Happy Birthday for Tuesday, June 10, 2025:

You are forthright, energetic and ready to speak your mind. You’re a problem-solver. This is a year of teaching and learning for you. Take time to renew your spiritual or religious beliefs. Explore philosophies that will get you closer to the true meaning of your life.

ARIES

(March 21-April 19)
★★★★
In the year ahead, home and real estate will get a marvelous boost from the universe. It’s an excellent time to invest in real estate. It’s also a wonderful time to improve where you live or move to better digs. Family life will be happier as well. Tonight: Study and learn.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)
★★★★
As lucky Jupiter moves into your House of Communications to stay for the next year, your ability to be more optimistic will grow. You will increase your contacts in your everyday world. In addition, relationships with relatives, especially siblings and cousins, will be excellent. Tonight: Check your finances.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)
★★★★★
Good news! In the next 12 months, you’ll get richer. This is because moneybags Jupiter has moved into your Money House to stay for a year. You might get a better paying job. You might get a raise. Money and gifts will come to you. Enjoy your good fortune! Tonight: Cooperate.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)
★★★★
For the first time in 12 years, lucky Jupiter has entered your sign, bringing you divine protection for the next 12 months. Life will flow more easily. People and resources will be drawn to you. Basically, the next 12 months will be fortunate for you in personal terms. Tonight: Work.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)
★★★★
A subtle shift is occurring now as Jupiter changes signs. Jupiter takes 12 years to go through all 12 signs, staying in each sign for about a year. This means that the next 12 months will enhance the spiritual and religious dimensions of your life. Tonight: Play!

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
★★★★
Your popularity will increase in the next 12 months because lucky Jupiter has just moved into your House of Friendships to stay for a year. Friends will be more supportive. Your idealism will grow, and you’ll want to make the world a better place. Tonight: Cocoon.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
★★★★
Once every 12 years, Jupiter sits at the top of your chart for a year, and this time has arrived. Expect a promotion at work, public recognition, awards or kudos. Your past efforts will be acknowledged. People will see you as successful and affluent. Bravo! Tonight: Conversations.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
★★★★★
Jupiter is now in your fellow Water Sign to stay for the next year. This will boost your creative potential! It will also boost your good health and a feeling of well-being. Financial matters will improve. Seek opportunities to travel and learn. Tonight: Money.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
★★★★
Lucky Jupiter has just entered the part of your chart that deals with the wealth and resources of others. This means that in the next 12 months, you might inherit. You will benefit from the resources and wealth of others. Perhaps your partner will get richer, which could indirectly benefit you. Tonight: You’re strong.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
★★★★
The next 12 months are a wonderful window of time for your sign to get married – the best in over a decade! Meanwhile, existing partnerships and close relationships will also benefit and improve. It’s also an excellent year to deal with experts – doctors, lawyers, counselors or astrologers. Tonight: Enjoy privacy.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
★★★★
You have marvelous opportunities to improve your health in the next 12 months. And likewise, you can improve your job or get a better job. Many of you will also have increased joy from pets because of the benefit of Jupiter traveling through your Sixth House. Tonight: Welcome a friend.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)
★★★★★
Good news! Lucky Jupiter is now in your fellow Water Sign ushering in a year where you can sit back and enjoy yourself. Your creative potential will be enormous. Your health will improve. It will also be a good time for finances and personal wealth. Tonight: You’re admired.

BORN TODAY

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Sources confirmed to The Denver Post on Monday that the Rapids agreed to a transfer fee of $1.6 million for Israeli international center back Stav Lemkin. The deal might not be finalized until some point during the MLS secondary transfer window, which runs from July 24 to Aug. 14.

Lemkin, 22, is on loan with the Israeli Premier League’s Maccabi Tel Aviv. His contract is with Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. The loan is due to finish at the end of June, with his base contract expiring in June of 2028, according to Transfermarkt.

He has three caps for the Israeli national team, all coming in the group stage of last year’s UEFA Euro qualifying rounds. He’s played in high-level club matches, too, starting or appearing in multiple Europa League matches with Tel Aviv against recognizable clubs like FC Porto and Real Sociedad.

