http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Imagine the following... What if you went to your local Grease Monkey or Jiffy Lube for a common oil change? What if no one there could or would tell you how much it cost for that routine oil change. As a matter of fact, what if they had no prices posted AT ALL for any of their ser...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~371577.aspx10/3/2007 11:27:10 AMDave Schallert I attended and testified at the Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care hearing in Parker last Saturday. What I saw and heard was disappointing, but somewhat expected. Many people stepped forward to speak at the hearing...probably around 20 total. About 90% of those that spoke had no c...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~375910.aspx10/11/2007 11:16:17 AMDave Schallert I noticed an almost full-page news article in the Parker Chronicle dated 10/26/07. It was a detailed story about the new Urgent Care and Illness Center that opened 9/29/07 in Parker. Amidst pictures of the smiling primary physicians and all the quotes and all the Center's capabilities, s...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~387207.aspx11/3/2007 12:07:05 PMDave Schallert There was a story in today's Denver Post ( http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8089112 ) that continues to propagate ignorance on health care-related issues. While this story contains numerous statements where the reported premise is automatically taken as gospel truth, I decided to point out ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~420527.aspx1/27/2008 5:03:28 PMDave Schallert Normally I write about health care related issues...but I saw something in yesterday's Parker Chronicle Opinion page 7A written by a man named Bill Blomberg (see http://www.zwire.com/site/tab8.cfm?newsid=19430111&BRD=2713&PAG=461&dept_id=612561&rfi=60 as of 03/28/08. ) ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/News/General-News/Story~448525.aspx3/29/2008 12:28:56 PMDave Schallert A perfect example of what really happens inside the sausage factory that is the Medicaid health insurance program is illustrated in this article ( http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/31/guilty-plea-in-medicaid-fraud/ ) in today's (03/31/08) Rocky Mountain News. Whether you want ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/News/General-News/Story~448944.aspx3/31/2008 10:31:27 AMDave Schallert Re: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/10/permit-less-protesters-planning-free-city/ First of all, I don't understand why the Rocky Mountain News provides so much press coverage of this fringe "Re-create 68" movement and its "leader" Glenn Spagnuolo. Does Glenn have a friend who...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~453800.aspx4/10/2008 8:55:53 AMDave Schallert On August 4th, 1977, my mother bought me a watch. She took me into downtown Denver to Pace Jewelers which at that time was located on the ground level of the downtown Hilton hotel. She wanted to get me a high school graduation gift. A gift she said that would always remind me of how proud she...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Archive/Creative-Writing/Short-Stories/Story~455993.aspx4/15/2008 9:45:04 AMDave Schallert Today is the 43rd anniversary of our own Great Flood of 1965 ... and I'm pretty sure a huge majority of folks around here don't know anything about it. It was June 16th, 1965 and I was 6 years old ... but I remember some things real well about that day and the days following w/ all the photos...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/News/Story~484295.aspx6/16/2008 8:05:04 AMDave Schallert Today is the 43rd anniversary of our own Great Flood of 1965...and I'm pretty sure a huge majority of folks around here don't know anything about it. It was June 16th, 1965 and I was 6 years old...but I remember some things real well about that day and the days following w/ all the photos and ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/News/Story~484311.aspx6/16/2008 8:47:22 AMDave Schallert Today is the 43rd anniversary of our own Great Flood of 1965...and I'm pretty sure a huge majority of folks around here don't know anything about it. It was June 16th, 1965 and I was 6 years old...but I remember some things real well about that day and the days following w/ all the photos and...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/Story~484312.aspx6/16/2008 8:48:43 AMDave Schallert Let me first point-out that: I don't drink coffee and so... I've never been to Roka Moka in Parker. While driving to work today, the question struck me again...how is Roka Moka staying in business? Most every day I have to drive by their coffee hut off Parker Road between Lincoln and E-470...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Business-News/Story~505607.aspx8/7/2008 11:31:45 AMDave Schallert Dummies are starting to affect me more and more in everyday life. They work at Carl's Jr. where they don't recognize a U.S. dollar coin and think I'm trying to rip them off. Some Dummies decide to do massive reconstruction on Parker's Main Street during the peak season for customers of downto...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~517634.aspx9/5/2008 1:28:13 PMDave Schallert Dummies are starting to affect me more and more in everyday life. They work at Carl's Jr. where they don't recognize a U.S. dollar coin and think I'm trying to rip them off. Some Dummies decide to do massive reconstruction on Parker's Main Street during the peak season for customers of downto...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~517719.aspx9/5/2008 3:12:41 PMDave Schallert Dummies are starting to affect me more and more in everyday life. They work at Carl's Jr. where they don't recognize a U.S. dollar coin and think I'm trying to rip them off. Some Dummies decide to do massive reconstruction on Parker's Main Street during the peak season for customers of downto...