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Vaya con Dios
I had a hard time sleeping last Monday night. I kept thinking about that cowboy, Patrick Schumacher, sitting in jail, no doubt worrying about his horse Dillon and his 12-year-old pug Bufford, who had been more or less arrested Sept. 10 along with the cowboy as the ...
Canary of the West
I’ve always had a soft spot for the canary in the coal mine. The way it sings its tune to announce all is well and then falls over dead when the poison gas appears, just to give miners a few precious minutes to save themselves from the same fate. It seems a lot to ...
Don’t take the bait
It was a nearly packed house Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the Longmont City Council chambers as citizens who believe that local communities should have the final say over fracking in their neighborhoods turned up in good numbers...
It’s time for Commissioners to show some backbone
On Tuesday, March 16, the Open Space Advisory Committee voted 5-3 to recommend that certain GMOs be allowed to continue growing on Boulder County’s...
For establishment Dems, it’s Party before people and the planet
Well, if you haven’t figured it out in recent weeks by reading this column, I’m really tired of politicians who just can’t seem to...
Development reality check
I can’t remember how many times I’ve started off a column or news story with my favorite Harry S. Truman quote, but it’s happened a lot. There is just something about the short memory of Boulder County politicians and some residents that seems to keep it relevant. So...
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...
For the record, I will be voting in secret
Well, it’s another first for Boulder County. Or should I say another black eye? When Nov. 6 rolls around, I hear we will be the only county in the nation that won’t be guaranteeing its citizens the right to a secret ballot, or at least that’s what voter privacy ...
‘Being There,’ the remake; starring Donald Trump
You’re not crazy and it only feels like déjà vu. The truth is, that nagging feeling you’ve seen this show before isn’t wrong. You...
Time’s up for KKKommander-in-Chief
Before I say anything else, I want to thank Heather Heyer for being strong enough, brave enough and committed enough to attend the counter...
And now for the oil industry lies
As hopefully everyone has heard by now, proponents of Initiative 97, the 2,500-foot oil and gas setback initiative, turned in 171,000 signatures to the...
The oil and gas war is over?
“Today, with the signing of this bill, it is our hope that the oil and gas wars that have enveloped our state are over,...
