Reader: 65 percent of people in Colorado are wack jobs

Our post about the latest police officer to wind up on the wrong side of the law -- Colorado Springs's Jeffrey Warkocz -- prompted a conversation that spun off in many directions. An example is the following comment from a reader who thinks a majority of people in this state...
By Michael RobertsJune 27, 2014
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Our post about the latest police officer to wind up on the wrong side of the law — Colorado Springs’s Jeffrey Warkocz — prompted a conversation that spun off in many directions. An example is the following comment from a reader who thinks a majority of people in this state are more than a little bit off.

Breeanna Back writes:

Because 65% of the people that live in Colorado are wack jobs. I may be young and not well ‘seasoned,’ but of all the places I’ve been and all the things I’ve seen Colorado, by far has the most screwed up scene of people. There is something deliberately wrong. I think it may have something to do with living in the weirdest grassland dessert on the planet.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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