Pam Zubeck has a few questions: How about raising taxes on visitors instead of residents?
The other day, a link popped into my text messages from Research-Polls, saying it was “conducting a study on local…
I don’t want my art collection to be buried when I am
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. If…
Pikes Peak Bulletin needs opinion piece policy to avoid shutting voices out
This opinion piece was written in response to “A reader calls us out and we consider his point,” in the…
Je ne regrette rien
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. As…
Opinion: Talking with my friend Yemi about the nightclub raid and his values
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade and I have been friends since he helped open The Wild Goose Meeting House. When…
Colorado Springs should vote ‘no’ on Karman Line
Voters in Colorado Springs will soon receive ballots by mail for the June 17 special election. It presents a single…
Make love(ly memories on a boat), not war
The future is unknowable, the present changes from minute to minute, but ah the past!! Shapeshifting, constantly receding and sometimes…
OPINION: The Mayflower and the coffin maker
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. We…
Three principles of real change
“I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but…
Trump, Macbeth and assorted villains
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. Let’s…
Resist the impulse to respond with shame and threat
Here’s the thing about fascism. It can be contagious. Regardless of your opinion of our president, you can’t doubt that…
End the geezer takeover: put a maximum age limit on the presidency
Like virtually every other American octogenarian, I’m only alive because of modern medicine. I was a fragile and often sickly…
On Steve Bannon, JW Roth, free speech and responsibility
In this opinion piece, I will explain why a gay wedding is not like Steve Bannon, and how making money…
Remembering other times, other lives in the cruellest month
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. April…
Signalgate is a truly scandalous security breach
At what point will a Trump administration scandal be an actual scandal? He’s already had numerous scandals that would have…
The state of our municipal infrastructure: Roads, parks, and public spaces
As your mayor, my three core responsibilities are clear: ensuring public safety, maintaining public infrastructure and preserving public parks. These…
How to make it until 2028
As long as Donny Dementia is wreaking havoc in the White House, there will always be something for appreciative, cynical…
The great bromance of Donald Trump and Elon Musk
Here’s a quotation from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, “The Great Gatsby,” first published on April 10, 1925. “They were careless…
My pick for Colorado Springs City Council District 3
Especially in this time of national political instability, unpredictability and even outright lunacy, it’s important to elect local leaders that…
Gambling and gardening – and gambling on a garden – this spring
In her 1932 autobiography “Heritage of Years” Francis Wolcott wrote a telling sentence in her prologue. “If there be but…