There isn’t much film or many stats available on Lemkin, but he’s a hair below 6-foot-3, basically a prerequisite height for Rapids center backs.

But what his potential signing signals for the Rapids could be much bigger.

Perennial starting center back Andreas Maxsø garnered reported interest from Saudi Arabian teams over the offseason this past winter, but he ended up staying in Colorado.

It’s highly unlikely the Rapids would cough up seven figures for a bench player, and it’s equally unlikely the club would move to a five-back system that includes three center backs. They could move Chidozie Awaziem or Maxsø to the bench, but Awaziem is playing well and Maxsø is well compensated ($1.15 million annually, per the MLS Players’ Association).

Essentially, it may end up being the end of Maxsø in Colorado. If there’s still mutual interest in playing in the Saudi Pro League, he could make more money in a place known for its over-the-top contracts. And at 31, the Danish international doesn’t fit into the youth development prototype the Rapids want to model.

At the price point and with the club’s philosophy, a practical like-for-like pair of transactions would make sense, especially if Colorado could sell Maxsø for around Lemkin’s price or more.

An added wrinkle: Lemkin is eligible for a U-22 Initiative slot, but the Rapids don’t currently have one open. They could, however, shift from the three-Designated Player, three-U-22 model to the new two-DP, four-U-22 setup introduced last offseason. If the club went that direction, a DP — presumably winger Kévin Cabral, who has not produced at a DP level this season and hardly starts anymore — would have to depart for that to happen.

With a pivotal transfer window coming up amid an underwhelming start for the Rapids, an expensive deal for a center back is a puzzling choice for a team struggling to score (18 goals in 17 games, eighth-worst in MLS). But it could start a chain reaction that would continue a movement toward youth and the future.

Securing a young, talented center back is smart in theory, but only if the Rapids can make moves for better attacking talent, particularly on the flanks. Ted Ku-DiPietro is turning into a fantastic signing, but there’s simply not enough threat on the outside to be a 60-goal team like Colorado was last season.

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The temporary restrictions, which were put into effect at noon Monday, extend from the western boundary of unincorporated Jefferson County through the eastern limits of Golden, including Vanover Park.

Kayaks, river boards, whitewater canoes and multi-chambered professionally guided rafts are exempt but are encouraged to take extreme caution due to the safety concerns surrounding swift moving water and floating debris. All authorized users and occupants must use a Type I, Type III or Type V Coast Guard-approved flotation vest and helmet.

Water height and flows are expected to rise as the heavy snowpack continues to melt in the coming days.

The restrictions will be strictly enforced and violators may be issued a summons for a class 2 petty offense, punishable by a fine of up to $100.

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Evans, who represents Colorado’s competitive 8th Congressional District, criticized the state’s “radical leftist leaders” in a news release Monday after his resolution passed, saying they have enacted laws that “prioritize illegal immigrants over public safety.”

“The passing of my resolution ensures we condemn all acts of antisemitism and affirms that the free and open collaboration between state and local law enforcement with their federal counterparts is key in preventing future attacks like this,” he said.

All Republicans in Colorado’s congressional delegation voted in favor, except Lauren Boebert, who did not vote.

How is the Colorado congressional delegation voting?

One-hundred-thirteen Democrats, including Colorado's U.S. Reps. Jason Crow and Diana DeGette, voted against Evans' measure. The other two Democrats in Colorado's congressional delegation, U.S. Reps. Brittany Pettersen and Joe Neguse, voted in favor.

DeGette, in a news release, said Evans' resolution "exploits this incident to demonize migrants, celebrate ICE and ignore the real concerns of Jewish Americans."

She said she sided with a separate resolution introduced by Neguse that also condemns the attack but doesn't mention the alleged perpetrator, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the Egyptian national who used Molotov cocktails to injure more than a dozen people -- some severely -- who were marching along the Pearl Street Mall in solidarity with hostages still being held captive by the militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Soliman faces 118 charges, including dozens of counts of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault.

Neguse's resolution has not yet received a vote in the House.

A third resolution introduced by New Jersey Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew that condemned the Boulder attack and called for combating antisemitism in the United States passed the House on Monday by a 400-0 vote.

