Denver Direct: September 2013
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Monday, September 30, 2013
Hentzell Natural Area – Trappers 0, prairie dogs 100
From: John Case
To: Dave Felice
Sent: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 7:53 am
Subject: Prairie dog traps
Dear friends, This photo taken in HHNP at 7:45am Monday Sept 30 by John Case. Trap is locked closed at both ends and has been rolled onto its side. Bait spilled from trap visible in left foreground. There are NO dead prairie dogs in any of the traps. All traps are sprung closed at both ends, it is impossible for prairie dogs to enter traps unless a human re-sets the trap. Suspect traps were sprung by prairie dogs or raccoons trying to get the grain used as bait. Score remains trappers 0, prairie dogs 100.
THC WEEKLY NEWS by Jessica LeRoux - September 30, 2013
Hey Now,
If an applicant intends to co-locate the retail marijuana establishment with its existing medical marijuana business, then the applicant does NOT need to obtain an additional state tax ID.If an applicant does not intend to co-locate the retail marijuana establishment with its existing medical marijuana business, then the applicant MUST obtain an additional state tax ID prior to application with MED. Therefore, the MED will ONLY accept applications for non-co-located retail marijuana establishments if the applicant has a tax ID for the new location.
Hope this clarifies everything for everyone,
Jordan Wellington, Senior Regulatory Analyst
Marijuana Enforcement Division (303) 866-3789
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Councilman Albus Brooks is where?
Councilman Brooks speaks at the opening of the Ideal Church of Scientology in Denver on June 16, 2012 |
It appears that our Councilman Albus Brooks is now in China working on economic development opportunities for Denver.
From: Brooks, Albus - City Council District 8 <Albus.Brooks@denvergov.org>
To: Dave Felice <gelato321@aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2013 9:29 am
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
DPS COMES TO KILL PRAIRIE DOGS
THIS MESSAGE WAS JUST RECEIVED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WE SPENT THE DAY PLANNING OUR ANNOUNCEMENT FOR OUR GALA FUNDRAISER EVENT, AND COORDINATING WITH OTHER PUBLICATIONS. DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE THIS WAS COMING OUR WAY. OUR REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN TO TAKE THE LOW ROAD AND KILL THE PRAIRIE DOGS.
From: HHST HHST <hhstmembership@gmail.com>
Date: September 24, 2013, 3:50:46 PM MDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Prairie Dog Relocation Sept. 25-Oct. 4th
Hello Hampden Heights Residents~
This is information I am passing on from DPS.
Denver Public Schools this week is posting public notice on the Hampden Heights site that black-tailed prairie dogs located on the site will be trapped, removed and donated to the Birds of Prey Foundation for the rehabilitation of raptors. This process is comparable to Denver’s prairie dog management guidelines. Trapping will occur between September 25 and October 4. For questions regarding this activity, please call Denver Public Schools at 720-423-3200.
Please do not reply to this email. If you have questions, please contact DPS at the above telephone number. Thank you
Renee Lewis
President-Friends of Denver Parks
www.friendsofdenverparks.org
friendsofdenverparks@gmail.com
303-337-2947
Monday, September 23, 2013
THC WEEKLY NEWS by Jessica LeRoux - September 23, 2013
September 18, 2013
The Marijuana Enforcement Division will host two retail marijuana licensing information workshops on Monday, September 23rd. The workshops will be held at 1881 Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO 80214 in Conference Room 110 (Entrance . The first workshop will begin at 10:00 AM and the second at 1:30 PM; the Division expects each session to last approximately 90 minutes. The same information will be provided at both sessions. The workshops will consist of a presentation by Marijuana Enforcement Division personnel and Q&A period. Please note, these workshops are only informational sessions for prospective licensees and applications will not be accepted.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Denver School Board Candidate Forums
Monday, September 16, 2013
Follow up on 22nd and Marion proposed zoning change
by way of Ean TafoyaCity Park West on Facebook
As promised at the last meeting here is the information regarding the attempted rezoning at 1304 E. 22nd Ave. Please follow the link below at look at case 2012I-00044 to see the application. If you wish to send in letters regarding this case please send to the following people.
