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Mother of Aurora theater shooting victim hammers Mike Coffman for concealed carry vote in radio ad
The mother of one of the victims of the Aurora theater shooting tears into U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman for his recent vote on gun legislation in a radio ad that began airing in the Republican’s suburban district this week. The Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, the political arm of one of the country’s largest gun control…
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Brauchler picks up law enforcement support in governor’s race
George Brauchler announced Monday that 10 district attorneys and 13 sheriffs are endorsing his run for governor in the Republican primary. Brauchler is the district attorney for Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. “As district attorney for nearly 1 million Coloradans, I understand well the threats our communities face,” Brauchler said in a statement. “Throughout…
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Should yesterday’s jail tax fund today’s transportation needs? DougCo voters won’t get a chance to say
We put the question a bit differently earlier this week: Can a community spend too much on law enforcement when there are underfunded, competing needs? Perhaps not – at least, for the two Douglas County commissioners who nixed a proposal by the commission’s third member late Wednesday to ask voters to shift some of the…
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How to fund better highways without a tax hike? Douglas County’s Lora Thomas has an idea
A proposal now on the table in Douglas County attempts to find a balance between two perennial public-policy priorities: law enforcement and transportation. Freshman County Commissioner Lora Thomas wants to ask burgeoning DougCo’s voters to shift some county revenue from the former to the latter. Her pragmatic solution, up for consideration by the commission on Tuesday: Reconfigure a long-standing county sales tax that…