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That’s the number of America’s highest-paid hedge fund operators whose combined income in 2013 was $10 billion. Yes, just four Wall Street greedmeisters hauled off $2 billion more in pay than was received by all of our kindergarten teachers. Now, which group do you think pays the lowest rate of income tax? Right... the uber-rich Wall Streeters! Incredibly, Congress — in its inscrutable wisdom — gives preferential tax treatment to the narcissistic money manipulators who do practically nothing for the common good. Even the flamboyant celebrity narcissist, Donnie Trump, sees through the gross inequality of this tax scam: “The hedge fund guys didn’t build this country,” The Donald recently barked. “These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky. The hedge fund guys are getting away with murder.” Indeed, dodging through a loophole called “carried

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interest,” they pay about half the tax rate that kindergarten teachers are assessed. In effect, Wall Street’s puppets in Congress let this tiny group of moneyed elites steal about $18 billion a year that they owe to the public treasury to finance the structure and workings of America itself. The inequality that is presently ripping our society apart is not the result of some incomprehensible force of nature, but the direct result of collusion between financial and political elites to rig the system for the enrichment of the few (i.e., themselves) and the impoverishment of the many. There’s a word for those elites: Thieves. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. October 8, 2015 7

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The companies’ public messaging and internal practices seem to clash with the family members’ politics and the companies claim to be separate from the family. However, Greenberg and Shea cite public records revealing that “Coors family members — including those who control the family’s charitable foundations — retain substantial ownership and control of the for-profit companies that carry their name.” Greenberg and Shea say the family is a major funder of the right-wing culture wars. A prime example is their funding of the fight against the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. Between 2009 and 2014, the Coors family foundations contributed $380,000 to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the nonprofit law firm behind many of the challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Becket Fund’s most well-known client is Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts supplies chain that objected on religious grounds to the ACA’s mandate that employee insurance plans cover contraception. When the case came before the U.S. Supreme Court, the company won. The Becket Fund also represented religiously affiliated nonprofits, such as Wheaton College, in an effort to eliminate insurance coverage for birth control for employees of religious institutions. The Coors family has also contributed thousands of dollars to right-wing women’s groups. In 2014, Jeffrey Coors and John Coors each gave $25,000 to Women Speak Out PAC, the super PAC of the anti-choice Susan B. Anthony List. The group’s declared goal is to “reduce and ultimately end abortion.” Between 2009 and 2014, the family foundations also gave $190,000 to the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), which The New York Times editorial board characterized as “a right-wing public policy group that provides pseudofeminist support for extreme positions that are in fact dangerous to women.” An IWF spokeswoman testified in Congress against gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, claiming that “guns make women safer.” The group opposed the Violence Against Women Act, arguing that it has been a source of “waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer resources” and defended Rush Limbaugh when he called a college student a “prostitute” and a “slut” for her support of the ACA birth control benefit. While Coors company marketers brag about its bilingual advertising and scholarships for Latino students, the family has been bankrolling anti-Latino and anti-immigrant groups. Between 2010 and 2011, the Coors’ Castle Rock Boulder Weekly

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A bad joke

The presidential elections in the United States have become little more than a joke. With very few exceptions, everyone running for president is a professional politician. The hype and drivel espoused by most of the candidates amounts to nothing more than the same “Rah-Rah-Team” noise you hear at any high school football game or to childish name-calling by the candidates. It is no longer a search for the individual who would do what is best for the country; it is now a contest between the most financially well-fed nags in a horse race. We have the uber-rich backers who have become bored with their card games, now using national elections as a mechanism to compete with each other. Check the current bunch of Democrats and Republicans out. Do you see a Harry Truman or a Ronald Regan among them? New Hampshire is still the state most watched in the early days of the electoral process. What difference does it make when the herd of candidates from both parties are either known liars, previously elected corrupt individuals, professional politicians or flip-floppers sensitive to the political wind? The quandary becomes even more difficult to resolve when we examine the mass that makes up the electorate. Is an individual worthy of election simply because of the color of their skin, their religion or which money-wielding party sponsors them? Fewer and fewer people seem to grasp the fact that their vote will be used to determine who the leader of the most powerful country in the world will be. They seem to ignore the fact that certain skills and experience might come in handy in such a position. Leadership qualities are barely given a passing thought. The financial acumen of the candidate is no longer considered a major factor to be considered even though we are drowning in debt. Personal qualities such as honesty and courage have taken backstage to party loyalty or perceived public marketability. We, as a country, spend well in excess of $100 million on these elec-

tions that serve only to speed-up the swirl that flushes our country down the bowl... beginning our journey to the cesspool of once-great countries. It is understandable that one might ask, “What’s the difference?” Well, John F. Kennedy nailed it when he said, “Ask not what your country can do for you... ask what you can do for your country!” Let us all begin by pledging to vote based on a candidate’s record, their exhibited skills, their historical truthfulness, their practical experience and their exhibited love of country. Let us no longer vote based on the color of a candidate’s skin, the party line du jour or on a candidate’s religion. It matters not whether you vote for a Democrat or a Republican so long as you vote for the candidate you honestly believe can best address the needs of our country and the problems it faces. “Our Country First” should be our motto from this day forward! Robert M. Collinsworth/Harrisville, NH

Back to school food

With the new school year just around the corner, parents’ attention is turning to school clothes, supplies and lunches. Yes, school lunches! In past years, USDA had used our nation’s schools as a dumping ground for surplus meat and dairy commodities. Not surprisingly, one-third of children have become overweight or obese. Their early dietary flaws become lifelong addictions, raising their risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Gradually, the tide is turning. New guidelines mandated by President Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, require doubling the servings of fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast. A survey released last week shows the guidelines supported by 86% of Americans. Sixty-four percent of U.S. school districts now offer vegetarian options. More than 120 schools, including the entire school districts of Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia and San Diego have implemented Meatless Monday. Some schools have dropped meat from their menu altogether. As parents, we need to work with school cafeteria managers and our own children to encourage the availability and consumption of healthy, plantbased school foods. Entering “vegetarian options in schools” provides lots of good resources. Stanley Silver/Boulder

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OCT 09/10 Barrio E’ ft. Las Cafeteras in Longmont & Denver Join us for a Cultural concert with locals Barrio E’ featuring Las Cafeteras whom are immigrant children remixing roots music, telling modern day stories with what LA Times has called a “uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip‐hop, beat music, cumbia and rock … Live, they’re magnetic.” Barrio E’ leads these Chamber sponsored fundraising concerts as it celebrates 3 years of foundation and prepares for the Grand Opening of its Cultural Center in downtown Longmont on Oct. 23. www.BarrioE.org These concerts are part of the opening celebrations of the Day of Dead and are sponsored by the Latino Chamber, the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, CU Denver Latin@ Student Services and the Cultural Center Boulder Weekly. 471 Main St

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OCT 15 EMERGE Colorado Latino Business Conference In its 11th year, the Colorado Latino Business Conference by the Latino Chamber is happy to bring Colorado with more attendance, resources, opportunities and educational programming than ever. There will be workshops covering business startups, entrepreneurship, leadership, marketing strategies and more. Our keynote speaker will be Lt. Governor Joe Garcia and special guests from the Mexican Consulate in Denver as well as speakers and panelists from the Boulder, Longmont, Denver chambers, Google, Wells Fargo, SBDC and more. Making a debut to Chamber events is Young Rebels, an entrepreneurship competition for underrepresented students with prizes of up to $5,000 live broadcasted to possible funders and investors.

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very year come election time, Boulder Weekly editorial staffers get to spend about two months immersing ourselves in seemingly every spec of political minutia from every corner of Boulder County. You might think that we would find fact checking a mill levy or taking the time to have a beer with a really, really longshot of a council candidate would drive us crazy, but nothing could be further from the truth. We won’t lie; this is about the most difficult issue we produce all year long. This year comes with wallto-wall candidates vying for seats on four city councils and three school boards. There’s a judge retention question and enough ballot initiatives, questions and issues to choke a horse. In case you are keeping score, there are about 60 candidates running for something this election cycle. But the hardest part — after weeks of research and interviews — is that we then have to sit at the long table in our conference room and come to a consensus as to who and what issues we will be

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❑ ✓ Lisa Morzel ❑ Leonard May ❑ Logan Wolff ❑ Edward Jabari ❑ Cha Cha Spinrad ❑ ✓ Bob Yates ❑ Aaron Brockett ❑ Julianne McCabe ❑ Bill Rigler ❑ Tim Plass ❑ ✓ Cindy Carlisle ❑ ✓ Suzanne Jones ❑ ✓ Michael Kruteck ❑ Jared Kaszuba

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endorsing. But it’s all good. You see, this time of year reminds us that what we do for a living is meaningful and just how privileged we are to work in an educated and politically active place like Boulder County. We understand that even the most avid politico won’t have the opportunity to spend the hundreds of hours that we spend talking to every candidate and researching every issue. We don’t mind working the evenings and weekends this time of year because we know that what we do makes a difference. We get to help the people of Boulder County be better informed than they would have been had we just taken the easy route and not endorsed. It’s a great feeling, and we are truly honored to serve our readers in this fashion.

ith five of nine Council seats up for election, the outcome of this year’s City Council race will have a significant impact on how, and if, Boulder grows. The current City Council is dealing with issues that are products of policies and choices made by Councils of the past. But this election, in particular, is poised to have unprecedented levity and consequence for Boulder’s future. With 17 candidates running, Boulder Weekly heard a lot of ideas that address the obvious issues facing our city: transportation, energy, affordability, growth and development. We also discussed with each candidate social and cultural issues like the treatment of our homeless population; fostering a racially, ideologically and economically diverse population; and supporting the arts community. Often, the answers to these questions intersected, and we gleaned key insights from each candidate about their vision of Boulder’s identity, the efficiency of how we govern and their motivations to run for City Council. In choosing which candidates to endorse, we valued balance — in each individual candidate; the group of five candidates we selected; and how each

The other great thing about spending a couple of months on the front lines of local electoral politics is we get to meet some truly great and inspiring people. We can’t endorse everyone, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t appreciate every candidate we met and learned something of value from each of them. We did. The communities of Boulder County and our school districts are in a time of great flux. As a result they are in a time that demands great leadership. We hope you will consider voting for the candidates we have endorsed. After a great deal of time and effort, we believe that they are the right folks to lead us into the future. But as always, the most important thing is that all of us make our voice heard by voting.

might interact with the four sitting Council members. There are a number of candidates who were strong on one specific issue, such as municipalization or growth, but were either unwilling or unable to address a broader range of equally important topics when asked. In addition to balance, we also highly valued common sense over ideology and pragmatism over idealism. Frustrated, like many of you, with certain Council actions and policies over the last several years, it was tempting to choose five fresh voices. However, if all the incumbents were voted out, there would only be one person with more than two years experience on City Council in the next term. Plus, Council members must have the capacity, skill and experience to operate the City’s $350 million budget. Thus, we chose certain candidates because of their experience in Boulder’s government and cultural workings, while choosing others with innovative ideas from other sectors that will likely translate to City Council. There is no candidate with which we agree on every issue. But the following candidates would bring certain strengths and experience to the new Boulder City Council that reflect the values we outlined above.

Michael Kruteck is a prime example of someone from outside the city government system that has the capability to operate within it while providing fresh perspective. As the chief financial officer at Pharmaca, he brings unique financial and business knowledge that would serve the City well on Kruteck issues of development. Regarding growth, affordability and government efficiency he suggests taking a data-driven and goaloriented approach that better ensures the Council’s actions would be effective with proven success. He’s against the City’s camping ban that has targeted the homeless population, wants to spend more money on the arts and provide real solutions to support Boulder’s dwindling middle class. The clearheaded rationality he presents, while speaking to controversial issues, is refreshing. At the other end of the spectrum is long-time City Council member Lisa Morzel. Simply put, she Morzel represents an integral and significant part of Boulder that otherSee VOTE Page 16

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wise would not be represented without her presence. As part of Council, she often expresses different ideas and takes on projects that follow her own moral compass. For example, this year she fought to empower manufactured home owners as their buying and selling rights were contested by out-of-state park owners. She supports managed growth, but wants to focus more on the types of housing that are built. She’s in favor of the City purchasing trailer parks and opening a campground to better accommodate a diverse socioeconomic population. Although she may take the fall for right-sizing in public opinion, she agrees that it was executed poorly. With her long history, knowledge and experience with the City, Morzel has helped and will continue to help retain Boulder’s unique identity. Cindy Carlisle represents the thousands of Boulderites who signed the two petitions to put growth-stopping charter amendments on the ballot. She was on the steering committee for Carlisle Livable Boulder, and submitted the petition for one of the ballot initiatives. Although BW doesn’t fully agree with the amendments, we think this voice is legitimate in Boulder and needs a supporter on Council. Carlisle believes the City shouldn’t bring in jobs if housing and transportation can’t support them. Her cultural viewpoints are spot on, and she’s a champion for diversity; would focus on making Boulder affordable particularly for young people; and takes the pragmatic approach to the homeless population, insisting that they are part of the community, not outside of it. As a previous City Council member and University of Colorado Regent, she brings both knowledge and experience. Incumbent Suzanne Jones has a track record of eco-consciousness that we value and figure to be important in the next several years. As the executive director of Eco-Cycle, she’s committed to the City’s Climate Action Plan goals and is willing to try different Jones approaches and policies to achieve them. While she supports development, she is a proponent of slow and deliberate growth and gentle infill. She believes City Council should act as a representative democracy, and she is committed to working both with other City Council members and the community to develop a working dialogue on key issues. Bob Yates has extensive experience in Boulder’s arts and cultural community. Yates retired at 50 from practicing 16 October 8, 2015

law and serving as senior vice president at Level 3 Communications. He immediately jumped into community service throughout Boulder. He’s been the chairman of the Museum of Boulder, president of the Boulder History Museum, treasurer of the Colorado Chautauqua Organization, and has also served key posts with the Dairy Yates Center for the Arts, the Conference on World Affairs and more. Yates supports a forward-thinking approach to transportation; believes Council needs to take on less and prioritize issues; and suggests municipalization be re-thought at this juncture. He supports growth, the extent to which we won’t know until he sits on Council. However, Yates takes a common sense and conservative approach to most issues, and we think he’ll make reasonable decisions on complicated topics. In the end, this election can go a number of ways. If you are voting on growth, one way or the other, there are five candidates to support your viewpoint. The same applies to any of the several other issues facing our city, with the exception of transportation. In our estimation, no candidate presents the vision to address our critical transportation needs. With 60,000 in-commuters, the governments in East Boulder County need better working relationships with the City of Boulder and leaders who are willing to work outside the city’s borders to find adequate solutions. Regardless, Boulder Weekly values the balance, common sense and ability both in the individual candidates and the group of candidates that we are endorsing. CITY OF LONGMONT City of Longmont Mayor Candidates

