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Twin Peaks Mall (Village): not a true renaissance
Much has been made lately over the intent to build a new shopping district in Longmont. Its proponent wants one and all to believe this will be a new “mall,” and that the reincarnation of the mall...
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Open Letter to American Business
It’s no longer ‘whatever floats your boat’ but whether or not your boat FLOATS at all. Dear American business sector: Here’s how it is. We, the consumers who keep this country viable (at least we once...
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Cory Gardner: Fraud and Abuse
I see that Cory Gardner, along with his compassionate christian Colorado Republican buddies, has voted to cut the food stamp bill by 40 million, citing fraud and abuse among other things. This program...
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Need vs Greed
Let us assume that Mr. Pedro Gonzalez, an average employee at McDonalds works a 40 hour week, 50 weeks per year for a total of 2000 hours. At $8.00 per hour his gross pay is $16,000.00 per year....
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Gardner Votes Show No Compassion
Cory Gardner, no compassion. In his letter of 9/27, Mr. James Langley accused me of shamelessly distorting the facts on Cory Gardner’s vote on the Food Stamp Act. He then went on to explain the...
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Finding homes is the next difficult task
The emergency’s over, now comes the really hard part. It has been inspiring that so many nonprofits, churches, individuals and city/county staff and departments stepped up to help flood victims. The...
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Shale Boom or Shale Bubble?
Come to a public discussion of fracking's false economic promise Deborah Rogers, internationally renowned fracking economics expert, to present and take questions Deborah will speak in three...
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Deadbeat Bosses
Deadbeat bosses rip off low-wage earners with impunity. Imagine what would happen if you did not have much or any savings and your employer failed to pay you for two weeks or longer as happens all too...
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Who is getting the free lunch exactly?
How many Americans have to starve before we develop some compassion? I spend Wednesday afternoons volunteering at the food pantry run by Caring Ministries. Each week I fill carts for about a dozen...
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It’s not a wonderful life for many
Girl Working in Box Factory, Tampa, FL – 1909 Charles Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” is relevant these days with many in Congress playing the role of Scrooge before he was visited by the Christmas spirits....
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ALEC’s Half-Century Contract on the Boulder Highway, US 36
Have you ever wished to sign a 50 year contract? Sounds like a major bummer. Even utilities seek contracts from city-clients that last only 20 years, although their finance projections for their coal...
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Pro-fracking group books TV ads before November election
Ad financiers: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Noble Energy Sandra Fish Oil and gas interests are planning ahead, even though a ballot initiative isn’t likely to be finalized until summer....
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Disagreeable Me
Five ‘Truths’ You ‘Cannot Disagree With’ Conservative Propaganda Fact 1 You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. You cannot legislate the poor out of...
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Follow the Money: Bonnie Finley = Developers
Developer funded and owned. Longmont residents are fortunate that all city council candidates must report contributions at certain stages before Election Day. Some critical info came from the first...
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Longmont Council Needs Prodding to Adopt Drop Zone Fees
For several months, the Longmont city council has been considering a signficant increase drop zone fees, which would be based on the drop zone square footage of 338,000 sf (recommended by the USPA.)...
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