We'd all like to move to the mountains and close the door behind us, but that's not possible. That's life. If "Bob" and "Name withheld" feel they need more room, there's some nice land in the Yukon for sale.
Laura Bard
Fairplay
I do not see how anyone can prevent "Bob" from removing summit registers or, for that matter, what the Colorado Mountain Club would do with Bob if they ever caught him. It would be better if they rescinded their reward. He likely will continue to remove registers as fast as it pleases him and his buddies. The Colorado Mountain Club might continue putting registers up there as often as they always have, and if they don't, then there are large numbers of climbers who will leave their own homemade registers. Bob's quest seems rather futile.
We have been through another futile dispute before: talented nurse up against the Denver city-residency rule (Steve Jackson's "Denver or Busted," September 14). The politicos who made the rule and the voters who ratified it have been firm and clear: Residency counts before any other qualification for a job with the City and County of Denver, and the courts have upheld the city's authority to do that. So that leaves two issues out there, two things that need doing. The friends of Georgia Caven need to either help her find a safe and affordable neighborhood in Denver or help her find a fulfilling job that has no such job requirement. And the voters and residents of Denver ought to consider what needs changing in their city to provide safe and affordable neighborhoods for the Georgia Cavens of the world, for everybody else and especially for themselves.
David Olson
Littleton
The American Way
Like many other Latinos, I am in total agreement with Erika Davila's letter in the September 14 issue. I was hurt when I saw Kenny Be's August 31 cartoon depicting "Latino protest season." It's a shame that Westword would ever consider printing it. Unfortunately, many of us are too blind to see or even care about our situation!
When landing at Plymouth Rock (after Columbus invaded "America"), these relocated Europeans had to depend on the "uncivilized red-skinned Injuns" (as many of our televised Western heroes have put it) for their first Thanksgiving! What we fail to realize is that Latinos/Chicanos/Hispanics, etc., were a part of "America" before Aztlan became "America"! My ancestors conquered and tamed the area in and around the San Luis Valley. They were doing pretty damned good before land grants, magistrates and the so-called Constitution ever existed!!
Wake up, Latinos. Take a look at our jails and prisons. At least 90 percent of the population is made up of "minorities." Talk to the prisoners. Listen to their stories--the arrests, the trials, the convictions--then ask about the living conditions, how time is wasted, etc. Probably 75 percent of these people are illiterate; education is a must! Does this "Constitution" even exist for us?
It's no wonder that our children fight the system. Hard work and honesty has never been a part of the "American way" for us.
Fred L. Medina
Denver County Jail
At Cross Purposes
Has anyone noticed the growing hostility toward and intolerance of Christianity? It is well demonstrated regularly in Westword and most recently by Jane Conrad's October 5 tirade in the Letters column.
Dishonesty, lies and disinformation are the lifeblood of the anti-Christian rhetoric that is loudly trumpeted by those who constantly attack Christians. I do not defend all actions by all who claim to be Christians. I would oppose some more than you ever could. People in any category can be found deserving of criticism. It is typical to mock, attack and denigrate Christians in any way possible, but this misses the point entirely. The substance of Christian faith is never addressed.
So it all comes down to this: Who do you say Jesus Christ is? I suggest that you give it some serious thought and a sincere examination, because your conclusion is most important.
David Petti
Denver
All Together Now Regarding Michael Roberts's "Come Together--Again," in the September 14 issue:
Racing profound, a thought inspection
Detailed life, of Mr. Roberts's collection
Ideas being sought, letters he's saved
Of old bands reuniting and the money they'll make.
Gone is the image that was way before
But you sit at your desk in 1994
The capturing of a moment, Mr. Roberts, gone by
Tuning right in, the money wasn't right.
You'll spend your life looking at letters that are gone forever
Strange as it may be, it's just the moments of your life.
Jeff Crabb
Aurora