Evans' resolution lays out the various immigrant violations that authorities say were committed by Soliman, 45, since he first came to the country in 2022. He was living in Colorado Springs when authorities say he drove to Boulder on June 1 and targeted the hostage-advocacy group Run for Their Lives.

The attack, the resolution states, "demonstrates the dangers of not removing from the country aliens who fail to comply with the terms of their visas." And it "expresses gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland."

The votes on the competing resolutions came after a weekend of increasing violence and chaos in Los Angeles, as protesters demonstrated -- and in some cases rioted -- in response to federal immigration authorities acting under orders from the Trump administration arresting groups of suspected immigrants on Friday.

Protesters standing above the closed southbound 101 Freeway threw chunks of concrete, rocks, electric scooters and fireworks at California Highway Patrol officers and their vehicles that were parked on the highway. Officers ran under an overpass to take cover.

Nearby, at least four self-driving Waymo cars were set on fire, sending large plumes of black smoke into the sky and exploding intermittently as the electric vehicles burned.

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Until that changes, neither will anything on Nikola Jokic’s spring travel itinerary.

Another Memorial Day in Sombor. Another June with no parade. Another year closer to the end of the greatest career in Nuggets history.

So, to the next Denver general manager, especially if that’s interim Ben Tenzer, we humbly beseech three things.

First: Be heartened by the pluck and guile the Nuggets showed against the Thunder three weeks ago.

Second: Do not be fooled or charmed by it.

Third, and this is key: Do not give in to insanity. Do not do the same thing, over and over, and expect a different result.

Do not run it back. Please. For the love of Pete Williams, do not run it back.

Do not look at Thunder vs. Timberwolves or Thunder vs. Pacers and decide, in your head, that the job is mostly done. Do not settle. Do not tell yourself that rest, a coaching change and schematics are the only things between you and a return to the NBA Finals.

“You know, we took the Oklahoma City Thunder, (which) is playing some of the best basketball in the league, if not the best right now, to seven games,” Nuggets president Josh Kroenke reflected late last month. “Which, you know, is great. We took a great team to seven games. That series could have been 4-0 the other way. That series could have been 4-1 us. I don’t think we lost Game 7 during Game 7. I thought we lost Game 7 during Games 4 and 5.

“These series are very fragile things, and they come down to little moments in time and certain actions over the course of a few-minute span in games. And so while I think we were close in some ways, I don’t think it was a 4-0 sweep for Oklahoma City.”

It wasn’t. And they are close. But not “Nuggets-Thunder was the real NBA Finals!” close. You don’t hang banners for almosts.

Yes, the Nuggets took the best team in the West to seven games with their “Core Six” — the starting five plus Russell Westbrook — held together by guts, gauze and chewing gum. Michael Porter Jr. had one good shoulder. Aaron Gordon had one hamstring. Westbrook had one good hand.

The Nuggets played the underdog card as if Michael Malone, a terrier of a man who loved punching up, had never left. It was beautiful. Well, except for Game 2. And Game 7.

Ask yourself this question, and be honest: What would’ve happened to this same Nuggets team if it had sprung the upset vs. OKC and landed Minnesota in the conference finals?

Oh, you know. Anthony Edwards knows. Chris Finch knows. Russ knows. The Joker knows.

Deep down, Josh knows, too.

“We’re close,” Kroenke said, “but I don’t want to be naive in thinking of how close we are. But I don’t want to underestimate how close we were either. I mean, shoot, thinking back to the first round, I mean, we’re an Aaron Gordon tip-dunk away from perhaps coming back (to Denver) down 3-1. And then what does that series look like? Do we even have the opportunity to go out and try and chase a team as great as the Thunder? So there (are) lots of ways to kind of weigh how close we are.

“But I think that as a group, we feel confident that we can go toe to toe with a lot of teams around the league. And now we’re going to get to work seeing about how we can go toe to toe and then overtake them.”

For a start, the most impactful piece sitting next to Jamal Murray can’t be a heat pack.

The Nuggets, bless them, emptied the tank. They gave all they had. Which, by mid-May, wasn’t much. A roster that runs six deep won’t last two rounds before you throw a rod, before a timing belt snaps like a dry twig.

