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Seth Brigham goes out of control attacks witness over Boulder Restraining order
1August 9, 2012
Seth Brigham went out of control on Saturday morning when he attacked Jann Scott at the Boulder 1 Foundation in east Boulder across from the Daily Camera. Scott is the CEO of Channel 1 networks and Boulder Channel 1. Brigham has a restraining order protecting the city council and city staff from him.
Brigham is upset because Scott is a witness for the city in Brigham’s protective order case. Brigham has admitted to Boulder Channel 1 news that he has shown up at city council meeting drunk and under the influence of drugs on many occasions. He is also a mental patient. The combination of which is volatile. Brigham has called Boulder Channel 1 drunk and screaming many times over the past 10 years.
He has physically confronted Jann Scott on multiple occasions. Saturdays attack was the latest occurrence. Brigham was escorted from the building.
The city attorney Tom Carr who is prosecuting Brigham was informed and concerned that Brigham may have violated his restraining order by attacking the city’s witnesses connected with the case. The protective order strictly prohibits Brigham from contacting witnesses.
Boulder police department is investigating Brigham for criminal charges on his attack on Scott, interfering with a witness and other felony charges.
The permanent restraining order on Brigham will be heard next week. It will protect the city from Brigham, but he will still be free to attack citizens at will. Brigham interfered with media operations during the JonBennet Ramsey case in 1998. He has interrupted many city meetings, stalked Journalists and finally attacked Boulder channel 1 s Jann Scott. Brigham has also had run ins with landlords and neighbors over the years.
Brigham has written some columns for Boulder Channel 1, but they have had to be critically edited because of his extreme personal attacks on people. We have had to block his emails and phone calls. Brigham has proven himself to be a violent threat to staff at Boulder Channel 1.
Related: Story: Daily Camera
Related: TV show and Column by Jann Scott
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Boulder cancels fireworks show due to high fire risk
0June 27, 2012
Boulder city officials today announced that the annual Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast is canceled due to extremely dry conditions in and around Boulder. The fireworks show had been scheduled for Folsom Field on Wednesday, July 4.
“Public safety was our primary concern in deciding to cancel the fireworks show. Given the current fire in south Boulder, along with fires in neighboring cities and extremely dry conditions, the public safety risk to the Boulder community is significant,” said Boulder City Manager Jane S. Brautigam. “The fire marshal has been monitoring conditions around Folsom Field since early June, and our wildland fire crews have been on daily patrols to prevent wildfires. Given the dangers and Colorado’s statewide fire restrictions, it would be irresponsible to launch 4,000 fireworks over the city this year.”
Boulder Fire Marshal Dave Lowrey said firefighting crews need to remain focused on the current fire. Even if that situation improves, the lack of rain over the past month and the forecasts for continued hot, dry weather would make it very challenging for crews to quickly douse an escaped firework that landed in a dry field.
“We know it’s disappointing to celebrate the Fourth of July without fireworks, but it would be a real tragedy if we went forward and someone’s home caught fire as a result,” Lowrey said.
Lowrey cautioned that individuals should not set off fireworks on their own; it is illegal for individuals to possess or use fireworks within the City of Boulder.
“While it’s disappointing that conditions warrant canceling the fireworks display, public safety is the first priority,” saidLew Kingdom of Wright Kingdom Real Estate, primary sponsor of the event. “The Associates of Wright Kingdom continue to be proud sponsors of Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast, and we’re looking forward to bringing back an amazing show next year.”
Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast has been held at Folsom Field since 1941. The 2012 event was sponsored by the associates of Wright Kingdom Real Estate, the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and the City of Boulder. Media sponsors included the Daily Camera, KBCO and Boulder Channel 8.
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CU Boulder’s toxic avenger and teacher dead
0September 20, 2011
Environmental activist Adrienne Anderson — a former University of Colorado instructor who lost her job in 2005, adding fuel to an academic freedom debate — died earlier this month after battling a brain tumor, according to friends.–from Daily Camera
By Ron Baird
Adrienne Anderson had been an anti-toxics crusader⎯ helping poor communities and labor unions battle corporate polluters and crooked government agencies⎯for 30+ years.
Her targets included Rockwell International, the former operator of Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant and the subject of a federal Grand Jury investigation for environmental crimes at that facility; defense contractor Martin-Marietta, whose rocket fuel was suspected of polluting the groundwater of communities with high rates of cancer in southwest Denver; and ASARCO Metals, which has been accused of environmental violations at 94 sites across the country, including the recent revelation that it had incinerated 5,000 tons of hazardous waste from which it was supposed to be recycling heavy metals.
For more than a decade, the University of Colorado/Boulder Environmental Studies instructor taught her students to use the Open Records and Freedom of Information acts to ferret out and make public those dirty little (and sometimes big) secrets that lie in thousands of pages of public documents that are stacked on shelves, packed in cardboard boxes and file cabinets in government agencies like the Colorado Department of Health and Environment and the EPA.
She managed to survive 11 years mostly due to student support. But it was always a battle.
As a college instructor, Anderson and her students took on about 150 companies, collectively known as the Lowry Coalition, which had dumped unregulated hazardous waste into Lowry Landfill for decades before it was designated a Superfund site and closed. All, including the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, had signed a once-secret agreement with the City of Denver and Waste Management, Inc. to treat groundwater from the landfill and blend it with the effluent from a massive sewage treatment plant operated by the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. Sludge from the plant is used to fertilize agricultural operations in eastern Colorado and the “treated” water is pumped into the South Platte River.
The political heat was cranked up to “broil” after Anderson discovered a 1991 letter from the Lowry Coalition to the EPA admitting groundwater test wells at the landfill contained high levels of plutonium and americium and pointing out that those radioactive components could only have come from Rocky Flats. After she went public with the information, Metro Wastewater executives engineered a smear campaign against Anderson, who was on the plant’s Board of Directors as a delegate of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, which represented the plant’s workers.
She subsequently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Metro Wastewater.
