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City Council’s bad decorum
Boulder City Council members seem to be confused. They seem convinced that dealing with the public at their public meetings has become difficult and that new rules are required to keep the hoi polloi from making a mockery of civil government. In truth, it’s City ...
Walmart is still bad for the planet
In May, Walmart was hit with $110 million in environmental fines after pleading guilty to improperly dumping pesticides, fertilizer and other hazardous materials into public sewers and landfills. The Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section said that it was ...
Activities that will get your kids to abandon the screen
Are your children on winter break yet? Tired of having them sit around the house...
2010 Boulder County races
Incumbent Boulder County Commissioner Cindy Domenico is winning handily in her bid for re-election as of press time. Others in the lead include Hillary Hall for clerk and recorder, Robert Hullinghorst for county treasurer, Emma Hall for county coroner and Jerry ...
20th Judicial District: Retain Judge D.D. Mallard
District Judge, 20th Judicial District — D.D. Mallard...
Garnett wants DA to have three terms — we don’t
Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett asked the Boulder County Commissioners to put a measure on the 2009 ballot that would extend the DA's term limits from two terms to three, but he says he's not pushing for that extension because he has anything to gain ...
Town of Erie ballot questions results
The following is a list of the final unofficial 2009 results from the Town of Erie ballot questions. Read our...
White Chocolate Lemon Cream Squares
I can’t tell you how happy I am sister spring is here. I know we still have a few blasts of Old Man Winter (he is so grumpy, that one), but I am celebrating the sun and ignoring the few blasts of nasty sure to pop up...
Bowl a strike for reproductive freedom
Everybody knows abortion became legal for all women with the ‘Roe v. Wade’ Supreme Court decision in 1973. Fewer people know that in 1976, poor women lost that fundamental right to determine whether or when to have children. That is the year that the Hyde Amendment (...
Talking to kids about sex
Most of us have an insatiable interest in sex. (You are reading this column). Our kids carry that same curiosity. And though it may make you squirm, talking to your kids about sexuality is vital for their development. If you don’t want your kids to get their sex...
