Moving Sale at Office Depot on Colfax at Pearl
I remember when this was a Safeway. |
Back of new building which faces Colfax. |
Stock up and save. |
I remember when this was a Safeway. |
Back of new building which faces Colfax. |
Stock up and save. |
While we were driving around in the mountains north of Silverthorne, we felt a compulsion to drive to Heeney, Colorado when we saw it on a map. We couldn't stop saying the name - Heeney, Heeney, Heeney. Once there, we saw this sign:
We give government the ability to charge us money with tax laws. We have the right and the ability to change these laws should we so decide. At the Colorado State level, we have put the Tax Payers Bill of Rights in place, and it is the law of our State.
That law intentionally stops the tax-spenders (govt) from 1. Raising the tax rate without the tax-payers permission (vote) and 2. gives us back some of what we paid as a refund (credit) according to a predetermined formula.
This really bugs the tax-spenders. They want to start new programs and get us to pay for them. They want to grow their government empires. They also often want more money for themselves, as is evidenced by the recent increase in salary voted for by our City Council members. And, I might add, by the Colorado Legislature when they killed Rep. Wes McKinley's bill to cut all state salaries by 7%.
In short, the tax-spenders want to get rid of our Tax-payers Bill of Rights. They always have wanted to get rid of it, and they always will. It limits them in ways they don't like.
The latest attempt (from Councilwoman Kneich's newsletter):
On Monday, August 20th City Council PASSED Bill 12-0566, an Ordinance placing the following measure 2A on the November 6 ballot. The measure will read: Without increasing any tax rate or adopting any new tax, and in order to pay for improvements to police, fire, streets, Denver Public Library, parks, after-school and summer programs for children and such services as specified in City Council Bill 12-566 and published on the city’s web-site, shall the City and County of Denver be authorized to collect, retain and spend all tax revenue derived from the city’s existing gross tax rates to the extent those revenues exceed the constitutional limitation on tax revenue, also known as TABOR, beginning in 2013, provided that in no event shall the city increase the maximum lawful property tax rate without prior voter approval as required by Section 20(4)(a) of Article X of the Colorado Constitution, and requiring specific annual reporting requirements by the Manager of Finance to the mayor, the city auditor and the city council on the disposition of these funds?
So, as usual, they tell us that this does NOT raise our taxes, which is technically true in that it does not change the tax RATE, BUT TAKING AWAY OUR CREDIT HAS THE SAME NET EFFECT - WE PAY MORE.
Hey tax-spenders, listen up. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY MORE. We have lost or are losing our jobs, our houses, our safety-net programs. Now is not the time to be trying to get blood out of our turnips.
We understand that you have a "dream", to grow Denver into a World-Class City. We are tired of your dreams and suggest that you get back down to reality. There are only 600,000 of us in Denver. We already gave you back 5 YEARS worth of our credits (which you said would be around $3 billion but turned out to be more like $7 billion, State-wide Ref. C), and that seemed to evaporate quickly.
So, dear tax-spender, suck it up. Cut your own salaries before you ask us for more. WE DON'T HAVE MORE.
VOTE NO ON 2A.
P.S. Please quit trying to taint the argument by calling it De-Brucing. The old pissant Doug Bruce has come and gone. Our Taxpayers Bill of Rights remains, and we want to keep it that way.
Even if you are not worried about your voter status for the upcoming November election, you should go to your own record within the system, check the info there, and make any changes you may need. Correct your address, make a mail-in ballot request, or change to active status. Be sure to save it at the end.
CLICK HERE NOW TO DO SO.
or go here.
Denver time: 2:28 pm - Cops 4 deep in riot gear stand facing protesters sitting down. Seems appropriate that a religious guy with a megaphone is preaching about being born in the water and the blood. This is history in the making, live.
This election there is a choice other than "the lessor of two evils". The other candidate is Gary Johnson. He'll be on the ballot in all 50 states. At least listen to what he has to say.
It could happen. Go here
Opinion by Gerald Trumbule
...so we drove to Mt. Evans for a day trip above 14,000 ft (no drugs involved). |
The mountain goats were very accommodating.. |
the mountain sheep a little less so. |
We found a little picnic spot off of CO 103, and although it was raining hard, we had a nice lunch in our van. |
Image from Denver Business Journal:
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An artist's rendition of the proposed Walmart off Colorado Boulevard. |
The original Jewish congregation took the cornerstone with them. Church in the City (16th and Gaylord) put in this new one. |
After sitting empty for many years, this house on Gaylord finally got the attention it deserved. |
On Colfax, the So All May Eat (SAME) Cafe - pay what you can or work it off. |
Mama's Cafe - used to be an IHOP. |
Home-grown business on Vine St. |
I'm not sure why, but the renovation of the "new" condos at 17th and Gaylord is extensive. |
Apartment dwellers at 17th and Gaylord never can keep their dumpsters straight. They are not supposed to use the City dumpsters. |
Code? What is that? |
Not very artistic. |
Some flair. |
Methadone dispensary at 18th and York is closed... |
and the intake facility on Gaylord no longer has a steady stream of female clients. I think they lost their funding. |
And in my own backyard, I'm doing it the hard way. |
Hey Now,
Six Park County suicides in 2012 already more than 2011 totalPosted: Friday, August 3, 2012 3:30 pmMike Potter, Staff Writer | 0 commentsSix suicides have been reported in Park County in 2012 through July 31, outpacing the previous year’s total of four. Park County Coroner David Kintz Jr. said the six suicides as of July 31, puts Park County on pace to near the totals from 2009 and 2010.In 2010, 14 people lost their lives to suicide in the county. In 2009, that number was 15.
