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CU under scrutiny for how it spends tuition increases

March 13, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Here’s a riddle: What do Mitt Romney, The Simpsons’ Montgomery Burns and the CU-Boulder leadership have in common? Answer: An appalling lack of tact when it comes to publicly rolling in their wealth. Actually, amend that … Romney and Burns…

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Could confident Democrats be the reason for snoozer caucuses?

March 7, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

Did you know there were county-wide Democratic caucuses last night? Neither did most people, it seems. Or if they did, they had the same collective response: meh. The Daily Camera reports that only about 30 people showed up at New…

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Erie candidate forum set for March 15

March 6, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

It’s hard to guess whether or not the spectacle that is the GOP nomination will help or hurt local elections, but for those who simply can’t get enough of politicians comparing and contrasting themselves to one another, the League of…

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Erie’s air is worse than L.A.’s for oil and gas pollution

March 1, 2012 Like 2 Greg Campbell

My, how a little science can change the equation. Last month, the Erie Board of Trustees rejected the idea of imposing a moratorium on new oil and gas drilling to address citizens’ concerns that hydraulic fracturing—or “fracking”—had led to a…

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Prairie dogs’ days are numbered in Frederick

February 24, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

For the residents of Frederick, “get along little doggie” is soon going to be more than an old-fashioned saying from the Wild West—it will be an edict from the town that homeowners must “remove” prairie dogs on private property or…

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Marijuana advocates are no stranger to ‘invalid signatures’ on petitions

February 17, 2012 Like 3 Greg Campbell

It’s potentially a big day in the world of marijuana. Proponents of a ballot measure seeking to legalize pot for people 21 and older will turn in another batch of signatures today to make up for what Secretary of State…

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Frack Attack

February 14, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

If you hadn’t been paying attention, it would be easy to believe that oil and gas companies crept into rural suburban communities like Erie under cover of darkness and drilled scores of wells while no one was looking. In fact,…

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Month in Review

February 14, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

The Lafayette maker of DrunkenRaisins—raisins soaked in gin as a home remedy for arthritis—faces financial pressure from the rising cost of grapes, and Boulder police arrested Summit County resident Michael Clark for the 1994 cold-case murder of Marty Grisham, who…

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Doug Bruce sentenced to 6 months, Twitter mourns

February 14, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

“Mr. Bruce probably has the worst relationship with the Department of Revenue of any citizen in Colorado,” said attorney David Lane on Monday in a classic understatement about his client, Douglas Bruce. Best known as a former lawmaker, kicker of…

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Twin Peaks Mall sells for fire-sale price

February 10, 2012 Like 0 Greg Campbell

It’s a sign of just how crappy your mall is when it sells for less than some homes in your community. That’s the case with Longmont’s Twin Peaks mall, an echoey, crumbling “retail hub” that’s half empty and in foreclosure.…