Joe Heller,

A noble profession

Investigative reporters are stalwart and very important for our society. They put their lives on the line reporting locally and nationally. They investigate essential information that is crucial for our democracy. Kudos and gratitude to them all!

And one more thing, I hope The Denver Post survives. We need a local paper.

G. Yoakum, Lakewood

Avs, Nuggets fans turned off

Re: “Billionaires’ battle leaves fans longing for end,” Oct. 3 sports commentary

First, Altitude Sports blasts us with slick TV ads talking about how terrible it is that big bullies Comcast and the satellite TV companies won’t carry Altitude Sports’ content and that fans should contact the big bullies in droves. A Denver Post sports columnist piles on by running an interview with billionaire Stan Kroenke sniffling that he’s just a picked-upon little guy.

Then KUSA-Channel 9 (owned by Tegna) runs banner ads during popular programming stating that Spectrum won’t carry KUSA’s signal and urging fans to contact Spectrum in droves. This is a contract dispute, pure and simple, between billion-dollar people and/or companies over who gets what money to carry a sports channel’s or network broadcaster’s signals.

Why doesn’t Kroenke Sports take the money they are spending on ads and hire attorneys, sit down with Comcast and the satellite companies, and hammer out a contract fair to all? Why don’t Tegna’s attorneys sit down with Spectrum and likewise reach an agreement beneficial to both?

No company is going to be swayed by emails and voicemails saying, “We want our Avalanche (or KUSA) broadcasts!” But it’s a great way for Kroenke and Tegna to get your contact info through their “give us your outrage here” websites. No Avs/Nuggets player or KUSA anchor is down to their last food stamp and facing an angry landlord demanding the rent. This is between big-bucks businesspeople/corporations. Let them be big boys and girls and negotiate a fair contract.

Peter Gross, Englewood

Nuggets coach Michael Malone states that if you can’t watch sports on TV, “Get your (butt) to the arena.” How condescending is that remark?

Considering the cost of tickets, concessions, parking and transportation, it is not a viable option for the average fan to spend that kind of money to sit and watch overpaid athletes, coaches and general managers. I am perfectly comfortable keeping my “butt” at home.

Michael Hult, Arvada

Socialism as a dirty word

Enough with the socialism accusations! What about the socialism of bailing out banks and corporations, subsidizing the fossil fuel industry or the farmers being hurt by the tariffs? How would you like to live without the socialized military, police or fire departments? How about we quit funding the socialism of our roads? Our tax dollars fund many socialist programs!

Janice Brown, Englewood

Defending the Electoral College

Re: “Referendum on presidential voting is a Hobson’s choice,” Oct. 6 commentary

I agree that Gov. Jared Polis’s decision to include Colorado in the compact to abolish the Electoral College was “awful.” The decision to prevent an individual vote on the matter was worse.

What the Electoral College does more than anything else is to preserve a diversity of opinions. California and New York may have more voters but our present system of inclusion, including opinions with which we disagree, gives meaning to minorities.

I encourage Colorado voters to keep the Electoral College and withdraw from the compact.

Stanley M. Slowik, Evergreen

Will of the people?

Has it struck anyone else as odd that the same crowd that advocates in one breath for protecting TABOR as the will of the people are comfortable in the next breath seeking to overturn the will of the people through a recall process of recently elected officials?

Edward C. Krug, Lakewood

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