Re: “How to make an American job,” July 18 business column.

Former Intel CEO Andy Grove’s column was a welcome dose of sanity. Imagine — a successful businessman who can, with depth and clarity, question our “unquestioned truism … that the free market is the best of all economic systems — the freer the better.” I have maintained for years that a completely “free” market (and its social basis in the cult of the individual) is, at its extreme, as destructive as any totalitarian, state-planned economy and its elevation of the masses.

Mr. Grove makes great sense when he states that the government plays a strategic role in reviving our manufacturing base, even more sense when he suggests that goods produced by U.S. companies using offshore labor should be taxed, and most sense of all when he asserts that business has a responsibility, not simply to increase profit for executives and shareholders, but “to maintain the industrial base on which we depend and the society whose adaptability — and stability — we may have taken for granted.”

Robert Jaeger, Englewood

This letter was published in the July 24 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

I hope that those who make or influence economic policy at the local, state and national levels study Andy Grove’s column.

Before my retirement, I spent most of my engineering career doing research and development. I did my best work in complete companies that developed, manufactured and sold products. Engineers and scientists who develop new technologies and design new products need ongoing feedback from the manufacturing line and from customers.

Without the “scaling” of innovations from concept to volume production in U.S. factories, we not only miss out on most of the new jobs, we also miss out on feedback that is important to maintaining our leadership in developing new technologies and products.

Henry Stevens, Colorado Springs

This letter was published in the July 24 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

Andy Grove’s column made an excellent point about startups and job growth. Eastern Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, which includes the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, provides an excellent case in point. This area can be considered a microcosm of American industry, which once included industrial icons such as Bethlehem Steel.

For the sake of discussion, and not having exact numbers, assume that Bethlehem Steel laid off 3,000 workers when they closed in 1996. Around this time, several area universities and Pennsylvania formed the Ben Franklin partnership, which was intended as a new business “incubator.”

Several years later, Lehigh University’s alumni bulletin reported that the Ben Franklin partnership created approximately 300 jobs annually. At that rate, replacing the jobs lost at Bethlehem Steel would take 10 years; even a Democratic Congress wouldn’t extend unemployment benefits for that long.

Later, area leaders hoped telecommunications would save the Lehigh Valley, until Agere and Lucent suffered layoffs during the dot-com bust. Now casino gambling is seen as the Lehigh Valley’s latest savior.

Clearly, Andy Grove understands the difference between making money and creating wealth; unfortunately, many of our elected representatives and business leaders don’t comprehend this distinction. Until we have American manufacturing, with profits re-invested in American factories, we will have difficulty creating American jobs.

Robert Nemchek, Parker

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Re: “Problems remain with city’s budget structure,” July 15 editorial.

Your editorial pointed out that long-term solutions are needed to fix Denver’s budget problems. One solution is to sell the Denver-owned and -operated asphalt plant. This would put a stop to the city competing with private industry on a non-essential government service. It would bring in $2 million to $3 million and provide a long-term revenue opportunity by leasing the land.

Denver is the only city in Colorado with its own asphalt plant and is at the epicenter of competition for asphalt materials. The city could easily buy asphalt from one or more of the 22 privately owned asphalt plants in the area. If Denver was truly committed to increasing economic opportunities for local businesses, it would reconsider its current mindset of being more efficient than private industry and consider one solution that would reduce cost and increase revenue.

Thomas Peterson, Centennial

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Re: “GOCO goes to Washington,” July 17 editorial.

A big thank-you to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and all the other public officials who came to listen to what Colorado citizens support in conservation, what needs to change, and our views on the role of the federal government.

I believe the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) should be fully implemented to protect open space and our rural agricultural lands. The CLEAR Act, which would permanently fund the LWCF, would also potentially create more revenue from royalties by requiring better record-keeping by oil companies to ensure the correct amount of royalties are paid, making uranium a “leasable” mineral and thus subject to rental rates and royalties, and increasing the fine for underpayment, theft of, or late-paid royalties.

Thank you, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, for championing the CLEAR Act in the House. Funding conservation by requiring high-quality practices by the oil and mineral industry is a practical, logical and fiscally responsible move.

Joanna Harter, Colorado Springs

This letter was published in the July 24 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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Re: “The destructive politics of judicial confirmation,” July 22 editorial.

Your editorial on judicial confirmation left me dumbfounded. How can you possibly believe that “it is not the job of the Senate to apply a political or philosophical litmus test to court appointees”?