Most if not all of Anderson’s accusations were supported by Pulitizer Prize-winning investigative reporter Eileen Welsome in her 2001 series “Dirty Secrets,” published in the Denver weekly newspaper Westword. Welsome reported that Lowry officials have bolstered their case that no nuclear waste is present by sealing up dozens of wells that had tested hot, which made further testing impossible. Then they drilled 35 new test wells outside the area of historic contamination, along with a slew of other Machiavellian sleights of hand.
Anderson’s continued saber rattling on the issue prompted a flurry of derogatory emails from two top officials in the Colorado governor’s office to CU administrators in late 2004 and early 2005.
Under this pressure, the high ratings and student support was not enough to protect her, and the faculty of Environmental Studies voted on Jan. 28, 2005 not to renew Anderson’s contract. They claimed the vote nothing personal; it was simply due to departmental “resource allocation priorities” and a “change of direction.”
Not even the Rocky Mountain News bought that bureaucratic backwash and published an editorial on Feb. 10, 1995, saying, “CU Making the Right Call on Anderson,” describing her as “an instructor whose rhetoric on environmental issues has been almost as reckless as the ranting of Ward Churchill.” Churchill was a CU faculty member who generated considerable controversy by calling some victims of the 9-11 attacks “little Eichmanns.” He, too, was fired from his job.
Anderson’s subsequent appeal of the decision was denied. But this time, it has been the CU faculty members who had come to her aid. They asked members of a prestigious faculty committee representing the four CU campuses to investigate. Their report revealed that the emails had been passed down to the same administrators who denied her appeal.
“If the intent of the emails was to put pressure on the university, the way they were handled ensured that this pressure was felt at all levels,” the report said. The committee recommended rehiring Anderson and funding her course.
Anderson released the report at a press conference on Sept. 17, 2006 organized by the American Association of University Professors.
At that time, English Professor Paul Levitt accused the administration of “abject cowardice” and in danger of becoming “a hand maiden of industry and government.”
Not everyone in high places had a problem with Anderson. David DiNardi, a federal judge assigned to hear Anderson’s whistlebower harassment case against Metro Wastewater, awarded her $450,000 in damages in 2001, as well as taking the somewhat unusual step of ordering Metro Wastewater to place a full page apology to Anderson in the Sunday Denver Post.
The judge noted in his ruling that then-Denver Post Editorial Page Editor Al Knight had become a “third-party agent” in the case by printing Metro’s allegations as facts.
In the decision he wrote, “This entire case is about a dedicated, conscientious and public-spirited citizen who, in following the tradition of Karen Silkwood, Erin Brockovitch… and others, has spent her entire adult life in pursuing union and environmental activities and in attempting to correct perceived wrongs and problems in society.”
Anderson has decided to forgo the final step in the appeal process because the same administrators who had been biased by the emails would be sitting in judgment again. Instead, she’s appealing to the court of public opinion, as she has for the past 30 years.
The judge’s ruling and award was subsequently overturned by the Bush administration’s Labor Department on a technicality. And that decision was upheld by a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals panel on a 2-1 vote. The two judges who upheld the Labor Department’s decision were recent Bush appointees to the court. This association is relevant in that the Bush administration has waged a relentless war on whistleblowers in federal agencies and even censured, harassed and dismissed federal scientists who have reported information that runs counter to his administration’s policies of promoting big business interests over public welfare. Recently, the EPA closed most of its libraries so that citizens like Anderson would not have access to information damaging to his friends and campaign contributors.
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Wright Kingdom, Boulder and CU present Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast
0June 29, 2011
The biggest event of the summer is about to explode. Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast is kicking off the annual fireworks activities with a celebration of America’s independence and a celebration of Boulder life on July 4.
“This year we combined the biggest event of the summer with the ‘I Love Boulder’ campaign and invited bands to join us in celebrating the cultural, traditional and happily unconventional characteristics of Boulder life,” said Lew Kingdom of Wright Kingdom Real Estate, primary sponsor of the event. “We had several excellent bands with original songs about Boulder competing to perform at Folsom Field, and I’m pleased to announce our first YouTube band competition winner, Narrow Gauge Band.”
Narrow Gauge Band will perform “Good to be Back in Boulder” as part of the pre-fireworks entertainment. This year’s event also features entertainment by the city Open Space and Mountain Parks’ musicians, the Boy Scouts color guard and a jazz band from Monarch High School.
The annual Fourth of July fireworks show, Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast, will take place at Folsom Field. Gates open at 8 p.m. The program starts at 8:30 p.m.
Parking is free at Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street shopping center’s parking garages, downtown city parking garages and all city parking meters. Free HOP and Buff Bus service will be provided from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. from these parking areas to Folsom Field and back. At the Twenty Ninth Street shopping center, the HOP pick-up is located on 29th Street at the HOP stop and the Buff Bus pick-up is located by the Macy’s parking garage on Walnut. Also, parking is available at CU on a first-come, first-served basis in the lot off of Regent Drive and in the Kittredge/Fiske Planetarium area. Accessible parking is available off Folsom Street and Colorado Avenue for those with proper permits.
The following items are not permitted into the stadium:
· Hard-sided containers of any size or style
· Bags or containers larger than 12″ x 12″ x 12″
· Alcohol
· Glass bottles or cans
Ø Non-alcoholic beverages brought into the stadium must be in approved factory-sealed plastic containers only. Water bottles, sport bottles or other approved types of beverage containers that are not factory sealed must be emptied prior to entering the stadium. They may be refilled once inside at any water fountain.
· Umbrellas of any size
· Firearms or weapons of any type
· Designated artificial noise makers such as whistles or air horns
· Signs or flags on sticks, regardless of the length
· Any unapproved signs or banners
· Footballs, Frisbees, inflatable balls
· Fireworks
· Animals (with the exception of service animals for people with disabilities)
· Any other item(s) deemed dangerous or unacceptable by security
Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast has been held at Folsom Field since 1941. This event is hosted by the associates of Wright Kingdom Real Estate, the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and the City of Boulder. Media Sponsors include the Daily Camera and Boulder Channel 8.
