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Let your voice be heard

February 5, 2012
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Let your voice be heard

A public open house on oil and gas regulations for Longmont will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 PM on February 6, 2011, in the lobby of the Council Chambers. At 7:00 PM three city boards will receive information from staff and hear testimony from citizens.

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City misses the mark on public notification

January 28, 2012
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City misses the mark on public notification

Ex-mayor Baum recently said in a radio broadcast that “drilling was nothing new,” that “it had been in the works for a year and a half.”

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Jonathan Singer joins Colorado legislature

January 28, 2012
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Jonathan Singer joins Colorado legislature

Surrounded by his parents and Senate President Brandon Shaffer, Jonathan Singer took the Oath of Office from Justice Nancy Rice of the Colorado Supreme Court.

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NOT in Longmont’s backyard!

January 24, 2012
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NOT in Longmont’s backyard!

For all those climate change deniers who have convinced themselves that greenhouse gases are not man-made, here’s a great big wake-up call.

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Deer in the headlights

January 23, 2012
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Deer in the headlights

With the help of wordsmiths like Frank Luntz and a year of practice, one of the 1%’s water carriers has got that political “pivoting” maneuver down pretty well. But someone’s always going to show up with that question, the one not expected, the one that wasn’t included in the script.

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Racism run amok. Where is the “dream”?

January 19, 2012
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Racism run amok. Where is the “dream”?

Racism was celebrated by Newt Gingrich and the South Carolina Republican Debate audience last weekend. Could there have been a greater slap in the face to the heritage of King's accomplishments with his commemorative birthday just hours away.

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Neo-Liberal Economics and the decline that followed

January 9, 2012
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Neo-Liberal Economics and the decline that followed

"... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of this country will endeavor to prolong its reign..." Abraham Lincoln, 1864

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WTP: “…as slippery an organization as one finds in modern politics.”

January 3, 2012
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WTP:  “…as slippery an organization as one finds in modern politics.”

“In the real world of politics, the 'quid pro quo' of both direct contributions to candidates and independent expenditures on their behalf is loyalty. And, in practical effect, experience teaches us that money corrupts, and enough of it corrupts absolutely.”

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When Longmont went dirty

January 1, 2012
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January 18, 2008 - that's when Longmont's GOP went dirty.

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“Has-Been Mayor” proves that talk is cheap

December 20, 2011
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“Has-Been Mayor” proves that talk is cheap

GOP revisionism takes to the airwaves in Longmont.

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Do you know who wants your water?

December 13, 2011
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Do you know who wants your water?

The mountain stream water that Longmont sold to a company for fracking is irrevocably removed from the hydrological system.

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Cory Gardner and friends cause “dust up”

December 10, 2011
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Cory Gardner and friends cause “dust up”

Cory Gardner creates dust-up over non-existent farm dust rules.

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Some want the military to target Americans

November 26, 2011
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Some want the military to target Americans

There is no moral, legal or security justification for turning our military on our own citizenry.

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Consumed by hate

November 22, 2011
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It appears that one of the ties that bind Republican candidates and their enthusiastic supporters is their joy at the suffering of others.

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Republican Tea Party Agenda

November 21, 2011
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Republican Tea Party Agenda

In case you've never read the Republican Tea Party agenda for 2012 and beyond, here is it in one place.

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