Thanks, Guv for helping us all understand these federal cuts (Letters)

While dashboard is great hopefully even more federal cuts info is coming Re Dashboard shows how much money Colorado has lost from U S cuts June news story I m very glad to see the governor s office providing information that has been so demanding to obtain from the federal regime It s going to be a very helpful tool for all of us but especially those in administration leadership positions no matter their political affiliation to understand the home-based ramifications of the decisions coming from the White House Because I served as the former Dean of CU Denver s School of Teaching and Human Rise I m aware of certain cuts in K- and higher instruction and hope that the next iteration of the dashboard will include cuts from the Department of Training Also because I m volunteering in the world of setting change and am aware of impending cuts to green resource that aren t yet represented in the dashboard I hope the next iteration will include the Department of Resource Thank you to the governor for collating and publishing the information and to Attorney General Phil Weiser for spearheading lawsuits that have resulted in fewer cuts at least thus far than might have transpired What has been published to date on the dashboard is likely only the tip of the iceberg Lynn K Rhodes Fritz Lakewood Abandoning civil discourse for ad hominem attacks Language matters and often precedes action How we address others sets the tone of civility a lesson we teach school children a lesson that should be lifelong Somehow the basic tenets of civil discourse no longer count for chosen President Donald Trump continues to call the governor of California Newscum Trump s mouthpieces in the media personalities I listen to regularly describe political opponents as leftist commies libtards deranged snowflake lunatics anti-American degenerate scum I even hear these terms echoed by family members who despise the left Sen Elizabeth Warren is routinely referred to as Pocahontas Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer has been called Witless and the list goes on Enter the wannabe patriot dealing with selected perversion of the psyche He connects his skewed dots and decides to perform a patriotic act by eliminating the challenge In short the shootings of the state representatives in Minnesota the shooting at the No Kings rally in Salt Lake City the hammer blow suffered by Paul Pelosi and other such acts lie squarely in the laps of the likes of Trump Rep Lauren Boebert Sean Hannity Mark Levin and others of their ilk who continue to malign and dehumanize political opposition Where there should be discourse we have vicious ad hominem attacks The product is obvious a drastic escalation of violence fueled by people with a microphone The blood from political vigilantism in this land of the free is on their hands And lips Bob Giusto Lakewood We get it Rockies losses are piling up By now everyone who follows Major League Baseball knows that the Rockies are on a pace to set a record for losses in one season Why Because your writers remind us after every challenge Why not let that thought go for a while Or better until it veritably happens Craig Marshall Smith Highlands Ranch Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns editorials and more To send a letter to the editor about this article submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail