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Food Tax Rebate applications available

Feb 29th

Posted by Channel 1 Networks in City News

Deadline to apply is in June

Each year, the City of Boulder provides rebates to help compensate lower income residents for the city sales tax they pay on food. Those seeking a rebate must fill out an application documenting their eligibility.

The application period begins Thursday, March 1. Applications can be picked up starting March 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, at the West Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Ave. Completed application forms must be received by Friday, June 29, or postmarked by Saturday, June 30. Applicants from 2011 will automatically receive an application in the mail.

Rebates are $73 for low-income individuals and $224 for low-income families. To be eligible to receive a rebate, people must have been a resident of Boulder for the entire 2011 calendar year and be:

• a low income senior, age 62 or over for the entire 2011 calendar year,

• a low income person with disabilities, or

• a low income family with children younger than 18 in the household for the entire 2011 calendar year;

The Food Tax Rebate Program is administered by the Department of Housing & Human Services, Division of Senior Services. Additional information on the program is available online at www.boulderseniorservices.com or call John Bunzli, program manager, at 303-441-1836.

C U six figure raises are a crime by Rob Smoke

Feb 28th

Posted by Channel 1 Networks in CU News

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I believe the group of “retired” CU administrators who have six-figure “part-time” jobs with the University of Colorado
are suspect agents of a crime which violates a variety of Federal statutes. If the obviously unconstitutional
legislative provisions allowing their “part-time” six-figure paychecks were in fact created with their involvement,
then — regardless of their job titles — they may in fact be an organized white-collar crime ring.
One question would be, who did the legislative work and what do their records show?

As far as constitutional issues go, for starters, the “special provision” discriminates against anyone who works for the state of Colorado
and cannot access the financial benefit of “retiring” and then receiving top-level pay from the very same public agency from which they allegedly “retired”.
From what I can gather, that includes everyone not in this exclusive group of go-getters — a group that is also known
to work with the legislature regarding CU’s various needs.
It should be noted that the self-same administrators who feel that the 4/20 celebrants besmirch the reputation of the University
are game to continue with their arrangement which functionally defrauds the state of Colorado — or rather, everyone who lives
here and isn’t in this particular “boys club” of un-retirable retirees.

Rob Smoke is a columnist for Boulder Channel 1 News

22 Boom – 2012 Academy Awards – Episode 51 and 52

Feb 27th

Posted by Channel 1 Networks in 22 Boom

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Boulder Channel 1 annual Oscar show today features trailers from the Nominees Assembled by our Buddy Borg. We also have movie reviews of this years Oscars by Dan Culberson in the movie section. Aaron smith put together our 22Boom Academy Awards TV show for BV 22 which play all over Boulder county. Look for that 2hour TV special here as well.