boulder daily camera
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Stan Garnett stepping down as Boulder district attorney to take job at his old firm
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Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett is resigning after 10 years in office to take a position as senior partner at the powerful Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, where he worked before winning election in 2008, he announced Thursday. Garnett, 61, was the second-longest serving district attorney in Boulder County, the state’s 20th Judicial…
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As if Colorado needed more evidence that the fracking debate has gone hyper-polar …
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… A group of anti-fracking protesters in Boulder (OK, so that’s redundant; everyone in Boulder is against fracking) converged on what they thought was the residence of Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones over the weekend. The fracktivists’ planned stunt – donning HAZMAT gear and presenting a “Green Washing Award” to Jones at her house –…
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Broomfield fracking fight shrinks to context of what councilman said and when he said it
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A political fight over fracking in Broomfield shows little sign of a final bell. Colorado Politics told you last week how resident Camille Cave called out Councilman Kevin Kreeger at a recent council meeting. She said Kreeger had a “bromance” with Andrew O’Connor, the anti-drilling activist who justified a threat of violence against oil and…
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Longtime JeffCo schools sooper back on the job — in Boulder
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Cindy Stevenson is no tenderfoot when it comes to controversy. The prominent, veteran schools administrator, who was chief exec of Jefferson County Public Schools – one of the state’s largest districts – for a dozen years, resigned that post in 2014 after a new school board came to power with a whole new, reformist agenda.…
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Is Boulder safe and welcoming? City spent $167,000 to find out
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…And the conclusion of the recent, city-commissioned survey on the subject is: … not for everyone – despite the college town’s reputation as a center of free thinking, social engagement and open minds. Particularly, “… those outside the Boulder majority – that is, affluent, liberal, heterosexual white people – feel less welcome on average in the city,”…
