Update: Former 9th District DA Mac Myers (D-Aspen)
responds to Colleen Truden's accusations that he saddled her with a deficit. Truden was taken to task by Garfield County Commissioners (2GOP, 1Dem) for asking to tap her $400K reserve fund.
Now, she's got another major case on her hands.
The Daily Kos said yesterday that one Western Congresswoman had a favorability rating in the low thirties. Well, today there is rumbling that Marilyn Mad Cow Musgrave will have a Republican Primary opponent, former State Representative Bill Kauffman (R-Ft. Collins). So I wonder who that congresswoman with the low favorability was. Will DeLay bail out on his main Colorado squeeze (at least with Bob Beauprez losing for governor, Musgrave has to be considered DeLay's Colorado mainstay)? Or will he ride that Mad Cow for the full 7 seconds?
Meanwhile, one of Musgrave's pork projects, a new CDC building, has gone horribly wrong.
Denver is proposing a tax increase to increase tourism on the November ballot. The tax would hit hotels and rental cars. St. Vrain Schools is also looking to increase taxes. Montrose voters may be asked for more taxes as well.
Cottonwood pass.
Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario says that a suspect has emerged in the killing of Qwest lobbyist Jeff Garret while on a hunting trip to Glenwood. Vallario says an undocumented Mexican worker may have done the killing and then fled to Mexico. The suspect's name and motive were not released.
It's been a bad week for Bob Beauprez. The winner: Rutt Bridges, who comes off sounding like the statesman. Marc Hoffman missed his chance to get the upper hand in the GOP Gubernatorial primary, as he said he opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants. Huh? Even Scott McInnis got a body-blow in on Beauprez.
Independence Pass
Superslab didn't convince the Denver Regional Conference of Governments yesterday. DR COG, headed by former Boulder Mayor Will Toor, said that Superslab's numbers were skewed to show the need, while a more reasonable assessment shows that Superslab would be a superwaste.
Vote centers are coming to Delta County. Vote centers involve the consolidation of voting precincts into a smaller number of megacenters, making election work more efficient.
CDOT released its list of planned projects if Referendums C&D pass. The full project list is here.
Poncha Pass.
A Colorado Group is suing Attorney General Gonzales. Guess which side Ralph's on? Wrong! Suing against child pornography rules? What a bunch of scumbags.
James Schum was named to the 7th Judicial district on the Western Slope yesterday. Congrats. Schum was a magistrate for Delta.
Douglas County is going to unveil its new open records policy today.
View of Pikes Peak from Wilkerson Pass.
Boulder is #2 in marijuana use in the nation (per capita). So callers to the Jay Marvin show know, this is not something to be proud of, nor is it a call to "try harder."
More Plague news, this time from Boulder.
Moslem students are complaining about Air Force Academy policies related to religious observances.
Boulder Scientist Keven Trenberth (of the National Center for Atmospheric Research) is in the Journal of Science this month, providing evidence that global warming is increasing the frequency and severity of hurricanes.
Quick, before PBS goes off the air! Check out Rocky Mountain PBS's La Raza de Colorado. There is going to be a special screening for SLV residents. Thanks to SLV Dweller for the pointer.
Pueblo is concerned about sedimentation of Fountain Creek, which drains Colorado Springs but empties into the Arkansas river at Pueblo. Increased growth in Colorado Springs has led to more sediment coming down the once clear river.
A federal appeals court has reinstated an arrest warrant for Jennifer Bier, a rape counselor from Colorado Springs who is attempting to keep the notes between her and her client, an Air Force Academy rape victim, private. Bier plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. The Air Force is attempting to intimidate rape victims from reporting their abuse.
Ute Pass.
Complaints from nearby communities has succeeded in slowing down the development of the Wolf Creek ski resort. The drastic expansion of the extremely snowy ski resort has been very controversial in the area.
Some CU Regents are saying that the University's budget needs to come out earlier next year. I want to play poker with these regents.
CU's racial harmony group will rally this weekend in Boulder to protest a recent spate of racial incidents. Ralph thinks they ought to go down to Denver for Juneteenth.
Wolf Creek Pass.
Denver's Union Station is getting a $1 billion face lift. Investments from RTD's Fastracks and private development will reshape Union Station and the surrounding area.
John's Restaurant in Boulder won the first "Battle of Pearl Street" designed to mimic Japan's Iron Chef program.
This weekend is Spring Spree in Colorado Springs.
Walmart workers in Greeley are looking to unionize.
It's Juneteenth on Sunday.
Juneteenth is when Blacks in Galveston Texas found out about the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Newly freed, the Blacks held a big celebration, which later caught on across the Western United States.
Juneteenth is celebrated in Five Points in Denver on Sunday from 10 to 6.
That's all the news from Colorado, where the feed lots are reallllly stinkin' in the 90 degree heat out in Greeley.