tourism
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Estes Park tourism brawl yields fresh start now that the board is vacant
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There’s been a helluva political fight over tourism tax dollars in Estes Park. It’s emptied out a town board that handles tax dollars for promotion. No source other than the local Trail Gazette newspaper has stayed on the story about the power struggle, the accusations and, ultimately the lost opportunities to promote a Colorado gem.…
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Contrarians in Trump Country: Liberal Manitou Springs copes with a decidedly conservative presidency
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For yoga instructor Jess Saffer and the other happy hippies of Manitou Springs, last year’s presidential election was an emotional body blow – intense, raw and visceral. “It felt like heartbreak,” said Saffer, 28, of the moment she learned that Trump had taken the lead. Nine months in, a siege mentality has taken hold in…
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Smith: Anti-NAFTA AMLO, Mexico’s next president?
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Now that the Trump administration has initiated the process of renegotiating the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), let’s hope that this process is marked by thoughtfulness and not rhetoric like the president’s earlier comments that NAFTA was “the worst trade deal in history.” Despite the anti-trade rhetoric, NAFTA has been a great success, resulting…
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Aguilar and Herod: What Colorado can do to support our immigrant communities
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Measures brought before the Colorado General Assembly in this legislative session have shown that the contentious national debate on immigration has been jolting our state’s politics as well. As the federal government has shifted its policies to penalize so-called sanctuary cities and aggressively deport immigrants, we’ve seen conflicting bills introduced here on whether our state…
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YESTERYEAR: Pre-Amendment 41 legislators take to the paid-for slopes in droves
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…Thirty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Ahhh, those were the days before the long arm of Amendment 41 arrived on the scene – a little heard of show was in town: Legislators on Ice, er, at least on the snow … all funded by lobbyists who just wanted to make sure their favorite…
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Colorado Dems, enviros wary of Trump cabinet picks
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Despite a growing list of climate change doubters and fossil fuel industry supporters and executives comprising the list of Trump administration cabinet nominees, Democratic Colorado lawmakers and environmentalists are hopeful the state’s clean energy economy and outdoor recreation industry can continue to thrive. Mostly, though, there’s a growing sense of dread from the conservation community…
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? Arts & culture tax extension before metro voters
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A 28-year-old sales tax that has helped Metro Denver arts and cultural groups and facilities survive economic downturns and thrive is before voters in seven metro area counties in the Nov. 8 general election. Ballot Issue 4B seeks to extend the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District‘s 0.1 percent ( one cent on every $10) sales…
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Wyoming prepares for 2017 total solar eclipse tourism rush
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Officials in Wyoming’s Teton County are already setting up management plans to prepare for a crush of 40,000 tourists, including people camping illegally, who are expected to swarm Jackson Hole next summer to see a total solar eclipse. Jackson Hole lies in the path of the first total solar eclipse that will be viewable from the mainland…
