Re: \u201cU.S. athletes speaking up about politics face backlash,\u201d Feb. 9 commentary<\/p>\n
Since when does being a true American mean you have to agree with everything your government does? Being aware of current events, taking an interest in your country, and educating yourself are all part of being a good citizen. Granted, I didn\u2019t hear his entire remarks, but from the article in Monday\u2019s paper, I would say Hunter Hess is doing a fine job representing our country.<\/p>\n
Any leader who wishes to be surrounded only by \u201cyes men\u201c and who communicates via name-calling is no leader at all and does not have our best interests at heart.<\/p>\n
Nancy Litwack-Strong, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n Re: \u201cFace-covering ban for ICE, other officers moves ahead<\/a>,\u201d Feb. 12 news story<\/p>\n Liberals frequently cite limited state and local law enforcement resources as a reason for not cooperating with federal immigration enforcement operations. That part I get; after all, theirs is the ideology that gave us \u201cdefund the police,\u201d and so they have.<\/p>\n But if the Denver City Council has its way, the Denver Police Department somehow suddenly has the human capital to try to arrest federal law enforcement officers for wearing face masks?<\/p>\n Still cool for \u201cpeaceful protestors\u201d to mask up, though, right? And Colorado is currently in the midst of a record-breaking flu season; are we \u201cfollowing the science\u201d there?<\/p>\n Tom Medlin, Denver\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Re: \u201cCity hearing pushback about license plate-reading cameras<\/a>,\u201d Feb. 10 news story<\/p>\n Flock cameras are a valuable tool for law enforcement. For Flock camera objectors, think about if you had a missing child, family member or stolen vehicle. You\u2019d be the first one to be happy about Flock cameras.<\/p>\n There aren\u2019t very many places in Colorado where one can go where we are not being viewed by cameras. At DIA last week, they used face ID cameras before letting us on the plane.<\/p>\n Objectors, give up your fight and think about the benefits.<\/p>\n Elaine Little, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n The Denver parking ticket dispute method is definitely broken. Recently I had to take my husband, who is an amputee in a wheelchair, downtown to dispute our ticket for parking in a handicap zone without our tag displayed. We had inadvertently left the tag on the front seat of our car. We took in our tag and explained the oversight to the judge. She said that she did not have the authority to waive our $350 fine plus $29 court costs.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a shame that a disabled person who accidentally did not display his placard is fined the same amount as someone who just wants a good parking spot.<\/p>\n Marcia Miles, Centennial\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n First, the Broncos have a great head coach who is building an AFC contender in the wake of the Russell Wilson salary-cap fiasco and is deservedly headed for the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n However, maybe there is a lesson to be learned from the Seahawks\u2019 play in the Super Bowl. Fans love the excitement of going for it on fourth down or trying for the 2-point conversion. But let\u2019s look at the Seahawks. With a great defense, like the Broncos, they took every opportunity to put points on the board, setting a Super Bowl record for field goals.\u00a0 Maybe when points are there, take them?<\/p>\n Michael Shea, Boulder<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can\u2019t tell the truth without lying.\u201d<\/p>\n This famous quote by 19th-century American humorist Josh Billings highlights the compulsive nature of chronic exaggeration, where habit-driven embellishment obscures reality. It describes individuals whose need to impress or validate themselves makes them unable to convey facts accurately, effectively eroding trust and credibility.<\/p>\n Does this quote remind you of anybody?<\/p>\n Mike Enright, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online<\/a> or check out our guidelines<\/a> for how to submit by email or mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Athletes represent U.S. and our freedoms Re: \u201cU.S. athletes speaking up about politics face backlash,\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Banning face coverings could create tought calls for Denver Police<\/h4>\n
You may need the Flock cameras one day<\/h4>\n
A forgotten disability placard is a $350 mistake<\/h4>\n
Seahawks Super Bowl win: A lesson to be learned?<\/h4>\n
Addicted to the lies<\/h4>\n