Susan Knopf
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Opinion | Susan Knopf: Thinking out of the box
As I walked into the room, more chairs were rolled in, to accommodate more than 100 people gathered to discuss housing options and opportunities in Summit County. Commissioner Tamara Pogue moderated the far-ranging conversation with... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: What’s working for housing?
Housing is the top of conversation for many folks here in Summit County. County officials are working on it, but it’s not fast enough to meet needs. Then again, it’s not the kind of issue... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: How much would you pay?
Housing tops the list of the most vexing worries here in Summit County and across the country. County staff and elected officials are working to address the issue. Some ideas will be featured in this... → Read More
Opinon | Susan Knopf: No one wants to be an outsider
Last Saturday, I taught a 6 and 7 year old how to ski. At the end of the two-hour lesson, we skied down from beginner chair seven at Loveland. Their moms looked happy and said... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: They cost us money
If you live in Summit County, and you need an abortion procedure, you’ll have to drive and take some time off work. No abortion procedures are performed in Summit County. Your medical provider can write... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: I just want to work
My friend Saurabh Mahajan expects to wait 17 years to get a green card. He is working in Denver under an H-1B visa for a top-tier engineering firm. In two weeks, he will mark six... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Immigration — rearview mirror
Through the holidays, I noticed pedestrian immigration on the southern border kept popping up in the news. It’s a hot right wing finger-pointing issue. For the record, immigration has been a flash point conversation for... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Chanukah fright
This week is Chanukah. And yes you can spell that Hannukah, or Hanukah. Britannica says there are more than 20 variations in spelling. That’s because it’s transliterated from Hebrew, and Aramaic before that. This week... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Independent state legislature theory is in the courts
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. On Dec. 7, 2022 Republicans dropped a bomb on our democracy. The coincidence isn’t lost on me, and it should trouble you. On Dec. 7, the U.S.... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Celebrate LGBTQ
Tolerance is not enough. It’s the lowest common denominator, and we can do better. Atticus Fournette works at a local ski area. He told me tolerance is tolerable, but celebrating is better. Thanks Atticus for... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: The red mirage
I am thankful that we got through this election cycle and proved history, and the analysts wrong. A lot of liars lost. American democracy won. Thank you voters! Democrats held the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, the... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Judges and propositions
For the record, there has never been a more important time to cast your vote. You may want to consider what’s coming, your fruits not yet harvested. The Biden infrastructure bill will improve our roads... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Your vote counts
Your vote has never mattered more. Our nation is at risk. Democracy is on the ballot. People running for state and national office across the country, and right here in Colorado, are committed to overturning... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Keep us safe and reelect FitzSimons
The sheriff’s election is a lot like asking why the sixth grade class president shouldn’t be the superintendent of the school district. Experience, training and community relationships are essential elements that make a great county... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Vote green
President Biden drove through Minturn on Wednesday. He was here to sign an executive order creating the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument. Creation of the 53,000-acre national monument has been the 15 year project of... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Independent legislature theory — a storm ahead
Remember Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz? In Kansas, like in Colorado, you have to watch the sky for the weather that’s coming. Here in Colorado being in the wrong place at the wrong time... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Let’s save lives
No one is seeking the right to kill a baby. The idea is dark and grotesque. I am consistently astounded how many so called “right to life” folks seem to have no appreciation for the... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: ‘A fight worth winning’
Democracy is on the ballot in November. It was the top of conversation when Colorado’s U.S. Senator Michael Bennet stopped by to chat with the locals at Frisco Historic Park a few weeks ago. Bennet... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Welfare for the wealthy
I’m so sick of hearing about welfare queens and people mooching off the system. The biggest rip-offs are at the top of the economic spectrum. Some of the richest Americans pay no federal income taxes.... → Read More
Opinion | Susan Knopf: Anybody have a fire hose?
It seems to me the right wingers have taken playbook pages from a radical Islamist jihad. Salman Rushdie was attacked for writing about the Prophet Mohammed in ways that created offense. The New Yorker magazine... → Read More