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Daily Camera.com: : Boulder looks to expand parking protections for some residents - Boulder Daily Camera

Fri, 10 Jul 2015 23:38:17 +0000

Here's an idea: lower the cost of coming downtown on the bus. Or expand ecopass so people outside the system can buy in as individuals. Sigh.

Daily Camera.com: : Musician Adam Perry on Boulder\'s midsized venue problem - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:02:47 +0000

It's crazy that this college town, whose population averages 28 in age, can't support a venue for modern music! As real estate prices rise, it becomes less and less likely that there will be such a place in the future. In NYC (where I spent many years as a musician), mid-sized venues were pushed to Brooklyn as rents rose in downtown Manhattan. And I suspect that if Boulder is to have a music scene, it will have to be in Longmont, or Gunbarrel, where there may be lower rents and less persnickety neighbors. I was sad to see Astroland go, but I knew it couldn't last... :-( [one last note: KVCU is better for local music of this sort than KGNU].

Daily Camera.com: : Natural gas outage in Niwot, Gunbarrel, southwest Longmont - Boulder Daily Camera

Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:52:47 +0000

Nope, not here in Powderhorn. I slept in my living room so I would hear them knock, and no one showed up. Very disappointing; I wonder how many people they actually had working last night.

Daily Camera.com: : Shutdown imminent; GOP unity frays but still holds - Boulder Daily Camera

Tue, 1 Oct 2013 07:01:31 +0000

If you start looking into the Medical Device industry that's going to be taxed 'right out of the country' , you'll find this!: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/health/for-medi... So I'm not going to cry any tears for this profitable group. If I had any suspicion of future 'outsourcing', it would be of American patients outsourcing their medical care abroad... in which case, these domestic industries will stand to lose more money than via this tax, no? (Not that I think the Republican really buy this 'job-creator' nonsense, just playing along)

Daily Camera.com: : Jared Polis withdraws fracking suit in effort to gather more evidence - Boulder Daily Camera

Sun, 28 Jul 2013 05:39:56 +0000

Awesome digging, RancherSam! You should on salary for the Camera... I'll add this, which explains the Delaware registrations: < ;http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/business/how-delaware-thrives-as-a-corporate-tax-haven.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0> Even though this isn't directly related to the fracking case, it's more interesting to me (from a political standpoint) than the latest Weiner scandal.

Daily Camera.com: : Longmont police officer OK, suspect critical after overnight shooting - Boulder Daily Camera

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:34 +0000

Thanks for fixing! Now just add an 'n' to turn 'planed' into 'planned', and I'll take it all back... :-D

Daily Camera.com: : Longmont police officer OK, suspect critical after overnight shooting - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:51 +0000

Okay, I know this is a story the DC wanted to post quickly, but where was the editor? "After stopping, Shank reportedly out of his vehicle with Bushmaster AR-15 with optics and advanced on the officer while firing, Satur said." ......... verb, please? And what is a 'manshot'? On a side note, "Diagonal construction is poorly planed".... WTF? Has it really gotten to the point where even professional writers can't spell or construct sentences?

Daily Camera.com: : Opera Colorado cancels world premiere, cuts back season - Boulder Daily Camera

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:40:55 +0000

I'm sorry to hear this; I love contemporary opera, and was planning to go. If people took the same attitude toward film that they take toward opera, we'd all be watching 'Citizen Kane' and 'Gone With The Wind' over and over. You can get a single opera ticket for the price of two movie tickets; it's not that inaccessible!

Daily Camera.com: : CDC autism study: Colorado county sees 60 percent spike in cases - Boulder Daily Camera

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:17:06 +0000

older fathers as well as older mothers: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/health/09autism... According to Wash Post, "When fathers are in their thirties, children have about 1 1/2 times the risk of developing autism of children of fathers in their teens and twenties. Compared with the offspring of the youngest fathers, children of fathers in their forties have more than five times the risk of developing autism, and children of fathers in their fifties have more than nine times the risk."

Daily Camera.com: : Couple sues Boulder over affordable housing mistake - Boulder Daily Camera

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:10:57 +0000

I'm curious about the house ... are they renting it as a 2 bedroom, or a 4 bedroom? Hmmmm... And, "the city told the Rubins they would need to repair every item found by the buyer's inspector, which the Rubins couldn't afford" (???)... so, did they fix this stuff before they rented it out, or are they just renting it out 'as-is'? Hmmmm....

