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City to pitch in for local farmers and ranchers
Oct 26th
Restoring local agriculture on Open Space and Mountain Parks with volunteer projects
Restoring agriculture resources is critical for local family farmers and ranchers. The City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Department has been working with volunteers to get food production operations back to pre-flood conditions.
“Local agriculture has been hit hard throughout the area,” said Lauren Kolb, OSMP agriculture specialist. “While fences and ditches are not glamorous, they are critical to families in local food production.”
This Saturday, 70 volunteers will repair fencing east of Boulder. “Fences are needed to keep cattle off the roads and to avoid over grazing,” Kolb said.
This will be the OSMP’s fourth agriculture-related volunteer project since the September flood.
Flooding ruined about 3.2 million pounds of hay OSMP tenant farmers and ranchers use to feed their livestock and destroyed about 15 miles of fencing maintained by OSMP. The flooding also damaged many of OSMP’s water delivery systems – including ditches, headgates and ditches, which supply water to agricultural operations.
OSMP staff also partnered with Boulder County agricultural agencies – including Boulder County Parks and Open Space and Cooperative Extension – to help guide tenant ranchers and farmers, along with other area growers, to relief funding opportunities for losses incurred during the flood.
“Local agriculture is a high priority for the Boulder community and they’re willing to help our farmers restore operations,” said Kolb. “The sense of community and support around these volunteer projects is amazing and a huge help to local food producers.”
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Indictments: Parents aided in JonBenet’s death
Oct 25th
You Killed me. Mommy ? Burke ?? Daddy?
Grand Jury and Boulder Police say John and Patsy Ramsey murdered their kid. Straight Up
Court documents released Friday show that a Colorado grand jury voted in 1999 to indict the parents of murdered 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey on charges of child abuse resulting in death and being accessories to a crime.
The district attorney decided that year, however, not to file charges against John and Patricia Ramsey, saying there was insufficient evidence. In 2008, a new district attorney said new DNA evidence cleared the parents and their son in the death.
They did it.
The court documents, which were previously sealed, show how the grand jury sought to charge each parent with two identical counts.
“The grand jury had alleged that Patsy Ramsey and husband John Ramsey “did … permit a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation which posed a threat of injury to the child’s life or health which resulted in the death of JonBenet Ramsey.”
The grand jury also had alleged that each parent “did … render assistance to a person” who “has committed and was suspected of the crime of murder in the first degree and child abuse resulting in death.”
The documents provide no further details on who that “person” was. The grand jury had accused the couple of committing the offenses “on or between December 25 and December 26, 1996.” JonBenet was found murdered in the basement of the family’s Boulder home the day after Christmas 1996.
The Boulder District Attorney claimed in 2008 that new DNA evidence ruled out the Ramsey’s as JonBenet’s murderer. But new DA Stan Garnet gave the case back to police in 2011. He told Boulder Channel 1s Jann Scott in May that the Ramsey’s were not exonerated by him and that the case was fully in Boulder Police departments hands.
Boulder Police believe that John and Patsy Ramsey were involved with their childs murder and that there was no intruder. The new DA Stan Garnet seems to believe that too.
by Ron Baird
Jann Scott contributed to this story
some information was gathered from CNN
Boulder County Commissioners to consider 2014 budget requests
Oct 23rd
Public invited to attend and comment on budget items presented by staff and elected officials at two scheduled hearings – Oct. 24 and Oct. 29
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Commissioners will hold two public hearings to consider 2014 budget requests from county department heads and elected officials.
The first budget hearing, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24 at 9:30 a.m. will include flood-related budget requests only. The second hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. will include all non-flood related budget requests for 2014.
- Thursday, Oct. 24 at 9:30 a.m. – Presenter: Budget Office
Public Hearing: County Offices and Departments 2014 Budget Requests – Flood Related - Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. – Presenter: Budget Office
Public Hearing: County Offices and Departments 2014 Budget Requests – Non-Flood Related
The hearings will take place in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room on the third floor of the Boulder Courthouse at 1325 Pearl St. in Boulder, and members of the public are invited to provide input on 2014 funding for county services and programs. Both hearings will be webstreamed “live” atwww.bouldercounty.org/gov/meetings/pages/hearings.aspx and archived on that link for future viewing.
The County Commissioners will conduct their 2014 Budget Work Session ̶ where they take action on requests presented in October ̶ from 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room. The public is invited to attend the work session, but no public testimony will be taken. By state law, a county budget for the following year must be approved by Dec. 15.
Members of the public may provide comments about 2014 county funding in a variety of ways: in person at any of the budget hearings, by email to commissioners@bouldercounty.org, by mail to Boulder County Commissioners’ Office, P.O. Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306, or by phone at 303-441-3500.
Information about current and prior year’s budgets is available on the county’s Budget webpage. Visitwww.bouldercounty.org and search for “budget” in the search field at the top of the page.