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Longmont is on an amazing trajectory. It was recently voted the second best place to live in Colorado, well

ahead of its Boulder County neighbors. And why not? When you add dozens of new microbreweries, restaurants and glutenfree bakeries to the likes of Lucky’s, Sprouts, Vitamin Cottage and a brand new Whole Foods, along with housing prices that are still well below those of other surrounding communities, you get a quality of life that’s off the charts and still getting better by the day. The new and improved pedestrian mall is about to open. The old turkey plant at the end of downtown is gone and in the process of being transformed into lofts, galleries and still more microbreweries. The arts scene is exploding. The arts district is now a reality and will be further transforming the City in years to come. It’s not unusual to have nearly 20,000 people turn out for a monthly art walk or downtown street fair. It is a community on the move to be sure. Next up is the redevelopment of the River Walk, which will solidify Longmont’s standing as the region’s best place to live if you actually want to own a home. The St. Vrain School District is held up as a model for other districts, including Boulder Valley. And as for politics, in recent years Longmont has voted to ban fracking, elect Barack Obama and legalize marijuana by a substantial majority. All this progress and change and the town has still managed to hang on to its economic and racial diversity. There is a reason for pointing out all these positive attributes. Longmont is evolving and it’s well past the point of no return. This positive evolution is a credit to most of the current City Council members who have provided fine leadership as to the local economy and development issues. But that said, we believe it is now time for some new leadership if Longmont is to take the next step. Because of the community’s quality of life and desirability, the future problems facing Longmont City Council will be far more complex (with the exception of oil and gas extraction) than in the past. Rapidly increasing real estate values are already becoming a threat to displace the City’s lower and fixed income residents, a disproportionate share of whom are Latinos. Poverty at the bottom is increasing along with the cost of housing, making child-feeding programs and other solutions to hunger a necessary area for City Council intervention. Unlike in Boulder, creating affordable housing in Longmont is still a very real possibility, so long as the City begins to address such housing in earnest now while any future growth limits

are still far over the horizon. Longmont has a long history of treating its homeless population with compassion through progressive programs, but the next Council will likely have to deal with an increasing homeless population as housing prices continue to rise, forcing more of those at the bottom to the streets and shelters. If the state Supreme Court rejects Longmont’s fracking ban, as is likely to occur, the next City Council will need to find new and creative ways to protect the City from the hazards of drilling in and near neighborhoods, solutions far more substantial than the current City regulations — even though Longmont’s new regs are admittedly better than those in most of the state. But a little better isn’t good enough and there is no room on the next Council for those who simply claim that the City is helpless and that it’s the state’s job to regulate the industry. The fight for surface owner justice, the environment and public health must continue regardless of the ruling of a Hickenlooperappointed court. It is looking to Longmont’s future that has led us to our endorsements. We believe that Dennis Coombs has done a good job as mayor and will always deserve a lot of credit for what the city has become. We like Ron Gallegos; we share his vision for the River Walk, his interest in the arts and his concern for the Latino community who make Longmont’s culture so rich. But we believe that Sarah Levison has the skill, dedication and foresight that make her best equipped to help lead Longmont through the many complex social challenges it now faces and will be facing in the years ahead. A focus on economic vitality and redevelopment, while still extremely important, is no longer enough on its own. Levison Levison’s leadership will be challenged. Frankly, there are still a few holdouts on Council who we believe put party affiliation and special interests above the interest of the community. It will be up to Levison to bring her fellow Council members to a place where there are enough votes to move forward. We believe she is up to the challenge and the best person for the job. For the at-large seat, BW enthusiastically endorses Joan Peck because she cares deeply for the community, knows what needs to be done and has Peck proven over and over again that she is willing to roll up her sleeves see VOTE Page 18

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What could 300 people in Boulder possibly agree on? From housing to right-sizing to growth and development to municipalization, we certainly have a lot to talk about in this town. But there’s one thing that a whole lot of folks agree on: They want Bob Yates elected to the Boulder City Council so that he can bring common sense for the common good. Below you’ll find the names of more than 300 people who endorse Bob. They’re teachers, nurses, veterans, accountants, ministers, entrepreneurs, and scientists. They’re students in their 20s and retirees in their 80s. They live in North Boulder, South Boulder, East Boulder, and West Boulder. And they all want Bob Yates to serve our community on the Boulder City Council. Take a look! You’re sure to see some folks you know: Suzy Ageton Andy Allison Judy Amabile Andy Anderson Annette Anderson Lawrence Anderson Sid Anderson Francie Anhut Karl Anuta Matt Appelbaum Dennis Arfmann Mary Austin Bob Baskerville Dede Baskerville Debra Baskett KC Becker Shelly Benford Lee Berg Dennis Berry Libby Berry Alex Besser Grant Besser Kreighton Bieger Nancy Blackwood Tom Boasberg Bryan Bowen Jack R. Box Christopher Brauchli Margot Brauchli Peter Braun Stephanie Brennan Bill Briggs Aaron Brockett John Brockett Leslee Broersma Ron Broome Bobby Brown Dan Bruckner

Matthew Bruno Buzz Burrell Jan Burton Jim Butterworth Ed Byrne Jimmy Calano Jancy Campbell Cindy Caruso Dan Caruso Garry Caudill Lisa Caudill Tom Chesney Jan Cole Shawn Coleman Richard Collins Donna Colville Susan Connelly Mike Conroy Priscilla Corielle Cindy Cornelius Dan Corson Macon Cowles Regina Cowles Scott Crabtree Abby Daniels Marc de Lorimier Joseph de Raismes Lou DellaCava Howard Diamond Bruce Dierking Jean Dubofsky Andrew Dunbar Shelley Dunbar Leslie Durgin Leslie Eaton Bill Eckert Sally Eckert Helen El Mallakh

Angelique Espinoza Michelle Estrella Ann Evans Hugh Evans John Feinberg Eli Feldman Valerie Finberg Bruce Flynn Janaka Ford Jen Ford Nick Forster Karen Frame Seth Frankel Felicia Furman Thomas Galey Tony Gannaway Stan Garnett Matt Geraghty Nancy Geyer Carmel Gill Terry Gill Marc Ginsberg Holly Gossard Susan Graf Marcelee Gralapp John Griffin Amy Griffin David Gross Mike Guzek Evan Hall Albert Hand Betsy Hand Clif Harald David Harper Amy Hartman Lin Hawkins Matthew Hawkins Paul Heffron

Rob Heider Peter Heinz Jim Helgoth Norris Hermsmeyer John Hess John Hill Jon Hinebauch Fenno Hoffman Connie Hoffman Lisa Hogan Scott Holton Kevin Hotaling Joe Howard Charles W. Howe JoAnne Howe Kaye Howe Maud Huey Kenyon Cynthia Husek Joel Iken Tim Imbrock Marjorie Ingram Mark James Dana James Suzanne Jones George Karakehian Kristin Karakehian Rich Keck John Kenyon Dan King Mike Koertje Lenna Kottke Michelle Krezek Miles Kunkel Andrew Lattanzi Chuck Lawhead John Layman Nancy Levitt Paul Levitt

Peggy Lichter Cheryl Liguori Catherine Long Gates Rich Lopez Sean Maher Mary Ann Mahoney Deborah Malden David W. Marks Janet Martin Laura Martin Scott Martin Peter Mayer John McCarthy Steffanie McCarthy Jan McCullagh Idie McGinty Tim McGinty Allison McKillop Ty Melton Beth Merckel Ed Mills Sacha Millstone Cindy Mitchell Catherine Moll Bob Morehouse Andrew Morley Matt Moseley Ann Moss Gary Myre Sharon Nehls Pat O’Brien Kevin O’Hara Samantha O’Hara Bill Obermeier Paul Orbuch Susan Osborne Chris Ozeroff Bill Patterson

Betsy Patterson Elisabeth Patterson Silvia Pettem Tim Plass Françoise Poinsatte Richard Polk Meg Porfido Danica Powell Dan Powers Sue Prant Larry Preble Stephany Precourt Tom Precourt Jim Pribyl John Putnam Jake Puzio Scott Reichenberg Dusty Reid Judy Reid

Mary Reilly-McNellan Paul Repetto Bill Reynolds Gordon Riggle Marc Rochkind Mason Root Amanda Roper Nolan Rosall Sharon Rosall David Rubin Alan Rudy Stephanie Rudy Eileen Ryan Mike Ryan Kate Ryan Anna Salim Chuck Sanders Anne Sawyer Scott Schaefer

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to lead Longmont into the future. She is working hard to find solutions to Longmont’s complicated mass transportation issues, including potential ways to still get that train RTD owes us. She also recognizes that mass transportation is an issue that will require partners throughout the county in order to create an effective system that people will choose to use over their cars. She thinks outside the box when it comes to fracking and her ideas may come in very handy in coming years. She understands budgets, and she has excellent skills for dealing with complex issues. She would be a great addition to the Council. We can’t say much about her opponent Scott Dunn. He’s the only candidate in the entire County that turned down BW’s request for an interview for the purposes of our endorsement process. He works for a local Longmont law firm, and he is the current chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. On his campaign website, he lists multiple development projects he believes are critical to the City’s future. We offered him the chance to explain to our readers why he wouldn’t meet with us, and he didn’t bother to return that email. If you don’t have time to talk to the people you want to represent, you probably don’t have time to represent them. And as we said earlier, development is no longer a broad enough platform to be an effective Longmont City Council member. Times have changed, and we need to be looking forward, not to a past that so often served only the few and fortunate. As for Ward 1, Brian Bagley is running uncontested. If he had an opponent, we would still endorse Bagley. He has exhibited that rarest of political qualities over the years: the willingness to listen and occasionally change his mind, even at the price of being publically blasted and threatened by his own party. We know Council is elected without party affiliation, but we also know the Republicans went crazy on Bagley because he was willing to admit that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) would never adequately protect Longmont from harmful oil and gas extraction processes and that the City would have to protect itself. He wasn’t for the fracking ban and we frequently disagree with him on other issues, but he is willing to listen, say what he thinks and find common ground with those who don’t agree with him, and that’s hard to find these days. Rennix And finally, in Ward 3, we endorse Paul Rennix. He is a politi-

cal newcomer who understands Longmont’s needs for affordable housing, protection from oil and gas extraction and improved mass transportation from RTD, including getting what we already paid for. He is also interested in growing Longmont’s art community and creating more opportunity for nightlife, including live music. We appreciate his opponent Bonnie Finley taking the time to meet with us. We enjoyed our conversation. We are in no way questioning her character or honesty, but we continue to believe that her employment with the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry (CACI) is a problem, if for no other reason than it can create the appearance of impropriety even if none exists on certain issues. CACI has been very active in promoting the oil and gas industry and fracking in Colorado. Employees of CACI (not Finley) are current or former members of the board of oil and gas front groups such as Vital for Colorado and Common Sense Policy Roundtable, the latter working with the Koch brothers and also being involved in the controversial REMI program at CU’s Leeds School of Business which was recently reported by Boulder Weekly. As reported previously by BW, these groups, along with Colorado Concern — an organization made up of the state’s wealthiest political donors — have set a specific political agenda to be pursued at all levels of government. This agenda includes promoting the oil and gas industry and fighting against all fracking bans and moratoriums. These groups that CACI supports are dedicated to creating laws that will make it difficult to impossible for citizens to put forward initiatives in the future that would change the state constitution, allowing communities to control oil and gas extraction or setbacks. Their agenda also includes trying to overturn Colorado’s construction defects law, which critics of the tactic claim is a ploy to increase profits for condominium developers at the expense of homeowners. Many such developers are members of the groups mentioned above. We have witnessed Finley’s stance on oil and gas while on Council and the Times-Call recently reported that one of her issues in her next term, should she get one, will be “taking action at the municipal level on Colorado’s construction defects law.” Finley insists that her day job at CACI has no bearing on her votes on Longmont City Council. But we believe that in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety — which is a necessary ingredient for the public to

have confidence in its government — she should have previously (and in the future, should she win another term), at a minimum, recused herself from Council votes on issues such as oil and gas or construction defects laws wherein her employer is actively lobbying for specific outcomes. And there you have it. These are some of the reasons we endorse Sarah Levison, Joan Peck, Brian Bagley and Paul Rennix. We believe they are the best choices to lead Longmont into its bright future by working collaboratively to solve myriad problems associated with being a highly desirable place to live with limited housing and other resources. Shall Longmont Municipal Judge Diana VanDeHey be retained in office for two (2) years? Yes

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✓ ❑ ✓ Alexandra Lynch ❑ Frank Phillips ❑ ✓ Cliff Smedley ❑ ✓ Stephanie Walton ❑ Cliff Willmeng ❑ Brad Wiesley ❑ Christine Berg

Each of the seven candidates for Lafayette City Council took the time to speak with Boulder Weekly. Lafayette is a growing community, in both overall population and diversity, and as such, we believe there are a number of issues that are of utmost importance to the City, including creating affordable housing, developing more clean energy sources, supporting both of this year’s ballot measures for Lafayette, and continuing to fight against oil and gas Berg development. It should come as no surprise to our readers that first among our concerns is oil and gas development. In 2013, the Lafayette community stepped forward and voted in favor of banning hydraulic fracturing within city limits. BW supported this measure (Question 300) for good reason: Lafayette is located on top of the Wattenberg field, the massive oil and gas play that covers most of Weld County and spills into Boulder and Larimer counties. see VOTE Page 20

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Michael Kruteck on key issues TRANSPORTATION:

“We think Kruteck would change the dynamic on council with his critical thinking skills, financial expertise, and practical approach to problem solving.”

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Supports Eco passes and better RTD service.

Supports increased density, mixed-use, multi-income, in appropriate locations.

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MUNICIPALIZATION:

Supports managed growth while maintaining Boulder’s unique character.

Supports CO2 reduction but believes goals can be achieved more efficiently with a good Xcel agreement.

CITIZENS INITIATIVES 300/301:

Opposes both. Supports electing council by district for better community representation.

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Should only be used for extraordinary structures, not to limit property owners’ rights.

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Supports protection of natural environment but believes more access and multi-use is appropriate.

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While Lafayette sits on the same oil play as Erie, Frederick and Greeley, it has not yet known the glut of oil and gas development those cities have experienced. Erie is home to more than 300 wells, and Frederick has hundreds more than that. In total, Weld County has more than 20,000 wells. While Lafayette currently has a comparably miniscule number of wells — 24 altogether, with 14 producing and 10 abandoned — their location on the Wattenberg makes them a Smedley prime target, and it is “fantasy,” as candidate Cliff Smedley says, to believe that Lafayette will remain “an island that doesn’t get touched by fracking.” We couldn’t agree more. As of September the state Supreme Court agreed to hear cases on fracking bans, a move that could determine whether local governments have any say in the matter of oil and gas development within their borders. Despite fears that the Court will favor industry over communities, as Colorado has done repeatedly, we still believe city governments have a battle to fight, provided their constituents have asked for protection Lynch against this industry. The people of Lafayette have spoken. As such, we asked candidates about their views on fracking and local control, and what measures Lafayette can take in the event that the Supreme Court rules in favor of the oil and gas industry. The candidates that we endorse each stated they wanted more local control over oil and gas development within municipalities (with current Council members Christine Berg and Alexandra Lynch supporting Question 300 in 2013). We are disappointed, however, that most candidates (including those we do not endorse) saw Lafayette’s Home Rule authority and strict zoning permit process as adequate to keep oil and gas development out of Lafayette. There are a number of wells located within Lafayette that require no permit for companies to come back and begin extraction again. Cliff Smedley, who was instrumental in bringing forward Question 300, addressed this fact directly. We also support candidates who see affordable housing as a way to maintain economic and racial diversity in Lafayette, and indeed across the Front Range. Housing has gone up 65 percent in Lafayette since 2010 — the highest rate in Boulder County, and a growing issue not just for low-income families,

but for the middle class as well. Current Council members Christine Berg and Alexandra Lynch have made affordable housing a priority in their time on Council, both stating that they would like to see multi-family housing projects dedicate 20 percent of their units to affordable housing. Cliff Smedley similarly suggests that the City be more stringent when issuing building permits, only awarding permits to developers that dedicate a “substantial amount” of affordable housing to future projects. While Stephanie Walton admits that she has “more questions than answers” when it comes to affordable housing, she says she’s seen the struggle of people trying to rebuild after the flood of 2013 as the executive director of the Long-Term Flood Recovery Group for Boulder County. Walton says she would like to explore how the City of Lafayette defines affordWalton able and find better ways to utilize partnerships with entities like the Boulder County Housing Authority. Each of the candidates we endorse fully supports both of Lafayette’s 2015 ballot measures, Questions 2J and 2K. Critical in our questioning of the candidates was their full support of Question 2J, which would, in part, allow legal residents who do not have the right to vote (i.e., have only their green cards but no U.S. citizenship, or those under 18) to serve on City boards and commissions (excluding the Planning Commission). We believe this is a straightforward approach to creating an inclusive government that focuses on fostering diversity. Question 2K asks voters if they support collective bargaining rights for city firefighters. We believe this measure is critical to creating fair working conditions for those who often sacrifice the most by simply doing their jobs. While each of the candidates is qualified and each brings a unique perspective to city governance, we believe those we have endorsed will continue to push Lafayette in its efforts to create a livable city for those who call it home. We should point out that our failure to endorse candidate Cliff Willmeng was not based on his qualifications or policy positions, which are a fine fit for Lafayette City Council, but rather on BW’s long-held position that multiple members of the same family should not serve on local City Councils at the same time. It simply places too much control into the hands of one family. Current Lafayette Council member Merrily Mazza is Willmeng’s mother. If you don’t share our concern, then he

would also make a fine Council member. CITY OF LOUISVILLE City of Louisville Mayor Bob Muckle (uncontested)

