Growth concerns prompt recall attempt in Colorado town
ELIZABETH – Residents of a small town outside Denver want to recall their elected officials, saying they aren’t doing enough to regulate growth.
The town clerk in Elizabeth recently verified signatures on recall petitions for the six town trustees and mayor. Recall proponents accuse the town leaders on a website of pleasing developers with “reckless annexations and approvals.”
Elizabeth is 40 miles southeast of Denver and has 1,700 residents. Some locals say they don’t want Elizabeth to become like nearby Parker, which over 30 years grew from 6,000 to 55,000.
Mayor Megan Vasquez says Elizabeth will not become like Parker.
Still, town planners expect Elizabeth to grow to 20,000 over the next two decades. Town Administrator Matt Cohrs tells the Denver Post change is coming and must be managed.
Democratic ballots outpace Republicans’ as Colorado’s primary vote starts to trickle in
Ernest Luning
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Updated 7 hours ago
With less than two weeks left before ballots are due in Colorado’s primary election, election officials have logged in ballots from just under 6% of the state’s 4 million active, registered voters, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said Thursday....
Colorado court upholds murder conviction despite jury disobeying instructions
Michael Karlik
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Updated 12 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court upheld an Arapahoe County defendant’s murder conviction last month, even though jurors found he was not the one who shot the victim and the evidence suggested he was not present for the shooting. A three-judge Court of...
July 1 brings new Colorado rules on ammunition purchases, wildfire‑risk scoring and wildlife enforcement
Marissa Ventrelli
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Updated 15 hours ago
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Divided appeals court reverses conviction after judge declined to define ‘bludgeon’
Michael Karlik
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Updated 17 hours ago
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Poll finds majority believe US military action against Iran was a mistake
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Updated 16 hours ago
A poll found a wide majority of U.S. voters believed the decision to launch military action against Iran was a mistake. The Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research poll for Fox News was conducted from June 12-15, meaning many...
For Vance, Iran deal presents opportunity and risk
W. James Antle III Washington Examiner
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Updated 19 hours ago
Vice President JD Vance has a lot riding on the deal to end the war in Iran. The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran came together at the outset of Vance’s book tour, but that’s not the...
10th Circuit dismisses Tina Peters’ challenge to confinement as moot
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court granted the state’s unopposed request on Wednesday to dismiss former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ challenge to her confinement as moot. Although Peters received a commutation of her prison sentence last month from Gov. Jared...
Federal judge declines to recuse from death penalty case after Supermax visit
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 hours ago
A federal judge declined to recuse herself last month from a death penalty case arising out of Colorado’s “Supermax” prison, finding that her tour of the facility earlier this year did not bias her decision-making. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte...
Amid public pressure, Colorado candidates tackle social media regulations for minors
Bethany Johnson
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Updated 18 hours ago
Following the accidental overdose of her daughter in 2020, Patti Lujan pursued a lawsuit against Snapchat, the social media platform that, she claimed, connected her daughter with a drug dealer. In a news release announcing the lawsuit, Lujan alleged that...
Denver gets more time to answer FAA questions in probe regarding Key Lime lease denial
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 17 hours ago
The City of Denver has asked the Federal Aviation Administration for additional time to gather information and prepare its response to the federal agency’s investigation of the city’s 2025 denial of a Denver International Airport ground lease expansion for Key...
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