“I think that the way that our players responded over the last six, seven weeks or so really told the world that the Nuggets’ job, whether it’s coaching or front office, is a really special one,” Kroenke continued. “And especially where we are right now,”

Hope is fine. Delusion is the enemy of progress.

Until that bench gets addressed with more than lip service, someone’s always going to come along by Mother’s Day to steal Jokic’s Thunder. At this time of year, a first aid kit will carry you only so far before the plaster cracks.

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Questions mounted, too, over the legality of the governor’s move to turn over personal information to the agency leading the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, prompting a news conference that drew advocates as well as state lawmakers. Last week, a state official sued Polis to try to stop his office from responding to the subpoena from an arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“We are outraged as state employees that our governor wanted us to actively support that assault on our community and (make) us, as state workers, accomplices in an illegal and morally reprehensible act,” Colorado WINS president Diane Byrne said during the news conference outside Denver city hall.

The frustration with Polis comes amid deepening division around federal immigration enforcement nationally. Marines and National Guard troops have been deployed in Los Angeles in response to protests against immigration enforcement. Speakers in Denver on Monday called for the release of a California labor leader who was injured and arrested by immigration authorities over the weekend.

Colorado WINS, along with the state’s AFL-CIO chapter, is set to join the lawsuit filed by Scott Moss, a director within the state Department of Labor and Employment, accusing Polis of violating state law that regulates how information can be shared with immigration authorities.

The suit accuses Polis of personally deciding to turn over personal information about the sponsors of unaccompanied, undocumented children to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, despite Moss’ protests in internal discussions that it was illegal and would violate the trust of immigrants.

Polis’ office has maintained that it can legally turn over the information because the subpoena is part of a “specific” criminal investigation regarding child abuse.

But his office has not provided evidence supporting that claim, beyond pointing to the subpoena itself. A copy of the subpoena obtained by The Denver Post does not describe a specific criminal investigation. It cites a civil statute related to deportations and describes “investigative activities” intended to proactively check on children and ensure their safety, rather than a response to allegations of abuse.

On Monday, Polis spokeswoman Shelby Wieman pointed to a recent statement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about its efforts to check on children. The agency said it had found cases of child exploitation and abuse elsewhere among unaccompanied minors.

“These welfare checks are not primarily immigration enforcement focused,” DHS wrote of its efforts to find and contact undocumented children, “but if ICE agents or officers encounter individuals who are in the United States illegally, they take them into custody and process them for removal in accordance with federal immigration law.”

Several Democratic lawmakers attended Monday’s press conference, which came shortly after an initial court hearing in Moss’ lawsuit. One legislator — Sen. Julie Gonzales of Denver — questioned how Polis “can continue to think that he can lead our state.”

She later deflected when asked if she was calling on Polis to resign.

Questions about investigation

Moss’ first hearing in Denver District Court was a largely administrative affair, with a more determinative hearing set for June 23.

Moss alleges that Polis initially declined to comply with a subpoena sent in late April by ICE, which sought employment and personal information about the sponsors of unaccompanied and undocumented children.

But, Moss wrote, the governor later “personally” decided to fulfill the request and ordered Moss and other state employees to comply. The subpoena, which is not signed by a judge, seeks personal information about the sponsors, who are typically relatives caring for the kids while they await deportation proceedings.

Polis’ reversal came shortly after he signed Senate Bill 276, which expands restrictions in the law limiting how state employees can share data with immigration authorities.

Polis’ decision violates state law, Moss alleges. He’s asking a judge to rule that Polis’ request is illegal. Through his lawyer, Polis has agreed not to fulfill the subpoena until a judge rules on the legality of the governor’s directive.

Wieman said the state — after allegedly resolving not to respond to the subpoena for roughly a month — now regretted the delay caused by Moss’ lawsuit.

Polis’ office repeatedly maintained that it could fulfill the subpoena because it was related to a “specific … investigation regarding child exploitation, abuse, and trafficking,” spokesman Eric Maruyama said Thursday. State law allows information-sharing with ICE if the information is part of a criminal investigation or if the subpoena is signed by a judge.