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Boulder celebrates Colorado Children’s Day
0April 26, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
For the fifth straight year, Boulder will host a Colorado Children’s Day festival on Friday, April 29 (rain date is April 30), on the Pearl Street Mall between 13th and 14th streets from noon to 4 p.m. This fun and entertaining event will offer free activities to children through elementary school age provided by children-focused City of Boulder departments and programs, community agencies, nonprofit organizations and local businesses.
Ken Hotaling, Kiwanis of Boulder and co-chair for the Colorado Children’s Day event, stated, “The purpose of this event is to reflect on the value our children bring to our lives and our future, celebrate their accomplishments and nourish them in their quest to learn.”
With more than 30 different organizations planning activities, this year’s festival is expected to top last year’s estimated attendance of 1,200 children and adults.
This event is the result of a joint effort between the City of Boulder Children, Youth and Families Division, Kiwanis Clubs of Boulder, the Boulder Valley School District and media sponsor, the Daily Camera. Children, Youth and Families is a division of the city’s Department of Housing and Human Services.
In order to encourage visitors to Colorado Children’s Day to leave their cars at home, Go Boulder and Special Transit are offering families free rides to and from the event on the HOP bus. Please visit www.goboulder.net for maps and bus schedules.
For more information and a list of the activities and participating organizations, visit the Colorado Children’s Day at Boulder Website at www.childrensdayboulder.org or email: coloradochildrensdayboulder@gmail.com
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Photo Opportunities:
§ Children investigating a worm compost and planting seeds in take home gardens;
§ A children’s African-style performance troop with marimbas, drums, dancing and singing;
§ Children exploring a HOP bus, police car, ambulance, street sweeper, fire truck and more;
§ An instrument zoo where kids will be trying out a variety of instruments;
§ Children playing parachute games on the lawn; and
§ Children experiencing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and much, much more!
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Boulder’s 2011 Community Cleanup Day
0April 20, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
Boulder’s 2011 Community Cleanup Day
Online registration is now available for the ninth annual Community Cleanup Day, which will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 14. The event, sponsored by the City of Boulder, Boulder City Improvement Association II (BCIA 2) and the Daily Camera, provides volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups to help clean up a variety of parks, greenways, creeks and paths throughout the city.
After the cleanup, participants meet for an ice cream social from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Scott Carpenter Park, located at the southwest corner of 30th Street and Arapahoe Avenue. All participants will receive a free one-day pass to the Boulder Reservoir and have a chance to win one of several gifts offered in the prize drawing.
Registration is available online at www.BoulderParks-Rec.org, (click on “Community Cleanup Day – Sign up today!”) or by calling303-413-7245. Online registration will close on Wednesday, May 11, and day-of-event registration will be held from 8 to 8:30 a.m. at Scott Carpenter Park.
For more information about the City of Boulder and other city-sponsored events, visit www.bouldercolorado.gov/.
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Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast announces next great band competition Get your applications in early
0April 8, 2011
Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast wants to give local bands a huge break at the biggest event of the summer. The annual 4th of July fireworks committee announced today that it will launch a YouTube band competition to choose this year’s opening act.
Bands can compete to entertain thousands of fans at the region’s best fireworks show. The contest is open to any band that performs an original song with a Boulder connection. The contest is open to all genres: rock, country, pop, hip-hop, rap or something new – just make sure it’s family friendly.
“Ralphie’s Independence Day is an iconic event in Boulder, and people love coming here to celebrate the 4th of July,” said Lew Kingdom of Wright Kingdom Real Estate, premier sponsor of the event. “This year we want to combine the biggest event of the summer with the ‘I Love Boulder’ campaign by inviting bands to join us in celebrating the cultural, traditional and happily unconventional characteristics of Boulder life. It’s an ideal theme for something we all love to attend.”
Boulders The Showmen 1966
The winning band, or bands, will open the fireworks celebration to an estimated crowd of up to 40,000 people when the gates open. Runners up will see their music videos displayed on the Jumbo Tron at Folsom Field.
To enter, contestants must submit a YouTube video of the band performing its song. Tribute bands playing another artist’s song will not be considered. Bands will be evaluated for musical ability and style; bonus points may be given for creativity.
Video submissions will be judged based on quality, a “Boulder connection”, and the number of YouTube views by June 6, 2011. Obviously, self promotion to generate YouTube views is allowed. Multiple music video entries by the same artist are permitted. The Ralphie’s Independence Day committee will make the final selection of band(s).
Submissions are due no later than noon on June 1, 2011. Bands must grant written permission to play the video at Folsom Field, on Boulder municipal television stations, and event/sponsor websites as a requirement for submission.
Ralphie’s Independence Day Great Band Competition guidelines:
To be considered for the YouTube music video contest and a chance to play at Folsom Field on July 4, submissions must be received by noon on June 1 and must include:
1) Band’s name, address and phone number
2) Band’s permission (copyright release) to air the music video at Folsom Field, on event/sponsor websites and City of Boulder communication platforms, including municipal channels 8 and 22
3) Songs must include the word “Boulder”.
4) YouTube tags must include: “Boulder Colorado”, “I Love Boulder”, “Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast”
5) Videos may not contain nudity, profanity, or depict illegal activity
6) Email a YouTube link for your music video along with band contact information to Cindy Schlager at Wright Kingdom Real Estate bands@wkre.com.
Finalists will be notified by June 10 and may be asked to perform a live audition.
Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast, at Folsom Field, will be held July 4. Gates open at 8 p.m.
Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast is hosted by the associates of Wright Kingdom Real Estate, the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and the City of Boulder. Media Sponsors include the Daily Camera, and Boulder Channel 8.
For more information on this year’s event, go to www.boulder4thofjuly.com.
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Sunday Editorial: What happened on the Hill the night Todd Walker was killed : a possible defense
8March 20, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
EDITORIAL: BY JANN SCOTT PUBLISHER
It’s on everybodys mind but no one wants to talk about it in writing. The Daily Camera wrote a pretty harsh inditement of the CU students behavior on the hill Friday night when Todd Walker was murdered. The Chancellor of the University of Colorado released a document laying out proper protocol when being robber: DON’T FIGHT BACK.
