Community Corner – Category Archive – North Metro Diversions

Community Corner: Darkest Before the Dawn?

If the truism that it is always darkest before the dawn holds up, local and national government policy on homelessness must soon see positive change. Current policy across the country has indeed gotten darker, from Trump vilifying people experiencing homelessness for causing harm to those seeking “prestigious real estate” and placing “real-life horror” Robert Marbut in the role of

Community Corner: Protect & Serve or Arrest & Torture?

The recent lawsuit Lauren Gotthelf filed for excessive use of force in Boulder County Jail is buttressed by video evidence of her being tased while strapped to a chair and placed on suicide watch. In years past, such alleged abuse could not be

Month in Review: September 2019 – Yellow Scene Magazine

Boulder banned flavored e-cigarettes. The city finalized plans for new restrictions on e-cigarettes. Stores can no longer sell flavored e-cigarette juice. In addition, Boulder wants to use a ballot measure in November to increase taxes on legal e-cigarette products by 40 percent. Boulder also increased the legal age to purchase nicotine or tobacco products to 21. * Guests secretly

Acme pad highlights information gap between O&G workers and residents

By Rachel Balkcom, Erie resident At a meeting a couple of weeks ago with Crestone Peak Resources about Acme, a 30-well project the company has proposed in the middle of my 35-year-old residential neighborhood, I spoke with environmental engineers, a number of external affairs folks, and even a Vice President of Environmental Affairs dressed down for the occasion. I asked an engineer a

Smart Directory – Yellow Scene Magazine

Schools Art Parlando School for the Arts, 303-442-0006, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, www.parlando.org Tara Performing Arts High School, 303-440-4510, 4180 19th St., Boulder, www.tarahighschool.org Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, 303-753-6046, 1600 Pierce St., Denver, http://www.rmcad.edu Charter Aspen Ridge Preparatory School, 720-242-6225, 705 Austin Ave., Erie

School Open Houses – Yellow Scene Magazine

BOULDER Bixby School Private, preschool-grade 5 4760 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder Kindergarten: Oct. 12 at 5-6 p.m., Oct. 26 at 9:30-10:30 a.m. All School (preschool and elementary programs): Nov. 2 at 9-10:30 a.m., Dec. 5 at 9-10:30 a.m. Boulder Country Day School 4820 Nautilus Ct. N. Boulder Open House: Nov. 8 9-11:30 a.m. Tara Performing Arts High School 4180 19th St

Community Corner | Officer Lord V the UnHoused

Ever since Naropa University student Zayd Atkinson was detained without cause for the non-crime of picking up garbage while Black, the City of Boulder’s response provides some hope for the future, but the response of some Boulder police officers should give us all pause. . A particularly illuminating email from Officer Ryan Lord offers insight into the attitude of some of the officers

Op-Ed: “For the Religious Purposes of Indian Tribes” – Petition to U.S. Fish and Wildlife seeks to expand law to allow non-Indians to possess eagle feathers.

On April 30, 2019, the Service published a Request for Public Comments related to a Petition submitted by Pastor Robert Soto and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The Becket Fund- a conservative law firm best known for representing the evangelical Christian owners of Hobby

Open Letter to Attorney General Phil Weiser-COGCC Rulemaking

Community Contribution Attorney General Philip Weiser 1300 Broadway Denver, Colorado cc: Governor Jared Polis, Senator Mike Foote, Senator Steve Fenberg, Representative KC Becker, Representative Yadira Caraveo July 14, 2019 Dear Sir: As the people’s lawyer we ask for your immediate intervention in the proposed rulemaking being undertaken by the COGCC to

Sammie’s Humanity: A DiverCity Conversation with Sammie Leon Lawrence IV

A DiverCity conversation with Sammie Leon Lawrence, the Fourth of his Name, Holder of Custom-made Dragon-topped Walking Aids, Gardener of Souls, and Weilder of Badass Afros. Long may his humanity be known.