The subpoena refers to “investigative activities” and states that ICE is seeking employment information of sponsors “to ensure that these children are appropriately located, properly cared for, and are not subjected to crimes of human trafficking or other forms of exploitation.” The subpoena does not provide any indication that ICE has received allegations that misconduct is taking place. It does not reference a specific criminal investigation.

Above that description is a box that ICE officials could check if the subpoena was “in regard to an investigation involving child exploitation and/or transmission of child pornography via the internet.” The box is not checked. The statute cited in the subpoena relates to civil immigration enforcement and the “expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens.”

A spokesman for ICE did not return a message seeking comment last week.

“There is nothing on the face of the subpoena that suggests that this is related to a criminal investigation,” David Seligman, whose nonprofit law firm Towards Justice also joined Moss’ suit, said Monday.

Lawmakers also asked for details

Polis spokeswoman Wieman said Monday that officials carefully considered the state’s response “in accordance with Colorado law.”

When repeatedly asked if Polis’ office had received any evidence or indication of a specific ICE investigation into child abuse, Wieman pointed to the subpoena’s reference to “investigative activities.” She said that “specifics of the investigation are not typically shared while the investigation is ongoing.”

“If there are people criminally exploiting the children, the Governor wants to ensure they are held fully accountable to the law, which could include prosecution and deportation if they are here illegally,” Wieman wrote.

Rep. Lorena Garcia, an Adams County Democrat who co-sponsored the bill expanding the state’s rules around sharing information with ICE, said she asked Polis’ chief of staff and one of his attorneys about the subpoena last week.

She was told, she said, that Polis’ office “believed” there was an investigation. When Garcia and other lawmakers asked for evidence of such an investigation, they didn’t receive any, she said.

“What I took from that conversation was that they were making an assumption because (ICE) is making a request,” Garcia said.

The question may become central to Polis’ defense against Moss’ lawsuit. On Monday, Moss’ lawyer, Laura Wolf, asked Denver District Judge A. Bruce Jones to compel Polis’ office to provide evidence of the criminal investigation that Polis has said he is eager to support.

Jones declined to do so. But if Polis or his office testifies about an investigation without evidence supporting its existence, Jones said, he would exclude that testimony.

Polis is being represented in Moss’ lawsuit by a private attorney, not by the office of Attorney General Phil Weiser. Polis spokesman Maruyama said last week that Weiser’s office had provided unspecified legal advice about the subpoena and was thus conflicted out of representing Polis.

A spokesman for Weiser, who is currently defending the state’s immigration laws against a Trump administration lawsuit, declined to say what legal counsel the AG’s office had provided.

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Lindell also continued his attacks against Eric Coomer, the former Dominion Voting Systems executive, even as he sought to distance himself from claims that he specifically coordinated attacks against Coomer at a 2021 convention Lindell organized about the conspiracy theory.

Lindell attacked Coomer as merely seeking money and grinding a political ax.

“(I) cost Dr. Coomer what?” Lindell said in response to a question from one of Coomer’s attorneys. “He’s out there suing people for money.”

Coomer filed suit against Lindell in April 2022. He accused Lindell of defaming him in a series of statements and media appearances, causing emotional and physical distress and costing him his career in election security.

Lindell has accused Coomer of treason and said he belongs in jail for being “part of the biggest crime this world has ever seen.” Lindell doubled down on his attacks against Coomer from the witness stand — but argued many of the more salacious statements were because Coomer sued him and Lindell was angry about the “lawfare.”

However, Coomer notes in his lawsuit that Lindell tied him to wider conspiracies about Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems and called him “treasonous” as early as May 2021.

An attorney for Lindell, upon cross-examination, asked if Lindell was perhaps being hyperbolic with some of his rhetoric. Lindell responded that, “In my mind, it’s pretty big. Now, if that’s hyperbole, that’s subjective, I suppose.”

Coomer accuses Lindell of parroting remarks that started with Colorado-based podcaster Joe Oltmann and broadcasting them to a wider audience. Oltmann accused “Eric, the Dominion guy” of coordinating with forces opposed to President Donald Trump to deny his reelection in 2020.