There are some big questions that may never be answered. Or maybe they will when the murder trial begins. Surely part of the defense will be that:
Elizabeth Roach was drunk, aggressive and itching for a fight. Todd Walker posed a huge football player threat. There was fighting in the streets. People were throwing bottles and rocks. Kevin McGregor was just trying to get away. And as he did he stumbled into Walker and Roach who didn’t like the way this working class skin head looked. They curse at him pushed him shoved him hit him. McGregor thought Walker was going to kill him so he reached into his back pants crack, pulled out a pistol and fired a warning shot. But Walker and Roach kept at him. Walker had him by the throat, So Mcgregor shot again and killed Walker. Roach let go of McGregor and McGregor ran. The riot crowd who were watching McGregor get beaten dispersed. Then McGregor came back as witness’s told Boulder Channel 1 news. But the crowd was hostile McGregor so he left not sure what to do? He really didn’t was to shoot at all. It was self defense!
You don’t think this will be the defense??? Hell it might even be true.
And what was the environment on the hill when Todd Walker was killed?? The conservative Daily Camera called it a Riot with 500 students chanting FUCK THE POLICE. Cops were getting pelted. Where were Roach and Walker in all of this?
Were they fighting. Was roach drunk and out of control. When McGregor tried to Rob them, did she not see the gun? Did she attack him? Did she keep on fighting even after McGregor fired a warning shot.? Was Walker trying to Keep Roach under control , away from McGregor so he wouldn’t shoot them. Maybe he wasn’t trying to protect her as much as to get her to cut it the fuck out. Did she get Todd Walker killed. In the end perhaps we will find this out at the trial. If there is a trial. Or was McGregor a crazed lone gunman caught up in the juice of a college drunken riot ? Was this his chance to finally use that gun he always carried. I suspect a combination of both.
Are the riots and murder connected. Did the drinking crazed student riots create the energy for this terrible murder to happen.? Is it not the college culture of drinking , disrespect and violence that led to this.? Is this not just the escalation of violence in general in our community. And now this!! A hand gun Murder!. We are all to blame for this is my take. I’d like to really know what happened up there.
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Just like Boulder city Council US House Votes to End Money for NPR, and Senate Passes Spending Bill
0March 18, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
In a stunning development, the US government has cut spending to NPR floowing a trend all across the USA. In 2007 The Boulder city council mis used COMCAST public access fees, then lined their own pockets with the money. No criminal charges were ever made. However, Seth Brigham a victim of the councils discrimination won a settlement for their free speech violations..
Readers of the Daily Camera overwhelmingly supported the end of free speech in Boulder. It is now coming to an end in the US house and Senate. this is a sad day for boulder and America
from NY Times: WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to cut off financing for National Public Radio, with Democrats and Republican fiercely divided over both the content of the bill and how it was brought to the floor.
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Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, praised the spending measure and said that over 10 years, $10 billion in cuts over all would amount to $140 billion in savings.
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Across the Rotunda, the Senate approved a short-term spending measure passed earlier in the week by the House that would keep the government financed through April 8. Members of both parties and chambers said the move, which once again averted a government shutdown, should be the last of its kind. The measure, which cut spending by $6 billion for this fiscal year, passed the Senate 87 to 13, with nine Republicans, three Democrats and an independent voting in dissent.
As in the House, some of the Senate’s more conservative members voted against the spending measure, known as a continuing resolution, arguing that its cuts were insufficient. Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, offered his own plan, which he said would balance the federal budget in five years by eliminating the departments of education and energy, among other measures.
Senate Republican leaders backed the stopgap measure, praising the $6 billion in cuts that came on top of $4 billion in reductions contained in the current budget bill, which expires Friday. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said that over 10 years, the $10 billion in cuts would amount to $140 billion in savings. “All in all, a good day’s work,” he said.
But Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the Hawaii Democrat who is chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said the continued cutting was bound to harm federal agencies. “How much more can we cut before we have no funds to pay employees to monitor our borders and ports?” he asked. “How much more before we have to cancel the construction of dams, bridges, highways, levees, sewers and transit projects and throw thousands of private sector workers onto the street?”
The NPR bill, sponsored by Representative Doug Lamborn, Republican of Colorado, would mean that stations could not buy programming from NPR or any other source using the $22 million they get from the federal government.
“The time has come for us to claw back this money,” said Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee.
This was the second time that the House has moved to defund NPR; a rider was attached to a short-term spending bill passed last month by the House but rejected by the Senate. Thursday’s measure, which House Republicans rushed to the floor before a one-week recess begins, passed 228 to 192 ; all the Democrats who were there and seven Republicans voted against it and one Republican, Representative Justin Amash, voted present.
The bill, should the Senate even bring it to the floor, is almost certain to fail in that chamber. Democrats control the Senate, where members of both parties have expressed skepticism about cutting off NPR because it remains popular among many of their constituents.
The organization, in the crosshairs of Republican lawmakers for years, came under intense fire recently with the release of a video that showed one of its fund-raising executives criticizing members of the Tea Party, and the hasty firing of the commentator Juan Williams for remarks he made on Fox News about Muslims.
Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the Republican majority leader, said recently that the revelations of the video, made by a conservative advocate who posed as a potential donor to the entity “makes clear that taxpayer dollars should no longer be appropriated to NPR.”
Democrats said it was politics, not fiscal austerity, that drove the bill. “Why are we wasting valuable floor time on an ideological battle?” said Representative Louise Slaughter of New York.
The House debated the bill, and the procedure by which it was brought to the floor, for several hours Thursday. Republicans argued that NPR should be able to sustain itself through private donations, and Democrats countered that the cut would have negligible impact on debt reduction or the nation’s fiscal problems. They also accused Republicans of ignoring joblessness in lieu of attacking “Car Talk” and picking on Elmo.
Mr. Lamborn said that while he personally enjoyed NPR, “I have long believed it can stand on its own.” He added in a speech on the floor, “I want NPR to grow on its own, I want to see it thrive. Just remove taxpayers from the equation.”