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City of Louisville Ward 1 Jay Keany (uncontested)

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City of Louisville Ward 2 Susan Loo (uncontested)

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City of Louisville Ward 3

❑ Dennis Maloney ❑ ✓ Todd Stevenson ❑ Angie Layton

Louisville may have 20,000 people living within its borders, but it acts more like a town of 1,000 — in all the good ways. The people in this Boulder County hamlet all seem to know one another. Downtown is a gathering place and point of pride. Big issues include making sure there are enough crosswalks for kids to get around safely. It’s a pretty extraordinary community that, frankly, lacks many of the controversial issues confronting its nearby neighbors. The old Storage Tech complex now owned by Phillips 66 Co. is up for sale again. All of the Ward 3 candidates would like to see it sold in whole to a technology company that could take advantage of Louisville’s perfect location for such a venture. All the candidates in Ward 3 are aware that the McCaslin Blvd. commercial area is the Town’s top tax revenue producer and as a result, should be kept healthy and viable including the redevelopment of the Home Depot parcel. All the Ward 3 candidates know the other Council members and get along with them well. And all the Ward 3 candidates Stevenson are quite capable of doing a good job should they be elected. Layton is extremely active. She has served on a dozen boards and volunteered tirelessly in Louisville and the surrounding area. She knows the issues. Dennis Maloney is retired from CU. He has served on the Louisville’s Golf Course Advisory Board. He believes in property rights and data driven solutions and his friendly, analytical approach would be a value on any Council. But BW is endorsing Todd Stevenson because we believe he embodies all the qualities that make Louisville what it is. As a downtown Boulder Weekly

business owner he understands the importance of keeping downtown as the community hub. He has two school-age kids and sees his town through that young-family lens. Stevenson understands that some growth is inevitable for Louisville, which has seen rapid development of late, but he believes the Council has a responsibility to insure that Louisville doesn’t lose its small town feel. Stevenson has brought several events to Louisville, including the popular Louisville Turkey Trot 5K. He understands that an informed community makes for a great community and has been trying to come up with a way to use social media to keep residents informed through notifications of everything from road closures, to events, to City functions. Stevenson is an enthusiastic ambassador for the Louisville community and his love of the community’s small-town feel is contagious. We believe that quality plus his business acumen make him the best choice to, as Stevenson likes to say, “Keep Louisville a cool town.” SCHOOL BOARD St. Vrain Valley School District School Board The St. Vrain Valley School District has been highly praised for closing the achievement gap, prioritizing early childhood development and increasing graduation rates. All four candidates for the St. Vrain Valley School District School Board ran uncontested and therefore were designated elected on Sept. 1, 2015 pursuant to the Colorado Revised Statues. We don’t think the lack of competition is apathy, rather it’s a reward for a job well done. Incumbents Joie Siegrist (District A) and Bob Smith (District C) will continue serving on the Board of Education. Siegrist is the current vice president of the School Board. She was first appointed to the Board in Feb. 2012, then elected in 2013. Smith was first elected to the board in 2007. He’s the current president of the board and the associate director of the nonprofit Colorado Business Group on Health. Newcomers Amory Siscoe (District G) and Richard Martyr (District E) will replace term-limited members Mike Shier and John Creighton. With five children, three in St. Vrain schools, Siscoe volunteers and is involved with the PTO. Martyr is a retired science teacher from Longmont High School. As a result of all candidates running uncontested, no names will appear on the 2015 ballot.

District A Denny McCloskey Shelly Benford District C Chris Barge

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Susan D. Femmer (withdrawn) Kathy Gebhardt

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The candidates running for Boulder Valley School District this time around are one of the strongest groups we’ve seen in years. Which is a good thing, considering BVSD is the second largest employer in the area and operates a budget larger than the City of Boulder. Without exception, all of the 2015 BVSD candidates are intelligent, engaged and passionate about education

for the right reasons. They each present certain skills and experience that would be an asset to the BVSD board. During our meetings with the candidates, three of them, Kathy Gebhardt, Susan Femmer and Shelly Benford, each expressed their concern that Chris Barge, Richard Garcia and Denny McCloskey were running as a block recruited, supported and funded by State Senator Rollie Heath and his wife Josie Heath, president of the see VOTE Page 22

DON’T DIVIDE BOULDER WHAT DO BOULDER’S HOUSING EXPERTS SAY ABOUT BALLOT MEASURES 300 & 301? “As the largest developer of affordable housing in Boulder, we are concerned that both initiatives will have consequential impacts on our ability to increase the supply of affordable housing. Both initiatives create delays that are often the breaking point for affordable projects which operate on scarce grant dollars.”

-Boulder Housing Partners Board Statement

“These two anti-growth measures set back our efforts to promote affordable housing in our community. Not just for our young clients, who struggle with low wages and high rents, but also our dedicated staff who work tirelessly to support our clients while earning non-profit wages themselves.”

-Claire Clurman, Attention Homes

“If voters approve ballot questions 300 and 301 our community’s environmental, social and economic sustainability goals would be unachievable while the cost of housing and business innovation would escalate rapidly.”

-David Scott, Boulder Area Realtor Association

With prop 300, “there are likely consequences...that its sponsors are reluctant to acknowledge. One is to exacerbate the rapidly-escalating cost of housing in Boulder.” “Prop 301 is simply too vague for us to understand, let alone support.”

- Daily Camera, Editorial 10/03/2015

No on 300 & 301 endorsed by: Daily Camera, Better Boulder, Elephant Journal, Downtown Boulder Inc., Human Services Alliance of Boulder County, Boulder Area Realtor Association, Boulder Chamber, The Masala Co-Op, Boulder Tomorrow, Colorado Restaurants Association Boulder Chapter, Open Boulder, Co-Housing Advocates

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Community Foundation. Barge is a current employee of the Community Foundation and Garcia formerly sat on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. As most folks know, the Heaths have long been important players in education both locally and statewide. Both Rollie and Josie Heath were active supporters of Amendment 66, which failed to pass in 2013 and would have provided nearly a billion dollars of new education funding. Both are evangelists for early childhood development and both believe that BVSD must do more to close the achievement gap across the district. Gebhardt and Benford opposed Amendment 66. Because the accusation was made that the three candidates were running as a block that would answer to the Heaths, BW spoke with Josie Heath regarding the accusation. Heath acknowledges that she supports Barge and Garcia because she knows them and believes that their passion, skills and experience make them the best candidates for the School Board. She says she didn’t orchestrate their decision to run and that the candidates will in no way be answering to anyone but themselves. She says she is not particularly familiar with Denny McCloskey. That said, Boulder Weekly shares most of the values the Heaths have expressed regarding education over the years and we are very impressed with both Richard Garcia and Chris Barge as candidates. We believe that both would work independently as board members and they have stated their willingness to properly recuse themselves should a conflict of interest arise. We understand the concerns of the other candidates and agree that such “blocks” could be problematic, but in this case, we believe that Boulder County voters should feel comfortable supporting Garcia, Barge or McCloskey should they decide to do so. Speaking of support, here are our endorsements for the Board of the Boulder Valley School Benford District. For District A, Boulder Weekly endorses incumbent Shelly Benford. Throughout her time on the Board, she has been a skeptical voice who consistently asks the hard questions. She was one of two school board members who consistently expressed her concerns over BVSD’s handling of the air quality situation at Casey Middle School. She engaged with parents on the issue when communication from the district and superintendent’s 22 October 8, 2015

office was lacking or simply confusing. As a board member she regularly visits schools — which, surprisingly, is a rarity for Board members — and she is a tireless advocate for smaller class sizes. Although we don’t agree with Benford on every issue, she represents what we believe is a necessary viewpoint for a board that has often been viewed as a rubberstamp for the current administration. Benford’s opponent Denny McCloskey was a teacher in the BVSD school system for 12 years. He also has a long history of public service, serving for eight years on the Council for the City and County of Broomfield, where he also was an appointee to the Denver Regional Council of Governments and the National Association of Counties transportation board. For the District C seat, Barge we endorse Chris Barge. Barge, a former journalist, is currently the director of the Community Foundation’s School Readiness Initiative, which seeks to close the achievement gap through bilingual education, parent engagement and early childhood development. Barge has hands-on experience working with parents, nonprofits and educators, not just theoretical knowledge. Married to a BVSD schoolteacher and with two young children in the school system, Barge is an exceptionally bright and engaged candidate who would bring fresh ideas along with his boundless energy and passion to the BVSD School Board. Barge is exactly what BVSD needs at this point in time. Kathy Gebhardt, also running for District C, has a long history in working on education policy at the state level. As a lawyer, she has brought litigation against the State of Colorado over funding issues surrounding education. Few would argue her commitment and pedigree when it comes to education. BW believes that she would be a fine addition to the BVSD Board but we Garcia also think that she may be even more important to Colorado’s children by continuing her current work at the state level. Richard Garcia (District G) and incumFuqua bent Sam Fuqua (District D) are both running uncontested. Garcia founded the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition in 1980, is an advocate of both bilingual education and early childhood development and has a history of being a voice

for the Latino population in education. If he were not running uncontested we would certainly be endorsing him. Fuqua, the former KGNU station manager, is executive director of the nonprofit Pop Culture Classroom. He has served on the School Board the last four years and is returning because he wants to help oversee the implementation of the last Board’s recently developed strategic plan in his next term. We’d endorse Fuqua as well. Thompson School District R2-J Board of Education Director District A

✓ ❑ Aimie Randall ❑ Jeff Swanty

District C

✓ ❑ Vance Hansen ❑ Denise Montagu

District D

✓ ❑ Tomi Grundvig ❑ Pam Howard

District G

✓ ❑ Bruce Finger ❑ David Levy

In other parts of Colorado, and other parts of the country, outside interests have propped up candidates in School Board races to push a very specific conservative agenda. It happened in Douglas and Jefferson Counties, and the result of that ideological takeover resulted in policies that caused many students and teachers in JeffCo schools to walk out in protest last year. That Douglas/JeffCo model was also taken to the Thompson School District in 2013, where three “reformers” — candidates who believe teachers’ unions should be broken, charter schools should be championed, pay-forperformance should be how teachers are compensated, and early childhood education should not be supported by the school district, among other beliefs — were elected to the School Board where they joined a “reformer” elected in 2011 and instantly became the majority. Since this takeover of the Board, more than a third of teachers at Loveland High School have left the district. One of this year’s candidates, Jeff Swanty, says there are 1,000 students in the district’s zone that now opt to go to St. Vrain, Poudre Valley or other school districts. Incumbents Pam Howard and Denise Montagu say the “reformer” majority on the board has rewritten

policy to keep the minority board members, like themselves, from even expressing their views in public meetings. Board meetings have become chaotic. The conservative majority hired the same lawyer used by the Jefferson County School Board, and have used that position to fight the teachers’ union on contracts, among other things. The takeover of the Thompson School Board and others like it is a far bigger story than the space here in our election guide can provide. But we feel the need to offer a cursory view into our ongoing investigation in order to elucidate why we so passionately endorse Jeff Swanty, Denise Montagu, Pam Howard and David Levy for the four open board positions. Simply put, they’re not controlled and supported by the Koch Brothers, Americans For Prosperity or the Alliance for Choice in Education — the hyper-conservative groups reputed to have helped elect the current “reformer” majority and are currently helping some of, if not all of, the current batch of “reformer” candidates: Aimie Randall, Vance Hansen, Tomi Grundvig and Bruce Finger. Consider first that LibertyWatch, a Tea Party organization, supports all four of this year’s “reformer” candidates. Three of those candidates, Randall, Finger and Grundvig attended a “debate” held by Loveland 912, another extreme-right Tea Party organization. Swanty and others claim they weren’t even invited to that debate. Add to this that “reformer” candidate Randall wrote these two sentences on Watchdog Wire, a sounding board for the conservative Franklin Center: “Americans for Prosperity managed, in a two-day summit, to give me an identity, a purpose, and a method. There were over 3,000 activists in attendance and, as Ted Cruz said, we are all sparks in the grassroots movement.” Or consider that Randall’s filing agent with the state was hyper-conservative former CU Regent Tom Lucero. Consider that Grundvig’s daughter worked extensively with Americans For Prosperity. Or that she sent a letter to the Loveland Reporter-Herald in 2013 supporting the “reform” candidates. Or that the controversial former Chairman of the State Board of Education, Bob Schaffer, an incendiary figure in education circles with ties to Alex Cranberg and his Alliance for Choice in Education and who currently heads the Koch-connected Leadership Program of the Rockies, posted a supportive message on the school’s website for Grundvig — an inappropriate act, see VOTE Page 24

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Endorsements!

All of our endorsees are strong supporters of municipalization. Four of five are women, correcting gender imbalance on Council. They have the knowledge, city experience, values, and courage to be outstanding councilmembers.

Lisa Morzel

Incumbent. Has supported PLAN-Boulder’s values during all her years on Council, including good planning and stewardship of Open Space. Mobile home supporter.

Suzanne Jones

Incumbent. Executive Director of Eco-Cycle. Long-time environmentalist. Supporter of Local Food initiatives and excellent problem solver.

Jyotsna Raj

Seeks to re-energize the visionary qualities of Boulder. Brings a diversity of experience to City Council. Connections to University of Colorado.

Leonard May

Many years of commitment to affordable housing, social equity, community empowerment, and environmental issues, make him a compelling choice.

Cindy Carlisle

Former City Councilmember, CU Regent, with a healthy environmental track record; involved in social justice issues and the arts.

Ballot Issue 300

This would provide a safety net in case the City Council decides to re-zone residential neighborhoods. It would probably be infrequently used.

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I will always remember I represent the people. My goal is to have city government be more responsive to the concerns of the majority of Boulder citizens. Governance is not about ruling, it’s about listening and then responding.

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Boulder can’t be everything to everybody. We need to prioritize, and recognize that we can’t do it all, and Boulder’s existing citizens’ needs are my first concern. But with an in-touch, on-track City Council, we can responsibly shape the livelihood, sustainability, and future of the Boulder we call home.