Albus.Brooks@denvergov.org - District 8 Councilmember
Robin.Kniech@denvergov.org - At- Large Councilmember
Deborah.Ortega@denvergov.org - At- Large Councilmember
Sarah.Showalter@denvergov.org - Senior - City Planner Community Planning Development
http://www.denvergov.org/ Zoning/Rezoning/ MapAmendmentApplications/tabid/ 432427/Default
Robin.Kniech@denvergov.org - At- Large Councilmember
Deborah.Ortega@denvergov.org - At- Large Councilmember
Sarah.Showalter@denvergov.org - Senior - City Planner Community Planning Development
THC WEEKLY NEWS by Jessica LeRoux - September 16, 2013
Hey Now,
The Cheesecake Lady |
Saturday, September 14, 2013
DENVER FLOOD SAFETY TIPS
Be Aware of Standing Water & Avoid Waterways!
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While rainfall has slowed in Denver, standing water remains an issue on some roadways. Be aware of the following when approaching standing water in your vehicle:
• Six inches of water will reach the bottom of most passenger cars, causing loss of control or possible stalling. Bicyclists and pedestrians! Waterways and rivers are rushing with run-off! Even though the rain has eased up stay away from waterways and travel on higher ground. MORE TIPS:
Downed branches:
If a tree limb is broken on a public right-of-way, citizens are asked to contact Denver forestry to assess damage and tree safety. For trees on private property, citizens can visit www.denvergov.org/forestry for a list of licensed and insured tree care contractors.
Denver Solid Waste Management collects a limited amount of branches as part of its regular trash collection service. Branches must be no larger than 4 inches in diameter, and they must be cut into lengths of 4 feet or less, bundled and tied, and weigh no more than 40 pounds. For more information about branch disposal clickHERE.
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Best coverage of Colorado front range flooding (8:00am 9/14/13)
(Sky9 helicopter - Not always up.)
http://www.9news.com/common/v5/pages/vpcvideo/videoplayer_popout.aspx?videoID=2146942690001&logo=http://www.gannett-tv.com/images/logos/KUSA_Logo.png&title=SKY9%20flooding%20coverage&source=KUSA
Here is a list, updated every three minutes, of road closures in Colorado, as provided by the Colorado Department of Transportation.http://www.denverpost.com/
Best "always on" live coverage. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/live
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Mother Nature comes to our aid at Hentzell Park
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Bagging Ecological Concern by Phil Goodstein - September, 2013
From the time of the emergence of the modern ecology movement in 1970, basic differences have divided those who claim they are working to save the earth. Some have probed causes, especially a devastating economic system which plunders everything and everybody in the name of making a profit; others have attributed ecological filth to individuals. The use of disposable bottles and diapers by everyday people, their failure to recycle, and lack of individual initiative, the latter have loudly argued, is why environmental threats are as severe today as when friends of the earth celebrated the first Earth Day 43 years ago.
Those who blame individuals for environmental degradation never see or learn anything. So it is with their campaign against plastic bags in stores. Supposedly, banning or charging for them will reverse waste. Unstated is that such bags emerged after the ecology movement was in full blast. Groceries and other merchants found them cheaper and more efficient than traditional paper bags. At one point, conservationists agreed, bemoaning the destruction of forests for paper bags.
The focus on plastic bags has no larger dimension. It says nothing about the way corporate domination has been unchecked. Not surprisingly, those crusading against plastic bags, led by veteran Democratic Party hack Debbie Ortega, make no mention of the ever worse threats to the land linked with the endless extraction of petroleum resources. The Democratic General Assembly, backed by the establishment environmentalist organizations, had a chance to do something about this when it convened last January. The solons failed to act, especially in redressing fracking.
Nobody has been more opposed to powerful regulation to check the environmentalist damages wrought by oil companies than media darling John Hickenlooper, a man stemming from the petro-leum industry. The governor has also been silent about Colorado Department of Transportation plans to vastly expand Interstate 70 through the heart of Denver, complete with toll lanes operated by a private concern. But raising such points and actually fighting severe, immediate threats to the environment is heresy. Groups such as the Sierra Club have been so dedicated to the Democrats that they never reflect on larger issues. Instead, condemning people who do not recycle or prefer plastic bags is at the heart of their operations as they provide as noxious a smoke screen for a filthy system as anything produced by the worst of corporate polluters.
