‘Featured’ Archives
Blue Line Poll: Smart Regs
Landlords clashed over the likely effects of the City of Boulder’s proposed SmartRegs (which will be debated by the City Council at a second reading on July 6) at a PLAN-Boulder County forum on the subject on June 21. Francoise Poinsatte, a [...]
Are Fossil Fuels in Your Future?
As you may already be aware, the 20-year franchise agreement, a contract with Xcel Energy to provide electricity to the City of Boulder, expires on August 3rd. With the planet warming up and the economy cooling down, this contract window gives [...]
Marijuana in Boulder, Medicine or Recreation?
At a PLAN-Boulder County forum on June 11, 2010, about the impacts of recent municipal and state legislation concerning medical marijuana in the City of Boulder, audience members lambasted the perceived hypocrisy of the laws and the sham use of [...]
No Garbage for Bears
I have to admit I was a little shocked. I got the report of a small black bear, brown in color, crossing Pearl near 5th St. I went to investigate, to see what may have attracted the yearling bear to this part of town. What I saw was alley upon [...]
Is the Jefferson Parkway a Road to the Past?
Smart twenty-first century transportation planning meets the multiple goals of economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County has studied the proposed Jefferson Parkway toll road – with one [...]
Modest Steps for Uni-Hill
Wholesale redevelopment of the University Hill commercial area appears to be off the table as stakeholders focus on clean up and code enforcement. At a PLAN-Boulder forum last Friday (May 14, 2010), a panel consisting of Molly Winter, executive [...]
Burrito Factory
Editor’s note: Kit Basom originally wrote this piece to document the cross-cultural community support operating in the Orchard Grove Mobile Home Park. It was used last summer in a fundraising effort and is reproduced here. I have never [...]
Oh Snap! Watch New Era Take on Tom Tancredo
The Colorado Democracy Alliance, a group of 37 political organizations including New Era Colorado, was the target of Tom Tancredo's American Legacy Alliance in a November, 2009 video. Here is New Era's response: New Era is raising money [...]
Leslie Glustrom is Trying to Save the World—and She May Just Succeed
Leslie Glustrom was trained as a biochemist. But in 2004 she quit her job running a research lab in the CU biochemistry department and decided to devote herself to fighting climate change. “What would I do and how quickly would I act if my house [...]
Xcel Energy Rejects Extension of the Franchise Agreement
On April 20, 2010 the City of Boulder sent a draft proposal to Xcel Energy entitled "Partnering for Rapid Decarbonization." This proposal seeks a partnership with Xcel Energy to define a clear path to a clean energy future. Specifically the City [...]
