January 22, 2025

By Steven Altschuler
As submitted to the Longmont Times Call
Regarding the Longmont City Council

Last year Longmont City Council member Marcia Martin decided to move to New York and care for her ill daughter. Cannot fault her for that as family should always come first. She rented a unit in N.Y. for over a year and in the spring of 2024 almost all of her council meetings were done by Zoom. However, there is a City Council requirement that any council member needs to be a resident of Longmont and of the Ward for which they were elected. 

There is also a requirement that if a council member resigns, or is no longer able to perform their duties, and is forced to step down, then that member needs to be replaced. If that member is gone with MORE than 1 year left on their term, then the city needs to hold a special election. If the member leaves with less than 1 year left, then the remaining board members must appoint someone to take the members place for the duration of that term.

Here is where I feel the corruption came into play. On July 23rd, 2024 (way more than 1 year before the next election) City Council members called Marcia on her lack of residency and said she must step down. However, after over 30 minutes of checking calendars and dates and schedules, they decided to NOT make her removal official until the 3rd of December. Thereby allowing the remaining Liberal board members to appoint a replacement of their choice, instead of allowing the residents to vote. 

January 21, 2025

By George Tristan

Quietly, the Democrats have stopped calling President Trump, “Hitler.” Now, they’ve self-righteously latched onto calling him a “felon.” Are they not aware that the mere act of ceasing to call him Hitler - is an admission that it was always a lie? Eventually, the felon label will also fade away, either due to the appellate process or because Democrats will move on to more creative fear-mongering slander, such as, “Trump is Darth Vader!” I suppose President Trump deserves the petty attacks, considering he called former President Biden “lying Joe,” and there’s “crazy Nancy,” or, my personal favorite, “pencil-neck Schiff."  What comes around, goes around.

Instilling fear and loathing into hearts and minds of the Democrat faithful, while avoiding objective truth, is the superpower the Democrat machine possesses to exert mind control - like a Jedi Master. It’s why students on college campuses across our nation chanted, “I am Hamas!”. Which may be the all-time unethical and immoral position Democrats have ever ascribed to, identifying and in agreement with terrorists that raped wives and mothers in front of their family members (https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-terrorists-systematically-intentionally-committed-sexual-violence-oct-7-attack-report).

January 21, 2025

By Don Cage

Gun Ban SB25-003
Do we really have to go through this again? The waste of time and millions of taxpayer dollars for a gun ban that will do nothing to disarm criminals nor reduce crime. I would think even the democrats themselves would realize that it’s simply a total waste, and for what? An obviously unconstitutional law that will be litigated through the court system and eventually struck down as such. Their goal is to disarm all Colorado citizens – making us subjects, and this is just another step in their process.

January 7, 2025

George Tristan Opinion

Progressivism is defined as “a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform.” Many progressives identify themselves as social justice warriors (SJW), activists who largely focus on the perceived discrimination of marginalized people groups. The term used in today’s lexicon to brand radical progressivism is “woke-ism.” People who are “woke” are said to possess a broader understanding of existing social inequities and champion the fight to reengineer societal norms. The religion of progressivism implies progress; in truth, it does not achieve this goal. I argue that progressivism is regressive and that if not restrained will lead to the further erosion in the greatness of American exceptionalism.