Category Archives: Colorado

Tax Day Tea Party, Denver-style


Aurora declares its own land “blight”

The Aurora City Council agreed Monday that a nearly vacant field near Interstate 70 and E-470 could be considered blight, paving the way for negotiations to begin on tax incentives for a massive $1.5-billion urban development.
Blight. Merriam-Webster defines it as something that frustrates plans or hopes. Maybe the new plans for that area don’t mean […]

Could I have some global warming, please?

It’s zero degrees out my window right now. Zero. It just sounds mean, doesn’t it? If it’s warm and gorgeous this week in Copenhagen I’m going to be pissed.

I could work a government job

Sure it would drive me nuts, but not any more so than any other job I’ve ever had. Think I could get a job with the State? Oh wait, there’s a hiring freeze.
Oh wait, maybe not.
Gov. Bill Ritter promised a hiring freeze last year to help bridge the budget gap, but a CALL7 investigation found […]