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2018 elections: A very brief look at what we learned
Let’s start with something positive on the national front — hope lives.
We are better off today than we were on Nov. 5. And while...
My Willmeng dilemma
It’s more a situation than a dilemma really. When it comes to Cliff Willmeng’s candidacy for Boulder County Commissioner as the Green Party candidate,...
It’s past time for Polis to decide on fast track for...
Some people just can’t make up their minds. Where should I eat? Blue or red? The Voice or Dancing with the Stars? Obviously, indecision on the part of most people doesn’t have much significance for the rest of us, but that’s not true of everyone. When Congressman ...
Time for Longmont voters to push back on disgusting ‘push polls’...
First off, let me just warn you that I’m pretty angry about what’s going on in Longmont’s city council races. I’m upset because I naively thought, or at least hoped, that as a community we had matured and moved beyond the kind of childish, unsophisticated politics ...
End municipalization secrecy
Let me start by saying I’m all for municipalization. I have supported the idea of forming a municipal electric utility in Boulder from the beginning. That said, I continue to be disappointed by the way that the City of Boulder conducts itself on this important issue...
For now, Blue Book analysis of Prop DD is all wet
Here we go again. Every election cycle we get to peruse the Legislative Council’s Blue Book, which is supposed to guide us in an...
Beyond the brink
This was a bad week for our country. Like so many other times in the last couple of years, racism boiled to the top...
The new era of conspiracy thinking
When it comes to the emotional issue of gun control, Harry Truman had it right when he said, “The only thing new in this world is the history that you don’t know...
Transparency lacking in Leeds School’s REMI report on 2,500-foot setback...
Honestly, at this point, I would have thought CU’s entire business school would be so embarrassed that everyone associated with the place would be...
Municipalization: More important now than ever
In many ways I’m surprised and a bit saddened that I actually feel the need to write this explanation for why people should continue...
You might as well cut off our hands
Who you gonna call? The answer of course depends on who you are. If you’re the oil and gas industry and you need someone...
Hiding behind the flag
Last year, while attending city council meetings in Longmont, where the town’s new oil and gas regs were being debated, one particular family in attendance caught my attention. This family included a couple of kids, never missed a meeting and, to put it mildly, was ...















