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Buffalo Stampede without the Buffaloes? I’ve been attending the Buffalo Stampedes for years; they are such a good idea! Fun for everyone; fun for families; fun for the community! We’re so lucky in wonderful Boulder to have such a great gathering spot on Pearl Street! It has always been exciting to see the players without their uniforms, so you can see the people under the helmets and to see the coaches shake some hands, catch some footballs. However, this year the football team has been mostly absent from the festivities. It’s certainly great to feature other CU sports, but since it’s a pep rally for the football game, it’s more meaningful when the football team is there! The rallies have felt more subdued this year without them. Bring back the Buffs to the Buffalo Stampede, please. Stephen Margolin, Boulder Businesses should provide local transportation It’s unfortunate that City Council plans for an updated road maintenance program do not seem to include public transportation. As other cities have found, new roads and highways induce increased driving. If RTD cannot improve transit, the City, and popular business and entertainment venues such as Dairy Arts Center, Rayback Collective and others, should take responsibility. This should include night and weekend service. Businesses could run shuttles from well-served RTD stops, and make it easier to use taxis and Lyft. Numerous locations east of Foothills Parkway have no transit service. Nationwide, transportation causes about 40% of greenhouse gas emissions. If we do not do something, traffic congestion, aggressive driving and Boulder’s part in exacerbating climate change will keep getting worse. Andrea Monk, Boulder The US is not at war, just guilty of murder I’ve heard the argument that drug “terrorists” are killing Americans as a reason to kill people from Venezuela. My issue is that nobody mentions that these individuals aren’t doing this to deliberately kill Americans (their reason for this being OK, which is what people would be doing if we were actually at war). That argument doesn’t hold water, though. If they end up killing the people who are buying their drugs, they lose a customer, so they would definitely not be deliberately killing Americans. Therefore, we are not at war with them and instead are guilty of murder. Beth Cole, Boulder An ode to Cone Zones You can think of these road construction projects as possibly the last road improvements we will see as our government runs out of transportation funds. You can be grateful that the roads are being repaired due to normal wear and tear … not bombings. You can hang your head out the driver’s side window and scream expletives, as I recently observed on Jay and the Diagonal. You know who you are. You can get so enraged that after only three cars get through the turn on one green arrow, you and two other cars proceed to turn illegally, hoping not to be caught by photo radar. One Boulderite has a personal license plate that reads, “Desiderata,” with one letter missing. Your choice. I’ll go for a hybrid attitude. Karen Morgan, Boulder We can dream that we still live in a democracy President Trump is reportedly seeking $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department in administrative claims related to investigations into his alleged criminal conduct. His former criminal lawyers are now the Justice Department officials who will decide whether to pay him. Knowing that the Justice Department isn’t objective, the president said, “It’s awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself.” Strange indeed. Before these payments are made, wouldn’t it make sense to have a hearing in court about whether the prior investigations were legitimate? We could finally have a judicial determination about the propriety and merit of investigating his election interference and mishandling of classified documents. It’ll never happen; the grift goes on. But we can still dream that we live in a democracy under the rule of law. Conrad Lattes, Boulder
