LETTERS: Newcomers may not be welcome; surprising negative attack ads | Denver Gazette

Newcomers may not be welcome

Colorado Springs was once a paradise.

If you came to Colorado Springs and felt like you weren’t welcome, there’s a good reason for that.

This place was founded by people committed to the dignity of its residents, and until recently was populated by people who valued these values. Most of them were born here and many were descendants of the founders.

Those who came here from other places understood the tremendous value of such an open and respectful society and were willing to learn and adopt those values, and were welcomed as an integral part of Colorado Springs.

Those who put their desperation, self-centered nature and belief in their values ​​above ours, and while enjoying the openness of our respectful society, and were willing to be disrespectful to those already here, were politely but surely encouraged to move elsewhere to go. Until so many of them came here that they overwhelmed our civilized city. But they are still not welcome.

If you don’t have the sand to compete with the big boys on a race track, but have to terrorize women and children on the streets by driving recklessly aggressively and making loud noises with all the self-control of a 5-year-old, don’t be surprised if it never happens as feels at home.

If you don’t understand that speeding destroys our streets faster and dramatically increases our taxes, don’t be surprised if no one is happy you came here.

If you think buying a mega-home makes you better than someone who loves Colorado Springs and is willing to live in a modest house with modest means of transportation, then you will never be happy here; especially if you have somehow been brainwashed into believing that government is a reasonable solution to many things.

If you think it’s okay to mess around in these Rocky Mountains, just leave.

Timothy Twombly

Colorado Springs

Surprising ads with negative attacks

I am deeply disturbed by the negative attack ads against Colorado Senate candidate Stan VanderWerf! I am an entrepreneur, former Teller County elected assessor, and a longtime acquaintance of El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf.

I know VanderWerf to be a good, decent man, who is a veteran by the way, and these ads are false. The providers of these advertisements should be ashamed of themselves. Contrary to these ads, Vander-Werf also has a fantastic relationship with many people in Teller County.

Not only is VanderWerf a successful elected citizen because he has done so many good things for the voters of El Paso County, VanderWerf also helped the residents of Teller County by helping to raise millions of dollars for the Pike National Forest to reduce fire risk on the Front Range may decrease. .

This funding will be used for mechanical mitigation, making every neighborhood in our region safer. Frankly, I am amazed at VanderWerf’s range and skills. He knows how to get things done and he is a true gentleman and statesman. We need people with civility and statesmanship in the Colorado Senate, not people running attack ads.

David ‘Colt’ Simmons

Colorado Springs

Repair the potholes e.g

first

Re: Barbara Edwards’ letter regarding curb repair is very correct and timely. There is no problem with repairing curbs to accommodate the handicapped, but in my neighborhood in the South Broadmoor area, thousands of feet of perfectly good curbs and sidewalks are being removed.

Let’s fix the holes first.

I would urge The Gazette to investigate and look at the work of construction crews along Star Ranch, Farthing and Broadmoor Bluffs.

Sam Taylor

Colorado Springs

Driving through a divided America

My wife and I just returned home after our 5 week RV trip to the East Coast. We drove from here over 7,000 miles to northern Maine, south to Virginia, with many stops along the way.

It seems that the experts are right, at least when it comes to the political division between urban and rural areas in our country. Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan and Virginia had an abundance of Donald Trump signs. Every time we got near a more populated area, Kamala Harris signs started popping up. Places like Chicago, Cleveland, Niagara Falls, New England and Washington, DC had many more Harris signs.

Christ said in Matthew 12:25 that “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” Has America become a house divided? Have we reached the point where, in addition to our disagreement, you are also a Nazi or a piece of shit? Is America slowly committing suicide?

It’s amazing how much roadkill you see. For myself, my Tundra decided to fight a turkey in Iowa. Tundra won, Turkey lost, but now my truck needs front end repairs.

One reason we took a lot of side roads was that the highways were too busy with these young maniacs on “cruise rockets” or souped-up compacts. The roads we chose were often as good or better than the highways.

And when you drive along the side roads, you notice how many farms are abandoned. Are our small farmers becoming dinosaurs?

A bright spot was our visit and tour to Hillsdale College in Michigan. I have never been called “sir” so many times in my life! I would encourage anyone with children who are thinking about college to consider Hillsdale. I think they would be of much better value than some of these “leftist seminaries” that our children attend.

It was great to encounter some adventures along with some ‘setbacks’ along our journey.

Bill Crow

Larkspur

Closing words about the elections

Just a few words from Russell Moore, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, to close out these final days of election season:

“As the American experiment continues to be tested in the coming years, those who love our country most will first be those who are not Americans. The sense of politics as ultimate leads us to do unspeakably terrible things, harming our own country, because “desperate times call for desperate measures.” But Christians who are secure in our first priority—seeing the kingdom of God and being citizens of that kingdom—can love our country well. We can do it to Caesar without falling into an idolatrous worship of parties, politicians or democracy itself.”

Well said, Mr. Moore.

David P Betzler

Monument