{"id":475,"date":"2025-06-04T11:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canoeinstructor.com\/?p=475"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:09:58","slug":"do-we-really-need-a-20-million-walkway-from-the-capitol-to-a-park-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canoeinstructor.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/do-we-really-need-a-20-million-walkway-from-the-capitol-to-a-park-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Do we really need a $20 million walkway from the Capitol to a park? (Letters)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pedestrian walkway at Capitol too pricey<\/h4>\n

Re: “First images show pedestrian walkway<\/a>,” May 23 news story<\/p>\n

A proposed pedestrian walkway\/bridge is under consideration to run through Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park as a celebration of Colorado’s 150th birthday in 2026. This walkway is to run from Broadway, through the Memorial Park, up and over Lincoln Street, and then up to the Capitol. Really?<\/p>\n

Seriously, do we really need to spend money on this? Can’t we just put up a plaque somewhere saying Colorado is 150 years old?<\/p>\n

This thing is estimated to cost between $18 million and $20 million. Some of the funds are supposedly coming from private donations. Surely, in these days of cuts to so many vital services, the money can be better spent elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Paulette Wray, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n

Air traffic control crumbles, warnings ignored<\/h4>\n

The current “mess” in the United States air traffic control system should not and is not a partisan issue. The safety of all Americans is a fundamental duty of our elected officials. They have failed miserably. I am so disgusted that so many of our issues are handled in a reactive mode instead of being proactive. The air traffic control system has been outdated for many years in both Republican and Democratic Congresses. Is it going to take a preventable air disaster where hundreds of lives are needlessly lost? The warning signs are on display on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

In the same vein, the credit of the United States has just been downgraded. The blame lies in all of our politicians. However, I am afraid that it is too late to act proactively, and the reactive solution may not be enough.<\/p>\n

Allen Vean, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n

Pay back the workers: Billionaires’ donation should go to Social Security<\/h4>\n

I just saw an article online that said that many of America’s billionaires were planning or pledging to “give” away $600 billion to various charities. Well, I’d like to make a suggestion to these people: donate a few billion dollars to the nation’s Social Security account. After all, it is the everyday working class that has helped make you people extremely wealthy, and as we all know, our government seems reluctant to put money back into the fund that they have raided over and over.<\/p>\n