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n the 1960s, I attended the University of North Texas, a public school blessed with good teachers and an educational culture focused on enabling us students to become socially useful citizens. And it was affordable — with close-to-free tuition and a part-time job, I could get a good education, gain experience in everything from work to civic activism, graduate in four years and obtain a debt-free start in life. We just assumed that’s
what college was supposed to be. It still ought to be, but for most students today, it’s not even close. Indeed, a $1.3 trillion mountain of debt is weighing down students at all types of U.S. colleges, endangering our entire economy. That’s more than people owe on credit cards or auto loans — and it’ll soon surpass the subprime mortgage debt that crashed the economy in 2008. Private, for-profit, corporate colleges are the biggest creators of this looming danger. To say there are lots of horror stories about them is like saying there are lots of ouchies in a bramble patch. With brand names like University of Phoenix, ITT Tech, Corinthian, Kaplan and Strayer, they suck up some $32 billion a year in federal student loan money. They overcharge students so drastically that even those who graduate are stuck with nearly $40,000 in debt,
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and they deliver such poor education that graduates can’t get jobs with high-enough wages to repay the loans. David Halprin, author of Stealing America’s Future, calls this predatory educational industry “an immoral enterprise.” America’s whole approach to everhigher-priced, higher education is wrong-headed. We know that college and advanced-skill degrees today are as essential to both individual and national well-being as high school diplomas used to be, so its time to redirect and reinvest in America’s future by making higher education free. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. September 17, 2015 7
guest column Blast Boulder’s history? No, keep the devil in Devil’s Elbow!
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merica’s political and journalistic establishments still can’t figure out the Trump phenomenon. Movement conservatives — they’re the ones who take conservative ideology seriously — are at a loss to explain why Trump, who has supported as many left-wing political causes as right-wing ones over the years and who they suspect raises the banner of conservatism the same way a privateer raises a flag of convenience, has managed to appeal to huge numbers of self-identified political conservatives. Doctrinaire progressives — they’re the ones who take Bernie Sanders seriously — can’t explain why Trump, who tramples all over the rules of political correctness and identity politics with gleeful and reckless abandon, keeps rising in the polls (and not just among Republicans) after each supposedly lethal politically incorrect affront. Political moderates — they’re the ones who take candidates like Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden seriously — can’t explain why Trump, who embodies a lot of the qualities that are supposed to turn off voters (like a big ego, a mastery of the art of the insult, a brazenly self-promoting style and a bad comb-over) can send their candidates plunging in the polls
with a flick of his tongue. Political consultants and journalists –— they’re the ones who take themselves seriously (and who think they’re the smartest guys in the room) — can’t explain how an un-house-broken candidate like Trump can piss all over their most deeply held beliefs — and all over them — and thrive by doing so. Give the political and chattering classes credit for this much: They have figured out that Americans’ rising revulsion with political correctness has something to do with Trump’s rise in the polls. What they haven’t figured out is exactly what that “something” is. That’s because they’ve never thought through what the term “political correctness” means. Political correctness is a euphemism for the belief on the part of self-appointed, self-righteous elites, usually but not exclusively found on the left, that they are entitled to tell Americans what they can and cannot say and think about race, ethnicity, gender, religion and cultural issues generally — and that they are entitled to use political and economic coercion to enforce their views on others. Political correctness would probably be harmless if America’s mainstream media hadn’t turned itself into its principal enabler. But it has, and as a result see DANISH PLAN Page 10
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And so on. Then along comes Trump, who is nothing if not a can-do sort of guy. Build a wall and secure the southern border? Can do. Repeal and replace ObamaCare? Can do. Tell the press to take its political correctness and put it where the sun don’t shine? Can do. Been there and done that. Make America great again? Can do. Hey, how hard could it be? Supporters tend to overlook his gaffes, flaws, braggadocio and hyperbola because they believe he will find reasons to succeed instead of reasons to fail — and because they have real misgivings about the ability of most of the other candidates to do so. But can a candidate actually get elected by telling people he’s the guy who can get things done without really telling them how he’ll get things done, by telling them he’s the guy who will deliver so many American victories that Americans will get bored with victories? Can a candidate substitute great motivational slogans for real substance and still get people to pull his lever when the moment of truth arrives on Election Day? Of course he can, and if America’s political and journalistic establishments don’t see it they really are as stupid as Trump says they are. Don’t think so? Well does the phrase “hope and change” mean anything to you? This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.
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along the side of the road that obscure motorists’ views, adding a shoulder wherever tenable, and keeping an eye on speeding vehicles. Environmental precedent makes me think of Joni Mitchell’s lyrics: “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” Let me return to the accident that happened [in July]. The very next day the spot, and other dangerous zones along the road, had been highlighted with yellow spray paint by a concerned canyon resident. So, for the cost of $2.95 a local has done more for the immediate safety of cyclists in the canyon than tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of road design has accomplished of late. Given the canyon community’s resil-
ience and DIY resourcefulness after the 2010 fire and the 2013 flood, no one should be surprised that residents are ready to do what they can to make Four Mile Canyon safer without a lot of fuss or burden to taxpayers. Everyone wants to prevent future accidents, for cyclists, motorists, pedestrians and local wildlife. Let’s let the curves of the canyon point the way to finding practical, cost-effective and less invasive solutions to preserving the beauty and history of a unique spot, amid the rapid and often short-sighted development of the county and the state. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
Misleading bias
I think if Paul Danish wishes to advise a five-person Lakewood oil firm, (Re: “Longmont fracking suit: What if Longmont wins?” Danish Plan, Sept. 3) he should sit for the Bar and bone up on oil and gas valuation. His bias is misleading, his motives questionable, his conclusions spurious at best and he appears to delight in an imagined financial disaster for a city that dares to challenge corporate aims. He appears to believe that anything business wishes to do is fine. First, to impute the presence (not even the extent or quality) of hydrocarbons beneath Longmont based on what has been done or found in Weld County has no basis in even conservative versions of fact. To his credit, Danish acknowledges that West Texas crude trades for far less than in early 2014. This may explain why many conservatives (the latest is Dick Cheney of Halliburton fame) oppose the Iran deal. Removal of sanctions there virtually guarantees sub-$40 oil, probably indefinitely. Danish even halves his putative “comparable” production example, which can express the probability of discovery and economic production beneath Longmont. But he ignores the costs of such production and finding, expressing his oil “value” not in net but in gross terms. The typical oil and gas “netback” generally averages about onethird the market spot price — that totals around $15 per barrel today. Danish would do well to examine Boulder County assessment rolls, where more than 96 percent of Longmont lies, and which this year value non-producing mineral estates — even those adjoining properties pumping oil — at less than $6.70 per acre. Compare that to what the surface is worth, and it is very easy to see where “highest and best use” lies. Maybe Danish ought to buy up severed mineral estates under Longmont. Better yet, I could alert owners of any kind of income-producing real estate there to his acumen and interest in conjectured property values. Owners of fee simple estates, however, will present a problem to him and to operators, because forced pooling and unitization of these holdings would subject Longmont’s urban residents and commercial interests to an unwanted, inconvenient, noxious, and probably hazardous activity more disruptive than any subsurface “taking.” No one lives a mile down, after all. Here’s an ever better plan: force TOP Operating or its ilk to buy the entire surface of Longmont’s 26 square miles. Then let them drill.
letters
Probably for nothing. Gregory A. Iwan, Longmont
Reviewing the law
In response to Mr. Iwan’s letter urging bicyclists to follow the law (Re: Letters, Sept. 3), I invite him to review the law before purporting to cite it. He urged people to look up the rules. I accepted that challenge and found that everything he said was wrong. I noticed that he is from Longmont, and I am most familiar with the bike laws from Boulder, which admittedly may be different, but we are writing in the Boulder Weekly. First, bikers don’t always have to stop at stop signs. They are subject to the same laws as pedestrians if they are crossing at crosswalks. So long as they don’t exceed 8 mph, and use the crosswalk, they do not have to stop. I asked a Boulder police officer to verify this understanding and he confirmed it. This law also addresses his second misstatement that bikers are required to walk bikes across roadway. That is incorrect. If they are not crossing at the crosswalk and acting as a pedestrian, bikers are subject to the same rules as motor vehicles, allowing them to continue across intersections as autos do. Lastly, bikers are allowed to ride two abreast unless they are impeding the reasonable flow of traffic. Single file in not the rule. In fact, some of our canyons have specific signs that bikes need to ride single file in certain blind curves. Beverly Gholson, Boulder
Trump the loose cannon
Donald Trump should not be a candidate for President of the United States. He is a volatile “loose cannon” who is out of control, and I am not referring to the immigration issue, which has to be addressed by more logical minds. Trump is the personification of a global bully who would try to bully our potential adversaries into submission, and he could end up initiating major conflicts in the world. My concern is he will “shoot from the hip” and blunder into a nuclear war with Russia or China. I have been voting as a conservative for various candidates from both parties since 1960, and I do not recall a presidential candidate who is so “off the wall” as Donald Trump. Mr. Trump is not presidential material and he could be a threat to the security of this country and the world. We need to trump all of his cards and return him to his casinos. Donald A. Moskowitz/Londonderry, NH
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AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY/REPUBLICAN ‘REDPRINT’ FOR TURNING COLORADO FROM BLUE TO RED by Joel Dyer
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f money is speech, then it stands to reason that a very small number of very wealthy people can effectively drown out the voices of the multitude on issues they determine worthy of a shout via their checkbooks. Currently in Colorado, the issues where this money/ speech is reaching the highest decibels are oil and gas extraction, aka fracking, and education issues such as the 2013 battle over Amendment 66 and the ongoing push by some for a school voucher system or other form of school choice. Even before the Supreme Court’s controversial “Citizens United” ruling, campaign finance laws had blurred the lines between dollars and words. It never seemed to matter that polls have long shown nearly 80 percent of us disagree with this notion that money is simply an extension of the voice we use to express our views and should therefore be unlimited. For decades, all that has really mattered is that the elected officials who could fix this broken system are the primary beneficiaries of its democratic shortcomings. Hence, money still talks and in Colorado, more loudly than in most places. To understand how a handful of wealthy, influential individuals, along with the oil and gas industry and a few key political operatives, have managed to play puppeteer over our state government and even the electorate is quite complicated. That’s why we’ve included seven full pages of what I refer to as “influence maps” at the end of this article. It has been more than a decade since Democrats came up with their now well-documented “Blueprint,” wherein four bil12 September 17, 2015
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lionaires used their massive wealth to flip the state from red to blue. But after the 2014 election cycle, it is abundantly clear that the Republicans — along with a few key “Dems” — now have their own “Redprint,” which, like its blue predecessor, has worked quite well. Substantially influencing a state’s elections, laws and regulations takes more than just spending $50 million dollars on TV, radio and newspaper ads, although that’s an important part of the equation. It also takes more than just filling the campaign coffers of politicians, although that too has its place. In order for a microscopic minority of the monied to hold real influence over the rest of us and our democratic system of government, it requires creating the illusion that millions of people and nearly all the research on any given issue supports this minority’s specific point of view. This “illusion building” process is where the political operatives enter the picture. In Colorado, I like to imagine this political slight of hand as a massive network of loudspeakers mounted on poles in every community across the state. Every few minutes the same message blares out over the speakers: “oil and gas and fracking are good for you because jobs, economy, freedom, American flag, natural gas is the new green, Middle East terrorists … blah, blah, blah.” The only thing that changes, in my imagined scenario, is who’s delivering the message, as nearly every blast appears to come from a brand new grassroots organization. Most of us assume these grassroots groups are made up of thousands of folks just like us. And besides, they have really intriguing names like “Citizens for the Environment Who Like Shale Oil,” or the “Clean Air Coalition for Freedom From Terrorists,” or “Mothers for Tar Sands.” You get the point. Next, I imagine that all the wires coming from all the poles holding the loudspeakers form a giant interconnected web that covers the state like lace, but ultimately, all those wires lead back to just one small room in an office building in Denver. Inside that room, a handful of political operatives take turns at the mic pretending to be a member of the next new group who just has to tell you how much shale oil means to them while throwing in a bunch of facts and Boulder Weekly
figures from seemingly credible sources, which, in the hands of these professional twisters of the truth, scare us into thinking the sky will fall, the economy will collapse and most children will go hungry if oil companies can’t stick rigs in the middle of our neighborhoods. And that’s where this investigation comes in, because that room, or some wall-less facsimile thereof, does exist. So who is in that room, where do they get their facts and, more importantly, who pays for the whole operation are very real, very important questions.
About those facts Editors Note: A few months back, Boulder Weekly agreed to pay for half the cost of a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request concerning certain emails at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. We split the cost with Greenpeace, who submitted the CORA and then provided us our copy of the emails. In the end we were given more than 2,000 pages, some heavily redacted, most not. This investigation and the information in this article came entirely from Boulder Weekly’s own work. We had been tracking the creation of the oil and gas industry’s network of front groups and the Republican Party’s funding apparatus since the fall of 2014. These CORA documents helped us to further understand the complex interconnections of both. I remember the first time I heard someone say they thought something fishy might be going on at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. It was in October 2013, as we were pulling together our annual vote guide and endorsements package. I don’t remember who said it, but someone uttered something like, “Leeds must be on the payroll of ‘Vote NO on 66’.” It wasn’t a serious accusation. It was simply a way of noting that Leeds’ research on the issue seemed out of step, and quite popular with the “vote NO” crowd. The left-leaning Bell Policy Center had released an economic study claiming Amendment 66 — an education funding initiative that would have raised about a billion dollars a year by way of a tax increase — would be neutral for the state’s economy over the
long-term. In addition, Colorado State University had also released research predicting a neutral economic long-term impact if 66 passed. But not so with the Leeds School, whose research seemed to reach the opposite conclusion. Actually, Leeds simply broke its analysis into two reports. First, it created a report focused only on the very negative economic consequences of the tax increase. Then it created a second report that showed if the money decreased incarceration rates, dropout rates and created other educational positives, the tax hike could actually be neutral to slightly positive economically in the long term. The other reports simply chose to put all this information into one document declaring the amendment’s impact as neutral. Needless to say, critics of 66 only used the first negative report from Leeds for their purposes. The business school’s two-report logic, intended or not, certainly helped to defeat Amendment 66 at the polls. To do its Amendment 66 analysis, Leeds used an economic modeling tool known as REMI, which was created by Regional Economic Models, Inc., hence the name. It was REMI that created findings that synced perfectly with the talking points bombarding the electorate by way of TV commercials paid for by the “Vote NO on 66” folks. “Folks” is perhaps the wrong word here. “Vote NO on 66” was basically, albeit indirectly, funded by the Independence Institute, a conservative think tank in Golden, Colorado, associated with some of the nation’s most conservative organizations. When it comes to education, the Independence Institute’s positions seem to generally align with the Koch Bothers, the Walton Family trusts and some of Colorado’s wealthiest and largest Republican donors such as billionaire oil man Alex Cranberg and C. Edward McVaney, co-founder of software company J.D. Edwards. Cranberg founded the Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE) and McVaney is on the ACE board of Trustees. ACE is an organization many associate with the school voucher movement. Still, at the time, we at BW assumed the “Vote No on 66” and negative REMI report similarities were a simple case of action/reaction. Who wouldn’t seize upon economic analysis from a respected business school if it just so happened to support your political position? But then came the state’s fracking debate. Local communities, along with Boulder County, started passing moratoriums and outright bans on drilling and fracking. First there was Longmont, then Boulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette and Broomfield. It was clear that the oil and gas industry was losing the battle for hearts and minds along the Front Range. So much so that those who opposed fracking and/ or supported community control over oil and gas extraction successfully gathered more than a quarterof-a-million signatures, enough to potentially place two statewide initiatives on the November 2014 balSee REDPRINT Page 14
