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Tax rebates just another name for corporate welfare

Like most states, Colorado has a bureaucracy dedicated to doling out taxpayer-subsidized “incentives” to politically favored private businesses that don’t actually need a subsidy in the first place....

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Baker: Westminster’s predatory water rate increase makes ratepayers poorer,...

The simple question staggered my spouse so much I immediately regretted asking. The question was: “So, do we design a new landscape plan or do we move?”  Westminster City Council will soon be voting on...

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Westminster recall group files suit over rejected petitions; claim...

WESTMINSTER — A group of residents frustrated over rapidly climbing water rates have filed a suit in Adams County District Court claiming the Westminster city clerk has acted irresponsibly in her...

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Tax hikes, pot shops and gender neutral pronouns just a sampling of busy...

GOLDEN — Jefferson County voters will have no shortage of decisions to make when they open their ballots for the Nov. 2 election. Eighteen ballot measures and nineteen contested city council and...

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Sharf: About those ‘non-partisan’ municipal races

Colorado’s school board and municipal races are nominally non-partisan.  Parties do not nominate candidates, and candidates on the ballot are not identified by party or party registration.  While...

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Emails show coordinated push for local gun restrictions; over a dozen Front...

DENVER — At least a dozen local governments and possibly one college along the Front Range are poised to adopt new gun rights restrictions in the coming weeks and months as part of a concerted effort...

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Baker: Let Westminster police provide emergency medical services

What did you hear in the cry “Defund the Police”?  First thought only, please. Reasonable people everywhere cringed.  Three words sends a message the listener wants to hear, not necessarily what the...

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Sharf: Westminster tries bypassing voters to finance courthouse

I’ve written before about Certificates of Participation (COPs) and their dangers as a funding mechanism for government. Unfortunately, the temptation proves too great for local governments and school...

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Local governments opting out of ‘sensitive spaces’ gun ban as new law goes...

WESTMINSTER–A new state law banning the carrying of any firearms in certain areas supporters like to refer to as “sensitive spaces,” includes a section that allows local Colorado governments to opt-out...

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Westminster council to take up ordinance opting-out of ‘sensitive spaces’ gun...

WESTMINSTER–The Monday, July 22 agenda for the Westminster City Council includes discussion of an “opt-out” ordinance to the new Colorado state law banning the carrying of any firearms in certain areas...

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