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I am writing to follow up Joe Rubino’s article on scooters in Denver, which noted that there have been few, if any, reports of injured pedestrian­s. Just last week, I was hit by a scooter on 17th Street downtown. I was walking to the light rail when a young woman came suddenly around the corner and right into me. Thankfully, despite my fears every day when these scooters pass me at what seems a high rate of speed, I was not knocked down nor hurt. I was furious because it seems so obvious that one should not speed around a corner. When I yelled something to this effect at the driver, she responded: “But it doesn’t have brakes!” This only made me more furious, but after telling her a bit more of what I thought about her lack of intelligen­ce, I went on my way so as not to miss my train. Although it is good news that this crash did not

To make gerrymande­ring less ineffectiv­e, citizens should change their party affiliatio­ns to “unaffiliat­ed.” If people across the country did this, those who wish to corrupt the voting process to benefit their party and candidates wouldn’t have the certainty that the lines they draw will actually help their party or candidates.

No one is above the law. Not you, not I. Not Nixon, not Trump. And not White House conselor Kellyanne Conway, who has been charged by special counsel Henry Kerner, a Trump-appointee, with violating the Hatch Act by engaging in campaign activities on the job. She’s a federal employee, and that’s against the law. If she wants to run Trump’s 2020 campaign, she must quit her federal job. Trump’s contributo­rs can pay her, not we taxpayers. In a democracy, no one is above the law, Kellyanne. Send letters of 250 words or fewer to openforum@denverpost.com or 5990 Washington St., Denver, CO, 80216. Please include full name, city and phone number. Contact informatio­n is for our purposes only; we will not share it with anyone else. You can reach us by telephone at 303-954-1201.

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