“It's a safe assumption that voters in Fort Collins are smart, passionate, able to articulate their choices and will fill out the ballot to the degree that they wish to,” Armstrong said.a quote from the RCV explainer article in The Coloradoan on 5/4/2022: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/05/04/ranked-choice-voters-may-decide-if-system-right-fort-collins-election/7338020001/ There’s a lot of stuff coming down the pipeline for you …

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I grew up in Douglas County schools, supported and educated by amazing teachers. I've watched my earliest friends and former classmates go on to become teachers in the district. It's a powerful legacy for a school district to foster its own succession plan - for students to become teachers in the same district because they …

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As a country, we need to take a breath and deeply study what's occurred leading up to the events at the Capitol today to identify which leaders, systems, actions, and words have enabled this unprecedented, divisive, and irresponsible act of chaos and violence against democracy. Accountability is the first step, prevention is the next. Whataboutism …

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If you believe in the merit of personal responsibility, at some point, it's important to behave responsibly. Everybody is on the same team about the survival of small businesses. Everybody, even if the words coming out of their mouth or the policies implemented sound anti-business. There's literally no one who benefits from the death of …

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I started reading through The Federalist Papers, a series of essays written by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. If you've never read them before, they're a smidge dense: The TL;DR version of what Alexander Hamilton is saying above in Federalist Paper #1: good government and liberty go hand in hand. Demanding individual liberty …

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I came across this post on NextDoor the other day... The crux of what this poster is asking for is a refund if services aren’t rendered due to COVID. It’s a bad idea - namely because teachers in Colorado are already underpaid - in fact, Colorado is dead last according to data from the average …

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In tough times, I turn to Trek. I was about 12 when I watched the DS9 episode Far Beyond The Stars and saw Avery Brooks as Benny Russell. Benny has been with me ever since, and the scene below (directed by Avery Brooks) is one of the most important Trek has ever made. I realize …

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