Paving paradise
The pre-election Q&A brochure put costs of the project at $74 million, but now the project is being tabbed at $138 million to cover increased construction costs, infrastructure and land costs. Councilman Dwayne Romero,...
UPDATE: Bloggers question Dem convention credential decisions
Questions began to arise when five prominent state blogs were noticeably passed over for either lesser-known sites, or in one case a site that simply publishes press releases verbatim.
Were these blogs dissed because they...
Newspaper Guild honors Rosa for prison series
So named for the organization’s longtime general counsel and mentor, the David S. Barr Award is designed to recognize high school and college students for their journalistic achievements, and to encourage young journalists to...
God, Himself, to bless Vail Valley bicycles
The former Avon Town Councilwoman is asking God to grease the gears of progress by blessing the bikes of community members and presumably potential voters at St. Patrick’s Parish in Minturn and the Vail...
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Libertarians gear up for one wing ding of a party in Denver
There are plenty of events planned for the upcoming five-day confab beginning Wednesday at the Sheraton in downtown Denver. National media coordinator Andrew Davis says between 800 and 900 delegates plus their families are...
The Rhinestone, er, Muslim Cowboy
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Besides comparing himself to a lonesome cowboy on the dusty trail, Hasan further tries to raise the outsider stakes by claiming that Dems have more money than Republicans — though he has poured $54,000...
Dem and GOP conventions spark First Amendment concerns
As our sister site Minnesota Monitor reports, not even the police are happy about recently disclosed plans for a parade route on the first day of the GOP convention, and activists with the Coalition...