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lot. Initiative 88 would have called for a 2,000-foot setback for oil and gas wells from dwellings. Initiative 89 would have given communities the right to regulate the industry within their city limits, including an outright ban if so desired. The oil and gas industry did not take this citizen revolt lightly. It fought back with its only real weapon — money, and thereby political clout. The industry waged its war by creating incredibly well-funded oil and gas front groups like Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED) and Vital for Colorado (Vital). CRED was founded and is primarily funded by the two largest oil and gas companies operating in our state, Anadarko Petroleum and Noble Energy. CRED is also the group we have to thank for the endless bombardment of “fracking is good for you” TV commercials, which represent the largest single ad spend in state history. CRED is also the industry front group that paid for an entire section in The Denver Post, calling it the “energy and environment” section, which like the TV ads, was used to extol the virtues of fracking page after page, week after week. CRED clearly has money and lots of it. More than one observer noted that media criticism of the oil and gas industry all but disappeared once the millions in ad dollars started flowing the media’s way. But that’s a story for another day. But such tactics can only get you so far. In the end, what good are TV commercials, newspaper sections and industry front groups if they don’t have seemingly credible, third party, positive facts, figures and analysis to spout in support of the claims being made? And then it happened again. Right in the middle of the fracking debate, the Leeds School of Business started producing the economic analysis that seemed to perfectly fit the CRED and Vital and Gov. John Hickenlooper claims that the bans and setbacks and moratoriums were far too risky to the Colorado economy to be justified. Leeds was producing REMI report after REMI report that the industry and its front groups wielded like a sword against their anti-fracking critics. It all might have been explained away as a chicken and egg thing — Leeds produces its analysis, the oil and gas industry sees it, likes what it says and starts spouting its statistics — but for the fact that the second the reports were released for public consumption they could be found on the websites of CRED and Vital and other pro-oil front groups. It was clearly a coordinated effort. Similarly, politicians like Gov. Hickenlooper who support and are supported by the oil and gas industry were instantly quoting the reports as if they had been briefed (or even rehearsed) on the contents before the rest of us had even had a chance to view them. It all seemed too organized, too fortuitous to be 14 September 17, 2015
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REMI comes to CU In July of 2013, just months before Amendment 66 would go before voters, the Leeds School of Business was approached with an unusual proposition. The for-public-consumption version of the story that ran in The Denver Post and the various business papers said a recently formed organization calling itself the Common Sense Policy Roundtable (CSPR) had joined forces along with a couple of well established Denver area economic development groups — Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and Denver South Economic Development Partnership — in order to make a significant pur-
chase. The story continued that the three groups pooled their money and bought the exclusive licensing rights to the Front Range for an economic modeling system called REMI, which was reportedly valued at over $800,000 for a five-year period. REMI was loaded with Colorado economic data and touted as being capable of analyzing potential economic impacts of things like ballot measures, oil industry importance to the economy, water issues, PERA, etc. The story was that after the exclusive license was secured, the three groups approached the Leeds School of Business and then contracted the school to run the REMI analysis for them on a third-party basis. In exchange, the Leeds School would get free access to REMI, $110,000 a year for producing reports and another $38,000 a year to keep REMI updated. The Leeds School then assigned the REMI project to the research team of Brian Lewandowski and Richard Wobbekind of the Business Research Division of the Leeds School. In a recent interview with BW, Wobbekind, whose full title is executive director of the Business Research Division and senior associate dean of the Leeds School of Business, described the importance of the
involvement of the two well-established economic development groups in the REMI project. He described how representatives from all three groups had sold the idea to the Leeds School. He said he knew that CSPR considered itself a “conservative think tank,” but claimed he wasn’t familiar with them. He said he knew and respected the other organizations and indicated that this familiarity was enough to make him feel comfortable with the REMI partnership. He even went so far as to say the Leeds School would not have agreed to the deal if it had only been CSPR proposing it. As we will see, that is an interesting observation. But like I said, the earlier description of events was the for-public-consumption version that was fed to the press and reported in lockstep without ever checking the facts. What Wobbekind apparently didn’t know, or has forgotten, was that the exclusive licensing for REMI had, in fact (according to information in the CORA docs), only been purchased by and is still owned by CSPR alone. An examination of CSPR’s 2013 Form 990 return shows a $224,411 expenditure for REMI which again seems to confirm that the tool was licensed by CSPR alone based on that dollar amount and the press reports of the tool’s cost. Furthermore, the contract that assigned CU the rights to run REMI for CSPR is only between CSPR and the CU Board of Regents. There are no other signatories. The contract does state that the data produced by REMI will be of interest to certain third parties, and partially funded by third parties, including chambers of commerce and others. It goes on to add, “These third parties along with CSPR and the Leeds School will review and approve projects and otherwise manage the REMI Program.” Bear with me — there is a point to this level of contractual exactitude. The contract goes on to say that CSPR alone has the power to authorize a “management committee” to manage and direct the REMI project. The contract also says the management committee will be made up of two members from CSPR, two members from the Leeds School and additional members from the thirdparty participants (funders) who are approved by the CSPR board of directors. And finally, the contract states that the management committee will “operate in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding signed by members of the management committee.” Remember that last part. So to recap, unlike what was reported by media at the time, CSPR, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and Denver South Economic Development Partnership were not all owners of the exclusive REMI license agreement and they had not all signed a contract with CU to produce Boulder Weekly
REMI research. But those misleading news reports did make the project sound much more credible than it was. As the news reports described how the three groups were going to make their REMI research available to local and state governments to help them better understand complex economic issues — it sounded like a truly altruistic endeavor designed to make the world a better place. But in reality, CSPR clearly controlled the project. It alone owned REMI. It alone had contracted CU to produce REMI research. CSPR had the power to choose who was on the management committee and only members approved by its board of directors could serve. The contract even noted that CSPR alone has full ownership over all the research and reports produced by the Leeds School using REMI. And it adds that CSPR can have as many funders of the REMI project as it wants and there is no provision that those funders be disclosed to CU. The contract never even mentions Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. or Denver South Economic Development Partnership, the two entities that apparently gave credibility to the REMI deal in Wobbekind’s mind. The economic development groups and CSPR may have called themselves “partners” or the “consortium,” but by all legal measures, the REMI project was, and is, the property of CSPR. In fact, according to an email from CU in response to questions regarding this contractual relationship, the two economic development groups contribute funding to the REMI project by way of a dues structure with CSPR. The emails in the CORA release show that the Leeds researchers do seem to operate as if the three groups are more or less equals. They provide information to CSPR and the two economic development groups through representatives of the economic development groups who have been appointed and/or accepted to the management committee by CSPR. But the tone and content of the CORA emails also make it clear that CSPR is running the show, and they also clearly reflect that the Leeds School is well aware of the exact nature of the relationships of the three entities. For instance, in the Leeds School/CSPR proposal for the REMI project dated April 25, 2013, the two economic development organizations are properly referred to simply as “funding partners” while acknowledging that CSPR, who contracted CU, is the sole owner of REMI. It reads as follows: CSPR has contracted with REMI to provide the base economic models and Tax-Pl for three regions: Colorado, Denver Metro, and Denver South. The BRD (Business Research Division) research team will be the contracted model users. The team will apply its comprehensive understanding of the Colorado economy, debate economic assumptions, and run the REMI model for dynamic analBoulder Weekly
ysis on issues raised by the Board. The Board will be comprised of representatives from the CSPR, the Metro Denver Economic Development Partnership, the Denver South Economic Development Partnership, and other funding partners, as well as two non-sponsor representatives from the University of Colorado. Another email indicates that CU understands the structure. All of this ownership and control business is important for several reasons: credibility, credibility and credibility. For reasons that will become imminently clear shortly, If the Leeds School of Business were to create REMI reports that stated that they were created solely under contract for CSPR, who charges dues to funding partners like the two economic development groups, it is quite realistic to assume that both the reports and Leeds School would have their credibility quickly questioned. For this reason, credibility, it is understandable why Leeds and/or CSPR would make efforts to make sure the other two groups share equally in the spotlight when REMI reports are released or discussed in the media. But the Leads School may have taken this “credibility washing” a bit too far. Despite being aware of the proper designation and role of each of the three players as evidenced by the proposal excerpt above, the fracking ban, the 2,000-foot setback, the Amendment 66 and other REMI reports all erroneously claim that the three groups are equals in the REMI project, having all contracted together for the license of REMI as well as having all together contracted the Leeds School to run REMI. These reports use the following language: A partnership of public and private organizations announced in July 2013 the formation of a collaboration to provide Colorado lawmakers, policy makers, and business leaders with greater insight into the economic impact of public policy decisions that face the state and surround-
ing regions. The parties involved include the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, and the Denver South Economic Development Partnership. The Business Research Division (BRD) of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder was contracted by the consortium to provide third party, nonbiased research that objectively analyzes the economic impacts of public policy. This consortium meets quarterly to discuss pressing economic issues impacting the state. The group identified the study of a statewide economic impact of hydraulic fracturing ban as both relevant and timely. The consortium licensed dynamic economic models from Regional Economic Models, Inc. (REMI) to study the economic impacts of policy. It is subtle, but it is also not true. So who is responsible for this bending of the facts, Leeds or CSPR? I should note here, that there is no evidence that would indicate that CU researchers have ever intentionally altered REMI research outcomes to suit the desires of CSPR or its funding partners. That is not the point, nor is it being insinuated here. But just because the facts and figures in a REMI report were appropriately arrived at does not mean that the process by which the Leeds School’s REMI research was assigned and enters the public debate is not being manipulated for political and financial gain by those who control the process. And those who control the process are not the researchers at the Leeds School. I should also note that REMI has been considered a useful and respected economic tool for many years. Again, however, researchers who use such tools have reported that they, including REMI, can be and are often abused to create research that basically serves as corporate PR. There is no indication that the Leeds School researchers have done anything inappropriate… except perhaps not having been more curious about their REMI boss, CSPR.
Behind the façade (or why CSPR needs credible partners) The Common Sense Policy Roundtable bills itself as “a non-profit free-enterprise think tank dedicated to the protection and promotion of Colorado’s economy.” But pull back the curtain and CSPR appears to be little more than a front group for the oil and gas industry and Republican Party fundraisers being run by some of the most powerful, well-known political operatives in the Western United States. CSPR was founded by Kristin Strohm, who now serves as the organization’s executive director. Strohm is best known for being the cofounder of the Starboard Group, a relatively new organization See REDPRINT Page 16
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already considered possibly the most powerful fundraising entity for the Republican Party in the Western U.S. Virtually every major office — state or national — won by a Colorado Republican in 2014’s red tide that swept over the state used Strohm’s Starboard Group to fund and even direct their campaign (see influence map page 28). While Strohm is listed as the executive director of CSPR, she isn’t paid by CSPR. According to the organization’s Form 990 return, CSPR appears to pay no full-time staff. Instead, CSPR actually pays $60,000 a year to the Starboard Group for administrative duties. Strohm is paid to administrate CSPR by the Starboard Group. Strohm is married to one of the state’s most notorious political operatives and oil and gas industry consultant Josh Penry. You may recall Penry as the former Republican State Senator who worked closely with Democrats and then voted with them in order to push through the oil-and-gas-industry friendly Clean Air Clean Jobs Act in 2010. Penry boasted then that the act would increase drilling by 15 percent. He was right. Penry later announced his run for governor but suddenly dropped out of the race just as his Democratic opponent, sitting Governor Bill Ritter, did A screen shot of Vital for Colorado coalition members. the same. This unusual set of circumstances — which many political observers believe was far more than a coincidence — led to a relatively easy gubernatorial victory launch a smear campaign or mail out fliers with quesfor former oil and gas geologist John Hickenlooper tionable information and then disappear before anywho had spent months behind the scenes convincing one can get the license plate of the political operative the oil and gas industry that he was their enthusiastic who hit them. ally. He wasn’t lying. Another service EIS provides is collecting signaPenry subsequently hit the revolving door into tures from businesses and/or public officials on letters lobbying and “consulting” for the oil and gas industry. or petitions that say they support fracking. The petiWatchdog groups from Polluter Watch to Greenpeace tions are then presented to city councils or other govhave referred to Strohm and Penry as the power couernmental bodies to create the illusion of broad supple of fracking, which also makes them the power port for fracking. In 2013, EIS Solutions was caught couple of REMI. faking signatures in Fort Collins on such a petition Penry is currently the vice president of EIS that it had prepared on behalf of its client, the Solutions, which helps its clients do things like create Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA). The “grassroots mobilization” among other neat tricks. petition was delivered to the City Council shortly Since it is impossible to actually sell grassroots before it was to decide the future of fracking within support to corporate clients and their industrial praccity limits. tices, it would be more accurate to say that his firm The reason Penry and EIS are important here is specializes in offering its clients the illusion of grassbecause Strohm’s CSPR appears to be little more than roots support. an extension of, or at best a partnership of sorts, with EIS is infamous for creating faux grassroots orgaEIS Solutions. nizations often referred to as “astroturf ” groups. It is The only staff members listed on CSPR’s website besides Strohm are Tim Pollard, policy advisor, and associated with the creation of several such organizaJake Zambrano, legislative liaison. These two also tions (see influence map page 24) but the total numhappen to be the chief operating officer and council ber is simply unknown. Such groups often appear, 16 September 17, 2015
(Pollard) and the associate vice president of legislative affairs (Zambrano) for EIS Solutions. The leaders of CSPR and EIS are married and they share the same staff. It’s safe to say it’s hard to tell where one starts and the other ends. There is additional crossover as reflected on the influence maps. For instance, Strohm sits on the board of directors for Vital for Colorado, one of the state’s two most powerful oil and gas front groups that works to further fracking and fight against any new oil and gas regulations that could harm the industry’s profits. And as you will see shortly, CSPR has been instrumental in trying to grow the influence and membership of Vital. Penry has occasionally served as a spokesperson for Vital at events and three EIS Solution staffers serve as consultants to Vital. It is a complex web to be sure, but it all leads back to the same room. To fully grasp the true influences over CSPR and the REMI project, you have to look closely at CSPR’s sevenmember Board of Directors (See influence map page 23) several of whom are also on its handpicked management committee overseeing REMI. For example, Earl Wright is CSPR’s chairman. Wright is on the Board of the CU Foundation and chairs the investment committee, overseeing more than $1 billion in CU investments. He is also on the board of the Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE), an organization founded by oil billionaire Alex Cranberg who has ties to the Koch brothers and has been cited as one of the funding sources for the Independence Institutes’ Coloradans for Real Education Reform, which opposed Amendment 66. Wright himself was also an invited donor to the Koch brothers secretive, invitation-only strategy session in Aspen in 2010 where the topics included how to reduce regulations on the oil and gas industry by debunking climate change, reforming K-12 education (read as choice/vouchers /privatization) and how to use universities to further the Koch agenda (can you say REMI?). And for an added topper, Wright is a member of the Vital for Colorado coalition and was picked by CSPR to be on the board overseeing REMI. How this can influence things can be seen in the CORA emails as Wright works to get the researchers together with an oil analyst named Tom Petrie to discuss the state of the industry. As it turns out, Petrie was also an invited donor to the same Koch brothers 2010 Aspen strategy meeting as Wright attended. That’s just one of the members. As the influence maps show, there are multiple members with ties to Boulder Weekly
the Koch brothers — four CSPR board members own one or more oil and gas companies. One sits on the Board of the American Coal Council. Five of the eight CSPR board members are affiliated with Vital for Colorado either as board members or members of the coalition. Consider board member Lem Smith. He is the director of U.S Government Affairs for Encana; director of the Western Energy Alliance, a group whose PAC is a client of Strohm’s Starboard Group. He is the assistant director of the Colorado Petroleum Association and of course has ties to Vital. There’s another CSPR board member who sits on the board of the hyper-conservative Leadership Program of the Rockies, which also has Cranberg and Koch brothers ties. Another CSPR board member is Buz Koelbel. He has pretty good influence at the Leeds School, which is housed in the Koelbel Building, named in honor of his father Walter Koelbel following a $4 million donation to the Leeds School by the family. But he’s more than that. Buz Koelbel is a Republican activist who worked with Citizens for Fair and Legal Elections, which was the Republican front group that helped redraw the district lines in favor of that party. He is also a coalition member of Vital for Colorado. And as for those well-established economic development groups that helped persuade the Leeds School to do the REMI deal, Koelbel is the Chairman of the Board of one of them, the Denver South Economic Development Partnership. The President and CEO of the other one, the Metro Denver Economic Development Council, is Kelly Brough, who 5280 magazine named one of the most powerful people in Denver while describing her as one of the most outspoken proponents of the oil and gas industry in the state. But Brough is far more than just outspoken. She is also a former chief of staff for Gov. John Hickenloper when he was the mayor of Denver. In addition she sits on the Advisory Committee of CRED as well as the board for Vital for Colorado. She is credited with actually having written the “Vital pledge” along with Colorado Concern President Tamra Ward. And lastly and most importantly, Brough is also a member of Colorado Concern, the colossal powerhouse of invisible politics. Colorado Concern is an invitation-only group that truly deserves the credit for making the “Redprint” possible, but more on them in a moment. For now it suffices to say that while the two economic development groups who give the appearance of credibility to the REMI project are indeed large organizations filled with many well respected business leader; both organizations also have leadership that could be best described as political and who are currently instrumental in the oil and gas industry’s war with those who oppose drilling/fracking in their communities. So CSPR — and even its more credible funders — are hardly the non-partisan economic development crew that the Leeds School says it thinks it has partnered with on REMI. Boulder Weekly
Instead, the consortium that is actually running research than what the Leeds School is used to. It REMI could be described as the who’s who of pro-oil seems safe to assume that CU doesn’t do any digging industry/conservative education activism that is being to see who its potential partners are when they come steered by the “power couple of fracking,” one of baring expensive gifts (REMI) and cash. whom is credited with raising more money for teaWhen I asked the REMI research team if they partyesque Republican candidates, 527’s and PACs had any inkling who Strohm or Starboard Group or than anyone in the Western United States, while the Penry or EIS Solutions were in the political world other specializes in creating the illusion of citizen sup- outside of REMI, they said they had no idea. port while working for a firm known for its “dirty That may be true but there were clues that could tricks,” politically speaking. have made the Leeds School at least a bit suspicious And a deeper look at CSPR starts to turn up about its REMI Partner. other, even more disturbing connections and practices For instance, why did CSPR seem to have such for a group partnered with one of the state’s most close ties to Vital for Colorado and CRED? respected business schools. Even before the REMI reports on the impacts of a A few clicks into the back of the CSPR website statewide fracking ban and the 2,000-foot setback and the “think tank” appears to be a group of political were ready for release, Strohm was already setting up operatives produc- Courtesy Source Watch briefings and preing selective sentations for all research at just the “the pro-energy right time to assist groups” and for the some of the nation’s governor. most powerful The CORA industrial forces in docs show a level of achieving their activism on the part political goals. of Strohm that is Consider just these hard to ignore. She two agenda items called meetings to from the CSPR’s decide how to get 2014 Strategic the 2,000-foot setPlan: back study into the Strategic hands of the Objective 2.3: Vital Hickenlooper Oil for Colorado and Gas Task Force Phase One: by so they could “use it David Koch presenting at an Americans for Prosperity Foundation as tool going forApril 2014, help event. The Foundation is part of the Koch brothers’ network. ward.” A calendar Vital for Colorado entry said it even secure pledge forms more succinctly: “Coordinate task force testimony from minimum 100 businesses, associations or business with study highlights.” Coordinating the testimony of leaders. a governor’s appointed task force is well beyond the Phase Two: by April 2014, release fracing (sic) ban standard operation of a few economic development study to Vital to use as education tool. groups releasing a research paper. But CSPR likely Ongoing: Have board participation at all levels and had an in with the pro oil and gas members of the launch Vital across the state. taskforce, as the influence maps show. Translation: CSPR is Vital. And remember, this is the same task force assemStrategic Objective 2.3: Americans for Prosperity bled as part of the supposed compromise between Foundation (AFPF) Gov. Hickenlooper and Rep. Jared Polis that resulted Phase One: by April 2014, finalize plan for 2014 in Polis not turning in the quarter of a million signawith AFPF on fiscal policy issues to research. tures that would have put two “anti-fracking” meaNo translation needed here. AFP Foundation is sures on the 2014 ballot including a 2,000-foot setthe Koch brothers. It at least appears that the Leeds back measure and a local control measure, known as School may just have another silent partner it doesn’t Amendments 88 and 89 respectively. seem to know about. The Leeds School might not have known that Despite the public accessibility of such informaCRED and Vital and CSPR all share some of the tion, it appears — based on conversations with the Leeds School research team — that no one within the same board members (see influence maps) and plot business school was aware that its contractual overseer their strategies together, but it should have recognized from the emails and meetings that the relationships for its REMI partnership was working with the Koch were more than cozy. brothers’ Americans for Prosperity Foundation or And what about the 2013 Amendment 66 REMI working to spread the influence statewide and increase research? A quick look at the CSPR website would the membership of one of the most powerful oil and gas front groups in Colorado. But such discoveries require a different kind of See REDPRINT Page 18 September 17, 2015 17
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have told the Leeds School that CSPR was already an activist supporter of school choice and vouchers and had posted studies praising the results of the controversial takeover of the Douglas County School Board in order to push school choice. They even used the REMI Amendment 66 research to further make the point just weeks before the election in their own newsletter, which they sent to the Leeds School’s Wobbekind. There’s no way to know if he actually saw it. CSPR’s October 2013 newsletter ran a front page story about all the jobs and money that would be lost if Amendment 66 passed and followed it with a story praising how choice had turned Douglas County into one of America’s best school systems. The message was clear: it doesn’t take a tax increase to have better schools, it just takes school choice and conservative leadership. The juxtaposition of the two pieces by the political operatives running CSPR said all you needed to know about the “think tank’s” motives for ordering up a REMI study on Amendment 66 (in two parts). Another clue might have been an email wherein Strohm thanked everyone for their efforts and then said she was off to a meeting with the anti-Amendment 66 group Coloradans for Real Education Reform an hour before the report was to be released. I’m sure the Independence Institute put on a great celebration. It’s difficult to understand how Strohm’s constant and clear pattern of involvement with political organizations tied to issues being pushed forward as REMI projects wasn’t more cause for concern. But that appears to be the case. Nothing in the CORA documents indicates that anyone at CU or the Leeds School ever raised an issue over how REMI research was being used in the real world. Just a note: this is the same Douglas County school system that imploded in 2014 as teachers, students and parents walked out in disgust over having had their schools taken over by a few super wealthy Republicans including the Koch brothers. It made national news but never made the email chains at the REMI project. This is the larger point: The Leeds School’s REMI research may be completely accurate, but it is being intentionally assigned, and its releases timed, to enhance its value as a political tool that can support the agendas of CSPR, CRED, Vital and the school choice movement, all of which are acting under similar strategic plans because they are all being guided to a shocking degree by the same small group of people, which includes those in charge of REMI by way of CSPR. So that’s where the credible facts and figures come from and more importantly, how they make there way it into all those TV commercials. But running a network of loud speakers on polls in every corner of the state like the one being controlled by CRED, Vital, EIS solutions, CSPR, Starboard Group and the gang is very expensive. The influence maps at the end of this article tell most of the story of how the oil and gas industry/Republican’s “Redprint” works. The state’s largest Republican donors, and many of the most powerful, wealthy and influential folks in Colorado, can be found in Colorado Concern and the Alliance for Choice in Education. Their money/speech flows into Strohm’s Starboard Group by the tens of millions of dollars as well as into CRED and Vital and the rest. To get a quick understanding of the “Redprint” and how it is quickly flipping Colorado from blue to red, it helps to know from where the idea originally came.
But first, a quick side note I have one last observation about CU and REMI before we move up the “Redprint” food chain. It’s about that Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) I asked you to remember earlier. Of all the documents that really shed light on the varying roles of the REMI participants and establish the fact that they are not equal, this document is it. It explains that CSPR is the sole license holder of the agreement with REMI. It sets out that CU will be running the REMI program per an agreement with CSPR. It confirms that CSPR alone has created a management committee that includes representatives from the two economic development groups pursuant to joint funding agreements between the two groups and CSPR. It explains the process for management committee membership. Each participating member has to submit its committee appointments in writing to CSPR. 18 September 17, 2015
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Red to blue to red A lot has happened in Colorado politics over the last decade or so. In 2003, Colorado was a red state, a really red state. Republican Bill Owens was governor; substantial Republican majorities controlled both the state House and Senate; Colorado’s two senators at the nation’s capital were Republicans as were five out of seven of the state’s representatives. Not only was Colorado red, it was supposed to be red because there were simply more registered Republicans in the state than there were Democrats, which back then used to actually have an impact on election outcomes. But times change. As is well known to most politically knowledgeable folks in Colorado, four billionaires — Tim Gill, Jared Polis, Pat Stryker and Rutt Bridges — along with a few very astute political operatives led by strange-bedfellows/deal-maker extraordinaire Ted Trimpa, hatched a scheme to turn the state blue back in 2003 and it worked. By 2004, Democrats controlled the Colorado House and Senate and one U.S. Senate seat had changed colors. By 2008, Dems had added the governor’s mansion, both senate seats and three out of five representatives. Colorado was no longer red. It wasn’t even purple. Colorado had become a bright blue example of what could be accomplished politically with enough money and great strategy, even in a state where Republicans still outnumber Democrats. You could fill a book with all the details of how “the Gang of Four” (the name given to Gill, Polis, Stryker and Bridges) accomplished their amazing feat. In fact, that’s exactly what Rob Witwer and Adam Schrager did in their incredibly revealing 2010 book The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care). What the Gang of Four did was transformative, if not particularly democratic. These ultra-wealthy individuals built a web of donor-controlled organizations that worked together to promote exactly what the donors wanted promoted. Charitable organizations, PACs, 527’s, new faux “news” outlets under the control of the donors, watchdog groups that watched only who and what they were told to watch, and activist organizations centered around the environment, gay rights and other social justice issues all worked together to promote the donor’s agenda while giving the all-important appearance of broad popular support. It was a pricy manipulation of the system, but an effective one. In fact, it worked to perfection for several years. While Republicans were making gains all across the nation, the Gang of Four — who eventually blended in with other high-powered Democratic donors to become known as the Colorado Democracy Alliance — were having wild success in Colorado. It seemed only one thing could threaten their “Blueprint” plan — a plan predicated on outspending Republicans by huge margins in strategic races — and that was the ever-looming possibility that someone on the other side might be willing to spend even more than them 20 September 17, 2015
to create the same kind of operation, a “Redprint” for lack of a better term. It appeared unlikely for a number of years that anything of the sort would happen. While billionaires Gill and Stryker and many-times-over millionaires Bridges and Polis were laying out millions on every election cycle, the largest single Republican donors were giving $200,000, tops, in any given year. But then the oil and gas industry got a little ticked. Democrat Bill Ritter won the 2006 gubernatorial election and he started talking about renewable energy and clean air. He even passed some new air regulations on the oil and gas industry. Oops. There are more than 52,000 oil and gas wells in Colorado. One good size well pad in Weld County can generate as much as $22,000,000 all by itself. In other words, make the oil industry mad and the $10 million that the Gang of Four was spending to blow away Republicans suddenly looks like chump change. The very short answer as to what happened next is that in order to keep the oil industry’s money on the sideline and not overturn the Democrat’s “Blueprint,” a few deals with strange bedfellows had to be made. Boulder Weekly has written in depth on this issue previously. (For a more thorough explanation, see our investigation titled “Who killed the vote on fracking?”, Oct. 2, 2014.) Political operative/lobbyist Ted Trimpa is often credited with coming up with the plan to keep the oil industry at bay. If he didn’t think of it, he certainly gets credit for pulling it off. It no doubt helped that he was the political strategist for the largest Democratic donor in the state, Tim Gill, while simultaneously serving as lobbyist for two of the state’s largest oil and gas companies, Encana and Noble Energy; strange bedfellows indeed. The looming threat was that the oil industry was going to make sure it spent enough free speech to get Ritter out of office. Such an expenditure would likely have turned out Republican voters in sizable numbers impacting all the down ballot races as well. Democrats feared losing their majority in the legislature as well as the governorship. Republican candidates running against Ritter at the time included then Republican Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry (remember that name?) and Republican Scott McInnis, whose campaign was being handled by the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight, making him little threat to the Democrats. Long story short, Ritter proposes the Clean Air Clean Jobs Act in 2010 giving the oil and gas industry a better market for their natural gas and increasing drilling activity all across the state. That’s the peace pipe. Ritter and Penry are both running for governor but suddenly decide to drop out of the race. The day he leaves office, Ritter gets a cushy job running Pat Stryker’s pro oil and gas foundation up at CSU, Penry becomes a lobbyist and oil and gas consultant. And oil and gas geologist and lover of all things hydrocarbon
John Hickenlooper strolls easy into the governor’s mansion. Oil wins the day, and Democrats keep the state blue. By 2012 it was becoming clear that a citizens’ movement against oil and gas development/fracking was increasing in intensity. The activist 20 percent of the Democratic Party was rebelling against Hickenlooper and other oil-friendly Dems. Republicans seized the moment. It wasn’t hard to figure out a “Redprint” strategy. Republicans just started doing what the Gang of Four had done. Colorado Concern, an invitation-only group made up of the wealthiest individuals; conservative foundations and investment firms; powerful corporate leaders, many of them from the oil and gas and development sectors and a handful of political operatives, lobbyist and law firms, have joined the new red war. To understand what drives Colorado Concern and its critical roll in the “Redprint,” you simply need to go to its website and read. It clearly is the organization setting the agenda from top to bottom. Consider these lengthy excerpts from the website and think of them in terms of CSPR’s REMI projects as you read. I’ll add my own notes in bold print. Colorado Concern has developed a strong and positive agenda for 2015, including: • Aggressively advocating for the economic benefits of our state’s vital oil and natural gas industry - and the tens of thousands of jobs it generates across Colorado. Responsible energy exploration remains under attack, and we will continue to stand up against these anti-jobs assaults. [Even the language is a wink and a nod to Vital of Colorado and Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development. Leeds has issued multiple REMI reports on fracking and setbacks and oil and gas job creation.] • Expanding opportunities for homeownership by reforming our state’ s outdated construction defects laws laws that prevent the construction of attainable, affordable condominiums, which are often the first rung on the ladder of homeownership. [Leeds School was asked to prepare a REMI-like report on construction defects.] • Launching a statewide conversation about how to boost the integrity of the current ballot initiative process and protect our State Constitution from continuing to become a cluttered virtual coatrack of competing, and occasionally contradictory, policy preferences. [Colorado Concern wants to make it impossible for citizens to exercise direct democracy via ballot initiatives. CC lobbied for passage of HB 1057, which passed and forces financial impact statements to be placed on petitions attempting to gain signatures for ballot initiatives. This was in essence a preemptive strike against the anti-fracking movement’s announced 2016 initiative effort. Colorado Concern was also the force behind the two pro-oil industry ballot measures — Amendment 137 and Amendment 121 — that were traded as part of the Hickenlooper/ Polis compromise that killed the anti fracking ballot measures. One of those measures was designed to Boulder Weekly
make it extremely expensive to put ballot initiatives up for a vote.] Our mission is to ensure that the decisions that are made by our elected leaders, and through direct democracy at the ballot box, are aligned with a vision that leads to a healthy, robust and growing economy. STRATEGIC AREAS OF FOCUS Colorado Concern engages in three primary areas: legislative advocacy, ballot issue campaigns and statewide candidate elections. Legislative Advocacy: Promoting and protecting a pro-business environment requires a constant watch on what is under way at the State Capitol. Colorado Concern has two lobbyists focused on this effort. Key areas of interest include our business climate, as well as cornerstones of our economy, such as education reform and its relationship to the development of our future workforce; a functional and financed transportation system that allows for the movement of both goods and people; and efforts to control or reduce the cost of health care to employers. [“Education reform” — there it is. Colorado Concern opposed Amendment 66 and as the influence maps show, it has significant cross membership and leadership with Alex Cranberg’s hyper-conservative Alliance for Choice in Education. Transportation is on the upcoming REMI Agenda as is a REMI Medicaid report.] Ballot Issue Campaigns: Coloradans enjoy the right to vote on key measures through direct democracy. This requires serious engagement from the business community both to support issues of keen interest and to oppose those we believe impact our quality of life. Colorado Concern’s activities in this area include campaign oversight, education of the broader business community and substantial financial support. [Can’t be more clear than that. This is where the money to fight anti-fracking ballot measures is coming from.] Statewide Candidate Elections: Elected leaders who understand and support the key principles of a strong business environment are key to our state’s future economic success. Colorado Concern members—through the organization’s Political Action Committee (PAC), its “Business Opportunity Fund” (527), and individual contributions—promote candidates who understand and embrace that philosophy. [And this is where Starboard Group’s expertise comes in. It is important to point out that Starboard Group has publically stated that when it comes to deciding which Republican candidates they will work with, that is a decision that is made by Starboard’s major donors. Colorado Concern controls the “Redprint.”] As the influence maps show, the lines between the old pro-oil-and-gas Democratic “Blueprint” and the new Republican “Redprint” are a bit blurred as the state’s single largest Democratic donor, Tim Gill, is a member and on the board of Colorado Concern. For years critics of the “Blueprint” have argued that the Gang of Four’s takeover of Colorado politics was far more about creating a pathway to gay rights than about creating Democratic Party success. There is ample evidence in the public record that this claim may be at least somewhat grounded in fact. Gill has been actively placing gay and gay-rights supportive Boulder Weekly
Republicans into positions of power within his organizational sphere. The powerful Gill Foundation is now headed by a Republican and Gill has supported the campaigns of several Republicans who have been outspoken supporters of gay rights. What Gill’s apparent willingness to support Republicans and the hyper-conservative Colorado Concern agenda means going forward for Democrat’s, particularly the anti-fracking activist 20 percent of the party is anyone’s guess. I should point out that Gill’s longtime political strategist Ted Trimpa in on the Advisory Committee of CRED. And those aren’t the only examples blurring party lines. There are a number of influential Democratic Party donors and political operatives that are a part of Colorado Concern. However, the organization largely skews Republican by a good percentage. As for other Dems in the group, Hickenlooper’s former chief of staff Kelly Brough is a member. She too sits on the advisory committee of CRED as well as being the president and CEO of Metro Denver Economic Development Corp., one of the two funding partners of CSPR on the REMI project. This could help explain why the Leeds School seems to be constantly running a REMI report on everything considered a priority for Colorado Concern’s 118 wellhealed members. Brough is not the only close tie between Colorado Concern and Gov. John Hickenlooper. Colorado Concern’s Cole Finegan, like Brough, is also a former Hickenlooper chief of staff from his time as mayor. I’m not implying that such familiarity has made Hickenlooper popular at Colorado Concern but consider this point just for fun. In 2014, everybody from Cory Gardner to Ken Buck to Mike Coffman to Wayne Williams all rode the Starboard Group and its money/speech to victory. Only one prominent Republican came to Starboard and left without the support he sought: Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob Beauprez. Without Starboard, Beauprez raised far less money than Hickenlooper and was the only major loss for the Republicans that year. Since we know that the donors call the shots for Starboard, maybe the folks at Colorado Concern think that Hickenlooper makes a pretty good Republican. He certainly aligns with many of the group’s core values and policy positions. Just saying. Finally, consider that there is a good deal of crossover in leadership and membership between Colorado Concern and Alex Cranberg’s Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE). ACE holds many big Republican donors and Cranberg himself has been referred to as Colorado’s largest donor to Republicans. When oil and gas billionaire Cranberg isn’t at the top, another ACE board member often is, C. Edward McVaney, former president and founder of JD Edwards. Other trustees of ACE include Tom Petrie, Lou Hutchinson and Peter Dea. Petrie as you may recall is the Koch-connected oil analyst who was recommended to the REMI researchers. Hutchison is president of H-D Asset Management and was also one of the founding board members to REMI’s CSPR. Dea is on the board of Encana, owns Cirque
Resources and was appointed to Hickenlooper’s Oil and Gas Task Force. As noted earlier, Colorado Concern and ACE had connections with no less than six members of Hickenlooper’s Oil and Gas Task Force, which is a fair amount of representation. that likley explains how Strohm could coordinate the Task Force testimony with REMI research findings. In all, ACE has 11 board of director members, 67 board of trustee members, 90 members on its advisory board and 39 associate board members. Among those are dozens of oil industry execs and some of the largest, most conservative family trusts in Colorado. Between ACE and Colorado Concern, there is enough money to run a small country. And that, is the new Republican “Redprint.” The agenda is set at the top by the money. The dollars flow to CRED and Vital for Colorado and politicians and 527s and PACs via a number of paths, many controlled by Starboard Group who administers CSPR along with help from EIS Solutions. CSPR, and to a far lesser degree its funding partners, control the REMI project, which is used to bolster public opinion on the issues important to the funders at the top. You have to wonder what CU’s leaders think about their business school’s connection to all this political maneuvering. Maybe I can catch CU President Bruce Benson next time he’s coming out of a Colorado Concern meeting and ask him. Yes, e is a member and also has a history of setting up 527s to boost the Republican party. Jack Finlaw, president and CEO of the University of Colorado Foundation, is also a member of Colorado Concern so it doesn’t seem likely they will be demanding any changes at the Leeds School any time soon. But back to the “Redprint.” Along with the money that sets the agenda, there are strategists and implementers such as Kristin Strohm, Kelly Brough, Tamra Ward, Ted Trimpa, Josh Penry and dozens of other operatives running front groups of one sort or another all aimed at moving money around or creating the “illusion” of broad support. There are clearly outside forces assisting with the ongoing rollout of the “Redprint” as well, including the Koch brothers and likely other Coloradans who attend Koch brothers invitation-only donor strategy sessions such as Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, who occasionally shows up as a donor but seems more invisible than many other players. What does all this mean? It doesn’t bode well for Democrats. With gay marriage and increasing civil rights for gays now a reality in Colorado, will we see a pullback in Democratic Party funding by Gill and Stryker? With the oil and gas industry money now in full play and directed by the forces described in this article, can any Democrat who supports fracking bans and community control get elected at any statewide level of government? Will the citizens of Colorado be able to overcome all of this money speech to finally get community control over ballot initiatives before the voters? Let’s hope so. It would be a shame if a handful of people in a room in Denver wind up running our government and destroying our environment simply because their money is louder than our voice. September 17, 2015 21
HOW THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY AND REPUBLICANS ARE TURNING COLORADO RED Colorado Democratic Party Blueprint
Colorado Concern
CU Leadership
See map page 29
Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE)
Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED)
Starboard Group
See map page 26
See map page 28
Vital for Colorado (Vital)
See map page 25
Koch Brothers’ Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and AFP Foundation
Kristin Strohm
Common Sense Policy Roundtable
Married
Shared Staff
Josh Penry
EIS Solutions See map page 24
See map page 23
Denver South Economic Development Partnership
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation
REMI
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COMMON SENSE POLICY ROUNDTABLE
Koch Bros
Koch Bros
1st to develop coal bed gas Raton Basin
Asst. Dir. Colorado Petroleum Assoc.
Board of American Coal Council
Kaye Lynn Fote (past)
Vital For Colorado Coalition
Alliance for Choice in Education Board
Board CU Foundation
Earl Wright Chairman (current)
Vital for Colorado Coalition
Republican Party donor
Terry Stevenison (current)
Western Energy Alliance Director
Previously affiliated Oil Companinclude TPEX Expl.,Ellora Energy, Alta Energy, Amoco
Citizens for Fair and Legal Elections
VP West Slope Oil & Gas Assoc.
Koelbel & Company
Owner Resource West
Leeds School Building named for father
Chairman Board Trident Resources
Leeds School of Business Women’s Council
Encana Dir. U.S. Gov. Affairs
Founder NexGen Resources
Board CU Foundation
Founder EE3 LLC (oil)
Founder Western Pump and Dredge
Vice Chairman Denver South Economic Dev. Partnership
Charlie McNeil (current)
Heidi Ganahl (current)
T Scott Martin (current)
Jack Hays (current)
Buz Koelbel (current)
Lem Smith (current)
Dir. Kristin Strohm, Vital for Colorado Board
Common Sense Policy Roundtable (CSPR)
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (MDEDC)
REMI
Kelly Brough Pres. & CEO MDEDC
Governor Hickenlooper
Vital for Colorado Coalition
Vital for Colorado Board
Denver Metro Chamber Former Director
Koch Bros
See map pg 28
State Co-chair Carly Fiorina for President
Board Leadership Program of the Rockies
Co-founder TEC
CSPR Board of Directors
Starboard Group
Vital for Colorado Coalition
Shared Staff: Tim Pollard Jake Zambrano
EIS Solutions See map page 24
Denver South Economic Development Partnership
Vice Chairman of Board Buz Koelbel
CU Leeds School of Business
Member Colorado Concern
Advisory Committee CRED
Board Vital For Colorado Boulder Weekly
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EIS SOLUTIONS
Colorado Concern See map page 29
Alliance for Choice in Education
Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development
(ACE)
Starboard Group Koch Bros
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and AFP Foundation
(CRED)
EIS consultants to Vital for Colorado 1) Rich Coolidge 2) Chelsie Miera 3) Dan Haley
Kristin Strohm and Josh Penry (Married)
Common Sense Policy Roundtable (CSPR)
1) Tim Pollard 2) Jake Zambrano
1) Grow our Western Economy 2) Environmentally Conscious Consumers for Oil Shale 3) Colorado Liberty Alliance 4) Western Colorado Jobs Alliance 6) Vital for Colorado
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EIS Solutions
EIS staff who also work for CSPR
Oil and gas groups created by and/ or associated with EIS Solutions
5) CLUB 20
Vital for Colorado
EIS Solutions Leadership President Wade Haerle
Sr. Vice President, Rockies Region Josh Penry COO and Counsel Tim Pollard Assoc. VP Legislative Affairs Jake Zambrano Boulder Weekly
VITAL FOR COLORADO Member Colorado Concern Board South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce
Pres. National Assoc. of Royalty Owners
Michelle Smith
Jackson Kelly (oil and gas lobbying firm)
Pres. CSU Global Campus
Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker
Dana Svendsen
Former Director South Metro Denver Chamber
Peter Moore President of Vital for CO
President of Colorado Concern
Tamra Ward
Metro Denver Economic Dev. Corp.