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which has caused Pam Howard to take Schaffer to court just recently. It’s surely more than a coincidence that Grundvig and Finger share Carol Terrell as a filing agent. Terrell was also conservative Kevin Lundberg’s filing agent. Add to that the fact Randall, Grundvig, Finger and Hansen have the exact same template for each of their campaign websites — and that on those websites, they all support the key tenets of the “reform” movement. This year’s Thompson School District Board election is truly a last ditch effort to save an important part of our public school system from outside radical forces that would destroy it to fulfill their conservative Koch brothers’ agenda. Our children deserve education, not indoctrination. There is a choice. Pam Howard and Denise Montagu are solid candidates, who have been unable to effect positive change while in the minority role on this past Thompson School Board. Jeff Swanty was a Board member several years ago, and is now running again after seeing the disarray the Board has been thrown into. David Levy, a retired civil engineer whose kids went through Thompson schools, is running to restore order to the School Board, in his words. In short, the four people we are endorsing are good candidates with varying ideas, but who more importantly have no agenda besides the welfare of students and teachers. You can’t say that about their opponents. We will be continuing our investigation into this important race in the coming weeks. STATEWIDE Statutory Proposition BB Yes

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In 2013, Colorado voters passed proposition AA, permitting the state to charge a retail marijuana tax as a follow up to Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana in Colorado. The passing of Amendment 64 and the subsequent proposition AA was particularly enticing to voters because the additional state revenue would fund public school construction across the state. As part of proposition AA, the state provided estimates of tax revenue for the first full year the new taxes were to apply (FY 2014-15.) However, the revenues from these voter-approved taxes exceed the estimates by $66.1 million. Due to the state’s constitutional spending limits (TABOR), the state must refund the excess revenues unless granted permis-

sion by the voters to keep and spend the refund amount only in the first state budget year. Hence Proposition BB. If passed, Proposition BB would allow the state to retain the excess tax revenue and spend $40 million on school construction and $12 million on state programs including marijuana education, anti-bullying campaigns, substance abuse and enforcement. The remaining $14.1 million has not yet been allocated in the state’s budget, but would be available for future use. If BB fails to pass, an average of $8 per taxpayer would be refunded (a total of $25 million) and $24 million would be refunded to retail marijuana cultivators. The retail marijuana sales tax would also be cut from 10 percent to .1 percent until taxes are reduced to match the original estimates. Additionally local governments would receive less from the state to address the effects of marijuana legalization on the community due to a decrease in tax rate from 15 percent to 7.5 percent until the 2014-15 benchmarks are reached. Proponents argue these tax revenues express the intention of voters when Amendment 64 and Proposition AA passed. By refunding the excess taxes, valuable projects and programs would remain unfunded and a year of marijuana taxation would be wasted. Critics argue that Proposition BB is a temporary tax increase by disregarding the tax refund provision in the state constitution. They argue the state should have prioritized these program expenditures when estimating the potential revenue of Proposition AA. We think the critics are wrong. Boulder Weekly supports the onetime tax refund exemption that Proposition BB proposes, as the refund to tax payers is minimal but the benefits to the education system is exponential. CITY OF BOULDER BALLOT INITIATIVES Ballot Question 300: Neighborhood Right to Vote on Land Use Regulation Changes Yes

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Ballot question 300, or the “Neighborhood Right to Vote on Land Use Regulation Changes,” is the only race, ballot issue or other vote about which we are not making an endorsement. That’s because, in short, 300 is a deeply flawed initiative that would likely cause logistical and financial problems for the City for years to come. But it also might be the last best opportunity for Boulder citizens concerned about growth to have a real say in how that growth is managed. Boulder will have to decide for itself Boulder Weekly

what it wants to be. On one hand, opponents of 300 say the passage of the ballot issue, which would write the clause into the City’s charter, would effectively shut the proverbial gates on the City and prohibit all new development. Doing so would inflate the prices of homes in Boulder and likely make it impossible for lowand middle-income residents to live in the city. On the other hand, proponents say it gives local neighborhoods — about 65 neighborhoods are delineated based on City-recognized boundaries — a tool to combat unwanted development that affects quality of life, housing prices, traffic and more. Proponents say the amendment would be a valuable tool for future communities as the planning for Boulder’s development is likely to change drastically in the coming years. And to be clear, the amendment would not allow neighborhoods to vote on development that meets existing land use codes. Opponents of the ballot issues have outraised proponents by a more than three to one margin, which makes sense as it pits development, real estate and other business interests against citizens with far less resources. The ballot issue was initiated by Livable Boulder, a citizen’s group that comprises a bit more than ordinary citizens with two former City Council members on their steering committee (a third former Council member, Cindy Carlisle, was a steering committee member, but is no longer listed on the group’s website. Carlisle is running for City Council this year.) The group gathered 4,511 signatures to put the issue on the ballot. How 300 would look in practice if it passes is a small mystery. On paper, if the City decided to make a land use change (such as increasing the size or density of a residential development; reduce on-site parking requirements for development; or change what’s allowed in a particular residential zoning district) in a residential neighborhood, the residents of that neighborhood would get 60 days to file a petition. If 10 percent of that neighborhood petitioned against the land use change, the City would hold and fund a special election for that neighborhood to determine if the land use change could proceed. We think there are major flaws in 300: the neighborhoods are drawn far too small; the special elections could prove to be a logistical and financial quagmire; lawsuits will definitely become the norm not the exception. However, it might also be the only tool citizen’s have to combat what they see as a grow-at-all-costs mindset from the City. Boulder Weekly

Critics of 300 say its supporters should simply elect no-growth candidates to Council if they want to stop growth. In a perfect system that would be true, but Boulder doesn’t have a perfect system. Developer influence permeates the boards and City staff that Council members have no choice but to rely on for their information. As a result of this influence below the elected level of government, Council will never be able to accomplish what 300 sets out to do. We didn’t endorse a position on this

ballot question because the vote on 300 is literally a choice between two completely different cities. Should 300 pass, citizens will find themselves living in “Boulder A,” which is pretty much the same town we see today, only in the future housing prices will be far higher and more people will be commuting to Boulder from East County and Denver. If 300 fails to pass, citizens will find themselves living in a completely different type of community in the coming years. “Boulder B” is an urban city defined by much denser population and,

hopefully, better mass transit. Critics of 300 claim that Boulder can easily support 200,000 people or more if planned properly. That is not the town that exists today. We should also point out that we believe even in this urban “Boulder B,” tens of thousands of daily commuters will still be coming in for work because housing prices in “Boulder B” will still be far higher than those in surrounding communities. We see VOTE Page 26

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Why I Am Running for Re-Election It has been a great honor to represent our amazing city these past four years! Together, we have accomplished a lot—pursuing a clean energy future, recovering from the 2013 flood, ensuring greater rights for mobile home owners, building more affordable housing, and adopting a ground-breaking Zero Waste ordinance— to name a few. But there is more to be done, including tackling tough issues surrounding growth and affordability. So I am asking for one more term to finish the good work we have begun together.

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believe that the theory that infill will make Boulder affordable is wrong and has been proven a myth in other cities who have followed this path of density. That said, this is in important ballot issue. We think that it could define Boulder for the foreseeable future, and that it comes down to this basic choice: if you want to live in “Boulder A,” then vote for 300 and don’t complain about the chaos and NIMBY issues that it will inevitably cause. If you want to live in the hip urban city setting that is “Boulder B,” then vote no on 300. Just don’t do so thinking that traffic will be better, you’ll be creating a smaller carbon footprint or that Boulder will become more affordable. It won’t. These are two very different visions. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. We can live with either one. What is important to us is that democracy has its day and the people of Boulder get to forge their own future. Good luck. Ballot Question 301: New Development Shall Pay Its Own Way Yes

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Council who, with such vague language, has enough room to effect a multitude of dubious outcomes. Plus, the City already has a number of impact and excise fees on development, including regulations that require new development to construct City infrastructure (like drainage, new streets, sidewalks, utilities), and has code that says, “growth will be expected to pay its own way.” Ballot Issue 2N: Short-term Rental Tax Yes

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The 2N ballot issue would allow the City to raise up to $400,000 in tax revenue from taxing short-term rentals in the City. Short-term rentals would be rendered illegal by default if this ballot issue fails. So with a gun to our head placed there irresponsibly by our last City Council, we say vote yes. Short-term rentals have rapidly increased in popularity over the last five years, not only in Boulder but nationwide. About 1,800 listings for Boulder were found on Airbnb last year, a website where Boulder residents can list their room, home or other dwelling for vacationers interested in staying anywhere from a night or two to several weeks. Since Boulder’s zoning rules effectively outlawed short-term rentals, City Council took the issue on over the past few months and laid out rules on how to regulate them, including that residents could only rent out their primary residence (and some minor qualifying situations); have to get a rental license; and have to pay a 7.5 percent tax, which is comparable to the tax rate paid by hotels — provided that Ballot Issue No. 2N passes. City Council determined that the passage of the ordinance is contingent on the passage of the tax. If 2N fails to pass, all short-term rentals would be illegal. The City says it would use the tax revenue to enforce the new short-term rental rules. Hopefully, the next Council will govern more and hold us hostage less. Ballot Question 2P: Climate Action Plan Tax Extension Yes

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Over a decade ago, City Council passed a motion to commit Boulder to emission reductions and developed its Climate Action Plan (CAP). To fund the plan — a series of City programs and services aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change — Boulder voters passed

the nation’s first citizen-approved tax devoted to tackling climate change. The current tax expires in March 2018. If approved, this measure would extend the tax another five years. The CAP tax varies based on the amount of electricity citizens and/or businesses consume each year. The average yearly tax rate is currently $21 for residential, $94 for commercial and $9,600 for industrial, generating approximately $1.8 million each year to fund CAP programs. Through CAP funded programs, such as EnergySmart and SmartRegs, the City has prevented 50,000 metric tons of emissions between 2007 and 2015. There is no formal opposition to the tax extension. However, the Boulder Chamber of Commerce remains neutral on the issue, stating that the new commercial building performance ordinance promoting energy efficiency should not be part of the CAP tax program. They argue that energy efficiency investments should not be mandated but rather decided by the individual businesses while considering other competing costs. Although Boulder still has a long way to go in order to reach its goal of an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050, and the CAP tax is but one small piece of the puzzle, Boulder Weekly supports the extension. Vote yes on Question 2P. Ballot Question 2O: Utility Occupation Tax Extension Yes

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This item, if passed, would extend the Utility Occupation Tax the City currently charges the public utility company serving Boulder (i.e., Xcel), which the company passes on to consumers as part of their monthly energy bill. Set to expire at the end of 2017, this extension would continue to generate tax revenue for the City’s general fund, providing essential city services such as police, fire, library, park maintenance, planning and human services. As part of the process toward municipalization and a clean energy plan involving renewables, the City of Boulder did not renew its 20-year franchise agreement with Xcel energy in 2010, forgoing the 3 percent franchise fee Xcel charged customers and the company remitted to the City. That same year voters passed the Utility Occupation Tax to maintain the $4.1 million revenue generated by the Xcel franchise fee. To be clear, voting for or against this tax extension does not mean voting for or against the City’s municipalization plan that is currently tied up in

Public Utility Commission hearings. It is a temporary solution for the City to continue to generate tax revenue from energy usage which funds necessary city services to the community. Boulder Weekly supports this tax extension. We endorse a yes vote on Question 20. Ballot Question 2Q: Amending Charter Provisions Regarding Library Commission Yes

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master plan for the development and maintenance of a “modern library system” within the city; conduct an annual review of the library budget prior to submittal to the city manager (as well as make recommendations regarding approval or modification of the budget); review the library director’s annual report and make comments and recommendations; take steps to encourage grants or gifts to the library; and represent the library to the community and the community to library “with the goal of building awareness, understanding and support.” Ultimately, this is an administrative clarification. We endorse a yes vote on Question 2Q. Ballot Question 2R: Attending Charter Provisions Regarding Compensation for Council Members Yes

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Being a member of Boulder’s City Council is a time-consuming undertaking — regular Council meetings are held twice a month (first and third Tuesdays; also not known for their brevity), and then there are special meetings and an endless stream of documentation to review in preparation for voting. A truly involved Council member also interacts with citizens through emails and one-on-one meetings. There are journalists to answer to and community events to attend. This is more than a part-time job, and a pure love for democracy doesn’t pay the bills. That being said, being a member of Boulder’s City Council is also not a lucrative endeavor, and many Boulder residents have spoken out about how inadequate compensation for Council members could limit who is able to serve. Currently, Council members are paid $206.97 per meeting for up to 52 meetings a year, which works out to a

maximum of $10,762.44. If passed, this initiative would establish a base salary of $10,000 per year for Council members, plus $210 per meeting (stipulation: at which a quorum of City Council is present) for up to 52 meetings a year. This brings the annual maximum pay up to $20,920. Additionally, this initiative would give Council members the ability to receive benefits — health, vision and dental — at the same rate as other fulltime city employees. Boulder Weekly believes a pay increase for Council members would increase the number of citizens who see Council as a viable option for civic participation. While this pay increase does not create a livable wage in the City of Boulder, it does (in combination with health benefits) provide enough incentive for more residents to consider committing the kind of time necessary to serve on Council. We believe this would attract candidates from diverse walks of life. Citizen-led environmental organization PLAN-Boulder County opposes the measure, saying, “[Now is] not the right time for a pay raise of about 100 percent. PLAN-Boulder strongly supports increasing diversity of the Council, but also supports the concept of the citizen Council member.” They do not, however, give examples of how this vision is achievable. While Council member Tim Plass says that too high a salary could create a negative dynamic within Council, he says it’s hard to argue that a $20,000 salary destroys the citizen Council that Boulder upholds. “That’s a hard salary to live on in Boulder,” Plass says. We wholeheartedly agree. The Boulder Chamber takes a neutral stance on 2R, claiming that while they believe that Council’s current compensation is indeed need of review, this

particular amendment “lacks important components.” The Chamber would like to maintain a “citizen” Council system, attract diverse candidates and clarify a more “limited role and scope of Council activity.” We believe Question 2R would indeed maintain a citizen Council system while attracting a more diverse set of candidates. It seems the Chamber’s desire to limit the role and scope of Council is a completely separate issue from compensation. We endorse a yes vote on Question 2R. LAFAYETTE BALLOT INITIATIVES Ballot Question No. 2J: Boards and Commissions Qualifications Yes

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This measure would eliminate the requirement that all Lafayette board and commission members — with the exception of the Planning Commission — be residents and electors of the city. For clarification, the chair and all but two members of a given board or commission must reside in the city. Breaking this measure down, it affects two groups — those who are not residents of the City of Lafayette, and those not eligible to vote. Supporting this measure allows two things: First, folks with a vested interest in Lafayette (such as those who operate businesses in Lafayette, or those whose children attend school in the city but live just outside city limits) would have the ability to sit on boards and commissions that influence factors of their daily lives. Second, those who are legal residents of the city but can’t vote, such as residents with a green card (but not U.S. citizenship) or even those under the age of 18, can provide valuable input to boards and commissions. This can be exemplified through Lafayette’s Latino Advisory Board and the City’s

Youth Advisory Committee. Boulder Weekly believes this is a straightforward way to support diversity and create a more inclusive government. We endorse a yes vote on 2J. Ballot Question No. 2K: Collective Bargaining For Lafayette Firefighters Yes

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This measure would give Lafayette’s firefighters the right to collectively bargain, which is to say they would have the right to negotiate their working conditions, wages and benefits. Every other community that borders Lafayette recognizes their unionized fire departments through collective bargaining agreements. At a Lafayette City Council meeting in July, Doug Hurst, a Lafayette firefighter and union president, told Council members that Lafayette’s firefighters went for years without air packs that were compatible with those of other cities. Hurst told Council that he and other firefighters fear that without collective bargaining, the city’s firefighters will continue to lag behind in obtaining better safety equipment. The labor union movement, once a strong economic and political force in the U.S., has been steadily weakening since the 1980s, and along with it, social justice. Recognizing unions through collective bargaining isn’t just about paying employees more, it’s about telling those who often sacrifice the most that they have the right to negotiate for better working conditions — it’s about telling the firefighters, police officers and teachers of the nation that we appreciate their sacrifice and we believe their commitment should be rewarded with a strong voice that can positively shape the future of their profession. We endorse a yes vote on 2K. see VOTE Page 30

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â€œLisa has the experience, knowledge, and determination to represent our city on the tough issues related to renewable energy, open space, good governance, and interaction with our neighbors in the region. She truly is a voice for Boulder--- and she listens!â€? Ruth Wright, former Colorado Legislator and Minority Leader â€œLisa has made a positive impact by advocating for good planning, parks, open space, reduction of our carbon footprint, recycling, libraries, local businesses, residents, neighborhoods, and the arts. She listens to all and considers their input.â€?

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â€œLisa is someone who has always stood up for the disenfranchised members of our community. She is someone who truly cares about Boulder and its future. With her many years of service, Lisa has not lost her soul or her spirit.â€?

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TOWN OF JAMESTOWN Ballot Issue 2E

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Enabling the people to control growth and development rather than growth and development controlling us Preserving affordable housing for middle- and lower-income families Meeting our climate change action goals Leonard’s years of experience with conflict resolution and community building in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Malawi, Kosovo, as well as his work in Boulder as a community activist and Planning Board member uniquely qualify him to help lead Boulder in meeting the challenges we face. City Council has not been able to do that.

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This is a temporary tax increase of $5,500 in 2016, that can be raised in 2017 and 2018 by any additional amount deemed necessary not to exceed 1.7 mills. These funds will help pay for a financial audit (estimated at $12,000$15,000) that is required by State law after the Town received millions of dollars in grants for flood-related costs. Critics of this issue say the audit should be paid for with funds from Rebuild Jamestown, and that taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for this floodrelated cost. Boulder Weekly endorses a yes vote on Ballot Issue 2F. TOWN OF LYONS Ballot Issue 2A Yes

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If passed, Ballot Issue 2A would increase Lyons’ sales tax rate from 3 percent to 3.5 percent. Lyons benefits from substantial tourism each year, including the three million visitors who pass through on their way to Rocky Mountain National Park. So implementing a sales tax increase would be less harmful than a property tax increase, which would affect Lyons residents more directly. Lyons has the second lowest sales tax in Boulder County, and even with the increase, Lyons’ sales tax would still be lower than that of Boulder and Longmont. If passed, this would be the first time since the 1970s

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communal space for multiple generations of visitors and also provide senior services, child care, family amenities, library resources, meeting rooms, walking tracks, aquatic facilities, a multipurpose gym room, areas for group exercise and locker rooms. 4C and 4D go hand-in-hand for building and maintaining this proposed community center. We say vote yes on both. Boulder Valley School District RE-2 Ballot Question 3A Yes

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hen Pope Francis addressed Congress last month he asserted that “climate change is a problem that can no longer be left to a future generation,” casting it as a moral issue rather than a political one. His comments echoed a letter about the environment released by the Vatican in June, which addressed the issue for the first time in the history of the church. “Climate change is a global problem with grave implications,” he wrote. “It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.” Prominent Republicans were quick to criticize him, with Jeb Bush reminding us that the Pope is “not a scientist,” and Rick Santorum suggesting that “we probably are better off leaving science to the scientists.” Fair enough — but will Congress actually support climate research, and what are the local impacts of their budget decisions? One of the greatest sources of anxiety for research scientists at our local laboratories is the annual drama over the federal budget. Each year Congress is supposed to pass a budget prior to the start of the new fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1. If Congress cannot agree on a budget, the government either shuts down or a temporary “continuing resolution” is passed to keep operating with spending levels from the previous year. If the final budget includes cuts for some programs, this gives government agencies less time to

implement the required changes. Most science budgets in the U.S. have been flat since 2003, which is effectively a cut when you consider rising operating costs (like health insurance premiums). Although the federal government is now operating under a continuing resolution, congressional committees have already approved many of the appropriations bills that will eventually become the 2016 budget. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) monitors the progress of these bills each year, and keeps track of proposed federal spending on research. In a recent report, the AAAS reveals large cuts in the House budget for programs related to climate research and renewable energy. The Department of Commerce program that funds climate science at NOAA is slated for a 19 percent cut. The National Science Foundation division of geosciences, which supports research at NCAR, would be slashed by 17 percent. The Department of Energy program that includes NREL would suffer a 13 percent cut, and NASA’s earth science budget would be reduced by 6 percent. “I find it hard to understand the rationale behind these moves,” says Tom Bogdan, former president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research that operates NCAR, and past director of the Space Weather Prediction Center at NOAA. Bogdan has been working as a researcher and science administrator in Boulder since 1983, aside from the few

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years he spent at the National Science Foundation in Washington D.C. He suggests it isn’t unprecedented for Congress to exert such influence on specific programs deep within the agency budgets, but it has been relatively rare in the past 10-15 years. And these budget decisions have the potential to affect Colorado. “The economic impact is large,” he says. “I think if they actually shut down a lab, that would be huge.” A 2013 report prepared by the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder supports Bogdan’s contention that Colorado — and Boulder in particular — would suffer from significant cuts to our local laboratories. Federal research facilities in Colorado added $2.3 billion to the economy in 2012, directly employing almost 8,000 people and contributing to the creation of an additional 7,700 jobs. The report breaks down these benefits by county and by laboratory. Three of the largest contributions statewide come from labs around Boulder: NREL accounts for $815 million and more than 6,100 jobs;

NCAR brings in $421 million and nearly 3,200 jobs; while NOAA provides $278 million and 2,100 jobs. Taken together, the climate science and renewable energy labs around Boulder add $1.5 billion to the local economy and support 11,400 jobs, accounting for two-thirds of the federal research dollars that flow into the state. If the cuts proposed in the House budget become law, Boulder will certainly feel the economic impact. There is still time to influence the 2016 budget during negotiations between the House and Senate before the continuing resolution expires in December. If Republicans sincerely believe that we should “leave science to the scientists,” they will continue to support the Colorado laboratories whose research inspired the Pope to speak out on climate change in the first place. Travis Metcalfe, Ph.D., is a researcher and science communicator based in Boulder, Colorado. Read previous columns and support the future of the Lab Notes series at labnotes.whitedwarf.org.

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P public — constituting a crucial she says. sy RMR Courte part of what RMRP does to proThe desire to give tect raptors from human harm. back reflects Pohl’s perRaptors also provide an excelsonal belief that art, lent introduction to general envieducation and conservaronmental activism and education, tion are excellent ways to according to Winta. build community and a “The crux of our education is shared experience. In addition to inspiring and educating people to look her work at the tattoo parlor, at the whole web of life,” she says. “If which she co-owns with her husyou lose one part of that, everything band, Pohl also runs Locheart suffers. So raptors are our tool and our Arts, an art and education profocus for educating in all of those gram for children. aspects.” “Artwork is one of the big In order to best protect Colorado’s ways we can address problems birds of prey, Winta advocates for individin our community,” she says. “I ual initiatives to reduce one’s carbon footthink a lot of people appreciprint and consumption of electricity, water ate the opportunity to be able ted a it k il c b d ba reha ssfully ) is release horned and fossil fuels, which would make humans to get artwork or participate e c c u t e A s y (abov a grea less dependent on natural resources that are in artwork as a way to conospre e wild and w). into thrphan (belo vital to raptor habitat and the greater nect with our community.” o l ow Colorado environment. Above all, Winta Pohl also believes that any kind of artbelieves we need to share Colorado with birds work brings people together, even tattooing. of prey and generally “make sure that we’re not caus“Tattoo artists are doing this type of thing where ing more harm than good.” they are giving back to their community through The fundraiser at Claw and Talon Tattoo will take things like fundraisers, and I think that’s so awesome,” place from noon-8 p.m., with tattoo artists providing she says. “It really changes the paradigm about the specialized raptor-themed tattoos and RMRP volunimage that tattoo artists and tattoo parlors have.” teers bringing a live bird for public viewing from 1-5 Like RMRP, Pohl advocates for a broad, commup.m. nity-based conservation to preserve and protect Over at Claw and Talon Tattoo, the decision to Colorado’s natural areas and wildlife, emphasizing the host an RMRP fundraiser was a no-brainer. The shared responsibility that humans have to ensure the partnership with RMRP originated in part from health of the environment, as well as the health of our the clear similarity between “Claw and Talon” and human communities. “I care very much about our environment and the birds of prey, although the connection was a much animals that inhabit it, and I also care a lot about deeper one, according to Claw and Talon cocommunity,” Pohl says. “Any problem that exists in founder Chelsea Pohl. our community is our shared responsibility to “We’ve always wanted to do community events address.” that are specific to these types of organizations,”

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Manuel Molina and his group of international artists use music as a way to communicate across languages.

The universal language Manuel Molina invites the community on a musical journey by Lauren Archuletta

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ON THE BILL: A Night Around the World, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfield, 720-435-6642.

Manuel Molina brings his dream to life with A Night Around the World.

ometimes, when you bring people together from different cultures, they may not be able to talk to one another, but they can communicate through music,” says Manuel Molina. As a composer, Molina has always treated music as a universal language. Over the years, the Peruvian has experimented with making arrangements for himself and others, constantly thinking about using the notes and melodies as a way to bridge the gap from one culture to another. For Molina, music has become a cross-cultural journey. “When I first came to the United States from Peru five years ago, it was for different reasons,” Molina recounts. “I used to have a band and initially we were just working and playing so that we could make money. We needed a means that allowed us to do what we really loved to do, which was eventually touring all over the world, writing music and playing it for so many different countries.” As Molina traveled around the globe, he became enthused and passionate about the people he was meeting and the various genres he was being exposed to. “I got this idea to bring together musicians from all different countries, all different cultures and all different styles,” Molina says. “In the end, everybody gets together, and the music will be from all of these places and create a really beautiful sound. It’s a symbol of unity — the way music was always supposed to be.” Over the past two years, Molina began reaching out to his contacts in various countries and encouraging them to make this “musical journey.” He stressed that together they could form a musical community that audiences would respond to. “I’m now bringing in people from Peru, from Colombia, from France and many different parts of the world, all so that we can all travel and make a beautiful, musical trip and see MUSICAL JOURNEY Page 40

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educate the world,” Molina says. “Creating anything, like music, gives you more power wherever you are, wherever you come from. People want to see musicians performing at a high level with heart and passion.” Molina and his group are now coming together to present A Night Around the World on Oct. 18 at the Broomfield Auditorium. The concert will feature

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world-renowned singers, musicians and dancers from a handful of countries. “I decided to bring big acts together and make this show a collaboration between truly master musicians,” Molina says. “People like [Chinese cellist] Tina Guo, who was featured in Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson tribute show. She traveled all over the world with that show and performs at

concerts in different countries every week.” Other notable artists include names like Peruvian singer Lula Valdivia, who has performed various musical genres all over the world, Mexican vocalist Luna Itzel, who is praised as having one of the most beautiful voices of her country, and American violist Karen Briggs, who is considered one of this

century’s most promising violinists and who has been featured on multi-platinum albums. The artists will also be backed by an orchestra made up of players from across the globe. All the musicians and performers featured in A Night Around the World are prominent in the arts community, and despite normally charging expensive rates for their appearances, they all agreed to come together for this show free of cost. “I knew that everyone was too expensive, but I really need big names like theirs for this to work,” Molina says. “Once I explained this project and showed them the music I had arranged for it, they all got really into it, and I feel so lucky that they want to be a part of it.” With so many varied artists, Molina says he wanted to create something that everyone could relate to. The pieces for A Night Around the World consist of a wide range of musical styles, sometimes lending to jazz and other times featuring a strong percussion section and different genres associated with it. “What this will sound like is a conversation between countries,” Molina says. “I want people to remember that music is a language, and it can sound very different depending on the musicians and the country they are from. I want the audience to remember where everyone is coming from, and think that yes, it’s nice to go to see music performed in concerts, but also differentiate it from what they might hear on a street corner in another part of the world.” With his affinity for traveling and performing for audiences in different countries, Molina likes to consider himself the “Latin Bob Hope.” He agrees that entertaining is definitely a major component of his musical career, but he says that for him, and every other musician and artist he encounters, it’s more about the journey. “Everybody who performs with me and everybody we touch with our music feels a little bit of the journey,” Molina says. “This is not something that would have ever happened to me had I not decided to produce this. My goal is to continue using music to unite countries around the world and keep showing this [project] internationally.” After A Night Around the World, Molina and his ensemble plan to record their work and send it to PBS with the hope of inspiring people to learn music as a way of communicating, as well as an open invitation to take a musical journey. Boulder Weekly

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Kenny Vasoli talks his musical evolution

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enny Vasoli’s present-day appearance can come as recording something right away,” Vasoli says. “I figured I a surprise to some fans. As the former frontman might as well set up a camera because I sing with my DJ for pop punk band The Starting Line, Vasoli has sets, and not a lot of people know that I’m singing live and traded in his skinny jeans and straightened hair not just along with a track I’m playing. So now I throw on for wooden beads and a more relaxed look to some trippy visuals in my bedroom with a projector I used match his new music with Vacationer. While some of his from earlier shows and just get to work.” fans followed him throughout the musical transition to indie Vasoli says initially, he just wanted to make music that electro pop, Vasoli says there are always a few surprised walked the line between electronic and shoegaze. It wasn’t looks in each crowd. until he linked up with Matt Young and Grant Wheeler “Well, I look a bit different now, and some fans didn’t from Body Language that he started to get more creative catch on I was doing this,” Vasoli says. “Sometimes when I with his work. After the two showed him the ropes of progo on stage I see people get this look on their face of thinkduction, Vasoli began to get more comfortable with producing they recognize me and then they start Googling away.” ing his own electronic music. Despite experi“They just blew Courtesy Force Media Management encing early success my mind open about with The Starting creating beats and Line, Vasoli wasn’t taught me so much 100 percent satisabout the art of samfied. The lyrics he pling,” Vasoli says. “Everything that they was singing didn’t showed me just taught match what he was me how I could incorreally feeling inside, porate more producand he soon started tion into my songwrit“rebelling” against ing, which was never the 2005 image of really possible before. himself. With rock you just “It’s been a realplug stuff in and play ly lucky life, and I with each other, but can’t believe the luck I’ve had in my with electronic music musical career,” he it’s like you’re building says. “All I ever with Legos and creatwanted was to do ing different things music, but a lot of together.” those [The Starting Now in their Kenny Vasoli says that sometimes fans don’t recognize him now that he’s Line] songs I was fourth year, Vasoli says replaced his pop punk, emo look for amore chill vibe, which also goes for his music. singing were a 16that Vacationer has or 17-year-old tryevolved into a collabing to write some vocals, and that’s not who I am anymore.” orative and meaningful project for the group. When Vasoli made the decision to take a hiatus with “Vacationer has grown into its own really satisfying The Starting Line, it was for a “creative rebuilding” for him thing,” he says. “I like the level we’re at with it, and I think personally, musically and physically. Screamo music was takwe’re at this really sweet spot where people continue to be ing its toll on him, and he says he often lost catching onto it, and we still have this loose his voice after each show. sort of freedom. I like to think of us as ‘vibe “The split really made me want to focus dialers’ on a good night.” ON THE BILL: Vacationer. 8:30 p.m. on making different music that’s just more of Even though Vasoli is enjoying the sucTuesday, Oct. 13, Fox a long-term project for me,” Vasoli says. “It’s cess he’s now experiencing with Vacationer, Theatre, 1135 13th St., easier for me to physically play this kind of he wants the former fangirls and fanboys to Boulder, 303-447-0095. music than it is to play The Starting Line. I know that The Starting Line is still very was 14 when I joined that band, and I’m 31 much a part of who he is and influences the now. It’s very practical, too, because I can’t be music he plays now. like a 50- or 60-year-old man up on stage. I haven’t lost my “I think some of those kids are sort of like me in a way, voice once with Vacationer.” growing up with emo and pop punk and then going down Without a background in electronic music, Vasoli has the rabbit hole and transitioning into a more indie sound spent a lot of time working on “bedroom” sets to help perover time,” Vasoli says. “I’m still moderately active with fect his new style. Almost weekly, the artist sets up a camThe Starting Line, though, and I’m really proud of my era in his room to experiment with different beats and past. Pop punk and emo [are] coming around again, and vocals. for some reason my band had a little bit of staying power “The bedroom sets are supposed to be like my own priwith it. There’s still relevance in those records, and that’s vate boiler room to help me DJ and get comfortable with awesome.” Boulder Weekly

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Josh Ritter

& the Royal City Band SATURDAY, OCT. 10—7:30 PM Macky Auditorium, CU Boulder Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Gary Lewis, conductor

We are pleased to present American singersongwriter Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band, accompanied by the Boulder Phil. Josh Ritter has released several critically-acclaimed studio albums and has recently been named one of the 100 greatest living songwriters by Paste Magazine, alongside Dylan, Springsteen, and Neil Young. He and his band have performed sold out concerts with the Boston Pops, New York Pops and others. This concert ZLWK WKH 3KLO PDUNV WKH ȴ UVW WLPH 5LWWHU KDV performed with a symphony orchestra in the western U.S.—a rare and special event.

