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Think bureaucrats are all wet? Think again. Last summer, musical members of the Denver Water team joined together as the Splashstreet Boys, recording “I Water That Way” (a variation on the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way”) to promote proper summer watering rules…and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house once it hit the web. A sampling of the lyrics: Yeah…my yard needs water when it gets hotter Believe these dry days that I water that way But we want lawns to survive Concrete just won’t fly So I say, I water that way

Our long nightmare will finally end this fall, when the last blocks of the 16th Street Mall renovation project will be completed. Yes, that’s reason to celebrate, but it’s no reason to change the name of that mile-long-plus stretch through the heart of downtown. While malls have gone the way of Forever 21 and the city has spent $100,000 to come up with a new name, there’s already a perfectly serviceable one. Forget any cute branding: Just drop the “mall” and leave it at Sixteenth. Sweet!

Look, we understand that Civic Center Park has seen some ugly times and that it’s due for an upgrade…at some point. The plans even look interesting. But is 2026 the year for this? Do we really want to tear up the park inspired by the City Beautiful movement — Denver’s first National Historic Landmark — at the same time that Colorado is celebrating its 150th anniversary? Why not postpone a year and let the people celebrate in the heart of the state’s capital, just down the hill from the Capitol?