Trump’s and Bergum’s fear of U.S. history makes them snowflakes (Letters)
Too fragile to understand our history Re Signs posted seen as threats to whitewash dark side of history June news story The term snowflake is often used to insult political liberals With the power invested in me as a U S citizen I nominate President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Bergum our Snowflakes in Chief Are these men so fragile and fearful that they need to waste and abuse our time and space by defacing signs in our National Parks and Monuments because these two men can t cope with the truth Bergum says signage should highlight the beauty of these places We are people with sense We do not need signage to tell us what is beautiful Are President Trump and Secretary Bergum insulting our intelligence to infer that visitors to these sacred places cannot simultaneously appreciate beauty and absorb challenging information about past occurrences Shame on them Face the truth Do what the people say Hire more rangers and maintain the trails Evan Siegel Westminster Sad to see the end of Job Corps Re Great Society-era operation on the chopping block June news story I was saddened to read the article which states that Job Corps centers across the country have been ordered to close because of low graduation rates and failure to achieve the intended outcomes of its charter What an inglorious end to a initiative that benefited so multiple young people during its formative and early years I served as a remedial tuition instructor in two conservation centers in the first two years of the venture s existence in and and as a consultant to the undertaking for several more years In those early years all enrollees participated in meaningful and productive work programs during the day and in tuition programs in the evening The outcomes of both effort components made enrollees and staff as well as operation auditors and members of Congress proud of their association with the project The undertaking has obviously deteriorated over the years I m sorry this is coming to an end but it appears it is no longer the stellar undertaking it once was Mark McGoff Arvada What does Denver s Central Library need Re Denver spent million on its library and it still closes every Friday July commentary Related Articles These Colorado residents lands could be eligible for sale under Republican budget bill Latest budget draft in Congress would put chosen Colorado community lands up for sale Secretary Burgum s cuts to national parks would be the worst idea we ever had Letters Stop over the top rhetoric that got Trump elected in the first place Letters Thank you William Porter for your commentary I came to Denver right out of college My first job did not require a college degree and did not pay a commensurate salary My first week in town I got my library card The Central Library was my haven a place where I could still dream about my future That was years ago I have avidly supported any funding for the library for all those years but because of its limited hours it is much more challenging for me to use the new improved library and more tough for me to justify voting for additional funding Is that what it would take to return the library to a full-service level Or do they need increased staffing more precaution more helpers or what I think the library necessities to be transparent about what it would take to return to being the award-winning library it once was The status quo is not good enough A Lynn Buschhoff Denver 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