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“He sets out to carry a world of ideas on a few basic chords... there is no limit to the depth and ambition of his songs.” ~The New York Times “How refreshing and inspiring it is to encounter a young artist whose achievements match his ambitions.” ~Washington Post

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arts & culture How to live a good life

Pamela Tanner Boll brings ‘A Small Good Thing’ to the Boedecker Theater by Michael J. Casey

ON THE BILL: A Small Good Thing. 4:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407825. Tickets start at $6 at thedairy.org. Q&A with director Pamela Tanner Boll follows both screenings.

sk Boulder filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll And as Boll shows in A Small Good Thing, living a the Internet — in favor of a smaller tight-knit comwhen she got the idea for her latest docugood life is to set man and nature in accord with one munity. But this creates a conflict that Boll willingly mentary, A Small Good Thing, and she’ll go another, not opposition. acknowledges. back a lot further than you might expect: “I wanted to show that you could be a high “We’ve sort of been deluded by this [digital com“From as long as I can remember, even as a achieving, productive person while not letting go of munity] — there is a connection, don’t get me little girl, I was always asking people, ‘What is everythese other drives: being in a community, being in the wrong, and there is a place. But when technology thing all about?’” natural world and truly connecting in an authentic replaces the personal encounters, people have a sense Answering her own question, A Small Good Thing way,” Boll says. of dis-ease and, this is again worn out by quite a few follows the lives of six individuals who have brostudies. It’s not the same, and we act as though Courtesy of Pamela Tanner Boll ken the routine and found meaning in their lives. it were,” Boll says. “I think a lot of people are “About five years ago, I finished my last film, lonely, and they don’t get it. They don’t underwhich was Who Does She Think She Is?, and it was stand why they’re lonely. They’re texting all the a very big success, and that was wonderful,” Boll time, they’re connected to all these online comtells Boulder Weekly. “On the whole, I was feeling munities, [but] it’s not giving them the sense of like a pretty blessed person and yet, I had this longing and satisfaction that they think it sort of gnawing feeling, that, you know: [is] this should.” it? The key to Boll’s plan is to increase and “If I’m feeling that, what about everyone deepen human encounters with actual people, else?” Boll continues. “Everyone I talked to which is a topic Boll brings up time and time seemed to be busy, stressed, not necessarily conagain in the documentary and in conversation. necting with their friends and family, even “We sometimes think we’re doing ourselves a though they wanted to.” favor by saying, ‘OK, I have this schedule. I’m That nagging feeling wasn’t helped by an going to get these things done. I’m only going to invitation to attend a conference at the Aspen see that person, because otherwise I’ll be overInstitute about how to live a good life. whelmed and exhausted,’” Boll says. “I think a In A Small Good Thing, Pamela Tanner Boll explores what makes “I was shocked that they had nothing about lot of people feel overwhelmed and exhausted. people happy, which mostly boils down to connection with commuthe environment, nothing about the natural “My theory in the film, and it’s worn out by nity and the environment. world, nothing about how a good life also the research, is that we’re overwhelmed and involved other species and our home, the Earth,” Boll The six subjects of A Small Good Thing — who all exhausted because we’re not getting human contact in recounts. reside in the rural Berkshires region in western the way that we’re meant to,” Boll points out. “We’re When Boll asked conference officials why these Massachusetts — find meaning by utilizing simple, not getting the real, ‘I see you. I’m laughing with ideas were left out, she was told: “‘We study these you.’” ancient traditions in a modern world. That includes things in other modules.’” That makes Boll’s career as a filmmaker a perfect spending more time outdoors. This felt misguided to Boll. Her inkling was that fit. As A Small Good Thing hop scotches across the “When we’re out in the natural world, we’re hapliving well involved something a little more balanced. country, playing festivals and art house theaters, an pier,” Boll explains. “In Japan, they do something “There is much more interest and openness to this called forest bathing. ... A few hours of just walking in audience of strangers will come together to think notion — that comes from, if you will, the East — of about these topics in the community of the cinema. a forest creates changes in the body that can be mealiving in harmony and being a part of something “There is a different kind of energy when you’re sured.” greater,” Boll says. “But the Western sort of trends — in an actual screening with an actual audience,” Boll Bonding with both nature and people are major for 2,000 years since the Greeks — have been individ- aspects of the film. Boll presents ideas that eschew the says. “There’s a feeling of, ‘Yes, we’re all in this ual achievement and a focus on the individual.” current trend toward a global community — courtesy together.’”

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Barrio E’ featuring Las Cafeteras 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-6518374. 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, St. Cajetans, Auraria Campus, 1190 Ninth St., Denver. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, enjoy two rockin’ concerts from Barrio E’ and Las Cafeteras. The community organization Barrio E’ helps to promote diversity in the arts throughout Boulder County. Barrio E’s ensemble will be taking the stage to provide some dancing music and also to commemorate its third anniversary. With these concerts, the organization hopes to raise money for its new Cultural Center, opening in downtown Longmont on Oct. 23. The money will help make the Center sustainable and able to provide the community with cultural programs from Latin America, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Tickets are $30 beforehand, $40 same day at barrioe.org.

Thursday, October 8 Music Bluegrass Jam. 7 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303339-0767. Bluegrass, BBQ & Bourbon. 8:30 p.m. The West End Tavern, 926 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-3535. Boulder Swing Collective. 9 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

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Breakfast for Dinner and Jason Leonard. 8 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Danny Shafer. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555. DJ Royal Swan. 5 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Douglas Francisco and the Shagbark Hickories. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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George Nelson Trio. 9 p.m. License No. 1, 2115 13th St., Boulder, 303442-4344. Good Neighbor’s Tent City Drifters. 6:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Just Sayin’. 9 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Open Jam. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-2587733. Ott. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Paul Kimbris. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St.,

5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, Still Cellars Distillery, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. With Halloween right around the corner, ghoulish vibes are permeating the air, and Jessica Kraft is helping to usher in the witching hour. Through her macabre photography exhibit, the Colorado-based artist delves into mortality, the grisly side of nature and human interactions. Featuring live music orchestrated by pianist David Vigil, Kraft’s documentation of her venture through the haunted mountains of Colorado is sure to make your blood run cold. Drinks will be served until 10 p.m., but if you can’t make it on Saturday, the exhibition featuring voodoo and graveyards, among other things, is on display through Nov. 3. — Nicole McNulty

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Flying Balalaika Brothers. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Hillary Susz. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Touch of Death Photography Exhibition

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Dusty Drapes & The Dusters. 6:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Laugh Spirits to Enforce presented by The Catamounts Friday, Oct. 2 through Saturday, Oct. 17, Dairy Center for the Arts, The East Theatre, Boulder, 303-444-SEAT Courtesy Annabel Reader

Surreal comedy and adventurous theater return to the Dairy Center with The Catamounts’ production of Spirits to Enforce by Mickle Maher. Pushing the boundaries of traditional theater, the group strives to put their own unique spin on spirited scripts and this first show of their fifth season is no exception. Directed by Amanda Berg Wilson, the play emanates a ridiculous sense of humor with the synthesis of Shakespeare and comic book lore, specifically superheroes. Performances on Oct. 3, 10 and 17 will be followed by a community meal featuring a special release beer from Wild Woods Brewery, and Maher will be at two performances for a talkback with the audience. — Nicole McNulty

Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Prismo. 8 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Ron Legault Quintet. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Story of Two. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Events Alem International Blood Drive. 10 a.m. Alem International, 624 S. Arthur Ave., Suite 200, Louisville, 303-473-1998. Basics of Blogging. 1 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Conscious Alliance Art That Feeds Harvest Celebration. 6 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. The Great Divide. 7:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. The Who in Hyde Park. 7:30 p.m. Century Boulder, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0583. see EVENTS Page 48

Strut Condom Couture Goes Hollywood

Mark Osler

8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, University of Colorado, Glen Miller Ballroom, Boulder, 303-4425160. Condoms are in fashion, literally, as the most unique runway fashion show, Condom Couture, returns for its third year. Hosted by Boulder Valley Women’s Health, this Hollywoodthemed event features fashions made by local designers out of only, you guessed it, condoms. The show, which is expected to draw 500 spectators, is designed to decrease stigma around sexual health and is also a fundraiser for the Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center. At 6 p.m. the VIP party begins and guests are invited to stay late for an after-party complete with a photo booth, music, games and a meet-and-greet with the designers and models. Condoms are always in style, and this event wants it to stay that way. Tickets are available at boulderwomenshealth.org/get-involved/fundraising-events/. — Nicole McNulty

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arts

Friday, October 9 Music

speakers lectures events Joanna Macy Center at Naropa: Opening Weekend “How to Face the Mess We’re In Without Going Crazy”

Awaken your courage & creativity to keep your commitment to working for a better world, and gain a diverse community of support in action. How do we face the mess we’re in without going crazy? Whether it's ecological collapse, widespread social injustice, an unwieldy economic system or a crisis of consciousness Dr. Macy offers a radically effective means for working with "the mess" and acting for a better world from a place of resilience. Keynote: Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. Workshop: Saturday, October 31 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Nalanda Events Center 6287 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder

60 Minute Men. 6 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642. A.J. Fullerton. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Barrio E’. 8 p.m. Longmont Museum & Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374. The Bluegrass Delta Force. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Captain Quirk and the Cosmic Rangers. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-2587733. Dan Harris. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-8739185.

Erik the Viking. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Full Belly Band. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380.

Fired: Glass, Iron, and Ceramics. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-8987200. Through Dec. 20.

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through Oct. 25. Arvada Center’s exhibit Fired explores the world of fire through iron, ceramics and glass.

In Bloom. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 11.

Gang Forward Acoustic Show. 6 p.m. Espresso Vino by Brewing Market, 2770 Dagny Way, Lafayette, 720-890-3993.

Painted Paper Movements Through Collage. BMoCA at Macky, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Nov. 15.

John Bunzli. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914.

Pretty/Dirty. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Jan. 31.

The Julie Stratton Trio. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. The Long Run. 6:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Lorenzo Casey. 5 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. Mandolin Orange. 8 p.m. Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main, Lyons, 303-8230848. Mitchel Evan and The Mangrove. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-2593555. Molly Kollier. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. The Moves. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. New Speedway Boogie. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Paper Moonshine. 10 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Paul Sullivan’s Folk-a-Rama. 7 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-6650625. Pete Kartsounes Band. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Rogue 2. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720-550-7813. Savoy, Decadon. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. San Francisco Jazz Collective Does the Music of Michael Jackson. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Sixty Minute Men. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Soul Inscribed. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Weston Smith. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. The Word. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Events

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Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 10.

Gunther Gerzso: A Mexican Master. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 3.

Eric Adrian. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Tim Ostdiek. 6:30 p.m. 300 Suns Brewing, 335 First Ave., Longmont, 720-442-8292.

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Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29.

Finders Keepers. 10:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Inaugural Open Studios Emerging Artists Show. 5 p.m. University of Colorado Visual Arts Complex, 18th St., Boulder, 303-444-1862.

Showing Off. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 3.

Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967-1980. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-8655000. Through Jan. 17. Susan Wick: Wild Women Never Get the Blues. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. Through Jan. 3. The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 11.

Dean Himes. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. Dueling Yukes. 7 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

Robert Lang Origami Lecture and Demo. 2:30 p.m. Smithklein Gallery, 1116 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-444-7200.

Dusty Drapes and the Dusters. 7 p.m. American Legion Post 10, 4760 28th Ave., Boulder, 303-4429551.

Third Annual Catrina Ball. 6 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

Erik the Viking. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914.

Wrenched: The Movie. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder, 303-442-3282. Saturday, October 10 Music Andrew Wynne. 7 p.m. Twisted Pine Brewery, 3201 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-786-9270. Ars Nova Singers: Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil. 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770. Aural Elixir. 11 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Ben Hanna. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Blue Star. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-543-1411. Boulder Opera’s Season Opening Concert. 7 p.m. Pine Street Church, 1237 Pine St., Boulder, 303-442-6530. Brews and Tunes. 7 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303651-7886. Buddha Bomb and Bethylovelight. 7:30 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 415-290-9242. Built To Spill. 8:30 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095. Chuck Pyle Live. 7 p.m. Jensen Guitars, 350 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3163.

Foxfeather. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls. 7 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-7867030. Holly and the Husbands. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill (Southside Bar), 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-5437339. Honkabilly Heros. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Intergalactic Radio. 9 p.m. The Dark Horse, 2922 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-8162. Jimmy Hall. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 720-297-6397. Josh Ritter with the Boulder Philharmonic. 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Miles Wide. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. The Moves. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Mr. Gettdowne. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120. Naan Stop, Roxy Roca. 8 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Old’s Cool Rock. 10 a.m. Boulder Farmers’ Market, see EVENTS Page 50

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13th St., Boulder, 303-910-2236. Old’s Cool Rock. 7:30 p.m. Bittersweet Cafe & Confections, 836 Main St., Louisville, 303-317-5522. Pat Foley. 8 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. Psychodillo. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Rogue 2. 7 p.m. Odd13 Brewing, 301 E Simpson St., Lafayette, 303-997-4164. Sean Flynn. 8 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Selasee & The Fafa Family. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Strangebyrds. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Sydow, Scott & Clark. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720550-7813. Events 25th Anniversary Celebration. 11 a.m. Bob L. Burger Recreation Center, 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0469. 25th Anniversary of the Boulder Dance Coalition. 3 p.m. Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-440-8303. Adobe Photoshop For Photographers Hands-On. 9 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Ecstatic Dance. 10 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299. Fifth Annual Window Painting Contest. All day. Bob L. Burger Rec. Center, 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0469. Free Fly Tying Classes. 11 a.m. Rocky Mountain Anglers, 1904 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4472400. Goodnight, Courtney Love. 7 p.m. North Boulder Recreation Center, 3170 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-413-7260.

theater BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Nov. 14. Guys and Dolls. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Oct. 11. If/Then. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Oct. 25. Lookingglass Alice. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Oct. 11. My Name is Asher Lev. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044. Through Oct 18. Outside Mullinger — presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Through Oct. 11. Spirts to Enforce — presented by The Catamounts. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-4407826. Through Oct. 17. Tribes. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Nov. 15.

Melvin Seals and JGB. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. Old’s Cool Rock. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Pete Kartsounes. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Porch Song. 4:30 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Hands on Healings. 3 p.m. Boulder Psychic Institute, 1332 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-530-0920.

Sheldon Clark. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Ladies Night. 5 p.m. Voices For Children CASA, 2305 Canyon Blvd., Suite 101, Boulder, 303-4407059.

Songbabe Sandra Macdougal. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

A Lego Brickumentary. 12:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Steven J Push Acoustic Set. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628.

Meru. 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Oh Deer, Elk and Moose! 9 a.m. Caribou Ranch Open Space, 1521 County Road 126, Nederland, 303-678-6200. Phoenix. 4:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Pumpkin Pie Days Antique & Collectibles Show. 10 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460. Sunday, October 11 Music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. Bill Hearne Trio. 7:30 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. Brandon Hagen. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Cadillac Grip. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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As You Like It. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Nov. 1.

Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-

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In My Name is Asher Lev, a young Jewish man struggles with how to balance his religion and artistic ambitions, now playing at the Miner’s Alley Playhouse.

449-1922. Events Graphic Design Certificate Program. All day. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647. Fifth Annual Window Painting Contest. All day. Bob L. Burger Rec. Center, 111 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0469. Junior and Senior Fishing Derby. 9 a.m. Wally Toevs Pond, 75th Street between Jay Road and Valmont, Boulder. The New Rijksmuseum. 1 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Pumpkin Pie Days Antique & Collectibles Show. 11 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460. see EVENTS Page 52

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Thursday, Oct. 8 An Evening of Storytelling with Michael Sull. 7 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Writer Tanaya Winder. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Friday, Oct. 9 Kristin Hersh — Don’t Suck, Don’t Die. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Monday, Oct. 12

Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal has used poetry througout his life as a political tool. He heads to Innisfree Oct. 13.

Chuck Pyle Finger-Style Guitar Workshop. 1 p.m. Jensen Guitars, 350 Main St., Longmont, 303-8273163.

“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Danny Shafer. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-7761914.

Tuesday, Oct. 13

Ernesto Cardenal. 5 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

A Celebration of Lucia Berlin’s Selected Stories. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303.

The Haymarket Squares. 9 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886. Jill Cohn. 11 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

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Thursday OcTOber 8

savOy w/ decadOn & avenue PrOd

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Friday OcTOber 9

OTT w/ PlanTrae, sOulacybin & TOybOx

saTurday OcTOber 10

The underachievers FeaT POuya & The buFFeT bOys, kirk knighT & bOdega bamz

wednesday OcTOber 14

dash & maxO kream

w/ asTOn maTThews, amber lOndOn & lambs w/ zaveThahOOligan & mikeminded

Friday OcTOber 16

Tauk

w/ cOnsider The sOurce & The arTurO cOmPlex

saTurday OcTOber 17

Turkuaz

w/ euFOrquesTra & The quick & easy bOys

Tuesday OcTOber 20

les sins

(chaz OF TOrO y mOi) w/ Paul basic (PreTTy lighTs music), dynOhunTer & TemPlO

Thursday OcTOber 22

nighTmares On wax

w/ PeanuT buTTer wOlF & curlyOne

saTurday OcTOber 24

keller wiliams TriO

FeaT rOb wasserman & rOdney hOlmes w/ cabineT

sunday OcTOber 25

skizzy mars

w/ kOOl JOhn & P-lO

Friday OcTOber 30

deadPhish OrchesTra

w/ Pickin’ On ween FeaT members OF whiTewaTer ramble, hOT sOuP, runaway Truck ramP & James brOwn

saTurday OcTOber 31

The grOuch & eligh

w/ very very sPecial guesTs & Fl (OF The FOOdchain)

every Thursday @ The OTher side

grass FOr ThaT ass

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TexT cervanTes TO 91944 TO sign uP 10/8: mOunTain Jam (allman brOThers band) w/ lil skOOPs & dewey Paul band 10/15: The shOOk Twins w/ T sisTers Friday OcTOber 9

mOnday nOvember 9

smOOve e Thursday nOvember 12

chali 2na & The Funk hunTers

w/ ParTy PeOPle (mikey Thunder, mr. bugaTTi & benJamin’s vibe) & PrOximiTy

Friday nOvember 13

big k.r.i.T. Friday & saTurday nOvember 20-21

sOulive

FeaT The shady hOrns w/ geOrge POrTer Jr & runnin’ Pardners

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Monday, October 12

Discover Laos. 7 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-786-8406.

Music Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

I & The Many. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

(PerFOrming mThds Originals & beasTie bOys hiTs) w/ P-nuckle & small gianTs

sunday OcTOber 11

Joan Armatrading. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Jack Flash

Marching Band Regional Competition. 3 p.m. Centaurus High School, 10300 S. Boulder Road, Lafayette, 720-561-7500.

Tuesday OcTOber 13

Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

w/ PdF, cOnTenderz, kundalinians, TyPe1, esu OF marble cake, smOky bare & dallas garcia sub.missiOn PresenTs

elecTrOnic Tuesday

FeaT cOmPa w/ dilard & gOreTeks

wednesday OcTOber 14

lyrics bOrn

w/ J.O.b. (JusT Ova brOke) & dassarO x JeraFF

Friday OcTOber 16

g. JOnes

w/ The widdler & sayer

saTurday OcTOber 17

Jelly rOll

w/ bTP & cOrey cOke

Tuesday OcTOber 20

sub.missiOn PresenTs

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FeaT chOP ciTy w/ shiverz + shackd

wednesday OcTOber 21

sun-dried vibes

w/ rOOTs OF rebelliOn & sPecial guesTs

Thursday OcTOber 22

cOral creek

(cd release) w/ dirTy bOurbOn river shOw, rabbiT wide & benyarO

Friday OcTOber 23

giPsy mOOn & rumPke mOunTain bOys w/ danny barnes & nick FOrsTer (hOT rize)

saTurday OcTOber 24

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reTrO FuTurism

Friday OcTOber 30

PhuTurePrimiTive

Creative Writing Class. 6:15 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303441-4390.

saTurday OcTOber 10

mThds Farewell shOw

w/ wOOd & wire

w/ bass Physics, ayTikO & seied

Walk To Remember. 10 a.m. Longmont United Hospital, 1950 Mountain View Ave., Longmont, 303651-5111.

Danny Bastos Collective. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-5430886.

saTurday nOvember 7

The Travelin’ mccOurys

Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-4390.

irOn hOrse

Plays besT OF Pickin’ On & bOnFire (dub) FeaT bridgeT law OF elePhanT revival (laTe seT) w/ silver Plume

hOsTed by mikey Thunder FeaT warP9 w/ The ParTy PeOPle (mikey Thunder, mr. bugaTTi & benJamin’s vibe), casual cOmmander & shuJ rOswell visuals by Pickles

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A Small Good Thing. 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826.

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The following is just one of three fine poems John Drury, who lives and teaches in Ohio, has written about the summer jobs he had when young. Many of us have thought, with him, “So this is experience,” though we might have added a question mark. His most recent book of poems is Sea Level Rising, published by Able Muse Press. — Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate

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omebody asked me, what would be a dream project of yours?” director ON THE BILL: Douglas Tirola recounts. “I immediDrunk Stoned Brilliant Dead. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9–10, ately had this vision of a book on my International Film Series, shelf at home that I have had since I Muenzinger. Auditorium, 1905 was a teenager — the 10th anniversary collecColorado Ave., Boulder, 303492-1531. More info at intertion of National Lampoon.” nationalfilmseries.com. That dream project became Drunk Stoned Opens Oct. 9, Landmark Brilliant Dead, a documentary about the infaTheatres Chez Artiste, 2800 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303mous comedy brand, National Lampoon. 352-1992. Tickets start at $8.50 But how to tell the story of National at landmarktheatres.com. Lampoon? The magazine ran for 18 years and had dozens of notable editors and writers. The National Lampoon Lemmings stage show and The National Lampoon Radio Hour set the table for comedy shows like Saturday Night Live. And then there are the movies: Animal House, Vacation and (unofficially) Caddyshack. Would it be possible to cram all of this into one concise 90-minute movie? When Boulder Weekly spoke with Tirola at this year’s Boulder International Film Festival, Tirola revealed the decision process that went into the construction of Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead. “Most of the story has taken place in the past, which leaves you with a couple of options of how you’re going Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures to tell the story. Recreation? I didn’t really see casting the John Belushi character,” Tirola explains. “Or, following people in real time, like maybe four of the old writers get together and reminisce in a deli. That didn’t really work for me. You’re sort of left with the talking heads.” And with Chevy Chase, John Landis, P.J. O’Rourke and many others as your talking Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead tells the story of the heads, it’s easy to get a leg up on brilliant, and nutty, minds behind National Lampoon. the competition. “They’re all still energetic and sort of fiery,” Tirola says. “I just felt that was the best way to tell the story. “However, because we were going to have so much imagery — from the magazines and from different things they had created — we really wanted to think of, what was the best way to do these talking heads interviews?” Tirola continues. “Almost thinking of it less like an interview and more like a performance on a set.” Tirola’s answer was to shoot the interviews in offices, home libraries and bookstores to emphasize the high level of intellect needed to produce good satire. The comedy may be crude, but the knowledge necessary to produce that crude humor is sizeable. “You really see the set and the setting, and it helps inform that character,” Tirola explains. Tirola’s approach works, and it works much better than most similarly styled documentaries because he stays true to the material. Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a fun and funny portrait of an anarchic brand that pulled no punches and paved the way for our modern sensibilities. Tirola captures that energy, and what it must have been like to be in those rooms. “There’s a line I love in the movie where Billy Bob Thornton says, ‘The National Lampoon was the first place I learned you can tell the truth through humor,’” Tirola recalls. “If people walk away with that, it would be great.” Boulder Weekly

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anaderia Sabor A Mexico has been in Boulder since 2001. It’s sort of tucked away in a strip mall between an Asian grocery and an Indian grocery; a tax preparation company, and I think an insurance company? Its location is inauspicious at best, yet the Nieto family has served their Mexican pastries and baked goods for 14 years in Boulder, and once ran a taqueria in Longmont. But now the sweet goods are fully condensed in the 28th St. hole in the wall. There, you’ll find a full wall of display cases with freshly baked pastries of various girths, colors, textures and shapes. Now, Mexican pastries get a bad rap sometimes for being too dry, or sometimes people think they’re all just different combinations of the same three or four ingredients. But Sabor A Mexico had the good stuff, and plenty of variety, on the Sunday morning I stopped by. Inside, a group of kids were chatting and laughing and chowing down on donuts they held in thin paper wrappers. I’m handed a red plastic tray to put my trove of sugary treasure on, and a metal tong. It’s pretty hard to choose between the four or five dozen varieties of donuts, pastries and cookies. So I pace back and forth and likely arouse the suspicion of everyone in the shop, attention that doesn’t dissipate when I finally drop my tray of pastries on the counter like an anvil. And still my plate of baked goods, heavier than an adult cyclist’s torso, is less than $10.

I take the bag of pastries home and lay them out on the kitchen table and regard them like Faberge eggs. I realize I don’t know the names of any of these things, but I’m excited to give it all a go. First, I grab the stick. I would call it a churro, but my brain has made that word dirty after all the cardboard “churros” they served us in middle school that crunched like breadsticks. Sabor A Mexico’s pastry was about a foot and a half long, and covered in sugar, cinnamon and brown sugar. On the inside is a light chocolate filling, like ganache. It was chewy and moist on the inside, and it had a perfect thin crust on the outside from the fried edges and sugar. If I had known what I was getting into with this donut stick, I would’ve bought the rest of the tray of them. It might seem saccharine from the ingredient

list, but it was a balanced pastry both in texture and flavor. They blow any middle school churro (and it’s a shame that’s my only reference) and most other donuts clear out of the water. Next, I picked up the cornucopia of custard. It was a little bigger than your fist unless you’re a giant, and the horn of plenty was a browned egg bread, like challah, but a little more moist. The custard filling was slightly sweet with citrus and lemon flavor. The two elements worked together beautifully — again it’s like a better jelly donut — and remarkably, the pastry retained its integrity and structure throughout the mauling. I also had a thin, coconutcovered pastry. It was almost the exact consistency and shape of an airy baklava. Coconut strips were piled on top and browned, and the whole thing was covered in powdered sugar. It is a pastry that requires coffee due to its dryness, but with coffee, it’s masterful. Then there was the catcher’s mitt. It was a super-browned ring of glory, puffed up like a pretzel, and very similar in taste and texture to that. In the middle was that citrus custard, but in the context of the rich, Maillard reaction-based flavor of brown, the custard popped more than it did in the cornucopia. The joy of Sabor A Mexico — and the joy of old school heritage-based bakeries — is that there’s no pretense in their business, and the only goal is to make people in the community happy. It’s just that simple.

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jump into a 10-acre corn maze this weekend, then you ought to head to the 13th annual Harvest Farm Fall Festival and Corn Maze in Wellington. Hundreds of visitors will get to participate in numerous events like pig races, an “eggucation system,” a visit to “goat city” and an obstacle course. Food-wise, you’re liable to chow down on kettle corn, cider and food from numerous food trucks. Events run all

Does anything sound better than an event called Pumpkin Pie Days? On Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11 the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont will play host to the 46th annual Pumpkin Pie Days, brought to you by the fine folks at the Wikimedia Commons St. Vrain Historical Society. According to the society, Pumpkin Pie Days was actually started in 1899 by the Longmont Driving Association. Horse races at what is now Roosevelt Park drew crowds to the event, while the “women of Longmont” baked more than 5,000 pies for attendees. In 1914, the Days were stopped as officials feared it would detract from the Boulder County Fair, which had recently been brought to Longmont. The event was revived in 1969 as an antique show and flea market, but the pumpkin pie is still central to the celebration. Head down for a slice of weekend, every weekend until Halloween. pie or any number of foods and beverages Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for children supplied by the Longmont community. and free for kids under four years old. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 and kids under 12 are free to enter. All proceeds benefit the St. BONE BROTH IN BOULDER Vrain Historical Society. Call 303-776-1870 for The bone broth trend is in full swing more information. across the nation, and not one to be left out, Boulder has bought in on broth. With HARVEST FARM FESTIVAL numerous health benefits, bone broth is a relatively inexpensive, easy and goodIf you’re looking to get out of town and tasting way to support an active, health-

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ful lifestyle. Though you can get it at esteemed restaurants like Blackbelly Market, Fresh Thymes and Cured, now you can soon grab some savory vegan broth at your neighborhood grocer. Broth expert Chef Craig King will start selling hot and cold vegan broths at Whole Foods on Pearl on Oct. 12. You can slurp it down at the store or bring it home for the whole family to enjoy that nutrientdense elixir of the healthier-than-you.

BARBECUE AT WEST END TAVERN You’ve probably enjoyed the cooked meat from West End Tavern’s booth at the Farmers’ Market in Boulder. Now you can enjoy that goodness and then some in their restaurant on Pearl Street with their new menu. Chef Greg Anderson brings the best of the barbecue world to West End with St. Louis-style ribs, Carolina pulled pork and a bacon double cheeseburger that makes claim to being “the best bacon double cheeseburger in town.” That’s the kind of competition I think we can all get behind.

ANOTHER CHANCE TO EAT BLIND The Boulder Blind Café is returning Oct. 22-24 with dinners at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. each night at Wesley Chapel in Boulder. This event’s menu is vegetarian this time around and will be prepared by a local chef to be named later. Tickets are flexibly priced, but the suggested fare is $85. For tickets or more information, visit theblindcafe.com.

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fter a rainy spring and a long summer, our local farms were productive again this year. But, as we embrace fall, this abundance is only going to be around for a few more weeks. That means it’s time to start preserving things, and one of my all time favorite preserved produce is the pickle. I like to think of the word “pickle” as a verb, as in “to pickle,” and not necessarily as the noun, “a pickle,” which often conjures up ideas of cucumbers. Don’t get me wrong — pickled cucumbers are one of the most important condiments in many dishes, but we can take it so much further with a little imagination and freshly picked Pickled vegetables and fruits at home is an easy and fun way to add depth to your meals. produce. The process of pickling opens up the doors to so many different flavors and textures of fruits and veggies much no matter what it is, you can these pickles are considered potentially soaked in a vinegary or salty bath for as pickle it. hazardous. This is only true if the picklittle as a few hours up to many months You’re unlikely to find lacto-ferles are improperly fermented, so you’re or even more than a year. Or, if you mented pickles served in restaurants more likely to find them on store want to take them in a completely difhere. In order for a restaurant to serve shelves, such as locally produced and ferent direction, let’s not forget the the “original” pickle, they need a special incredibly delicious Ozuké, which very “original” lacto-fermented pickle, a cen- variance and must strictly abide by carefully follows the lacto-fermentation turies-old process of fermenting with standards of Hazard Analysis and guidelines in their industrial kitchen in natual bacteria like lactobacillus. Pretty Critical Control Points (HACCP) as Lafayette. The Ozuké line of lacto-fer-

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mented pickles is a great starting point for any adventurous pickler out there looking to explore. Not to pretend to be a culinary historian, but there is a brief way to sum up our almost 10,000 year relationship with pickles. Lactofermentation was the pickling method up until relatively recently. Folks realized that adding a little bit of lacto-fermented pickles to accompany their meat dishes helped digestion. Fast forward to the mid-20th century, and McDonalds standardized the pickle-topped burger. The biggest difference was this pickle was no longer lacto-fermented, but vinegarbrined, and didn’t add anything to help digestion. It mostly marked a culinary transformation that provided our taste buds that sharp taste that cuts through meats and rich dishes without the added health benefit of lactobacillus. If you dine out here in Boulder at many of the chef-owned establishments, you’ll find pickles on the menu. Sometimes they have pickle plates, sometimes they serve them as sides or garnishes. But they all have something see PICKLING Page 62

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in common: most of the restaurants in town serving house-made pickles are serving refrigerator pickles. Boulder laws around pickling and fermenting are strict, so when you’re dining out, you’re likely to enjoy quick pickles (refrigerator pickles) on your plate. Chef Dakota Soifer of Cafe Aion is an avid pickler and always has something pickled to offer diners, such as pickled onions to top burgers and a hot pickle mix of chilies, onions, carrots and cauliflower to serve along side richer dishes such as short ribs or lamb shanks. But Soifer’s favorite are his pickled green “Dilly Beans,” a throwback to childhood and his mom’s huge garden in rural Maine. His version is a mix of green beans in white vinegar with garlic, chili and dill flower with a pinch of salt. These are served alongside his house-cured Coppa or Lomo. Many of the chefs in Boulder head to Savory Spice Shop when they need pickling supplies. Owner Dan Hayward knows his way around pickling spices. Savory Spice Shop sells whole pickling spices as well as a Napa Valley pickling spice that’s ground. Hayward suggests spicing it up a bit by adding various seeds such as coriander, mustard, cumin, ajowan, nigella and fennel, as well as juniper, peppercorns and chilies. When in doubt, stop in the shop and ask. They’re more than happy to help. If you’re not interested in spending

the time and energy to pickle your late season farmers’ market produce at home, you can turn to MMLocal. These locally based picklers have an ever-expanding line including beets, green beans, carrots, asparagus, zucchini, and of course, cucumber pickles, all sourced from local Colorado farms. It’s a win-win if you’re looking to enjoy locally grown pickled veggies as you can support a local company that in turn supports local farmers. At home, we started early in the season pickling garlic scapes from the farmers’ market. My chef-husband and I stocked up over the summer with pickled beets, green beans, zucchini, cauliflower, cucumbers and our house specialty: pickled potatoes. Pickled potatoes are a fun side dish with burgers, and the flavor profile is reminiscent of a vinegar-based potato salad, so you can get creative by chopping them up and adding them to things. They’re easy to prepare as well — simply boil fingerling potatoes that have been sliced in half in a mixture that’s three-fourths white vinegar to one-fourth water with some salt, bay leaves, white peppercorns and mustard seeds. Cook the potatoes until they’re done, or easily pierced with a knife. Let them cool, transfer to another container, and refrigerate. They’ll last around a month and are a hearty, mouth-puckering snack. Boulder Weekly

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ike the leaves on the trees outside, beer aisles have turned orange over the last few weeks with every Tom, Dick and Harry’s take on pumpkin beer. I’ve got nothing against pumpkin beer and enjoy it to excess like everyone else, but the ubiquity of the variety seems to overshadow any number of excellent autumnal beer makes and models. A quick look through the aisles of many of Boulder’s beer sellers will yield some interesting fall varieties. So in an attempt to branch out from the seasonal norm, I picked up three excellent beers this past weekend: the Autumn Maple Belgian brown ale from The Bruery; São Francisco Brazilian dubbel from Belô; and the maerzen rauchbier from Schlenkerla. The Autumn Maple from Orange County’s The Bruery is a Belgian-style brown ale brewed with yams, Matt Cortina molasses, maple syrup and spices. At 10 percent ABV, it packs a punch but remains drinkable, due in no small part to the deep, warm flavor imparted by the brew’s add-ins. The molasses is front and center so you better like it, but the maple syrup is sweet and arborous. The yams are hard to pick out, but they’re probably there more for background duty than anything else. Best of all is the Autumn Maple comes in what amounts to a small wine bottle, and the recommendation is to drink it in a flute or wine glass so you feel fancy downing this syrup beer. The Bruery also recommends aging the bottle in a cellar for a year or two, which, having no patience for that I did not do, but I bet it would bring out the spices, mellow the bite and create a warm fall beverage to look forward to next season. Named for the neighborhood in Brazil in which it’s brewed, the São Francisco from Belô is a Brazilian dubbel ale (that’s a thing?) brewed with raisins. It’s corked and bottled, so it’s ever-so-bubbly, kind of like eating a Krackel bar or one of those puffed Aero chocolate bars they have in Canada. In fact, the São Francisco has many of the same characteristics of those candy bars: rich chocolate flavor, light effervescence, deep fruit sweetness. It’s a little smoother than the Autumn Maple, and a little darker. For some reason, the maerzen rauchbier from German producer Schlenkerla seems like it needs an excuse to drink it. It is consistently rated one of the top beers in the world, and at less than $5 a pint, it’s a bargain. What makes it so special is that it’s a perfectly executed smokebeer — an old Bavarian style where the barley in the beer is smoked over beechwood logs, brewed in copper kettles and aged in Bavarian cellars, which just sound like better cellars than any other. What you get is pure liquid smoke. It is an incredible beer, and perfect for autumn. Aside from its abundant smokiness, it has underlying smoothness and a figgy subtle sweetness. Incidently, you can cook this beer with some cheese and make a phenomenal cheese dip. These three were knockout flannel-weather brews, but there are plenty more seasonal drinks to try that are available locally. So even as the leaves start to go you’ll have plenty of opportunities to drink well this fall.

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MARCH 21-APRIL 19:

If I warned you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fear-mongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté. But it’s important to acknowledge that the smart approach is far more difficult than those two extremes. You’ve got to evaluate each person and even each situation on a case-by-case basis. There may be unpredictable folks who are trustworthy some of the time, but not always. Can you be both affably open-hearted and slyly discerning? It’s especially important that you do so in the next 16 days.

TAURUS

APRIL 20-MAY 20:

As I meditated on your astrological aspects, I had an intuition that I should go to a gem fair I’d heard about. It was at an event center near my home. When I arrived, I was dazzled to find a vast spread of minerals, fossils, gemstones and beads. Within a few minutes, two stones had commanded my attention, as if they’d reached out to me telepathically: chrysoprase, a green gemstone and petrified wood, a mineralized fossil streaked with earth tones. The explanatory note next to the chrysoprase said that if you keep this gem close to you, it “helps make conscious what has been unconscious.” Ownership of the petrified wood was described as conferring “the power to remove obstacles.” I knew these were the exact oracles you needed. I bought both stones, took them home and put them on an altar dedicated to your success in the coming weeks.

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MAY 21-JUNE 20:

George R. R. Martin has written a series of fantasy novels collectively called A Song of Ice and Fire. They have sold 60 million copies and been adapted for the TV series Game of Thrones. Martin says the inspiration for his master work originated with the pet turtles he owned as a kid. The creatures lived in a toy castle in his bedroom, and he pretended they were knights and kings and other royal characters. “I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom,” he has testified. I think the next seven months will be a perfect time for you to make a comparable leap, Gemini. What’s your version of Martin’s turtles? And what valuable asset can you turn it into?

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22:

The editors of the Urban Dictionary provide a unique definition of the word “outside.” They say it’s a vast, uncomfortable place that surrounds your home. It has no ceiling or walls or carpets, and contains annoying insects and random loud noises. There’s a big yellow ball in the sky that’s always moving around and changing the temperature in inconvenient ways. Even worse, the “outside” is filled with strange people that are constantly doing deranged and confusing things. Does this description match your current sense of what “outside” means, Cancerian? If so, that’s OK. For now, enjoy the hell out of being inside.

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JULY 23-AUG. 22:

We all go through phases when we are tempted to believe in the factuality of every hostile, judgmental and random thought that our monkey mind generates. I am not predicting that this is such a time for you. But I do want to ask you to be extra skeptical toward your monkey mind’s fabrications. Right now it’s especially important that you think as coolly and objectively as possible. You can’t afford to be duped by anyone’s crazy talk, including your own. Be extra vigilant in your quest for the raw truth.

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AUG. 23-SEPT. 22:

Do you know about the ancient Greek general Pyrrhus? At the Battle of Asculum in 279 BCE, his army technically defeated Roman forces, but his casualties were so substantial that he ultimately lost the war. You can and you must avoid a comparable scenario. Fighting for your cause is good only if it doesn’t wreak turmoil and bewilderment. If you want to avoid an outcome in which both sides lose, you’ve got to engineer a result in which both sides win. Be a cagey compromiser.

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SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:

If I could give you a birthday present, it would be a map to your future treasure. Do you know which treasure I’m referring to? Think about it as you fall asleep on the next eight nights. I’m sorry I can’t simply provide you with the instructions you’d need to locate it. The cosmic powers tell me you have not yet earned that right. The second-best gift I can offer, then, will be clues about how to earn it. Clue #1. Meditate on the differences between what your ego wants and what your soul needs. #2. Ask yourself, “What is the most unripe part of me?”, and then devise a plan to ripen it. #3. Invite your deep mind to give you insights you haven’t been brave enough to work with until now. #4. Take one medium-sized bold action every day.

SCORPIO

OCT. 23-NOV. 21:

Galway Kinnell’s poem “Middle of the Way” is about his solo trek through the snow on Oregon’s Mount Gauldy. As he wanders in the wilderness, he remembers an important truth about himself: “I love the day, the sun . . . But I know [that] half my life belongs to the wild darkness.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Scorpio, now is a good time for you, too, to refresh your awe and reverence for the wild darkness — and to recall that half your life belongs to it. Doing so will bring you another experience Kinnell describes: “an inexplicable

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CAPRICORN

DEC. 22-JAN. 19:

You have been flirting with your “alone at the top” reverSAGITTARIUS ies. I won’t be surprised if NOV. 22-DEC. 21: one night you have a dream The last time I walked into of riding on a Ferris wheel a McDonald’s and ordered that malfunctions, leaving Go to RealAstrology.com to check out a meal was 1984. Nothing you stranded at the highRob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO that the restaurant chain est point. What’s going on? HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE serves up is appealing to Here’s what I suspect: In HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes my taste or morality. I do one sense you are zesty and are also available by phone at 1-877admire its adaptability, howfarseeing. Your competence ever. In cow-loving India, and confidence are waxing. 873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. McDonald’s only serves At the same time, you may vegetarian fare that includes be out of touch with what’s deep-fried cheese and potato going on at ground level. patties. In Israel, kosher McFalafels are available. Mexicans Your connection to the depths is not as intimate as your relaorder their McMuffins with refried beans and pico de gallo. At tionship with the heights. The moral of the story might be to a McDonald’s in Singapore, you can order McRice burgers. This get in closer contact with your roots. Or be more attentive to is the type of approach I advise for you right now, Sagittarius. your support system. Or buy new shoes and underwear. Adjust your offerings for your audience.

AQUARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18:

I haven’t planted a garden for years. My workload is too intense to devote enough time to that pleasure. So eight weeks ago I was surprised when a renegade sunflower began blooming in the dirt next to my porch. How did the seed get there? Via the wind? A passing bird that dropped a potential meal? The gorgeous interloper eventually grew to a height of four feet and produced a boisterous yellow flower head. Every day I muttered a prayer of thanks for its guerrilla blessing. I predict a comparable phenomenon for you in the coming days, Aquarius.

PISCES

FEB. 19-MARCH 20:

The coming days will be a favorable time to dig up what has been buried. You can, if you choose, discover hidden agendas, expose deceptions, see beneath the masks and dissolve delusions. But it’s my duty to ask you this: Is that really something you want to do? It would be fun and sexy to liberate so much trapped emotion and suppressed energy, but it could also stir up a mind-bending ruckus that propels you on a healing quest. I hope you decide to go for the gusto, but I’ll understand if you prefer to play it safe.

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oulder City Council is considering broad changes to its marijuana rules and regulations. The first reading was Sept. 30, with a second reading scheduled for later this month or early November. And this time around, it appears that Council wants to help rather than hinder cannabis businesses. The reconsideration began at the urging of Councilman Macon Cowles, who listed at least 40 “stress points” for cannabis businesses in a Hotline memo last month. He asked city staff to scrap Boulder’s current rules, conform to state regulations for operations and compliance and limit the City’s involvement to processing of applications and inspections. He also asked staff to provide a schedule of fines and an administrativereview process for challenges to fines and citations. The reasoning is that Boulder voted overwhelmingly for legal cannabis, and though the City took a hard approach at the outset, it needs to let these momand-pop businesses succeed by making regulations strict, clearly understood and fair. Council members have been hearing from businesses and visiting some of the 77 cannabis facilities in town in recent months. Many owners have outlined difficulties following city and state laws when they conflict and who feel that some of the City rules seem capricious and arbitrary and put them at a business disadvantage. Cowles’ memo pointed out

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that Boulder is the only place in the state with rules that, for instance, don’t allow newspaper or magazine coupons from city businesses, require a physical separation between recreational and medical businesses in the same location and includes code language that indicates “zero tolerance” for offenses. There was some initial pushback from staff, which replied in a memo that all current local rules are based on Council direction and argued that the extra measures have prevented or limited crime or otherwise made it safer for citizens. Everybody remembered the circumstances under which the original rules were written. Amendment 64 dictated specific timelines, and Council took up the issue as the City and County were reeling from the aftermath of the September floods. Cannabis had been illegal for so long that there was still much suspicion about what legalization might bring. Back then, I found the city attorney’s office inflexible and combative toward Council’s direction, but I didn’t see evidence of that this time. Both City Attorney Tom Carr and assistant Kathy Haddock seemed willing to look at regulation in a different light after two years. Most businesses work hard to stay compliant, Carr said. His office was afraid to be lenient at first — hence the “no tolerance” language — and he suggested that because he always looks at things from a regulatory and legal viewpoint, he might not be the best person to lead the effort for

changes. Council members asked many questions, about “zero tolerance,” using administrative hearings rather than the courts to contest fines, and staff ’s interpretation of merchandising, among other things. And during the public hearing, many operators provided more specific evidence of the problems they were having following two sets of regulations. It was obvious Council members were striving to understand the particulars of the regulations, and quite frankly, there was probably way too much there to adequately deal with in a long meeting. In the end, some of the things that Cowles asked for were addressed by staff and will be inserted into the second reading language. But when Carr suggested a citizen’s committee be formed to study some of the others, everyone leapt at the opportunity. It was 10:30 p.m. before Council voted unanimously for the changes to the second reading. It was really encouraging to see that both Council and staff are willing to take a second look at these regulations, change important ones like ending the grandfather clause to allow current businesses more time to convert from medical to recreational, striking the “zero tolerance” language and including the industry in further negotiations. And while I know Council is proud of its deliberative process, it’s disappointing that for many of the issues raised, it will be perhaps six months or more, and perhaps a new Council seated, before they are resolved. Cowles gave Council a choice between a relatively easy way out and a more difficult one, and by punting many industry concerns to a focus group, Council took the latter. Not melding city and state code at this point means these kinds of issues will continue to come before and haunt Council, and the City will continue, in my humble opinion, to waste time and resources on something better left to more capable hands. You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on KGNU. http://news.kgnu.org/weed

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