What do you think the Constitution means when it says the Senate must “advise and consent” on nominations? Due to people like Sonya Sotomayor and the other liberals on the court who want to change the Constitution by simple majority rulings by the Supreme Court, the importance of who gets appointed has become extremely important. Senators like Lindsey Graham, who stated publicly that he does not agree with the judicial philosophy of Elena Kagan and then voted for her, are intellectually bankrupt. What does he think “advise and consent” means? How can you give consent if you disagree?

If the Senate does not insist on candidates who believe strongly in the Constitution and believe that judges should adjudicate, not legislate, then why not change the Constitution and remove “advise and consent”?

Colin C. Case, Highlands Ranch

This letter was published in the July 24 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

I agree that the politics of judicial confirmation has been destructive. When did that start? Who started it?

Poor Judge Robert Bork. He is the last appointee who really answered honestly the questions as to his view of the Constitution and was denied confirmation because of it. To most, his qualifications were outstanding — and were the decision to confirm based of those qualifications, he would have been confirmed.

I question the idea that elective power gives those in office the power to change years of history. The issue today is basically one of changing the “majority rule” in favor of “individual rights rule.” The concern that most people have is very simple: Making individual rights more important than the country (the majority) that gives the individual those rights to begin with will result in the demise of the country. It will eventually add up to lawlessness and corruption, which we are beginning to see in many parts of our society today.

Robert L. Stamp, Littleton

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Re: “Claims, income at odds; Gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes touts his business savvy, but his income has been below the poverty line at least twice,” July 21 news story.

Should we believe The Post that Dan Maes — who, on a small salary, owns his own home in which his wife can be a stay-at-home mom — is unfit to govern for that reason? What better candidate can we have in this day of reckless spending and taking, than a man who is able to live frugally and raise a family as well? What private earnings or business experience did Bill Ritter have prior to running for governor? What is The Post’s minimum salary requirement for a public office seeker?

Russell W. Haas, Golden

This letter was published in the July 23 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

Taking a minimal salary is a very common practice of successful small-business owners. Instead of taking money out of the business as salary and paying income taxes on it, smart business owners invest that money back into the business. This has many advantages, which are too numerous to list here. The fact that Dan Maes paid himself a minimal salary shows his business savvy, which is the complete opposite of how it was portrayed in your news coverage and editorial (“Governor? Maes has no business,” July 21).

Your news coverage and editorial betray a complete lack of knowledge of how small-business owners compensate themselves, and are unfair to Mr. Maes and to your readers.

Preston Oade, Denver

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Re: “Selling scenery down the river,” July 22 editorial.

I am among the legions who believe strongly in the artwork of Christo (and his late wife and collaborator Jeanne-Claude). Their art has the rare but compelling mix of broad accessibility and artistic significance, as it embodies visual delight, sensory engagement, environmental commentary, and strong art historical lineage.

In the course of their 40-year partnership, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have fought not only for the right to complete a project but for the cause of art itself. They have encouraged countless people to consider the very purpose and value of art in a whole new way. This is their true legacy.

Their level of commitment is further demonstrated by the fact that they never accept commissions or invitations to create works, big or small, for regions, patrons or events. They choose you. In their selection of this section of river over 89 others, Colorado should consider how special this opportunity is. It is critical that we embrace opportunities like these.

I am thrilled that Christo and Jeanne-Claude selected our state as the location for their next temporary work of art. What a tremendous honor for Colorado. I am looking forward to the day when I can experience “Over the River” for myself. I hope others will join me in supporting Christo so that we can bring this exciting work of art to Colorado.

Dean Sobel, Denver

This letter was published in the July 23 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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Re: “94 charged in Medicare scams,” July 17 news story.

I can’t believe this news was buried on page 5A at the very bottom left corner. This is huge news. As someone who has felt hopeless and weary reading time and time again (no matter the administration) how massive amounts of our taxpayer dollars go missing, are stolen, fuel corrupt governments and warlords in other countries, pay for the “drug war” and build abandoned border fences, this is a refreshing piece of news indeed.

Big props to the administration and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on this one. As mentioned in the article, it is estimated that taxpayers absorb $60 billion to $90 billion in Medicare fraud each year. That just blows your mind, doesn’t it?

It’s endless as far as the opportunities we could create in our own country (including real health care reform) and substantially reduce the deficit if we actually acted as stewards of our money.

I, for one, am hopeful that this is just the start.

Amy Rabinoff, Denver

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Re: “Bike heaven; Boulder’s two-wheeled culture pervades all aspects of life,” July 20 news story.

