It’s time to start repairing the image of Democrats being effete and feckless. They can start by grooming Sen. Mark Kelly (Arizona) and Rep. Jason Crow (Colorado) as the next president and vice president candidates. As a former union man with a master’s degree in environmental policy and management, I have a foot in both the working class and the intellectual elite. Like most people, I am loosely anchored somewhere in the middle third of the political spectrum. It is imperative that we unseat this prospective dictator and prevent one of his clownish cronies from inheriting his throne. The two men mentioned above are the first step toward retaining a constitutional republic.<\/p>\n
Jim Arneberg, Hoffman Estates, Ill.<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Powering Big Data<\/a>,” March 9 commentary<\/p>\n Allen Best\u2019s column highlighted concerns with House Bill 1177<\/a>. The driver behind the bill is interest in capturing data center growth for Colorado. I applaud such interest, but there are other ways of capturing some of that business without imposing speculation risk on Coloradans.<\/p>\n \u201cConsumer Regulated Electricity\u201d or CRE is one such alternative. CRE would allow investors to create new and independent electric utilities using their own capital to focus on the data centers. These new utilities (\u201cCRE Utilities\u201d) would be able to build projects much faster and with far greater innovation than is possible today. If Colorado can enable faster development of new electricity supplies, the state would have a tremendous competitive advantage.<\/p>\n CRE\u2019s features create the landscape for speed and innovation. Most critically, CRE Utilities will sell only to large, sophisticated customers. Second, CRE Utilities will be islanded. That means that they and their customers will form an electricity island, not connected to existing grids or utilities. Third, CRE Utilities won\u2019t need to be regulated by the PUC. Since CRE Utilities will sell only to large, sophisticated customers and not residential customers and they can\u2019t affect the cost or reliability of the regulated grids or utilities since they\u2019re islanded, there simply is no need for PUC oversight.<\/p>\n Instead of speculating on data center growth with the money of Coloradans, I urge the House to consider CRE and other alternatives before considering House Bill 1177.<\/p>\n Glen Lyons, Houston Texas<\/em><\/p>\n A recent article<\/a> by the American Medical Association (AMA)\u00a0 shows four ways blood pressure measurements are done incorrectly. The AMA estimates that blood pressure management is altered incorrectly in 20% to 45% of all readings.<\/p>\n The AMA, in conjunction with the American Heart Association, has published a detailed procedure<\/a>\u00a0on how blood pressure should be measured. A few of the key requirements\u00a0are three to five minutes of quiet sitting in a chair\u00a0with feet flat on the floor and back supported before the measurement is taken, measurement on bare skin, and measurement when the bladder is empty.<\/p>\n I am 82 years old and in all my doctor and hospital and doctor visits, I have never been tested using this procedure.\u00a0 In talking to family and friends, no one\u00a0has been properly tested.<\/p>\nBefore considering HB 1177, consider “Consumer Regulated Electricity”<\/h4>\n
Accurate blood pressure readings is crucial<\/h4>\n