en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/641095 Comments by 1axel http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-schools/ci_28879301/middle-school-students-advocate-less-gender-bias-dress#IDComment997048486 Actually, I am a proponent of uniforms, and not only -- or even mainly -- because of their ability to downplay sexuality. Girls in particular (I know, cuz I was one) are highly competitive and even mean about other girls' fashion choices at the middle and high school levels. If you're not able to afford the currently "in" labels and styles, you're relegated to the bottom of the social heap. And if parents give in to their little darlings' desires for designer duds, handbags, etc., it can be a real drain on family finances. Uniforms do a great deal to simplify life for both students and parents (and probably teachers as well), and help level the playing field for all. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:54:46 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-schools/ci_28879301/middle-school-students-advocate-less-gender-bias-dress#IDComment997048486 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28867524/slighted-by-puc-staff-boulder-offers-be-more#IDComment996532180 Agreed . . . We have lived in the mountains west of Boulder for almost forty years and I can't even tell you the number of times that XCel/PSC boots-on-the-ground have saved our bacon and restored power after floods, wildfires, or major snow events. I recall at least one time when their truck couldn't make it up our non-county-maintained road and the repair guys hiked in to our power pole on snowshoes. Somehow I can't imagine City of Boulder employees -- the same ones who either can't or who refuse to plow snowy streets or fix potholes -- going to similar extremes to service their "customers" (assuming they even know the meaning of that term). Luckily, we live well outside the City limits, and outside the areas that they are lusting to overtake if that's what it takes to make their silly scheme work; but I feel badly for those who are captive to it: just don't expect to see "snowshoes on the ground" any time soon. Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:11:23 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28867524/slighted-by-puc-staff-boulder-offers-be-more#IDComment996532180 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28859611/sophie-schreiner-kornblum-hot-here#IDComment996282519 Dear Sophie: As a 7th-grader, surely by now you have been indoctrinated by your liberal teachers (and, perhaps, parents) as to the "threats" posed by climate change, fossil fuels, automobiles, etc. Well, guess what: air-conditioning is considered to be part of that constellation of modern evils. If these people had their way, you and your cohort would go back to living in pre-modern times, in which case the lack of air-conditioning would be the least of your worries. Wed, 23 Sep 2015 01:54:57 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28859611/sophie-schreiner-kornblum-hot-here#IDComment996282519 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28834943/risa-booze-an-elitist-comment#IDComment995989193 Hey, I'd like to live in Aspen, Malibu, Sun Valley, La Jolla, or Santa Fe. I don't see anyone bending over backwards to make any of those places "affordable" for me . . . nor should they! Mon, 21 Sep 2015 02:35:43 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28834943/risa-booze-an-elitist-comment#IDComment995989193 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28832861/micah-newell-losing-faith-city-staff#IDComment995569166 As the old saying goes: "Figures don't lie, but liars sure figure." Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:56:04 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28832861/micah-newell-losing-faith-city-staff#IDComment995569166 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28831901/nina-judd-unintended-effect-seniors#IDComment995568874 Huh??? Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:51:53 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28831901/nina-judd-unintended-effect-seniors#IDComment995568874 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28799608/linda-korsgaard-boulder-city-council-monoculture#IDComment995080880 I think you may underestimate the sheer number of "bellyachers" who gave up on the City years/decades ago and moved to the mountains or the plains of unincorporated Boulder County; and who are therefore ineligible to run for City office, vote, etc. But since we still have to shop, drive, pay sales taxes, etc. in Boulder when we can't find an alternative (and since Boulder continues to threaten some of us with their hare-brained schemes such as the muni), we reserve the right to belly-ache the hopes of inspiring better local governance. Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:46:45 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28799608/linda-korsgaard-boulder-city-council-monoculture#IDComment995080880 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28790980/phyllis-white-learning-share-housing#IDComment994661541 Ms. White: please go out and rent (or stream) the movie "Dr. Zhivago," if you want to see what your pipe dream actually looks like in action. Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:30:36 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28790980/phyllis-white-learning-share-housing#IDComment994661541 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28770671/arlene-blewitt-right-sizing-is-elitist#IDComment994228440 It may be "unstated" in LA, but I believe the Boulder bike cabal has been quite open that this is their goal. Wed, 9 Sep 2015 01:05:57 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28770671/arlene-blewitt-right-sizing-is-elitist#IDComment994228440 http://www.dailycamera.com/broomfield-news/ci_28778622/former-broomfield-mayor-bill-berens-recalled-leadership-love#IDComment994226682 "Recalled"? How about "remembered"? Wed, 9 Sep 2015 00:45:10 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/broomfield-news/ci_28778622/former-broomfield-mayor-bill-berens-recalled-leadership-love#IDComment994226682 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28770672/steve-haymes-puc-will-reject-separation-plan#IDComment994177152 If only . . . Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:16:41 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28770672/steve-haymes-puc-will-reject-separation-plan#IDComment994177152 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28765658#IDComment993779189 Not necessarily . . . As someone one who typically commutes from the mountains to east Boulder (i.e., east on Canyon) at least three times weekly, I have learned to NOT drive north on Folsom in order to turn right onto Valmont -- the formerly most efficient and quickest way to my destination. The first time I had to try turning right onto Valmont across the bike lane was the last for me: now I meander through the neighborhood side streets and get onto Valmont WAY before 28th St., so that I can avoid any possible confrontation with a crazed bicyclist coming up on my right blind side. Sun, 6 Sep 2015 03:27:59 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28765658#IDComment993779189 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28749583#IDComment993498530 "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." (Dean Wormer) Fri, 4 Sep 2015 04:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28749583#IDComment993498530 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993440230 I personally call it "Malfunction Junction." Thu, 3 Sep 2015 17:31:56 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993440230 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993440134 Bazinga!!! Thu, 3 Sep 2015 17:31:02 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993440134 http://www.dailycamera.com/longmont-news/ci_28747872/prosecution-kevin-elmarr-murder-case-objects-inclusion-alternate#IDComment993363417 Agreed. As a juror in Elmarr's 2009 trial, I am more than a little dismayed to find out that we, the jury, may not have been given the whole story. We worked hard to analyze the evidence and felt we had arrived at a fair and just verdict based on the evidence we were presented with and the instructions we were given. How disappointing to think that we may have labored and agonized in vain, especially if Mr. Elmarr's is, indeed, not guilty after all. Thu, 3 Sep 2015 05:12:02 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/longmont-news/ci_28747872/prosecution-kevin-elmarr-murder-case-objects-inclusion-alternate#IDComment993363417 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993300286 Wait until many of those millennials marry and/or start families. All of a sudden, having a single-family home with a yard for the kids and a dog to play in; a garage (maybe even one that accommodates an SUV or a minivan), and access to more suburban-types conveniences in terms of shopping and good schools will become more important than being able to walk to work and hang out in the hip urban areas. It's one thing to prefer living in attached housing and walking or biking everywhere when you're young and healthy; but quite another when you're forty-something, have more aches and pains than you used to, and are burdened with caring for three or four kids. And maybe, by then, you'll have to move one or more of your aging parents or other family members in with you in order to provide care to them. Try doing all THAT in one of those tiny Soviet-style steel boxes! Wed, 2 Sep 2015 20:12:34 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993300286 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28742306#IDComment993292067 Yeah; in all likelihood she'll be older, angrier, and further down the road of whatever mental health problems she has. And less employable -- assuming she even is now -- with her criminal and prison records. With her history, I assume she'll act out in prison in ways that will increase her stay there; and she may be at risk in the general inmate population if she tries anything like the stunts she's pulled elsewhere. Having an attitude " . . . that the rules don't apply to her" does not bode for a promising prison experience and rehabilitation. Thank you, Hillary! Wed, 2 Sep 2015 19:00:40 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28742306#IDComment993292067 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993280408 I believe there was a story in yesterday's DC that the City of Boulder and CU accounted for over half of all jobs in Boulder. City of Boulder = government; CU = government. Wed, 2 Sep 2015 17:13:12 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993280408 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993280120 A very large "n" does not statistical validity make. Wed, 2 Sep 2015 17:09:39 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_28736289/tension-between-growth-affordability-permeates-boulder-valley-comp#IDComment993280120