Spc. Mark Wilkerson, of Colorado Springs, will speak tonight in Aspen to talk about why he turned from an Iraq War vet to an Iraq War opponent.
Summit County police officer Ken Cummins is headed out to Iraq to help train police officers. Via con dios, officer Cummins.
Update [2005-6-23 14:18:28 by Ralph]:I thought
I would throw in this link, to the Ultimate Taxi in Aspen. Very strange.
Ouch! Bob Martinez, head of the Colorado GOP, lashed out at Tom Tancredo and other high profile Republicans yesterday, backing Bush's liberal immigration policies.
Martinez, recently named chairman of the state party, said it's his job to support the president and called on congressmen to halt their "demagoguery" on the immigration issue. When approached following the meeting, Martinez said lawmakers - including Tancredo - are using terrorism fears to inflame the immigration debate.
"Ninety-nine
percent of the Mexicans that cross that border are not coming across the border with the intent to kill anyone," Martinez said. "I'm defending the president's position. That's all I'm doing."
It's recall season in Glenwood and two members of the Roaring Fork school district in Glenwood are the latest targets.
The Denver Post has a great story on Corky Gonzales' legacy in North Denver.
Whitewash. The report on religious bullying is here.
Daily surface owners' rights blog: The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will hear evidence against oil and gas exploration company Encana for polluting two water wells near Silt next month.
Colorado's defective welfare benefits system is getting a lift from the Joint Budget Committee. Making sure it worked should have been done before it was deployed.
Jefferson County is in a serious financial scandal.
Water officials are having budget problems because people are conserving water.
The Bureau of Land Management issued a review of the potential of wind power.
A leader of Southwestern Colorado's fundamentalist Mormon Church is being barred from selling propoerty until an investigation is complete.
Aspen-Snowmass Jazz festival starts on Friday.
Genuine Jazz in Breckenridge starts tomorrow as well.
The Greeley Stampede runs from Friday through July 4th.
If your in Aspen this weekend and it starts to snow, keep a lookout for underwear models.
A property tax revolt is going on in Grand Junction. When people start talking proposition 13, politicians better listen.
Funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Chad Maynard will be held today in Denver at Olinger Highlands Mortuary from 4pm to 8pm.
Ft. Carson is expected to double in population, which works as long as half its soldiers are off in Iraq.
The state is conducting a survey of Moose and Otter sightings. Makesmeralph is conducting a survey of Moose and Squirrel sightings, darlink...
Next week is bike to work week in Telluride.
Routt County is replacing its voting systems. The Help (White) America Vote Act may produce drastic changes in how we vote.
County officials in Boulder are asking voters to approve another term for them. This is a really good idea. We lose good folks to term limits. Joe Pelle definitely deserves a break from term limits.
More raw sewage spilled into Fountain creek, the second release by Colorado Springs in the last two months. Stay out of the Arkansas downriver from Pueblo, folks.
The coalition forming to support Referendums C & D includes both Democrats and reasonable Republicans.
Pueblo may be raising sales tax 1/2 a percent. Vail is looking at a convention center tax.
Issues surrounding wells on the South Platte are covered here in this must read CS Gazette article.
CU screwed up pretty badly last month in denigrating some of the press.
Haha! Gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman, who fumbled an opportunity to take a swipe at Bob "Tiempo Mexicano" Beauprez last week, gets the treatment from Westword this week. Thanks to Coyote Gulch for the pointer. Gulchie's the place to go for water stories.
Walmart breaks ground in Pueblo.
Congratulations to James Klein, who was named to a Boulder County District Judgeship yesterday.
The rezoning vote in Greeley passed. The recount confirmed the results that finished with the rezoning passing by less than .01%, three votes out of more than 3,000.
The City of Greeley is also looking into who may have leaked a confidential memo to the Greeley press.
A group is forming to sue Colorado over K-12 education.