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1:31 pm, Dec 15, 2004
The Boulder Daily Camera takes issue in an editorial Tuesday with Attorney General nominee , current U.S. Attorney John Suthers, for his support of the Bush Administration's policy of secrecy in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, particularly with respect to the detainees:
When confronted with an irrefutable fact about civil liberties in post-9/11 America, Suthers responded by either...
1:29 pm, Dec 15, 2004
The Breckenridge Town Council voted last night to include gays in its anti-discrimination ordinance. Of the 50 people who attended the meeting, only one spoke out against the ban:
Physician Bill Bolthouse was the lone dissenter at the meeting, saying he wanted to present his Christian values. "Homosexuals as a class don't qualify for special considerations," he said. "Why is the council...
10:46 am, Dec 15, 2004
It is well understood that the open space laws passed by Boulder in the '70s had the unintended consequence of making housing so scarce and expensive that many people simply can't afford to live there any more. High Country News reports on another possibly unintended consequence of those laws -- how to manage the 3.5 million people who use Boulder's open space each year.
Boulder's Open Space...
7:13 am, Dec 15, 2004
Wow. According to Colorado's Secretary of State, voter turnout in the November election was a whopping 87 percent -- a new record for the state. 2.1 million of the state's 2.4 million registered voters went to the polls.
More than two dozen of Colorado's 64 counties had turnout higher than 90 percent. Douglas County in the Denver metro area -- Colorado's most populous region -- had a 96 percent...
9:05 pm, Dec 14, 2004
The head of the Federal Communications Commission wants to reject indecency complaints against ABC television stations, including Denver's 7, that recently aired the film "Saving Private Ryan."
Sixty-six ABC affiliates refused to air the uncut movie on Veterans Day last month, citing concerns they could face fines for profanity and graphic violence from the FCC, which has been cracking down on...
7:59 pm, Dec 14, 2004
So what do Tom Waits, Wilco, Arcade Fire, and Mastodon all have in common? They all top the list of the top 10 albums of 2004, as compiled by the hipsters on staff at Twist...
8:30 am, Dec 14, 2004
The Denver Broncos' John Lynch will be making the holidays a little brighter for certain boys and girls this year.
He's been throwing a "Secret Santa" party for eight years, and brings the tradition from Tampa to Denver for the first time on Tuesday night at the DCPA. His John Lynch Foundation works with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, and each metro area club nominated one...
8:17 am, Dec 14, 2004
Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb is just one of many candidates to replace Terry McAuliffe as chair of the Democratic National Committee. But early indications are that he is one of the most serious candidates. Political bloggers Jerome Armstrong and Matt Stoller attended the recent meeting of Democratic Party state chairs in Orlando, and conducted an informal poll of potential DNC chair...
8:00 am, Dec 14, 2004
The anti-anxiety drug Xanax may be the new threat to students who get high on Colorado campuses. Bennett Bertoli, the 20-year-old CSU student who died over the weekend, had been drinking. His blood alcohol was .124, which while considered too impaired to legally drive, is not considered enough to kill. Friends of Bertoli say he bragged about having taken Xanax. Not just one or two, but...
6:21 pm, Dec 13, 2004
With the recent craze for vintage Western shirts still spreading far and wide (pop into the Atomic Cowboy bar on Colfax to see hipsters sporting the new "vintage" versions), much has been made of the family-owned Rockmount Ranchwear in Lodo, including our own feature in this month's issue of 5280. It's a great story, with three generations of men from the Weil family still working in the...