Democrats objected to how the bill was brought to the floor. On Wednesday, the House Rules Committee held an emergency hearing to expedite the bill, and it went to the floor under a so-called closed rule, which does not allow for amendments, counter to the promise of more openness made by Speaker John A. Boehner. Republicans pointed out that the content of the seven-page bill had already been debated when it was part of the larger spending bill.
NPR expressed grave concern in a statement today about the impact of the bill on the entire public radio system, saying it was a direct effort to weaken it that would ultimately choke local stations’ ability to serve their audiences.
“At a time when other news organizations are cutting back and the voices of pundits are drowning out fact-based reporting and thoughtful analysis, NPR and public radio stations are delivering in-depth news and information respectfully and with civility,” Joyce Slocum, interim chief executive officer of NPR, said. “It would be a tragedy for America to lose this national treasure.”
Carl Hulse contributed reporting.
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Boulder police apologize for delay in filing sex case
0March 10, 2011
“The detective failed to complete the investigation in a timely manner.”
Suspects were allegedly using false IDs
The Boulder Police Department would like to clarify some information that was published in a recent newspaper article regarding a sexual assault investigation in which three out of four suspects were arrested last weekend at the Original Pancake House in Boulder.
In an article about the case today, March 10, 2011, the Daily Camera in Boulder reported that the delay in the investigation was due to a concurrent confidential investigation by the Civil Rights Division, and that the Civil Rights Division could not share its information with police because of confidentiality requirements.
While it is true that Boulder Police detectives faced some difficulty in attempting to gather information about the identification of the suspects (who now face felony charges of Identity Theft in addition to charges of Unlawful Sexual Contact), the difficulty was not due to the fact that the Civil Rights Division was conducting its own investigation.
The delay was due to factors independent of the Civil Rights Division investigation. All four suspects were using false identities and social security numbers belonging to other people, and this complicated the investigation by detectives.
Questions have been raised about the reason for the delay between the filing of the original report and the arrests made earlier this week. The original report was taken as a misdemeanor unlawful sexual contact case. The detective originally assigned to the investigation began the investigation immediately, however, the detective failed to complete the investigation in a timely manner.
Supervisors became aware of the delay during a routine review of case logs. Boulder Police Department also learned that the victim had filed a civil complaint against the owner of the Original Pancake house that the state of Colorado was investigating. Once that complaint was filed, the owner of the Original Pancake House would not cooperate with the detective; and the Civil Rights Division, by law, could not reveal confidential information. After failing to identify the suspects, the detective erroneously closed out the case.
Upon learning that the victim filed a civil lawsuit (in addition to the civil complaint) against the owner of the Original Pancake House, the police department reopened and reassigned the investigation on March 2, 2011. Detectives quickly picked up the investigation, further developed it into a Felony Unlawful Sexual Contact case (versus the original misdemeanor allegation) and Identity Theft case, and arrested three of the four suspects last weekend.
The Boulder Police Department takes full responsibility for the delay in this case. “This is not acceptable and not the kind of service we expect to provide to the community we serve,” said Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner. “We sincerely apologize to the victim. We take allegations of sexual assault very seriously and will make every effort to make sure this does not happen in the future.”
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Boedecker theater at Boulder Dairy wrought with controversy and fraud
0March 6, 2011
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
SUNDAY EDITORIAL: by Jann Scott
Did George Boedecker know that he funded a theater that is wrought with controversy?? Maybe not.
“The Dairy Center for the Arts includes a brand new state-of-the-art cinema. The 60-seat art theater features independent film and broadcasts of live opera and other performing arts. Plush and spacious seats in The Boe will offer high-quality cinema viewing with access to traditional movie theater refreshments, snacks, beer and wine. The theater will also accommodate live performances and programs.” dairy center
What makes it controversial is that the theater wing was originally built with Comcast franchise fees to house public access TV for all Boulder citizens to come in and make their own video and film productions for free. $225,000 worth of 1995 dollars. Then $300,000 dollars was alloted annually by Comcast for the operation of the facility for the length of the franchise agreement. The wing was not supposed to be privatized and taken over by the city to be turned into a snooty elite international film series venue.The people of Boulder have been ripped offed, raped and duped by the Daily Center and the Boulder City council. Boedecker and his financial buddy Richard Polke made millions in their initial investment into Crocks. Now they have formed an unholy alliance to build this theater. Polke who is president of the of the dair
from Westwordy hated Public Access TV as did his girl friend Sue Deans former editor of the Daily Camera. The two of them tried to control free speech at public access TV for years and when they couldn’t do that the killed it and then put in their very own private movie theater that few people will use .In addition Boulder already has an arts cinema on campus. Maybe you have heard of it. International Film series. So now we have two at the tax payers expense and we have no public access TV which was paid for by Comcast. This is more proof that the city and the rich elite who run our local government absolutley “Hate Free Speech””It was a gleam in our eye just eighteen months ago,” Harris says of the new theater, which was funded largely by donations, including a major one by the Boedecker Foundation. Fitted with hi-tech projection and audio systems (in order to compete, Harris notes, with the high quality home video equipment now available), the venue is programmed largely by sentient committee rather than by a single curator. “They’ree all local cinephiles — the people who live and breathe movies,” Harris says. And the Boedecker also boasts a liquor license, which allows moviegoers the opportunity to buy wine and beer at the concession stand. What more could you want?” Westword
“Construction of the cinema, housed in the wing that formerly housed a public television studio at the Dairy, began last fall. But the idea to bring an art-house cinema with state-of-the-art technology to Boulder was hatched in 2009.” daily camera
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By Order of King Rat: @bouldercolorado takes after Seth again!!! @dailycamera
2July 16, 2010
by Boulder Channel 1
in News
By Rob smoke
I was all set to write about the rats at City Hall; and no, I don’t mean the city council, even if Ken Wilson’s nose hairs are long enough to rate as whiskers. Rats — old-fashioned Norway rats — relax, chow down and sun bathe adjacent to the Boulder municipal building daily. City staff are presently arguing amongst themselves as to whether it’s an issue for the Integrated Pest Management team, or the people in charge of Urban Wildlife. (The winner gets to commit suicide; video at eleven.)