Thanks for your article on the extensive use of bicycles in Boulder. The news media have way too many pieces that focus on bad and shocking news, leaving readers and viewers with a perverted view of reality. Your article inspires and shows us what is possible. I’m looking forward to many more article that point the way. Keep up the good work.

Steve Brown, Denver

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Jane Norton is the very best person we have to represent Colorado as our first female U.S. senator. Her leadership, experience, background, knowledge and decision-making skills are superior. Colorado deserves Norton’s leadership and experience to be put to work for us in the U.S. Senate.

Media recently carried facts concerning the inexperienced opponent, Ken Buck, being reprimanded in one of his numerous attorney jobs, which was as a U.S. attorney, leading to his departure from that job under a dark cloud. Now he is on video saying voters should choose him because he doesn’t wear high heels (very sexist) and that he has “Weld County bull****” on his boots. Smoke, mirrors and bulltalk.

Integrity counts. Jane Norton is a common-sense and true conservative prepared to govern.

Linda Schreiber, Greeley

This letter was published in the July 23 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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In the past few weeks, much scorn has been heaped upon BP (and deservedly so) for the disaster in the Gulf, but I have seen little praise for the incredible job that has been done to cap the broken, gushing well.

It is astounding to me that a group of unsung engineers has been apparently working around the clock to devise a number of different solutions to shut off the flow, the latest of which seems to be working. How they have been able to put these devices in place with remote-control submersibles at a crushing depth of 5 miles below the surface is simply amazing.

When all is said and done, I hope that these tireless engineers get the accolades they deserve.

Flint Whitlock, Denver

This letter was published in the July 23 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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In light of the recent scandal involving Scott McInnis, we as individual voters have been given the opportunity to decide what this scandal actually denotes.

With the primary election less than three weeks away, we can choose to continue to bombard ourselves with the unimportant details of this media-driven scandal, or we instead can focus on the future of our state by examining the stances and agendas the gubernatorial candidates have each put forth. I am not saying plagiarism is excusable. But Scott McInnis didn’t say that either. He has accepted fault. What else do we want?

Everyone will get a chance to allocate whatever weight they feel appropriate to this happening when they check a name on the ballot, but for now, as a proud supporter of the democratic process, I hope we can all continue to seek out the important information that should drive our decision. Not just this emotionally driven, celebrity-style story.

Linda Fringe, Denver

This letter was published in the July 22 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

Re: “Should Scott McInnis drop out of governor’s race?” July 20 letters to the editor.

A letter-writer stated that the controversy regarding Scott McInnis’ plagiarism is “just a hit job to get him to lose the primary.”

McInnis lied to his friend Rolly Fischer, the water engineer who wrote the piece as purported research, in what is an interesting arrangement at best. He lied to the Hasans, who paid the astonishing amount of $300,000 for McInnis to provide needed insight on water in Colorado.

This was a sleazy deal from start to finish, and the only hit job here was on Rolly Fischer, who McInnis paid only a few hundred dollars for the article.
I’m glad McInnis’ “boots are made for walking.” If lying and extortion are “just a mistake” by him, I suggest he walk on out of public life.

Bill Abernathy, Denver

This letter was published in the July 22 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

Re: “Why we chose McInnis for water papers,” July 17 guest commentary.

Seeme Hasan’s justification for the $300,000 payment to former Congressman Scott McInnis on the basis of examining water issues for Colorado doesn’t “hold water.” Three hundred thousand dollars for a report and two-year fellowship? That expenditure appears more like a back-door, tax-deductible political contribution which otherwise would have been non-deductible.

Jim Schwartz, Centennial

This letter was published in the July 22 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the new cap stops fresh oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. However, this doesn’t solve the problem of the millions of gallons of oil already adrift and wreaking havoc on the environment and local economies.

If this cap works, maybe BP will be able to make good on its promise to clean up the mess eventually, but can they promise that disastrous messes like this will never happen again?

We cannot leave the fate of the environment and our energy future in the hands of the oil giants. We’ve been doing that for too long. Look where it has gotten us. We must take America’s fate into our own hands and demand a change to a clean energy economy.

Support Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet in their efforts to pass clean energy legislation. Let this spill be the grand finale to a long and ugly history of oil dependence.

Natalie Baumann, Denver

This letter was published in the July 22 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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Re: “Deaths by train difficult to fathom, not uncommon,” July 12 Bill Johnson column.

Bill Johnson wrote an excellent column, but he neglected to mention another victim of when a train strikes an automobile or a trespasser: the train crew.

