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Colorado ‘promotes’ natural-gas catastrophe that now threatens Colorado River

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Parachute Creek is now officially contaminated with cancer-causing benzene and heaven knows what else. A carcinogenic stew is now making its way quickly down the creek and presumably into the Colorado River a mere four miles away from the source of the contamination...

It’s past time for Polis to decide on fast track for...

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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 ...

Trump’s racism will hit his supporters in their pocketbooks

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Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.” —Ken Cuccinelli,...

Development reality check

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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...

Torture and abuse at the southern border

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It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since I last crossed the U.S.-Mexican border illegally and spent a few days making my way...

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I think it was in 1995 that I first suggested a fix to Boulder’s affordable housing problem in the pages of Boulder Weekly. As I recall, the circumstances were a lot like today; rents and real estate prices were outrageously high for the region and the Boulder ...

2018 elections: A very brief look at what we learned

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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...

The Daily Camera’s indefensible firing of Dave Krieger

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The firing of Daily Camera editorial page editor Dave Krieger sucks for him and is equally bad for you. The fact that a lot...

Boulder County commissioners: Can you hear us now?

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First, let me say that I really appreciate the efforts that Boulder County Commissioners Will Toor, Deb Gardner and Cindy Domenico are making to help improve our county’s antiquated oil and gas regulations. I don’t envy them as they work their way through this ...

A new recording sheds more light on the questionable efforts to...

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It’s been one long, hard road to get the 2,500-foot setback initiative (Initiative 97) on the November ballot. Not because the majority of people...

Oil and gas setback measure heading for ballot

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause. As of Wednesday Dec. 20, language for a new ballot measure aimed at putting increased setbacks for oil...

Oil and gas setback initiative: It’s time to stop begging and...

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When it comes to the issue of climate change there are only four kinds of people: ignorant, evil, hypocritical and sincere. When it comes to...