell mostly peaceful protests in California, Donald Trump is seemingly trying to create the flashpoint situation he needs to have a reason to once and for all cr…

After months of concerted work to undermine the checks and balances designed to limit abuses from the executive office, Trump has engendered the situation he’s so obviously been dreaming of: bringing down the might of the U.S. military on Americans. Specifically, Americans who don’t support him.

Editorial: Boulder’s camping ban does not live up to our values Our laws are manifestations of our values. And to criminalize sleeping outside is cruel and it is punishment — especially if we are not investing in adequate alternatives.

Whether or not camping bans are legal under the eyes of the Supreme Court does not mean it is right or just or humane. In fact, based on the recent rulings of our current Supreme Court, aligning ourselves with the court’s ultraconservative majority should cause us to feel uneasy.