Online News

Web articles, breaking stories, and more. Because not everything fits in the print.

Spend Money Wisely

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

It appears Adams County School District President Vicky Marshall and Treasurer Kevin Massey should be worried about their jobs. Restore Our Schools, a political issue committee formed to oust the aforementioned school officials, turned in enough signatures to the county…

Online News

Take Out the Trash

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

Apparently some people care about who is picking up their garbage. Superior officials picked Waste Connections to start collecting trash throughout the city, ending the need for residents (outside of Rock Creek, which already uses Waste Connections) to pay private…

Online News

Blue or Red?

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

The Democrats certainly saw this coming, which is why they figured holding their big hoo-hah of a party in Denver was a strategic move: Colorado is locked in a dead heat between liberals and conservatives. A successful party could set…

Online News

Dire Straights for St. Vrain

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

After already seeing 85 positions, mostly teachers, slashed last spring for budget reasons, St. Vrain School District officials knew they would enter the 2008-09 year thin, then eight additional admin positions were chopped last month. That means a stretched district…

Online News

Trains Shouldn’t Head in Reverse

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

The Independence Institute is a great source when you need someone to argue against a tax increase. If it’s a tax, the Golden-based think tank loathes it.

Uncategorized

Just a Moment, Mr. Obama

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

Any minute now, Barack Obama will pull up at the door of our Erie office in stretch limo with American flags sticking out from the corner, flanked by Secret Service, looking for me. We’ll then walk across the street to…

Uncategorized

August Letters to the Editor

August 11, 2008 Like 0 editor

I am going to burn every drop of gasoline I can afford. I am not recycling (try and make me). I am going to use lots and lots of electricity, and I hope I can produce enough refuse to pile…

Online News

Officially the Biggest Spender

July 31, 2008 Like 0 editor

Jared Polis has cemented himself as the biggest spender in this election cycle, his near $3.7 million of personal contributions to his campaign to win the Second Congressional District seat topping all other self-financed candidates (in both congressional and senate…

Online News

Polis, Fitz-Gerald Fighting; Shafroth Likely Loving It

July 30, 2008 Like 0 editor

It was just a matter of time before the Second Congressional District race got downright ugly. That time seems to have come in the last week as mail-in ballots for the Democratic primary started arriving at homes throughout the district…

Online News

Splitting Headache

July 7, 2008 Like 0 editor

You have to wonder if some people are just oblivious to the advantages they have. A group of well-minded Boulder Valley School District parents want to split the district. You know, the same district that is a leader in per-pupil…