Boulder is for People reading for 6/29

[Eric Budd]

Boulder airport lead pollution emerges as sticking point in land-use plan

Boulder Reporting Lab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 130.13. affordable housing, boulder, boulder airport, boulder city council, boulder county, boulder valley comprehensive plan, budget, city attorney, city council, city of boulder, claudia hanson thiem, colorado, commission, comprehensive plan, development, housing, land-use, latino, low-income, mark mcintyre, matt benjamin, mixed-use, municipal airport, planning board, public hearing, transit

The City of Boulder and Boulder County are nearing the finish line on a sweeping update to their shared land-use plan, but a last-minute fight over how to describe Boulder Municipal Airport could reignite a broader debate over the facility’s impact on surrounding communities. At issue is a proposal to acknowledge lead pollution, noise and other impacts from Boulder Municipal Airport on nearby mobile home communities. The Planning Board and Boulder County commissioners approved the change, but the Boulder City Council rejected it, potentially prolonging a planning effort nearly two years in the

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Boulder CU regent race sees endorsement switch, apology after Reddit controversy

Boulder Reporting Lab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 84.50. aaron brockett, boulder, boulder city council, boulder county, campaign finance, city council, colorado, commission, development, edie hooton, jena griswold, judy amabile, mark wallach, mayor

Days before the June 30 primary, new developments emerged in a controversy involving a fake Reddit post and a fired campaign staffer in Boulder’s University of Colorado Board of Regents race. Last week, Boulder City Councilmember Mark Wallach withdrew his endorsement of former state Rep. Edie Hooton and endorsed her opponent, attorney Kubs Lalchandani, instead. Wallach said he withdrew his endorsement because of Hooton’s handling of the controversy, which began after Boulder Reporting Lab reported that her campaign manager, Anna Wert, posted on Reddit while posing as a CU parent. The post crit

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Boulder City Council advances ballot measures for vacant home tax, rec center bonds

Boulder Reporting Lab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 52.81. aaron brockett, ballot measure, boulder, boulder city council, budget, city council, mark wallach, mayor, sales tax

Boulder City Council last week moved ahead with two potential November ballot measures: one that would authorize up to $400 million in bonds to pay for recreation centers and other city facilities, and another that would impose a tax on homes that sit vacant for most of the year. The measures come as the city works to chip away at a $400 million backlog of unfunded building renovations and replacements and reduce its reliance on sales taxes, which fluctuate with economic swings and hit lower-income residents hardest. The decisions followed a survey of 400 likely voters conducted June 2-9 by Pr

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Remembering Elmira Davis, beloved educator, gospel singer and community leader

Boulder Reporting Lab

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KEYWORD SCORE: 37.11. black, boulder, boulder county, colorado

The Boulder community is saddened by the passing of Elmira Davis, a beloved educator, gospel singer and longtime member of Historic Second Baptist Church of Boulder. Mrs. Davis passed away recently at the age of 96, marking the end of an extraordinary era in the church’s 118-year history and its rich legacy of Black gospel music in Boulder and beyond. For more than three decades, Mrs. Davis served as a dedicated teacher in the Boulder County Head Start Program, nurturing and inspiring generations of young children. Known for her love, compassion, warm spirit and unforgettable hugs, she touched

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In Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, Hispanic voters will decide one of the most competitive races in the U.S.

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 35.39. city council, colorado, commission, election, employment, hispanic, housing, infrastructure, latino, students, turnout

On one of those startlingly bright Colorado days earlier this month, Angel Merlos was weaving in and out of the cul de sacs of a pristine suburban subdivision in Thornton, at the southern tip of Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. He was armed with a stack of printed door hangers advertising the accomplishments of Rep. Gabe Evans, the district’s sitting Republican congressman. Merlos, a strategic director with the Libre Initiative, a right-leaning Latino political advocacy group, was canvassing to drum up Hispanic support for Evans, who’s running for re-election in this very competitive, ve

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How a South Texas Official Preserves Public Trust in Elections

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 34.17. colorado, development, election, hispanic, latino

In Brief: Voters in Cameron County, Texas, have historically preferred Democratic candidates. Its population is 90 percent Hispanic. A blue island in a red state, it has not experienced distrust of its election outcomes from inside or outside the county. Remi Garza, county elections administrator, attributes this to community values and ongoing efforts to ensure voters understand the local voting process. Cameron County sits at the southernmost tip of Texas. Remi Garza, the county’s election administrator, has offices in Brownsville, the county seat. He’s two miles from the Mexican border, but

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Holy bats, man! Denver’s night sky is full of ’em, but where do they go in the day?

Colorado Public Radio

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KEYWORD SCORE: 27.16. boulder, colorado, development, housing, working group

On warm summer nights in Denver, bats appear just after sunset, zigzagging to hunt insects. Denver resident Nicole Shorts asked CPR’s Colorado Wonder a question: “When I look up in the sky, I see bunches of bats fluttering around. I was wondering, where do they roost during the day? Where do they go?” That question led Nicole and me to Dailey Park in her neighborhood, south west of Denver’s downtown. There we met Paige Singer, a conservation ecologist with Rocky Mountain Wild. Because bats are notoriously elusive during the day, we began our search at night. Ad: It’s dinner time! Like clockwor

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Progressive leaders criticize Melat Kiros for declining to call deadly Boulder firebombing antisemitic

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.50. boulder, colorado, progressive

State Sen. Julie Gonzales, state Rep. Yara Zokaie and David Seligman, a candidate for attorney general, said this week when contacted by The Colorado Sun that Kiros’ answer was wrong

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Boulder County fire restrictions remain in effect

Fox31 Denver KDVR

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.06. boulder, boulder county

Smoke from fires burning in Utah can be seen across the Front Range, especially in Boulder County near Nederland.

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The Policy Challenge of Selection Bias

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.86. city council, commission, election, public meeting, public sector

We’ve heard repeatedly about the frustrations felt by leaders in towns, cities and counties that regularly hold public meetings to get resident input, only to find that the opinions voiced frequently come from the same small portion of the population that has time and interest to show up at meetings — often called by civic leaders the “usual gang of suspects.” This can leave out people who are working multiple jobs, parents who can’t afford the expense of childcare, portions of the older population for whom travel can be difficult, and others. Even when the meetings are held online, there are

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