Re: “Dorothy loves baseball but Rockies are testing her love<\/a>,” March 31 sports commentary<\/p>\n The dismal start to the Rockies season is proof (yet again) that the Rockies are far from being a competitive Major League team. Owner Dick Monfort\u2019s recent comment is laughable: \u201cI do feel like we are on the right track.\u201d<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think allowing 23 runs by the D-Backs in the first two games of the season is \u201con the right track.\u201d Monfort needs to invest in the club and put his money where his mouth is. Fans need to boycott the Rockies until Monfort shows a real commitment to rebuilding.<\/p>\n There are so many places I can put my hard-earned entertainment dollars. Going to a Rockies game is not one of them. All Rockies fans should unite, boycott this mediocre team, and send Monfort a clear message.<\/p>\n Mike Jezier, Aurora<\/em><\/p>\n A prudent mantra about speeches and the media is to listen for what’s not being said, not just to what’s said. The noise of mass communication can sometimes be a diversion from important information that’s left out.<\/p>\n In all the talk about the rosy state of the economy and the upbeat descriptions of stock market performance, one statistic receives sparse attention: the cost of living. Very little about the plight of the common people around us and their increasing struggle to make ends meet makes news headlines or political pontification.<\/p>\n Lawmakers, politicians, most of the business world, and those who disseminate information about our society appear to have no clue about the lives of ordinary people in our country. The financial status and prospects of the elite are secure, and the approval of their peers and the electorate consumes their attention. But the plight of ordinary people is very real.<\/p>\n They are strangled by gentrification, windstorms created by the collective shoulder shrugs of the indifferent, and expanding economic barriers to financial survival.<\/p>\n This is not about redistribution of wealth. It’s about removing obstacles to the financial stability of those who are trying to hold on by their fingernails to the results of their hard work.<\/p>\n Make this a major issue of current political campaigns.<\/p>\n Daniel T. Shumaker, Fort Collins<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Bill in legislature would shorten waiting period<\/a>,” Jan. 27 news story<\/p>\nDespite positive economic reports, the struggle is real<\/h4>\n
Medical Aid in Dying legislation deserves deliberative actions<\/h4>\n