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~517722.aspx9/5/2008 3:16:17 PMDave Schallert If a lie is repeated often enough, it has a good chance of eventually being understood to be the truth. This is currently the case involving numerous discussions, media stories, and political spewings with regards to what I call The Big Lie - that health care "costs" are rising and out of contr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/News/General-News/Story~545713.aspx11/8/2008 11:52:32 AMDave Schallert If a lie is repeated often enough, it has a good chance of eventually being understood to be the truth. This is currently the case involving numerous discussions, media stories, and political spewings with regards to what I call The Big Lie - that health care "costs" are rising and out of contr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~545719.aspx11/8/2008 12:28:18 PMDave Schallert If a lie is repeated often enough, it has a good chance of eventually being understood to be the truth. This is currently the case involving numerous discussions, media stories, and political spewings with regards to what I call The Big Lie - that health care "costs" are rising and out of contr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/News/General-News/Story~545720.aspx11/8/2008 12:29:43 PMDave Schallert If a lie is repeated often enough, it has a good chance of eventually being understood to be the truth. This is currently the case involving numerous discussions, media stories, and political spewings with regards to what I call The Big Lie - that health care "costs" are rising and out of contr...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Stories/News/General-News/Story~545721.aspx11/8/2008 12:30:33 PMDave Schallert General Motors (GM) is going to fail. Whether that failure takes the form of bankruptcy, merger, or something else, it is going to fail in its current form. How do I know? Here's how: True GM Tale #1: In 1985, I was the then proud owner of a first-year Chevrolet IROC-Z28 Camaro. To this d...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/Opinion/Story~557826.aspx12/11/2008 1:53:46 PMDave Schallert General Motors (GM) is going to fail. Whether that failure takes the form of bankruptcy, merger, or something else, it is going to fail in its current form. How do I know? Here's how: True GM Tale #1: In 1985, I was the then proud owner of a first-year Chevrolet IROC-Z28 Camaro. To this d...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Story~557834.aspx12/11/2008 2:04:40 PMDave Schallert General Motors (GM) is going to fail. Whether that failure takes the form of bankruptcy, merger, or something else, it is going to fail in its current form. How do I know? Here's how: True GM Tale #1: In 1985, I was the then proud owner of a first-year Chevrolet IROC-Z28 Camaro. To this d...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Stories/Opinion/Story~557836.aspx12/11/2008 2:05:30 PMDave Schallert General Motors (GM) is going to fail. Whether that failure takes the form of bankruptcy, merger, or something else, it is going to fail in its current form. How do I know? Here's how: True GM Tale #1: In 1985, I was the then proud owner of a first-year Chevrolet IROC-Z28 Camaro. To this d...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/Story~557837.aspx12/11/2008 2:06:29 PMDave Schallert There is a large park with ballfields in Highlands Ranch between Colorado Blvd. and Holly on the south side of County Line Rd. You may know it as David Lorenz Park. It's the large flat park/area one sees on the north side of C-470 while driving between the Quebec and University Blvd. exits alon...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Stories/News/Story~566205.aspx1/8/2009 4:14:29 PMDave Schallert There is a large park with ballfields in Highlands Ranch between Colorado Blvd. and Holly on the south side of County Line Rd. You may know it as David Lorenz Park. It's the large flat park/area one sees on the north side of C-470 while driving between the Quebec and University Blvd. exits alon...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/News/Story~566207.aspx1/8/2009 4:16:40 PMDave Schallert There is a large park with ballfields in Highlands Ranch between Colorado Blvd. and Holly on the south side of County Line Rd. You may know it as David Lorenz Park. It's the large flat park/area one sees on the north side of C-470 while driving between the Quebec and University Blvd. exits alon...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/Story~566211.aspx1/8/2009 4:18:09 PMDave Schallert There is a large park with ballfields in Highlands Ranch between Colorado Blvd. and Holly on the south side of County Line Rd. You may know it as David Lorenz Park. It's the large flat park/area one sees on the north side of C-470 while driving between the Quebec and University Blvd. exits alon...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/News/Story~566212.aspx1/8/2009 4:19:13 PMDave Schallert Parker Water and Sanitation District (PWSD) and some of its board members are under attack by a very vocal and publicity-hungry small group of citizens and local politicians. I do not and will not support them, their goals, nor their recall effort. I support PWSD, their proposed rate incre...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~584723.aspx2/26/2009 12:15:50 PMDave Schallert There is a way that most everyone's health care costs (individuals and insurance companies) could be reduced by around 40% overnight with a single relatively easy-to-implement solution. I don't know much about plumbing, construction, children...tons of things. But I've worked at all levels of...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Opinion/Story~628353.aspx6/19/2009 8:09:27 AMDave Schallert There is a way that most everyone's health care costs (individuals and insurance companies) could be reduced by around 40% overnight with a single relatively easy-to-implement solution. I don't know much about plumbing, construction, children...tons of things. But I've worked at all levels of...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/Story~628366.aspx6/19/2009 9:14:14 AMDave Schallert