Yup, it's true, helicopter are coming to Golden. As you may have read in the Transcript or heard on the street, the Golden Hotel has a new service providing helicopter transportation between DIA and Golden. I think the helicopters will land at a private land site on the west end of 8th street next to [...]
[Continue reading…]Golden Fire Department Wins Another Award
April 3, 2006
Kudos to Kevin Milan of the Golden Fire Department for receiving a 2005 Outstanding Research Award from the Department of Homeland Security. Whether it's in response times or effective fire fighting or research, our fire department excels. We are fortunate to have such an exceptional crew (mostly volunteers) working as hard as they do to [...]
[Continue reading…]Political Judgments
April 2, 2006
Judy Denison has a really interesting story on how people make judgments on political issues in tonight’s newsletter. I’ll just post the entire article: MAKING JUDGMENTS ON POLITICAL ISSUES [From: Chris Carroll Wednesday, March 22] Emory study lights up the political brain When it comes to forming opinions and making judgments on hot political issues, [...]
[Continue reading…]Ward 2 Special Election Candidate Forum – the details
April 2, 2006
I said I would post the final details when I got them, so here they are: The forum is scheduled for Monday April 10 at the Shelton Elementary School gymnasium (420 Crawford Street) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information you can call Sandy Algermissen at 303-279-3281. The forum is sponsored by a diverse [...]
[Continue reading…]Open Space, Ref. C, and Bus Terminals
March 31, 2006
Late last week I attended a briefing, hosted by the Transit Alliance, on the Union Station project in downtown Denver. I will tell you I think it's an amazingly cool project which will integrate local city buses, regional buses, light rail, Amtrack, Greyhound and other bus services, and every other kind of transit you can [...]
[Continue reading…]Final Candidate List for Golden’s Special Election in April
March 28, 2006
This just in from the City Clerk's office . . . the final list of candidates for the April 25, 2006 Special Election: Joe Behm Brian Bookmyer Karla Conner I imagine this will be a colorful campaign. Be sure to attend the candidate forum, which I believe is scheduled for April 10. I'll confirm and [...]
[Continue reading…]Final Candidate List for Golden's Special Election in April
March 28, 2006
This just in from the City Clerk's office . . . the final list of candidates for the April 25, 2006 Special Election: Joe Behm Brian Bookmyer Karla Conner I imagine this will be a colorful campaign. Be sure to attend the candidate forum, which I believe is scheduled for April 10. I'll confirm and [...]
[Continue reading…]Owens Signs Statewide Smoking Bill
March 27, 2006
I just got an email update reporting that Governor Owens signed the smoking bill (HB 1175), which makes it official. The bill, which goes into effect July 1, bans smoking in most bars and restaurants across the state. I wrote about this bill once before, and you can more information about the bill-signing from the [...]
[Continue reading…]Five Days Left to Apply for the Historic Preservation Board
March 27, 2006
We’ve still got one opening on the Historic Preservation Board, so if you are interested be sure to get your application in by March 31. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for the evening of Thursday April 20 at City Hall. The only hard and fast requirement is that you are a resident of the City of [...]
[Continue reading…]CINQ Goes on the Air
March 22, 2006
CINQ’s Rob Medina goes on the air this Friday, March 24 at 8:00am – AM 760 – to talk about the Billion Dollar Boondoggle with Jay Marvin. CINQ’s email alert says: “This radio show is just the latest effort by CINQ to educate the public about this boondoggle. CINQ continues to meet with many civic [...]
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