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Erie Candidate Profile: Paul Ogg

March 22, 2012 Like 2 Andra Coberly

Name: Paul D. Ogg Status: Incumbent Candidate website: paulogg.org Relevant leadership or community experience: Four years as a member of the Town of Erie Board of Trustees. What are the top three issues for Erie in the coming years? What…

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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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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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Oil & gas regulatory chief quits to advocate for oil & gas industry

February 1, 2012 Like 2 Greg Campbell

Dave Neslin, the director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission—the state agency in charge of regulating oil and gas operators who’ve created much uproar and controversy in Boulder County through their use of hydraulic fracturing—announced he will step…

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Best of the West: Reader’s Choice Entertainment

April 15, 2011 Like 0 editor

This year, we’re giving our Best of the West winners the red carpet treatment: The readers have spoken, the critics have made their picks and several local celebrities have added their two cents. Here are our picks for the best…

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Seven Campaign Promises from 2008

October 14, 2009 Like 1 Andra Coberly

Jared Polis 1. While Rep. Jared Polis never really ran on a platform of gay-rights issues, he did vow to fight for gay marriage and anti-discrimination laws. In September, Polis co-sponsored legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act,…