Letter to the editor: ‘The right to ski’
Lafayette, CO
My right to ski in Colorado ought to be enshrined in our state constitution.
As a native with ancestors born and raised in the Centennial State, skiing is my family tradition, my heritage, and thus it is my God-given right to shred the slopes.
Of course, I’m joking.
Skiing is in my blood, but never would I ever attempt to force my choice of outdoor sport into the mother of all laws, the state constitution.
Unfortunately, a horde of predator-hunting-and-fur-trapping-obsessed folks are pushing for a potential ballot measure that would entitle them a “right” to hunt or trap in Colorado. Do they even know that hunting, trapping and of course fishing are already legal recreational sports in Colorado?
The millions of dollars they will undoubtedly raise should just go to Colorado Parks and Wildlife for current needs.
What a waste of time for everybody. Although… it could set a really nice precedent for my right to pickleball.
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