Month in Review

Due to the relative lack of Internet provider competition in Boulder (likely either Comcast or CenturyLink), monthly costs often run in the neighborhood of $100 with speeds well below what modern technology is capable of delivering and the bare minimum of customer service. “I feel like nobody’s happy with their Internet,” said Matt Monaco, of Boulder, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, at one of the city’s Monday meetings. “I’m interested to what options there are for bringing competition to the area, but technically how that happens is not as important as it just happening.” Boulder is planning to reduce the cap on free parking at the Main Public Library from three hours to 90 minutes, but increase the overall number of free spaces available to people doing business with the city or using parks downtown. The changes will take effect January 15 and are part of the Civic Area park improvements. After eight years, Longmont City Councilwoman Sarah Levison cast her last vote Monday night — to adjourn the current council. Levison got up from her seat and Joan Peck took her place. Peck beat out local attorney Scott Dunn for Levison’s at-large council seat by a slim margin — 10,254 to 9,916. A public hearing for the license application is scheduled for Nov. 20. Under concurrent review, when the Longmont Liquor Licensing Authority — Municipal Judge Diana VanDeHey is the sole member — accepts the application for a liquor license, the application is also sent to the state government for simultaneous processing. Blood drops on a 3-foot-tall marijuana plant inside an Agate greenhouse provided a clue that helped close a homicide case in which the victim was found 100 miles away in the trunk of a burned-up car. The DNA from the blood linked the legal grow operation to the charred remains of Jason Michael Dosa, 44. The body was discovered September 20 in the trunk of a Nissan Maxima after firefighters extinguished the car fire in a ditch on South Cougar Road in Jefferson County.

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Small Talk

“They were trading them like Pokémon cards.”

– Canon City student Donivan Willard on the sexting scandal

“Artists should be making art. We want to support them the best we can so they can do that.”

– RiNo Art District board chairman Tracy Weil

“We’re going to maintain our aggression as a team. I don’t ever want to take that away, but we’ve got to make sure that we’re thinking about the team in every situation, in everything we do.”

– Broncos coach Gary Kubiak

“Strollers, a 6’ bronze sculpture by artist Pat Kennedy ,was installed at 400 E. Simpson Street as a permanent tribute to Jean Mellblom.”

– ART!Lafayette press release

“We actually have a lot of family and friends from Detroit that are living in Denver, so it’s a home away from home. We can stay with friends, reminisce and enjoy the city. It’s a great stop for us for sure.”

– Puhy of rock band Wilson

(Sources: Boulder Weekly, Daily Camera, Broomfield Enterprise, Longmont Times-Call, Denver Post, Westword, YellowScene.com) 

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By The Numbers

1,000 – Families fed by Fresca Foods on Thanksgiving.

$25,000 – The cost of a Longmont study on organic weed management.

125,000 – Square footage of forthcoming Erie King Soopers.

$329,933 – Tolls collected after three months of US-36.