I am a retired Union Pacific freight conductor, and in my 40 years with the railroad, I was involved in seven fatalities, ranging from a 16-year-old kid on a motorcycle trying to race us off a bridge, to a highly inebriated person laying across the tracks. This is about an average number for this many years of service. In each case, it is the job of the conductor to go back to see if any aid can be given. Usually, he is greeted by carnage that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

I personally know several engineers and conductors who were affected psychologically for the rest of their lives.

Brian N. Black, Castle Rock

This letter was published in the July 22 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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Re: “Intel sector too big to track,” July 19 news story (part 1 of three-part “Top Secret America” series by The Washington Post).

As a naive junior officer working in intelligence at the Pentagon in the mid-’60s, it was soon obvious to me that our services and other agencies had duplicate and overlapping organizations and activities. I continued to work in this field in both the military and civilian field into the late-’90s. There is too much info that is not and cannot be processed and analyzed, and it is still growing. There are too many untracked programs and budgets. And there are too many turf battles and snobbery relative to need-to-know and shared information. I’m sure it is only getting worse.

The military industrial complex is a cancer, and no cure is seriously being investigated or supported.

Ev Biery, Franktown

This letter was published in the July 22 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

Thank you for both publishing and devoting above-the-fold front-page placement to Dana Priest and William Arkin’s series from The Washington Post on the vast and redundant intelligence operations in the federal government. It is extremely gratifying to read an article of such importance.

I am acutely aware that newspapers’ resources are increasingly slim, with significant consequences for the quality of journalism they are able to produce. I continue to be impressed by the balance that The Denver Post maintains between soliciting high-quality journalism from national sources and the strong reporting and analysis of local issues and events.

Simply put, thanks for being a good paper. I’m proud to be a subscriber, and I think your paper makes me a better citizen of Colorado and the country.

Karen Lewis, Boulder

This letter was published in the July 22 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

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Re: “Feds weigh Christo project,” July 17 news story.

I was annoyed to discover in Saturday’s paper that Christo’s “Over The River” project is still proceeding. This so-called “art” involves covering the Arkansas River in fabric for a distance of almost 6 miles and a time period of three years.

I can’t think of a worse thing that could be done to such a uniquely beautiful and natural area. My annoyance has increased as I have learned that many of our government representatives are apparently on board with this bad idea, seemingly without having surveyed their constituents.

I’ve been told that the local populations that would be affected by this project, including people who live in Cañon City, Salida and the other towns along the Arkansas, are solidly against it.

Something is wrong with this picture. Can a New York “artist” with a big ego and a well-financed and well-oiled PR machine run roughshod over the locals who live along the Arkansas River and over the rest of us too? Does he really have the blessings of our elected representatives to do this?

Charles Rollman, Colorado Springs

This letter was published in the July 21 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

They said it was safe. They made us think they were following safety procedures. They said they would clean it up. Go to roarcolorado.org/riflegap and see for yourself what Christo left behind in Rifle, Colo. He can’t be trusted!
Yes, it’s all about the money. Even elected officials are easily influenced. Profits trump safety.

What about those of us who live in the canyon with only one way in and out? Never before has Christo put up one of his works of “art” that will jeopardize the health, safety and day-to-day lives of so many people as much as “Over the River” will. This project will not last for only two weeks — it will last for at least three years, factoring in preparation and dismantling.

Just think of the impacts of this project — local services will be strained, safety compromised, commerce disrupted, environment degraded, fuel and emissions increased. Damage to the environment and wildlife will be felt for generations.
Christo said in the past that he would return areas to their original state — he didn’t. He’s proven that he can’t be trusted. Christo is just another BP.

Linda Goddard, Howard

This letter was published in the July 21 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

We are very much against the “Over the River” project proposed by Christo in our area. If he has so much money to spend, we suggest he invest it in jobs that are so badly needed in Colorado instead of on this farce that will negatively impact the wildlife, residents and safety in the Cañon City area. We hope those who are elected to act on the true wishes of their constituents just say no to Christo.

Dick and Del Sabo, Cañon City

This letter was published in the July 21 edition. For information on how to send a letter to the editor, click here.

I find it appalling that the “Bureau of Land Management and their consultants” would spend one year and unmentioned dollars studying Christo’s project. What is the cost? While the government is supposed to be for the people, this is a project that will benefit few, and will have a very short life. In a time where the federal budget is under such stress, why doesn’t someone just say no? I suspect that if Christo had to reimburse the government for its costs, the project would be dead.

John Lawrence, Sedalia

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