D.J. Summers

🐺Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program keeps making headlines. CSI research shows the program could cost the state $334M in lost GDP over the next 15 years - more than $200M of it coming from rural communities. Read our report: commonsenseinstituteus.org/colorado/resea…

@Rossputin @KOAColorado Just timed the two. S/S/sh/sh saved 1.3 seconds for dress shoes, 1.7 for gym shoes. Assuming 260 workdays, 208 lifting days, that’s 11.5 minutes saved yearly. Applied to CO population, that’s 47,118 days saved statewide annually. Economy needs S/S/sh/sh.

I was going to wait until tomorrow's show on @koacolorado to come clean but the burden is weighing on me too much. It was unintentional but I still feel really bad about it: this evening I accidentally did sock, shoe, sock shoe. See, for some reason I put down the shoes and then went to the dresser to get a pair of socks and I put down a sock on each shoe and then I picked up a sock and put it on and that left a sock-covered shoe and an uncovered shoe and without thinking I just grabbed the uncovered shoe and put it on. I realize that "I wasn't thinking" isn't a defense so I offer it by way of explanation, not excuse. I'll try to be better.

@Twolfrecovery @GovofCO @MikeJohnstonCO The @CSInstituteCO assembled that graph - you and us should talk sometime about our report: commonsenseinstituteus.org/colorado/resea…

The Fentanyl crisis is hitting Denver hard. The majority of deaths within its homeless population are from overdose. I tried to warn you in 2022-23 of what was coming. But you embraced harm reduction instead. What a shame. @GovofCO @MikeJohnstonCO

Colorado’s climate goals come with a hidden price tag. A new @CSInstituteCO report finds that environmental policies have cost Coloradans $32B in output, $13.8B in personal income, and over 30,000 jobs. Here's the breakdown.

.@elonmusk, @CSInstituteCO just released a report on Administrative Growth in Colorado’s Public School System, and here’s what we found: -12.5% increase in admins since 2021 -0.2% decrease in student enrollment -Teacher pay now makes up only 25% of education spending -Student performance is on the decline Read our full report: commonsenseinstituteus.org/colorado/resea…

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@courtney_fromm You missed them challenge each other to golf for mental acuity purposes.

I had to turn it off

@bmullahy2news We at Colorado’s @CSInstituteCO have analyzed the ongoing costs of migrants in Denver’s metro area, in case you’re looking for some context on Utah’s recent discovery. commonsenseinstituteco.org/the-ongoing-co…

The results are in: Colorado property tax revenue in 2023 rose by the largest rate since 1975, over $2.4 billion. Property tax revenue has doubled over the last nine years. Check out the full report: bit.ly/3KMo1aJ

@ReporterAshley Oooo nice, those are definitely punishingly spicy.

@DJSummers13 El jefe wings at fire on the mountain?

Ok Denver, my head cold made an extra 10 pounds of gunk appear in my face. What’s the spiciest food in the metro? Looking at my people-about-town reporter friends. It needs to be like unconscionably spicy, something almost weaponized. #denver #denversspiciestfood

Colorado Springs Housing Prices are skyrocketing: @DJSummers13 dives into the facts, addressing the issue of rising housing prices in the Springs, where it now takes two incomes to cover the average mortgage instead of just one. Read the report: bit.ly/3yIYzzX

@DJSummers13 on @KOAColorado with @MartyLenz_KOA and @KOAJeana discussing our new migrants report. Read the full report: commonsenseinstituteco.org/the-ongoing-co…

CSI's Director of Policy & Research @DJSummers13 joined @COBankersAssn at the Colorado/Arizona Bankers Summit, answering questions about the economic impact of homelessness in Colorado.

First day of AZ & CO Bankers Annual meeting!

This week's Perspective: "Conditions have never been static, and we’ve always managed to adapt. As our population continues to grow and as climate change adds a new source of uncertainty, we will need to continue to adapt, there is no other choice." gazette.com/opinion/perspe…

@DJSummers13 sheds light on the migrant crisis impacting Denver's economy on @FoxNews. The toll is significant, and action is overdue. #coleg #DenverEconomy @TGowdySC Read the full report: commonsenseinstituteco.org/the-accumulate…

Excited to join @ColoradoSun tomorrow for a panel on Denver’s migrant situation.

Juvenile crime in Colorado decreased the past 15 years, however an uptick in specific crimes. @CSInstituteCO quantifies the cost in a new report. Former @DenverPolice Chief, current Fellow at the CSI Paul Pazen, joined @MartyLenz_KOA and @KOAJeana on CMN. koacolorado.iheart.com/featured/color…

NEW PRESS RELEASE: “Juvenile crime over the last 15 years has dropped just under 30%, that’s the good news” . Former @DenverPolice Chief Paul Pazen, and current CSI Public Safety Fellow, “However, there are significant increases in violent crime involving juveniles. This impacts not only our CO economy, but individuals and their families.” @DJSummers13 @CSICaufield Full study: commonsenseinstituteco.org/the-cost-of-ju…