Covering City Council and Sundry, with flair
A council meeting where members deep-dive into topics of community interest and city staff present relevant information. Though open to the public, there is no opportunity for public comment.
Boulder embraces aggressive new climate goals, pushes Xcel to keep pace
Pot shops caught up in vaping tax
BoCo's first Juneteenth event
- https://mailchi.mp/9075ceefd481/xcels-plan-pot-shops-king-soopers-shooting
“Every time I want to stay in bed and not do anything, I think about how he’s already taken 10 lives and I get up. If I break down, he’s taken mine, too.” — Nikki Samolovitch, to @heroinebook.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/11/boulder-king-sooper-shooting/
Surprising things you find in city gov't documents: A funeral home applying for a liquor license (beer and wine).
Well I'll be seeing this in my nightmares tonight.
I regularly get asked if a turtle is a vertebrate (yes!), and I think the confusion stems from folks thinking the shell is like a crab’s or snail’s. Fun fact: the turtle shell is modified RIBS.
At first, just 1 person was answering all the calls to the state for rent/mortgage help. Once she went on medical leave for her stress, #Colorado hired an outside contractor who now is using 100 ppl to do the work. @Gadgetress #eviction #coronavirus https://coloradosun.com/2021/06/10/colorado-horne-contractor-housing-rent-assistance/
