The Open Forum
Showing real love for the Nuggets
Every team that has hoisted the Larry O’brien Championship Trophy has earned it. First, a team must slog through an 82-game schedule then win 16 more games in the playoffs while playing the league’s best teams, stocked with the best players.
From 2000 to 2022, the overall No. 1 seeds have won only seven championships. Proof that winning a title extracts blood, sweat, tears and toil from the victor.
Prior to the playoffs, many basketball observers believed the Phoenix Suns would advance to the NBA Finals.
In 47 regular season games, Kevin Durant averaged 29.1 ppg, 6.7 rebounds, and 5.0 assists by shooting 56% from the field, 40.4% on 3-pointers and 91.9% on free throws.
In the playoffs, Devin Booker scorched the Nuggets, averaging 30.8 ppg, 7.8 assists, and shooting a torrid 56.9% from the field and 54.8% on 3-pointers.
Nevertheless, the Nuggets won in six games, clinching the series in Phoenix, 125-100.
The valiant efforts of Anthony Davis and Lebron James couldn’t prevent the Nuggets from sweeping the Lakers. Denver
decoded every scheme the Lakers attempted.
Nikola Jokic played bully ball against Davis and the undersized Rui Hachimura. He and Jamal Murray unveiled the NBA’S most lethal twoman game. Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter Jr. and Kentavious Caldwell-pope contributed timely shooting, basketball smarts and defensive intensity, which makes the Nuggets the most complete team in basketball.
Nuggets haters, get real.
The answer to property tax surge is lowering the local mill levy
It has been suggested Prop HH is an effort to keep money from being refunded to taxpayers by way of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights under the guise of reducing the impact of the increases we have seen in 2023 property valuations across the state.
I would recommend the method recently announced by the Colorado Mountain College be considered.
The Aspen Times reported recently that because of “considerable increases in 2023 property valuations, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees plans to reduce its mill levy to keep revenue growth near inflation.”
Question: Why can not all taxing jurisdictions do this?
Who’s minding the baby? Chris Christie
As a lifelong Democrat, I admittedly have never been especially fond of Republican Chris Christie, who recently announced his presidential candidacy.
However, I have gained respect for Christie.
As soon as he made his announcement, Donald Trump made fun of his weight. Christie could not have made a more appropriate response by saying that when babies act like spoiled brats, you send them to their rooms, not to the White House.
I think this exchange between Trump and Christie demonstrates the negative impact the former president has had on the Republican Party, from the “Let’s Go Brandon” slogan to countless other acts of meanness by so many other extreme right-wing members.
Hopefully, decency can be restored to the Republican Party as the future of our nation depends on it.