It seems to me CU-Boulder is the largest single employer in town, do you want an excellent Chancellor with a long-term perspective on the campus and community or someone less capable who will work for a really low salary? How many of us commentators could raise more than $40 million in donations and step up to support the audacious goal of $1.5 billion? Do you want CU-Boulder to be known for striving for and achieving excellence in the competitive market in which competes or do you want it be known for an administrative team that will work for the lowest salaries in its peer group? How long do you think it will take for CU-Boulder to become part of less respected peer group? I'm guessing we could reduce the administrative salary base pretty quickly with this strategy. Of course, I'm not sure we would this result either.

To be clear, I think our nation's university system is far from perfect, but I certainly want both talented not-for-profit leaders and talented for-profits leaders to compete.

Unless cell signals are jammed in the BCC meeting rooms, enterprising groups ought to be able to simulcast anything they want using the internet.

Great column and comments. Now, how do we establish district based voting that really counts? I think a Republican might at least run if we had districts. Then we would at least have a debate during the election season.

But isn't your Salesforce or SugarCRM service an online database?

So it seems like the space problem facing start-ups - highlighted by local venture capitalist, Brad Feld, http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2011/12/boulders-... - could be a self-correcting problem.

There are dynamic start-ups and entrepreneurs throughout the Front Range.

Mr. Dente: I too have significant issues with the priorities of our county commissioners. While they flaunt the Comprehensive Plan and its ambiguous Transportation Element, Boulder county property owners are getting hurt by more wise neighboring counties. Seems like the damages associated with a class-action lawsuit might be pretty interesting to the right attorney.

A picture is truly worth a thousand words. Thanks for the contribution.

We need better cellular service in this part of the county. I called the Planning Department to voice my support for the project. The Xcel power lines are a problem: this tower will be incidental compared to them. I know many professionals in the area who support this project. Unfortunately, we were at our jobs when this hearing took place. I want the cellular companies to be forced to compete vigorously for business in every residential area. Approve the project or ask Xcel to bury the power lines.

Yes. In fact, this debate has been settled in many States. Because of laws in many States that recognize home schooling, many parents have this right. Estimates from 2007 revealed about 1.5 million students are being educated at home. Yes, there may be consequences positive and negative for these students. Of course, there are also positive and negative implications of electing to enroll our public school system.

The link to the dues structure for the NEA/CEA is provided below.

http://www.coloradoea.org/media/09-10%20Mship%20F...

It is an interesting little form.

I especially find the voter registration and political affiliation questions intriguing.

This all adds up to a teachers union with tremendous financial power.