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“Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on ‘I am not too sure.’” H. L. Mencken

In mid-July, Colorado Governor Jared Polis imposed a mask mandate onto all businesses. The mandate forced businesses to require window shoppers and consumers to wear masks inside their private premises. This came after he claimed mask mandates were unenforceable, and that he also preferred to let local, smaller communities decide on mask mandates.

Vacation rental giants like Airbnb and VRBO are mired in litigation with their clients and hosts challenging the companies over refunds brought on by COVID-19 related closures, amid other issues. Entire class-action lawsuits have escalated the debates around the company’s refund policies. Amid the crisis, Airbnb is said to have lost over 80 percent of its business. Such a decline in activity has rendered the company a casualty of the pandemic-related economic slide.

Once known as The Queen City of the Plains or the Gateway to the Rockies, Denver is rapidly descending into a cesspool of violence and filth. Fifteen years ago, if I met a friend for dinner in LoDo or went to a game at Pepsi Center, I would walk back along the 16th Street Mall at 10 or 11 o’clock with little concern for my safety. Today, it’s not worth the risk or the hassle.

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Colorado Springs business owners roll with the punches in the face of an unprecedented challenge.

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You're probably ecstatic over the many reopening plans in progress. The SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease have been unprecedented challenges for the states and local communities.

“…The formation of public policy is public business and may not be conducted in secret,” declares the text of Colorado’s original open meetings law.

“I think every single human being should be deemed a free human being,” says Danny Bristow.