Meanwhile, we have a new document from the city, “Public Participation Subcommittee Proposed Rules of Decorum.” Sub-committee members included Lisa Morzel and George Karakehian, with the city clerk, Alisa Lewis, and two city attorneys, Kathy Haddock and Thomas Carr providing staff support. A “first reading” of the proposed rules is due to take place on September 1st; however, our exclusive Channel 1 scouts unearthed a just-minted copy of the proposal… what a doozy!
Check this out: Section 2 — Rules of Decorum for the Public — Sub-section “C”: “All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a whole and not to the public, staff, or a single member of council. Remarks may be addressed to a single member of the council when that council member has asked the speaker a question to which the speaker is responding.”
We know that the City has given high-end smart-phones to council members for their personal or business use. When a reporter for the local paper of record (the Daily Camera) sought access to records of those calls, the city invoked some sort of insane executive privilege. In other words, council gets to decide individually if it chooses to speak to the public, to staff, or privately amongst one another, but when you as a citizen come to the mic at a public city council meeting — where the words you speak are immediately transmitted to the public — you’re not allowed to choose. You have to speak to council — and not just one council member — it has to be all of them all at once. Unless, after you’ve spoken, one of them wants to speak directly to you (in front of the public, et al.) In that case, you may speak only to them and not the public or the rest of council (even though they’re all watching and listening.) Got that? It’s estimated that there are approximately 2,000 home viewers that witness the opening portion of each city council meeting; so, be aware — unless you avoid addressing those viewers, you could be committing a violation of the new rules of decorum.
But there’s more: Under Section 2, Sub-section “D”, “no attendee (by inclusion, no public speaker) shall disrupt, disturb or otherwise impede the orderly conduct of any council meeting by… making any personal, impertinent, contemptuous, unduly repetitive, slanderous or profane remarks, nor engaging in any other verbal or physical disorderly conduct…”
Anyone catching on here? Apparently, the sub-committee reviewed the tapes of Seth Brigham’s appearances at council and identified all the things he occasionally seems to do at meetings… such as make “personal, impertinent, contemptuous, or unduly repetitive” remarks. Might be great fun to test the ordinance: “Madam Mayor, I’m here today to express my contempt for the city council, and also to state clearly once and for all that God is love and love is God…can I just repeat that a few times so that everyone gets it?”
“Yes, we get it; I shall now ask the Sargent-at-Arms to taser you.”
I’m sure Mr. Brigham would have his own genuine approach to challenging this proposed ordinance, which also dictates that no one cover their face with a mask. Are they kidding? Does that mean the female members of council will remove their lipstick and pancake makeup before entering the chambers? I doubt it, but it does help to be near-sighted at times like these.
With the ACLU already up council’s collective butt on the homeless camping ticket issue, you’d think they might chill with further dictates to the peons. This bizarre document merely proves there’s no rest for the wicked. (Did you think “decorum” was a big issue for the city? Well, guess again.) Yes, council members helped create this document, but it might just as easily have been dictated by a “King Rat”… preening demonically before the Channel 8 camera.
Who gets to decide what’s “pertinent” by the way? Are the city’s proposed energy-efficient Smart Regs “pertinent” to the operation of local government? King Rat no doubt would tell us “yes”, and if you don’t like it, you can take your impertinent and contemptuous slander somewhere else, since no one on council wants to hear it, and it’s illegal to address your remarks to the general public, even if thousands have tuned in to watch.
King Rat, do you speak for council? We’ll find out for sure in September and it should be fun to watch. Read the entire “Proposed Rules” athttp://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13413&Itemid=357
Rob Smoke is a former Commissioner of Human Relations for the City of Boulder.
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4th of July activities in Boulder Colorado
0July 1, 2010
The annual Fourth of July fireworks show, Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast, will take place again this year at Folsom Field. This year’s event features entertainment by the city Open Space and Mountain Parks singing rangers, the Skip-Its jump rope team, and Cheer Central. Gates open at 8:00 p.m. The program starts at 8:30 p.m.
Parking is free at Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street shopping center’s parking garages, downtown city parking garages and all city parking meters. Free HOP and Buff Bus service will be provided from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. from these parking areas to Folsom Field and back. At the Twenty Ninth Street shopping center, the HOP pick-up is located on 29th Street at the HOP stop and the Buff Bus pick-up is located by the Macy’s parking garage on Walnut. Also, parking is available at CU on a first-come, first-served basis in the lot off of Regent Drive and in the Kittredge/Fiske Planetarium area. Accessible parking is available off Folsom Street and Colorado Avenue for those with proper permits.
The following items are not permitted into the stadium:
- Hard-sided containers of any size or style
- Bags or containers larger than 12″ x 12″ x 12″
- Alcohol
- Glass bottles or cans
Ø Non-alcoholic beverages brought into the stadium must be in approved factory-sealed plastic containers only. Water bottles, sport bottles or other approved types of beverage containers that are not factory sealed must be emptied prior to entering the stadium. They may be refilled once inside at any water fountain.
- Umbrellas of any size
- Firearms or weapons of any type
- Designated artificial noise makers such as whistles or air horns
- Signs or flags on sticks, regardless of the length
- Any unapproved signs or banners
- Footballs, Frisbees, inflatable balls
- Fireworks
- Animals (with the exception of service animals for people with disabilities)
- Any other item(s) deemed dangerous or unacceptable by security
This event is hosted by the associates of Wright Kingdom Real Estate, the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and the City of Boulder. Media Sponsors include the Daily Camera, KBCO Radio and Boulder Channel 8.
For more information, go to www.boulder4thofjuly.com. For HOP routes, go to www.goboulder.net.
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Boulder Channel One News: creek cleanup; @bouldercounty Aging for HETEROSEXUALS; @boulderpolice Special O! @bouldercolorado Council Press briefing today. @boulderchamber tesla party. Commies call to action
0May 14, 2010
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Community Cleanup Day, Saturday, May 15
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:
Approximately 400 volunteers are expected to assist with the cleanup and beautification of city parks, greenways, creeks and paths.
