Do RTD bosses arrive late to work?
Re: “RTD — Riders in limbo waiting on trains,” June 15 news story
News about the Front Range’s Regional Transportation District and its problems with security, schedules, lack of adequate communications about delays and cancellations, have become common in recent months. I wonder if RTD administrative staff, managers, assistant managers, etc., ride public transportation to work and are expected to arrive on time. If not, perhaps it should become policy. Maybe a mandatory “Ride RTD to work” policy would better demonstrate the importance of having public transportation provide safe and on-time service and resolution of existing problems would be quicker.
Mariann Storck, Wheat Ridge
The expanding threat of Russia
My mother’s parents immigrated from Turku, Finland, in 1904. My father immigrated from Kiev, Ukraine, in 1910. My wife was born in Kure, Hiroshima-ken, Japan.
Does the United States have a duty to be the world’s policeman? No! Our responsibility is to the U.S. Constitution and the democracy that supports it.
As a United States Marine, I have stood guard duty in North Africa, Italy, and Japan. As a United States Army soldier, I have stood guard duty in the Fulda Gap in Germany. Sometimes I consider the fact that I may have been standing on the other side of a political war line between me and my unknown Ukrainian cousins. My absolute loyalty is to the United States.
I encourage unrestrained support for Ukraine in its battle against the aggressor. Not because my last name is Ukrainian. Not because Russia has occupied part of Finland since the Winter War. Not because Russia joined the allied effort against the Japanese empire at the last moment to “annex” the northern Japanese islands. The reason for my support is simple. When America does not stand up, Russia expands its empire. Russia will extinguish democracy and freedom every place it reaches out its military forces. Sooner or later, we will face them.
Greg Fedorchuk, Lakewood
Weissman works hard for Coloradans
Re: “Someone really wants Weissman out of office,” June 16 editorial
State Rep. Mike Weissman is hard-working, thoughtful, and even-handed. I can’t imagine a better lawmaker. I met Mike when I was chairman of Colorado Victims for Justice, a volunteer group that works to make the criminal justice system better. Whenever I came to him with a proposal, he would analyze it in detail to ensure it was workable and fair to everyone. If we could convince him on those points (never an easy task), he would work tirelessly with Republicans and Democrats to pass the bill. He sent me many emails before 7 a.m. and some before 6 a.m. He is honest to the core and works tirelessly for the benefit of every Colorado citizen. We need more like him.
Ray Harlan, Denver
A Republican dismayed by choices in November
I am an 82-year-old lifelong Republican and a Vietnam veteran who has voted all Republican in each election for the past 60 years. My choice now is between a 78-year-old liar, a convicted felon, election denier, scam artist, immoral, fake Bible seller, and Mafia-type boss, or an 81-year-old, over-the-hill, once respectable American who has now turned himself over to the extreme liberal social and political agenda.
What’s my choice? No one?
Are we headed for civil chaos and an end to the rule of law?
Praying for an answer!
Dale H. Louis, Breckenridge
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Originally Published: June 19, 2024 at 4:25 p.m.
