 Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | | |
| | | | | BY MEGAN SCHRADER
MSCHRADER@DENVERPOST.COM / @MEGANSCHRADER Last week, a letter writer shared a story about how the Colorado High School Activities Association sidelined her sons because the organization
failed to recognize that increased tuition rates and lost scholarships were a hardship worthy of accommodation. The Denver Post editorial board echoed this letter writer's call for reform at CHSAA in an editorial that ran in December, "Don
't punish Colorado's high school athletes. Instead, protect them from vulture recruiters (Editorial)." The editorial was prompted by excellent reporting from The Denver Post sports team, highlighting the problem of loopholes and flaws in the student transfer rules. For too long, the organization has punished students rather than regulating coaches. The emphasis is
on controlling the movements of parents and students (when we all know that people move and switch schools for legitimate reasons) instead of cracking down on bad and harmful recruitment behavior from coaches. Want to sound off on a topic? Tap here to submit a letter to the editor or email your letter to openforum@denverpost.com.
 Joe Heller, hellertoons.com
Want to reach out? Email me or find me on X. While you're at it, follow The Denver Post Opinion Page on X. Forward this to a friend so they can subscribe to the newsletter, too. | | | | “(CHSAA’s) language promises equity, but its bylaws do not deliver. Without change, qualified students will continue to be denied opportunities to meet their highest potential. — Joel Williams, Parker | | | | | Colorado lawmakers did the right thing for government transparency last week. First in a vote of 43-19, representatives in the Colorado House voted to increase transparency of municipal courts, and then three lawmakers on a Senate committee voted against a bill that would have allowed local governments and state agencies to delay releasing records to the public for weeks. | | | | | “I pray our state legislature will condemn HB-1030 to the corporate welfare hell it belongs in. Instead, they should support Senate Bill 102 that will hopefully properly regulate these tax-eating, water-wasting, and electricity-gobbling monstrosities.” — Terry Talbot, Grand Junction | | | | | When lawmakers and Gov. Jared Polis promised you $34 million in tax credits to come to Colorado, we had sufficient surpluses to give you those tax credits … now things have changed. | | | | | “Trump has granted clemency to all manner of criminals from violent January 6 rioters to corrupt politicians and fraudulent businessmen,” Kafer writes. “No matter how much pressure he puts on our state, we must hold out against his demands.” | | | | | Gov. Jared Polis has questioned whether justice was evenly applied when comparing the length of the sentence imposed on former Republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters with the sentence imposed on former Democratic Colorado State Senator Sonya Jacquez Lewis last week. | | | |