Go here - http://www.9news.com/video/player_live_2.aspx Thanks to 9 News.
Check out www.RadioReference.com for a very good and complete police/fire/EMS scanner. You do have to register but there is no charge for the free scanner. Keep yourself on edge at all times!
by Gerald Trumbule
I headed over to 22nd and Marion to take pictures of the Cleeves Memorial Church street fair because my partner Pat volunteers there. Despite the heat, there was a good turnout. The Cleeves Church is a "food ministry", i.e. they give away food to needy people and prepare a free hot meal for the homeless every Saturday.
In addition to having a chance to dunk one of the Pastors (see picture below), you could help yourself to free fried chicken, hamburgers, and corn on the cob. Free bags of groceries were available to families in need, and voters were being registered.
Pat on the serving line |
Trying to catch some shade |
Dunk a Pastor, even if he is praying |
Colorado State Patrol, with new patrol cars, very fast, |
and very high tech |
Officer did not know how much they cost, but said they got 10 |
Free groceries for families in need |
and voter registration. |
Opinion by Gerald Trumbule
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Mayor Hancock with staff and cabinet |
By Tom Anthony
I-70 severed Globeville, Elyria and Swansea from the fabric of urban Denver in 1960 and they have struggled ever since. While CDOT has recently introduced a new option for a sub-grade I-70 after 9 years of studying the current viaduct, these three neighborhoods have additional challenges in being re-woven into Denver. From a planning perspective, a zoning map of our neighborhoods will immediately show the problem: we are historic islands of residential zoning in a sea of industrial.
While avant garde ecospeak has identified us as a "food desert" the real problem isn't lack of water or food. It's lack of people. Retail business 101 counts "rooftops" as identifiers of fallow opportunities, and the north neighborhoods don't have enough rooftops for a grocery store; not to mention a restaurant. Since FasTracks is placing a new commuter rail station at 48th and Brighton Blvd., our neighborhoods have the chance to overcome the "lack of rooftops" obstacle to convenient living: nearby grocery stores, restaurants and other retail. However, broad brush-strokes aren't going to suffice in a constricted urban zone.
With I-70's footprint expanding, I-25 always looming, the Stock Show looking to expand, densities looking to increase with Transit Oriented Development (TOD) around commuter rail stops, and a finite Platte River Greenway growing more significant with each day of drought, the north neighborhoods present a pretty planning puzzle. Yet, what is the official position of the City and County of Denver in regards to this? The City has begun a piecemeal plan for Globeville, virtually excluding residents of Swansea and Elyria from the process. In addition, the City has committed to helping bury 80 acres of toxic waste at the Globeville ASARCO site, deed-restricting the property to exclude any new residential uses adjacent the 200-unit Globeville Townhomes and the 600-enrollee Laradon Hall. Downgradient, the old ASARCO slag heap over 100 acres in size has been covered with dirt and called a "Natural Area:" permanently off-limits to virtually any human use, adjacent to the Platte River Greenway.
Nobody has asked the question of where a new school will be built to accommodate all the children of the new residents from River North and the other nearby TOD developments at 41st and Fox, 38th and Blake, and 48th and Brighton, not to mention 41st and Colorado Blvd. Garden Place and Swansea Elementary already deal with highway issues. Wouldn't it be nice to locate a learning facility adjacent the Platte River Bike Path, where children could access it safely via bicycle, and the daily classroom experience is augmented by river, lake and park far from arterial streets and interstate highways? Yet this land is in the process of being permanently compromised by the City and County of Denver.
Where will the 600 children attending Swansea Elementary School attend classes during the 4-year construction period for the new I-70? Will they be expected to sit quietly and learn while bulldozers and jackhammers construct the new infrastructure in their playground, 70 feet from their school?
Will the Stock Show and Purina continue to dominate the planning conversations for our neighborhoods? How much of the currently existing and mostly vacant industrial property will grow into residences and mixed uses? With the I-70 East Corridor DEIS and the RTD North Metro station project already underway, isn't it past time to provide some comprehensive answers?