Daily Camera.com: : Abortion \'can be positive,\' writes Linda Weber, co-founder of Boulder clinic - Boulder Daily Camer

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:28:34 +0000

Okay, since you didn't bother to gather any facts to back up your assertions, I've done the legwork while I had my coffee this morning... According to the Denver Post (07/12/2011), "Catholic Charities will close its last two satellite emergency assistance centers in metro Denver on Sept. 1, ending food-bank and clothing services to focus shrinking resources on keeping people in their homes.". Their annual national revenues total about $3.4 billion (2009), but that's clearly not enough to deal with current needs. (Real Choices Pregnancy Care in Boulder has an annual budget of $66,000, which doesn't seem to make it a real player in this discussion). If the 74% of women who cite finances as a reason for their abortion received $10,000/ year for 5 years (which might put them at about poverty level, since poverty level is $10,830 for a single woman with no children, and it costs an additional $12,817/year to raise a child)(not including college, of course)... well, giving them this support would cost $9.3 billion the first year, then $18.3 billion the next year, etc etc until it levels out at $46.2 billion a year after five years. The biggest applicable charities budgets (2006 figures, best I could find): Salvation Army: $5.3 B United Way: $4.1 B Red Cross: $3.8 B Catholic Charities: $3.4 B Goodwill: $2.6 B According to Forbes, in 2009, charities collectively started losing money for the first time since they started tracking in 1999... due to the same investment losses that the rest of us have suffered. So it seems to me, these charities (which are struggling now) can hardly afford to collectively take on another $46 B a year. Outlawing abortion before having social programs in place would be putting the cart before the horse. (If you haven't guessed: I'm opposed to outlawing abortion, though I'm in favor of enabling women to have children if money is the issue.) Case closed, no?

Daily Camera.com: : Abortion \'can be positive,\' writes Linda Weber, co-founder of Boulder clinic - Boulder Daily Camer

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:56:43 +0000

According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, "Nearly 13 million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, which is $20,650 a year for a family of four. The number of children living in poverty increased by 11 percent between 2000 and 2006. There are 1.2 million more children living in poverty today than in 2000." (2007) And, individual giving to charitable organizations declined 6.1% from 2007 to 2008 (adjusted for inflation). ... so I guess these charitable organizations have a lot of work to do, and less money to do it. Ideally, allowing people to keep more of their income without redistribution via government would result in more charitable donations -- but we don't live in that theoretical world.

Daily Camera.com: : Abortion \'can be positive,\' writes Linda Weber, co-founder of Boulder clinic - Boulder Daily Camer

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:07:05 +0000

Since most women cite financial reasons for their abortions*, it seems logical that anti-abortion folks would be lobbying hard for government-funded daycare, financial assistance for new mothers, increased welfare, universal health care... but this is seldom the case. Why is this? I find it a bit infuriating. www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3711005.pdf

elephant journal: Yoga, Sustainability, Politics, Spirituality. : "Found this instead of a bible in my hotel room today."

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:55 +0000

Buddhist Bible may = "Life of Buddha" (a slim volume I discovered in the bedside drawer when I stayed at a hotel in Tokyo)

Daily Camera.com: : Councilwoman: Consider moratorium on north Boulder buildings - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 06:13:42 +0000

Not to state the obvious... but if you think the city has too many homeless people, wouldn't putting them in homes be a logical solution?

Daily Camera.com: : CU-Boulder should ax in-state tuition, says professor Roger Pielke Jr. - Boulder Daily Camera

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:20:34 +0000

Correct me if I'm in error, but it appears that Roger Pielke Jr.'s father was a professor at CSU when Jr. was attending CU Boulder... so I would guess he benefited from the in-state tuition, and perhaps other programs for dependents of faculty. In light of this, his stand on tuition seems rather "let them eat cake".

Daily Camera.com: : For appearance\'s sake: Newsweek deserves criticism for Bachmann photo - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:54:22 +0000

I believe she spells her name 'Michele' (only one 'L')

Daily Camera.com: : Obama to address nation tonight on debt limit stalemate - Boulder Daily Camera

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:40:26 +0000

Exactly! Love those government policies. I just wanted to double-dip, and invite people concerned about U.S. debt to consider a comparison to that of other countries (relative to GDP)... https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worl... ...And then ask yourself, would you rather live in Japan & St. Kitts (worst debtors), or Libya & Equatorial Guinea (the most fiscally responsible)? Interestingly, places like Russia, China and Australia manage to do well, debt-wise, and still provide public healthcare. Their tax rates are comparable to ours. I'd love to hear more from this angle; politics aside, can anyone explain how some countries seemed to pull it off (i.e., Australia), while we went deep into debt?

Daily Camera.com: : Obama to address nation tonight on debt limit stalemate - Boulder Daily Camera

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:50:20 +0000

At far as G.E. goes, who cares if they move to China? They didn't pay any taxes last year... they just keep the profits offshore ... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/econom... So there's the Tax Repatriation Holiday idea right now, which would encourage them to bring home the $ from operations abroad (at a super discounted tax rate, 5.25%). But historically, this doesn't create more jobs, but rather gives more profit to shareholders, so they can go out and invest in other companies with similar strategies. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/business/20tax.... Keep this in mind as you advocate slashing government programs that actually do 'trickle down' to the average person. Companies like G.E., Apple, Microsoft and Google are acting in decidedly 'unpatriotic' ways.

Daily Camera.com: : Library officials consider options for north Boulder - Boulder Daily Camera

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 17:15:13 +0000

I'm doubtful they'd build a branch in Gunbarrel, though I'd love it. They could put one in the Diagonal Plaza, though... that would save us a commute to downtown.