{"id":395,"date":"2025-05-06T11:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezcpv.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:39:23","slug":"what-would-the-state-of-canada-do-with-its-electoral-votes-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ezcpv.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/what-would-the-state-of-canada-do-with-its-electoral-votes-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"What would the \u201cstate\u201d of Canada do with its electoral votes? (Letters)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>What would the &#8220;state&#8221; of Canada do with its electoral votes?<\/h4>\n<p>Re: &#8220;Prime Minister&#8217;s Liberal Party wins election upended by Trump,&#8221; April 29 news story<\/p>\n<p>If Canada were annexed, it would get nearly 50 electoral votes, and obviously, it would be a long time before the Republican Party could hope to win those. Facing 125 or so electoral votes just from New York, California and Canada, we would probably never see a Republican president again. Do we all wonder if Donald Trump knows this?<\/p>\n<p><em>Don Reckseen, Broomfield<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>AmeriCorps volunteers pay it forward<\/h4>\n<p>Re: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/04\/29\/americorps-cuts-colorado-lawsuit-trump\/\">AmeriCorps cuts prompt Colorado, other Democratic-led states to sue<\/a>,&#8221; April 30 news story<\/p>\n<p>I was an AmeriCorps volunteer in 1996, during the early days of the federal program that was recently dismantled by the Trump administration. I had just graduated from Penn State and had significant student loan debt. I was community-oriented and wanted to \u201cgive back.\u201d So I served as a volunteer for the Sioux YMCA on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. I ran after-school programs for Lakota youth living in a very small, rural community.<\/p>\n<p>AmeriCorps inspired me to pursue my Master of Public Health degree so that I could make a greater impact on people\u2019s health and well-being. Because of my volunteer experience, I was accepted into one of the top public health schools in the country. Upon graduating 25 years ago, I moved to Colorado and entered the public sector, where I worked at Girls Inc. of Metro Denver and then for 17 years at the Colorado Department of Public Health. I have also volunteered all of these years in Denver because of what AmeriCorps taught me about the value of community service. Because of Americorps, I have consequently impacted thousands of Coloradans, hopefully positively!<\/p>\n<p>So while Federal programs may seem like an extraneous, irrelevant waste of funds, Americorps changed my life. And I am pretty sure that it has impacted yours too, in ways that you may not even realize.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gina Febbraro, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Religious freedoms for charter schools?<\/h4>\n<p>Re: &#8220;Publicly funded religious charter schools: Roberts might hold key high-court vote,&#8221; May 1 news story<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/05\/07\/colorado-economists-tariffs-manufacturing\/\" title=\"Colorado economists question the goals, approach of U.S. tariffs\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tColorado economists question the goals, approach of U.S. tariffs\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/05\/07\/hercules-industries-denver-manufacturing-tariffs\/\" title=\"&#8216;Made in USA&#8217; gives edge to Denver manufacturer, but doesn&#8217;t spare it effects of tariffs\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t&#8216;Made in USA&#8217; gives edge to Denver manufacturer, but doesn&#8217;t spare it effects of tariffs\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/05\/07\/denver-city-council-suncor-contract-reject\/\" title=\"Denver rejects $25 million asphalt contract with Suncor because of refinery&#8217;s pollution\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tDenver rejects $25 million asphalt contract with Suncor because of refinery&#8217;s pollution\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/04\/28\/trump-tariffs-small-business-denver-colorado\/\" title=\"Denver-area small businesses navigate ever-changing tariffs, uncertainty\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tDenver-area small businesses navigate ever-changing tariffs, uncertainty\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/04\/27\/vietnam-war-saigon-anniversary-denver\/\" title=\"For many in Denver&#8217;s Vietnamese community, the fall of Saigon 50 years ago brought a new beginning\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tFor many in Denver&#8217;s Vietnamese community, the fall of Saigon 50 years ago brought a new beginning\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The religious right wants religious charter schools (Roman Catholic schools in Oklahoma is the SCOTUS test case) to receive public funding. So, if approved, how will they respond if an Islamic charter school wants the same taxpayer funding?<\/p>\n<p><em>Carl Rutschow, Aurora<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Small offices need time to fulfill public records requests<\/h4>\n<p>Re: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/05\/01\/colorado-open-records-veto-override-senate-bill-77\/\">Don&#8217;t override Polis&#8217; veto on bill that slows down public&#8217;s access to records<\/a>,&#8221; May 1 commentary<\/p>\n<p>Jim Martin is right as far as he goes in his commentary, but he seems unaware that the open records time limits apply not only to fully staffed government agencies but to tiny, volunteer-staffed special districts such as the Beulah Water Works District, where I serve as one of 5 volunteer board members who constitute, effectively, 5\/6 of the staff of the district. We all have other jobs and can easily be snowed under by a blizzard of records requests. We need some protection in the Internet age from malicious or frivolous requests, protection which <a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/bills\/sb25-077\">Senate Bill 77<\/a> provided and which the veto deprives us of.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jack Woehr, Beulah<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\">Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/submit-letter\/\">online<\/a> or check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2013\/07\/09\/submission-guidelines-and-contact-information\/\">guidelines<\/a> for how to submit by email or mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would the &#8220;state&#8221; of Canada do with its electoral votes? Re: &#8220;Prime Minister&#8217;s Liberal Party wins election upended by Trump,&#8221; April 29 news story If Canada were annexed, it<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezcpv.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/what-would-the-state-of-canada-do-with-its-electoral-votes-letters\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What would the \u201cstate\u201d of Canada do with its electoral votes? 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