What:
Eighth annual Community Cleanup Day. The event is sponsored by the City of Boulder, Boulder City Improvement Association II (BCIA 2) and the Daily Camera.
When:
8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 15
Where:
Several park and greenway locations around Boulder. A free social with Glacier Homemade Ice Cream will be held at Scott Carpenter Park, located at 30th St. and Arapahoe Ave.
Information:
For more information and a full list of potential photo/video shoot locations, call Shelly Ruspakka, Parks and Recreation, at 303-413-7214.
Aging Services to offer Caregiving Symposium on June 10
Boulder County, Colo. – Boulder County Aging Services will sponsor a free educational event – the largest of its kind in Boulder County – for families and friends of elders or for anyone interested in caregiving issues.
What: 2010 Caregiving Symposium, a large resource fair of service providers, nine workshops on key caregiving topics, educational materials, refreshments and more.
When: Thursday, June 10 from noon-5 p.m.
Where: Calvary Bible Church, 3245 Kalmia Ave., Boulder
Cost: FREE. To register, please call 303-441-1685, go to www.BoulderCountySeniors.info or register at the door.
The event is sponsored by Boulder County Aging Services (a division of Community Services), with assistance from City Senior Services and co-sponsoring agencies.
Current caregivers, those who anticipate becoming a caregiver or those who want to learn about resources for assisting caregivers are encouraged to attend this once-a-year occasion for all or part of the event.
Free on-site respite care (substitute elder care) is available, as well as financial assistance for respite care at home or at an adult day program. Prior arrangements are required; call 303-678-6286 to learn more.
For more information, please contact Emily Cooper at 303-678-6116 or ecooper@bouldercounty.org or visitwww.BoulderCountySeniors.info.
Police department to participate in Torch Run on Friday, May 14
The Boulder Police Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics Colorado is just a day away. The festivities begin at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, May 14. Dozens of officers, department employees and family members are expected to participate in the event, which features a 1 mile walk and parade, followed by a 4 mile run/bike and a cookout catered by the Lazy Dog Grill.
Walk/Parade
Participants will gather at the Public Safety Building, 1805 33rd St. in Boulder, then start walking south along 33rd Street to the north sidewalk of Arapahoe Street. From there, the group will walk east to the 38th Street underpass for the Boulder Creek Path. The remainder of the walk will be along the creek path to Scott Carpenter Park. Walkers can either reverse their direction along the same path or use the signal light intersection pedestrian crosswalk at 30th and Arapahoe streets to return to the Public Safety Building.
Run/Bike
The 4-mile run/bike portion will start and finish at Scott Carpenter Park. Participants will use the Boulder Creek Path, leaving from Scott Carpenter Park headed west to a turn-around point on the west end of Boulder High School. From there, the route will be back along the creek path, east to the 38th Street underpass and back to the park.
Employees and other volunteers are paying registration fees of $30 to participate in hopes of raising money for the Special Olympics Colorado. In addition to this event, Boulder police officers also have participated in Tip-A-Cop events to benefit the organization.
For more information about the Boulder Police Torch Run and the athletes it helps, contact Sgt. Dave Seper at 303-441-3333.
Press Briefing for May 18 City Council meeting
City of Boulder Municipal Lobby, May 14 at 10 a.m.
The City of Boulder press briefing scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, May 14 will preview the following items to be discussed at the May 18 City Council meeting:
- Medical marijuana – third reading to approve zoning and dispensary regulations
- Grassland Ecosystem Management Plan – public hearing and discussion of prairie dog/grassland management
- SmartRegs – public hearing and discussion of housing code revisions and energy conservation proposals for rental units
Staff will present a brief overview of the items to be discussed and staff experts will be available to answer media questions during the briefing.
The press briefings are an effort to help reporters obtain information for their weekend and Monday stories prior to the council packet publication Friday afternoon.
May 16, 2010
Boulder was featured in
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as the leading community
for Smart Energy – Fast
Cities 2010. Read more
Cool cars & company at the May After Hours
Business After Hours | Wednesday, May 19 | 5:30-7 pm | 915 Pearl St. | Register
Join the Chamber and Tesla Motors for a very cool May Business After Hours gala at their swanky new dealership in downtown Boulder! There will be loads of food and libations by the Big Red F Restaurant Group (Happy, West End Tavern, Jax Fish House and Centro) at this highly anticipated event.
Tesla Motors designs and sells, high end, high performance, electric cars that combine style, acceleration, and handling with advanced technologies making them the quickest and the most energy-efficient cars on the planet.
Cost for Chamber members is $15 if you register before Wednesday, May 19. Day of/walk-in cost is $20. Future member cost is $30. Register soon!
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Futurist Thomas Frey to speak at BEC Summit
Boulder Economic Summit | Wednesday, June 2 | 7am-1:30pm | CU-Boulder’s Glenn Miller Ballroom – Euclid & Broadway | Register
The 2010 Boulder Economic Summit, Boulder in 2035: Opportunities and Insights, will feature Thomas Frey, Senior Futurist and Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute. Frey, a member of the celebrity speaking circuit, has been referred to as the “Father of Invention” by the Daily Camera and “Dean of Futurists” by The Denver Post.
Audiences for his keynote talks have ranged from high level government officials to executives in Fortune 500 companies. Frey’s talk is part of a dynamic slate of speakers and breakouts addressing what’s ahead for Boulder in the next 25 years. Registration for Chamber members is $60 (includes breakfast and lunch). Read more.
Romancing the desk
Ergonomic Tips to Benefit Your Business | Tuesday, May 18 | 11-12:30 pm | 2440 Pearl St. | Register
As part of the Chamber’s monthly Business Skills Seminar Series, Nick McElhiney of Ergonomic Evolution LLC and Dana Wodtke of Body BeneFits are teaming up to provide ergonomic tips to help you increase your company’s productivity and profits! They will discuss the history and psychology of ergonomics, importance of ergonomics in the business world, benefits to employees and employer, return on investment, and rules for healthy desk usage.