Oltmann repeated the statements during a panel at Lindell’s “Cyber Syposium” that was held in South Dakota in August 2021. On the stand Monday, Lindell sought to distance himself from Oltmann’s statements then. Lindell said he had lost his voice, and left the organizing of the Oltmann’s panel to other people.

“Who put them up there, to this day, I could not tell you,” Lindell said.

“So that’s another thing you’re not taking responsibility for,” Coomer’s attorney, Charles J. Cain, said. “You’re not taking responsibility for what you’ve done to Dr. Coomer, and you’re not taking responsibility for who got up on your stage.”

Coomer’s lawsuit is being heard by a jury in U.S. District Court in Denver. Coomer is asking for a retraction of all defamatory remarks made by Lindell and monetary damages.

Dominion has filed its own series of lawsuits over allegations it rigged the 2020 election against Trump. The company settled one lawsuit with Fox News for nearly $800 million.

Coomer has accused Lindell of seeking to profit from his alleged defamation. His legal team cited examples of him offering promo codes associated with election fraud claims, including this case.

Lindell said his pillow company is on “the razor’s edge” in the fallout of him becoming the face of election fraud and that he now has to borrow money to make payroll.

Testimony resumes Tuesday, and the trial is expected to continue through this week.

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I appreciated the opportunity to attend the May 27 town hall meeting hosted by Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Jason Crow and to learn of their concern for the growing threat to democracy posed by the Trump White House.

Unfortunately, I did not get the chance to ask Sen. Bennet why he is joining forces with the Republican administration in bolstering charter schools.

The president’s “big, beautiful bill” includes an estimated $6 billion in cuts for K-12 schools. It will devastate programs serving the most vulnerable students. But one of the few areas slated for an increase in Trump’s education budget is the charter school sector, in line for $60 million in new annual funding.

Sen. Bennet last month teamed up with Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy to reintroduce the Equitable Access to School Facilities Act, which will make it easier for charter schools to acquire public property and provide federal grants to states for charter school facilities. “Equitable” is an ironic choice of words, given that charter schools are exempt from dozens of requirements placed on neighborhood public schools.

I am having trouble squaring Bennet’s criticism of the Trump administration with his enthusiastic support for this MAGA priority, particularly as he splits time between his Senate responsibilities and his campaign for governor.

Wouldn’t it make more sense for Bennet to devote his energy to fighting for all Colorado students, not just the 15% enrolled in charter schools? Should we expect the same if he’s elected governor?

Karen Francisco, Littleton

It’s not about Biden; it’s about those around him

Re: “Let Biden live out his days in peace,” June 1 letter to the editor

The letter writer misses the point in her reply to the commentary, “Democratic leaders must reckon with the Biden coverup.”  Unveiling the cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s failing mental capacities and the fact that decisions and policies during the last administration were being made by unelected officials close to the president, close enough to witness his deterioration but seemingly dedicated to covering it up, was worthy of a reveal.

Jack Tapper’s book is explosive in that it finally says out loud what should have been obvious to anyone observing Biden’s public appearances toward the latter part of his term. The book’s purpose, in my opinion, was not to “pile on” Biden but rather was, in part, an attempt to exonerate the people in the media and in the administration who were willing to look the other way on what was happening.

I sympathize with Biden and with what he must have been experiencing during the latter part of his administration. I, too, feel that the man deserves to live out his days in peace. However, the lessons in what transpired are important and worthy of everyone’s attention.

Karen Libby, Denver

Restaurants ‘in a tough spot’

Re: “Polis signs much-amended restaurant wages bill,” June 5 news story

It is no secret that eating out is too expensive for most folks these days. As an example, three of us went to The Cheesecake Factory on Tuesday night. Not exactly high-end. We paid $95 without tip for a quesadilla, lettuce wrap, meatloaf, one mixed drink and my non-alcoholic beer.

We all understand workers need to earn a living, but there are no earnings if there are no customers. Restaurants are definitely in a tough spot.

Jack Inderwish, Aurora

Republican efforts to undermine the installation of residential solar panels couldn’t come at a worse time for a population facing public safety power shutoffs due to high winds and attendant wildfire danger. Electricity is critical to everything from life-saving medical devices to something as simple as recharging the cell phone needed to receive evacuation notices. There’s trouble ahead for us all.