The Naysayer of the Month by Phil Goodstein - September, 2013
The Bill Clinton presidency endeavored to apply the principles of Milton Friedman to a ravaging capitalism. Besides openly encouraging mass Wall Street speculation and the transformation of schools into entrepreneurial enterprises, Clinton and associates sought to destroy traditional governmental efforts to provide low-income housing. No longer did it mean clean, safe rental units. Rather, housing projects became veritable condo complexes where the government encouraged aspiring members of the middle class to pour all their assets into home ownership. In the process, the administration, through its Hope VI program, avidly worked to reduce the number of public housing units available to those who could not afford to buy. Those renting in the housing projects, in turn, were expected to emulate the values of yuppie America.
Denver embraced the effort. A key achievement of the Welling-ton Webb administration was to oversee soaring rental rates. The mayor topped this off in 2002 when he signed the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. Instead of controlling rents and checking on out-of-scale development, it simply mandated that developers had to add a few “affordable” units to mega-projects, condos which were actually quite high in price compared to the median cost of residences. Those not wishing to participate could easily opt out of the program by paying minimal additional fees. In contrast, developers who included such “affordable” units received special breaks and even cash compensation. The measure did nothing to assure that real affordable rental housing existed. On the contrary, since its passage, homelessness has been an ever more endemic part of the city.
Recently, Mayor Michael Hancock observed that a grand total of 15 “affordable” units have been added to the city’s housing stock over the past four years despite a new building frenzy. Seeing this, he conceded that the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance has been a failure. Rather, however, than probing its thoroughly rotten core, he and members of city council have simply vowed to tinker with the scheme. For so showing their inability to see anything more than the most insignificant of minutia, Hancock and his fellow reformers are the Naysayer of the Month.
Fountain Miasma by Phil Goodstein - September, 2013
Original Prismatic Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado (1912) |
In 2008, for the Democratic National Convention, Denver primped itself comparable to a painted lady. The message was blunt: The impressions of affluent visitors are everything; the everyday quality of life and amenities of the citizenry do not matter. Typical was the renovation of the Electric Fountain in City Park. It had been dedicated 100 years earlier as part of the cosmetics of Robert Speer’s city beautiful program. In particular, it was that mayor’s effort to brighten his image during a close re-election campaign after having primarily been a tool of the utilities.
By the 1970s, as growth engulfed Denver, the city did not care about the Electric Fountain. The device rarely spewed forth its prismatically colored waters. For that matter, far from being a prime amenity, the park was increasingly plagued by crime, alcohol, traffic, and noise. Regular concerts by the Denver Municipal Band, accompanying fountain displays, disappeared. At the most, under Mayor Bill McNichols, city park priorities emphasized active recreation while neglecting the beauty of open spaces.
This seemed to change in the 1980s. With money from a 1982 bond issue, the Electric Fountain was restored in 1984. Or so the Federico Peña administration claimed. The renovated fountain failed to shoot its jets comparable to the way it had during its glory years before Denver sought to become a great city. In virtually no time, the Electric Fountain was again broken and neglected. Nor did much result from new efforts to repair the fountain with money provided by a 1989 bond issue.
With the Democrats coming to Denver, however, the city launched a new effort to replicate the fountain, virtually rebuilding this gem of City Park. Locals flocked to it, appreciating its beauty. Before long, however, a lightning strike damaged it. Repairs were not adequate. It has not since functioned the way it should. The 2008 lights have already burned out, not being replaced. The high-tech power relays have not functioned according to specifications. Often the Electric Fountain looks more like the aeration jets at a water treatment plant than a valued city beautiful legacy.
This is apropos. Part of the problems with the fountain is that a water recycling system has filled City Park Lake with extremely polluted, ugly green algae-filled water. The algae have gotten into the fountain’s intake valve—no account was taken of this when the fountain was renovated as part of the installation of the recycled water system.
While the city claims it is again going to restore the fountain, until August it had shut off most of the city’s fountains during a rainy summer. The administration has also committed itself to spending extravagant sums on a super playground in City Park, complete with a fountain. The last proposal is typical of a city hall that seeks to replace solid upkeep of existing amenities with flashy efforts designed to beguile the shallow. More than that, it is part the corporate/political establishment’s thorough scorn for the people of Denver. Instead of emphasizing a city where residents come first, it primarily cares about the fleeting impressions of those, like the devotees of the Democratic National Convention, who dote on the superficial while seeing nothing of substance.