The seminar will include product demos and one lucky attendee will take home a complimentary Rollo keyboard (the new super-slim light weight flexible keyboard). Cost is included in your Chamber membership ($25 for future members).
Get your green on in our parking lot
Green Oil Changes | Thursday, May 20 | 8am-4pm | 2440 Pearl St. | Pre-register (required)
Get a green oil change in the Chamber’s parking lot – exclusively for Chamber members – from new member Green Garage for $69.95. This service to your car will eventually save you $175 over 30K miles with less fuel use and less oil use as you’ll only need to change the oil filter every 8,000 miles (instead of every 3,000 miles). Plus they’ll include free nitrogen and tire rotations – all to help your car get better gas mileage. Other tune-up packages will be available on-site as well.
You’ll be sure to notice a big difference in your car. Pre-registration is required in advance at customerservice@greengarage.com or at 303.991.5650.
Member to Member
Discounts
Take Advantage of Chamber Member Discounts in 2010!
COLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL: is offering members buy-one get-one half off! Use the code BCMEMBER when ordering tickets at
www.COmusic.org to any Thursday/Friday Festival Orchestra concert between these dates: 7/1/2010 – 8/6/2010. Online offer only – see Web site for full details.
View all member discounts.
If you’d like to offer a member-to-member discount click here.
Referrals
Don’t miss the opportunity to receive two free Business After Hours passes! Just send/call in your referrals for new Chamber members, and when they join you will be rewarded. Contact Jan Berg at 303.786.8076 or jan.berg@boulderchamber.com.
About Our Chamber
The Boulder Chamber is a dynamic organization comprised of more than 1,500 businesses that help shape the
economy, promote community awareness, and set the pace for the future of Boulder County and beyond. Visit
www.boulderchamber.com for more information.
Location of RMPJC: 3970 Broadway, Suite 105. From Quince and Broadway, go east on Quince and turn right into the second driveway. You’ll see RMPJC in front of you.
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ACTION ALERT! CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY!
Call our Senators regarding the Merkley-Levin amendment to the financial reform bill in the Senate. The amendment would stand up to predatory and deceptive banking practices by stopping government-insured banks from engaging in risky trading. Senator Michael Bennet is undecided, Senator Mark Udall supports it. Please call Senator Bennet at 202-224-5852 asap because vote is imminent and ask him to support it. Thank Senator Mark Udall for his support 202-224-5941.
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EVENTS:
UDATE ON MUSIC NIGHTS Music / Poetry nights will resume on Friday, May 14th at 7:30 PM. at RMPJC.
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SUPPORT THE HOMELESS IN GETTING LEGAL PLACES TO SLEEP!
Saturday, May 15- Tuesday May 18
BOULDER HOME Warming Party! The Homeless community speaks up and warms up! Since May 1, when emergency shelter at both the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless and the overflow shelter closed, most homeless people in Boulder have had no legal places to sleep.
Noon to 6 p.m meet and talk with members of the homeless community
4-6 p.m. Nonviolence training for people joining the “sleep out”
6 p.m., Potluck
7-9 p.m. Stories of homelessness
10 p.m. Sleep out.
These events will take on the grassy area west of the Boulder Municipal Building.
MORE ON THE SLEEP IN/SLEEP OUT THIS WEEKEND:
People are invited to join a SLEEP IN/SLEEP OUT to move the Boulder City Council to a more humane position regarding the need for legal places to sleep in Boulder. The sleep-in/sleep-out will be at nearby place where people won’t get sprayed by a sprinkler in the middle of the night. In order to comply with the city “camping law”, people are asked not to bring shelter, including sleeping bags, tents, blankets. Also no alcohol, drugs or anything that could be construed as a weapon (even a knife).Do feel free to layer your clothing as much as you want (you won’t be breaking the law). Call Carolyn for more information and to join the sleep-in. 303-444-6981×2.
If you have extra coats, gloves, hats or socks, please bring them by the Peace Center or to the event.
Also send an email to the Boulder City Council at council@bouldercolorado.gov and express your support for legal places for homeless people to sleep.
AND PLAN ON COMING TO THE BOULDER CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY, MAY 18 AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO FIND LEGAL PLACES FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE TO SLEEP. The public comment section is at 6 p.m. In order to speak people should get to the Council at 5 p.m. to sign up for public comment. If this changes,we’ll let you know before Tuesday (as far as we know this issue is not on the agenda).
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PUBLICLY-FUNDED BALLOT INITIATIVE: SIGNATURE GATHERERS NEEDED:
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Please go to www.CleanCampaignsColorado.com to sign up and find out what you can do to help pass a ballot initiative for publicly funded campaigns in Colorado.
For info about gathering signatures in:
Boulder– Carolyn at 303-444-6981 ext. 2,
Longmont–shari malloy 303-678-8215;
Lafayette/Louisville-John Lamb at 303-665-4830;
Broomfield–Sue Mitrovic at 303-507-3979; and
Denver–Dave Bean at 303-777-0395.
Trainings in Boulder for petition gatherers:
Saturday, May 15, at 10 a.m., and Tuesday, May 18 at 7 p.m. All of these trainings are at RMPJC (see above for location of RMPJC). Carolyn is also willing to train people one-on-one. It takes about twenty minutes. Call for an appointment 303-444-6981 ext. 2.
Lafayette / Louisville training for petition gatherers: Saturday, May 15, at 1 p.m. at the Cannon Mine Coffee Company, 210 South Public Road, Lafayette, 80026. John Lamb is also willing to train people one-on-one. It takes about twenty minutes. Call for an appointment 303-665-4830
If you are in an organization that might want to endorse this ballot initiative, call Ken Connell at 720-275-4399.
To help collect signatures for the ballot initiative at the State Democratic Assembly in Broomfield on May 22, please contact shari malloy 303-678-8215.
To collect signatures during the Boulder Creek Fest in Boulder, call Carolyn at 303-444-6981 ext. 2.
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