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ICYMI: Ezzard comes home, CO middle of the road on taxes, first end-of-life patient dies

Mar 21, 2017

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? Here’s a whatever-happened-to update: If you remember Martha Ezzard from her time as a Colorado legislator, you should probably check out the story in the Denver Business Journal. A couple of decades ago, Ezzard and her husband, Dr. John Ezzard, moved to Georgia to run an Ezzard family farm. They turned it into a…

Democrat Steve Lebsock says he’ll ‘probably be a no vote’ on transportation tax legislation

Mar 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Steve Lebsock, D-Thornton, says he’s inclined to vote against the bipartisan transportation funding package introduced last week because residents of Adams County and other north metro areas are “tired of getting (the) short end” on road and transit projects. Citing a long list of slights, Lebsock said in a series of tweets and…

Denver City Council’s small lot parking code dispute leads to delay

Mar 8, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Almost every new resident of Denver adds another automobile to the city’s already crowded roads and highways, and those cars and trucks need a place to park when their owners are home or elsewhere. How to come up with those spaces was the source of a somewhat tense exchange on Denver City Council and led…

Toor: State funding for public transit absolutely needed

Mar 5, 2017

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Will Toor

I am writing to refute Randall O’Toole’s recent guest opinion column claiming that there is no need for state funding for public transit. His opinion criticizes a recent report I authored for the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project showing that Colorado invests less than one cent per day per person of state funds in public transit,…

O’Toole: Transit doesn’t need state taxpayer funding

Feb 26, 2017

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According to a misleading new report, Colorado ranks 29th in per capita funding for transit, spending just one-twentieth of the national average. Thus, there is a “funding gap” for public transit. But Colorado apparently ranks 29th only in state transit funding. What’s left out is that most transit funding comes from the regional level. The…

Union Station loans to be refinanced

Jan 4, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

A refinancing plan for the remainder of two federal loans used to build the Denver Union Station project will pay off the loans early and allow the City and County of Denver to dissolve a revenue-raising authority, along with a drop in property taxes for some businesses in the area. The Denver City Council Finance…

Webb: Looking back on Election 2016

Nov 15, 2016

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Wellington Webb

As we begin to digest the 2016 election results, let me begin with our successes. First, I want to congratulate Denver voters on our 80 percent turnout, which is outstanding. I also want to congratulate Emmy Ruiz for running a great campaign in Colorado for Hillary Clinton. She helped make Colorado blue and bring Hillary…

YESTERYEAR: Hart, Strickland discuss terrorism in wake of 9/11 attacks

Oct 20, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Tom Strickland discussed the changing face of terrorism at a forum sponsored by the Colorado Young Democrats on the Auraria campus. “The events of Sept. 11, in my judgment, completely blurred the line between war…

Denver struggles with off-street parking while White House makes suggestions

Oct 12, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

The White House last week unwittingly added its opinion to Denver’s dilemma in deciding how many parking spaces should be required for new real estate developments. An Obama administration policy paper recommended against local rules requiring expansive parking lots for residential and office projects. Instead, cities should encourage residents to depend more on public transportation,…

Hudson: Colorado plays host to those tolling for the future

Sep 27, 2016

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Miller Hudson

Almost any weekday this summer, you could spot Denver conventioneers on 16th Street Mall shuttles by the colorful lanyards adorning their necks. It’s usually easy to discern whether these are visiting dentists, geologists, accountants or lawyers after a quick glance at their badges. But the recent 84th Annual Meeting of the International Bridge, Tunnel and…