What readers said this week
Here is a selection of comments on stories posted by the Times-call on its Facebook page Feb. 17-23.
Longmont Humane Society Pet of the Week for Feb. 17. 2024
ANDREA PATERSON YEE >> Oh how I wish, but I have a wild cattle dog puppy, and it wouldn’t be fair.
Longmont’s Dickens Opera House hosts Mardi Gras party
SHAWNA KADOUN >> Disappointed there was no mention of DSP Events in this article.
Longmont’s Urban Field Pizza and Market eyes expansion
NICK IRISH-HOOLIGAN HARRELL >> Just to show you people love mediocre pizza.
CLAYTON CASEY >> Firestone, please.
Longmont weather: High of 56 with sunny skies likely
JAM ROS >> Unless NOAA decides otherwise — then it will be streaky, hazy skies.
Boulder County municipalities seek community feedback on potential minimum wage increases
STEVEN SOUTH >> LMAO — who needs to understand economics. Just raise the rate.
MATT ADAMS >> This is satire, but also it’s not satire.
Colorado lawmakers take aim at social media apps, hoping to curb teens’ late-night habits
JAMES HERRING >> Those clowns have nothing better to worry about?
Boulder County students show off science flair at regional fair
JAM ROS >> Neither person in that picture is Zach Nagle — hopefully he didn’t want the credit.
Longmont officials discuss adding a code of ethics
LOUIS J CAVALLO >> Good, it’s about time.
STEVEN SOUTH >> A code of ethics for this city council, though desirable, (is) quite unlikely.
Could rail to Boulder finally be built? Colorado has a plan.
DOUG BOKELMAN >> Aaaaaaand what kind of compensation are the property owners going to see? “Fair market value” is not the same as what they could get selling on their own terms.
KAREN BENKER >> After 20 years and $90 million from Longmont taxpayers, we have a chance of getting rail to our city. Tenacity, persistence and political pushing, we have a chance to make this happen. We do have to fix the tax issue. We can’t be paying both RTD and the Front Range Rail taxes. More work ahead.
JAMES HERRING >> Never going to happen.
Colorado agency to discuss mountain lion management
CHUCK SITERO >> Yeah, it’s called wolves.
A Colorado man dies after a Gila monster bite. Opinions and laws on keeping the lizard as a pet vary.
ANN DORFMAN JAMIESON >> If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned. No one should have a Gila monster as a pet.
Affidavit: Longmont chase that led to Niwot crash was third pursuit of driver
DAN PATRICK >> I’m sure he’s already Pr-bonded by now.
JULIA BONN >> I thought our police had a no-chase policy.
BARBARA HEAD >> I hope the injury was the driver. Too bad it wasn’t worse.
Longmont uses Docupet as new pet licensing service
JAM ROS >> I hate these little mergers of government and corporation. The nanny state wants to control your every move — Dempublicans and Republicrats alike.
Man arrested, accused of beating man to death with stick in Longmont
SCOTT BARKER >> The only thing missing here is Jim Perez blaming this on Trump.
NICK HARRIS >> The leftmont city council is probably going to issue a proclamation about banning sticks, or create an assault stick ban.
Longmont-area cone zones
DAVID MARTINEZ >> When ... is CDOT gonna do something with (Colo.) 52?
Man arrested in Longmont by FBI suspected of ... bank robberies
RAYMOND U HAYES >> Never do things in your own backyard. The bigger the thing you do, the bigger your backyard becomes.