The fight for our own bank continues
2 East 14th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Robert Bows and Jason Bosch, Proponents
Title Board:
Suzanne Staiert, Jason Gelender, and Daniel Domenico
Don Childears (Colorado Bankers Association), Objector
Barbara M.A. Walker (Independent Bankers of Colorado), Objector
Robert Bows
The Title Board conducted its initial public hearing and declined to set the title for the Initiative on August 21, 2013. Petitioner subsequently filed timely Motion for Rehearing on August 26, 2013. The Title Board considered the motion at its September 4, 2013 hearing and rejected Petitioner’s challenges and denied the motion. Petitioner now seeks review of the Ballot Title Setting Board’s actions under C.R.S. section 1-40-107(2).
A. One member of the title board majority voting to deny the appeal argued that: The second topic is the clause that exempts the bank's revenues from constitutional limitations.
As required by section 1-40-107(2), attached is a certified copy of the petition, a certified copy of the motion for rehearing, results from the rehearing, results from the hearing, final text, amended text, original text, and final action by the Title Board.
Petitioner respectfully requests that the court reverse the Title Board’s denial of the Motions for Rehearing and find that the Title Board lacked cause for said denial. Alternatively, Petitioner requests that the court reverse the Title Board’s findings that the Initiative does not constitute a single subject.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
THC Weekly News by Jessica LeRoux - September 10, 2013
Hey NOW!!!
From: "Wellington - DOR, Jordan" <jordan.wellington@state.co.us>Subject: Thank YouDate: September 10, 2013 9:13:07 AM MDTTo: lady <lady@twirlinghippy.com>
Dear Jessica,
Thank you very much for volunteering your time to participate in the Marijuana Enforcement Division’s Licensed Entities and Inventory Tracking Working Group. Your insights provided significant value to this process and assisted us in developing the rules for retail marijuana and revising the rules for medical marijuana.The State Licensing Authority has finalized and adopted both sets of rules, which are available online at: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Revenue-Main/XRM/1251633708470 (retail) and http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Rev-MMJ/CBON/1251638236638 (medical). Again, thank you for your participation in this
process.
Best wishes,Jordan Wellington
Senate Judiciary Committee
DATE: September 10, 2013
TIME: 02:30 PM
ROOM: Hart 216
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=094c28995d1f5bc4fe11d832f90218f9
Try them all or get the assorted pack to sample and share!
Almond Nips,
Cherry Creme Nips,
Nutterollo Nips,
Peppermint Nips.
a rainbow of variety to light up your mind!
Editor's note.
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- Councilman Albus Brooks is where?
- Open Letter to Mayor Hancock re: Elyria, National ...
- Amal Kassir on Syria
- Clean Water - Hazardous Waste Sites
- DPS COMES TO KILL PRAIRIE DOGS
- THC WEEKLY NEWS by Jessica LeRoux - September 23, ...
- Denver School Board Candidate Forums
- Follow up on 22nd and Marion proposed zoning chang...
- THC WEEKLY NEWS by Jessica LeRoux - September 16, ...
- DENVER FLOOD SAFETY TIPS
- Best coverage of Colorado front range flooding (8:...
- Mother Nature comes to our aid at Hentzell Park
- Bagging Ecological Concern by Phil Goodstein - Sep...
- The Naysayer of the Month by Phil Goodstein - Sept...
- Fountain Miasma by Phil Goodstein - September, 201...
- The fight for our own bank continues
- THC Weekly News by Jessica LeRoux - September 10, ...
- Free marijuana makes debut at Civic Center Park
- THIS IS NOT ‘BLIGHT’—THIS IS NATURE
- Friends of Denver Parks Make a Big Impression at t...
- MAYOR MICHAEL B. HANCOCK IS COMING TO YOUR NEIGHB...
- Boasberg’s Policies: Inequity and Mediocrity (DPS...
- Tune in at 6:00 pm today. (Public Banking)
- Stop TPP
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