Robert Golden
CRED Advisory Committee
CRED Advisory Committee
Executive Board
Current Pres. & CEO South Denver Metro Chamber
Pres. & CEO
Metro Denver Economic Dev. Corp.
Kittie Hook
Co-Founder Starboard Group
Colorado Assoc. of Commerce & Industry
CEO CAP Logistics (oil service)
Jeff Wasden
Loren Furman
Gayle Dendinger
CRED Advisory Committee
Member Colorado Concern
Founder Common Sense Policy Roundtable
Colorado Farm Bureau
South Metro Denver Chamber Former Pres.
Kelly Brough
Kristin Strohm
Chad Vorthmann
John Brackney
CSPR
See map pg 29
Earl Wright CSPR board
Signed on as Vital for Colorado Coalition members
Vital for Colorado
Common Sense Policy Roundtable
Board Common Sense Policy Roundtable
Koch Bros Americans for Prosperity.
Colorado Concern
Jack Hays
Buz Koelbel CSPR board Lem Smith CSPR Board
T. Scott Martin CSPR Board
Denver South Economic Devel. ? Partnership
Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.
REMI Consultants To Vital
CU Leeds School of Business
Dan Haley of EIS Solutions Rich Coolidge of EIS Solutions
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Pres. Colorado Business Roundtable
Longmont City Council
CRED Advisory Committee
Accounting
Richard Whipple Jr. Former Chairman South Metro Denver Chamber
Bonnie Finley
EIS Solutions
Board of Directors Vital for Colorado
Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED)
Board of South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce
Public Policy Chair South Metro Denver Chamber
Chelsie Miera of EIS Solutions
Miera is also on Board of South Metro Denver Chamber
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COLORADANS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY DEVELPMENT (CRED)
Colorado Concern
Tim Gill Board of Colorado Concern
See Map page 29
CRED’s multimillion dollar pro-fracking advertising spend went to Colorado media Including Denver Post, local network TV stations and radio
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Founder and Funder of CRED
Vital for Colorado
Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED)
Ted Trimpa Political Advisor to Tim Gill, Lobbyist for Noble & Encana Board of CRED
Noble Energy Founder and Funder of CRED
Encana
CRED Advisory Committee Chairs
Former Colorado Governor Bill Owens
CRED Advisory Committee members who are also on board of Vital Former U.S. Senator and CU President Hank Brown
Former Colorado Governor Roy Romer
Former Colorado Speaker of The House Terrance Carroll
Kelly Brough
Tamra Ward
President Metro DenverEconomic Development Corp & Board of Vital
President Colorado Concern & Board of Vital
John Brackney
Chad Vorthmann
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STARBOARD GROUP Starboard Many ofGroup Colorado Past andConcern present clients & ACE members are any PAC American Rising the biggest RepubliCongressman Cynthia Lummis can in the State (WY-At Large) Project West PAC Western Energy Alliance PAC
Colorado Concern See map page 29
Non-Profit
Catapult Colorado Colorado Women’s Alliance Common Sense Policy Roundtable Families of Character Leadership Program of the Rockies
Political
Americans for Prosperity Foundation National Republican Congressional Committee National Republican Senatorial Committee Republican National Committee Attorney General Cynthia Coffman Colorado Republican Committee Commissioner Nancy Sharpe Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (WY-At Large) Congressman Ken Buck (CO-04) Congressman Mike Coffman (CO-06) John Suthers for Colorado Springs Mayor Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Majority Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01) Secretary of State Wayne Williams Senator Cory Gardner Steve Hogan for Aurora Mayor Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) American Action Network Boehner for Speaker Common Sense Colorado Colorado Citizens Protecting Our Constitution Colorado Attorney General John Suthers Colorado Jobs Alliance Congressional Leadership Fund Congressman Sean Duffy (WI-07) Congressman Cory Gardner (CO-04) Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) Congressman Steve Southerland (FL-02) Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-03) Ed Gillespie for Senate Forward Leadership Fund Free Colorado Freedom First PAC Gabriel Gomez for U.S. Senate Jane Norton for U.S. Senate J.J. Ament for Treasurer Joe Coors for Congress Majority PAC Majority Whip Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) Kopp for Colorado Pawlenty 2012 Penry for Governor Reed Black Victory Fund Romney for President Ryan Frazier for Aurora Senate Majority Fund Steve Bach for Mayor Western PAC Western Values PAC Woodrow Wilson Center
* The above listings came directly from Starboard Group’s website
Koch Brothers Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and AFP Foundation
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Gill is the largest donor to Democrats in Colorado
Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE)
Many Colorado Concern and ACE members are among the state’s largest Republican donors. Most have given directly to the candidate clients of Starboard Group and/or to the 527 organizations and/or the PACs represented by the Group.
Gill also donates to Republicans who support gay rights
Tim Gill Board Member Colorado Concern
Joe Megyesy Gill Foundation Program Officer who also works for Starboard Group
Coloradans for Freedom Kristin Strohm, Joe Megyesy, Mario Nicolais co-founders
JAM Ltd. Communications Joe Megyesy Principal
EIS Solutions Co-founded by Kristin Strohm and Katie Behnke
Starboard Group Rapidly becoming the most important Republican consulting and fundraising entity in the Western U.S., particularly in Colorado
Kristin Strohm and Josh Penry (Married)
Vital for Colorado (Vital)
REMI CU Leeds School Of Business
Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED)
Common Sense Policy Roundtable Boulder Weekly
COLORADO CONCERN For a more thorough exploration of the “Blueprint” and its impact on oil and gas extraction in Colorado, see Boulder Weekly’s earlier investigation titled “Who killed the vote on fracking?” which can be found at http://tinyurl.com/nxxfr3m
Hickenlooper/ Polis Compromise
Democratic Blueprint The “Blueprint” was a coalition of political front groups, wealthy Democrats and “Big Green” environmental organizations who came together to flip Colorado from Red to Blue. Along the way, a deal was made with the oil and gas industry to trade coal-based power generation for natural gas while also supporting all drilling and fracking. It was a strategy designed to keep control of the state legislature and Governor’s mansion in order to accomplish a more progressive social agenda largely centered on gay rights.
2000 ft. Setback Amd. 88
Rep. Jared Polis
Pat Stryker
Rutt Bridges
Community Control Amd. 89
traded Polis-backed initiatives for Colorado Concern backed initiatives
Democracy Alliance
Gang of Four
Colorado Concern
Loss of Severance Tax Amd. 121
Tim Gill
Colorado Concern Opposed:
Largest donor to Colorado Democrats
1) Education Tax increase — Amd. 66 2) 2,000 ft. Setback on O&G wells — Amd. 88 3) Community Control over O&G Devel. — Amd. 89
Fiscal impact of ballot measures Amd. 137
Board of Colorado Concern
CRED
Ted Trimpa
Political Strategist to Tim Gill and Democratic Party, Lobbyist for Encana & Noble Energy
Noble Energy
Encana Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE)
Vital for Colorado
Starboard Group
Leadership Program of the Rockies
CSPR
MDEDC
DSEDP REMI CU Leeds School
Amendment 66 Boulder Weekly
REMI research papers critical of ballot initiatives opposed by Colorado Concern
Fracking Ban
2000 ft. Setback
Alex Cranberg
Founder of ACE Pres. Aspect Energy Members of Hickenlooper/Polis Oil & Gas Task Force with connections to Colorado Concern, ACE or CRED
Koch Bros
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Brad Holly Anadarko Petroleum Perry Pearce ConocoPhillips
Blair Richardson Chairman Colorado Concern
Norton Rainey Pres & CEO of ACE CO
Dan Kelly Noble Energy
Linda Childears Pres. Daniels Fund
Shawn McLaughlin CEO Concord Energy
Peter Dea Encana & Cirque Res.
Eric Holt Principal Enduring Wealth Partners
Steve Farber Pres. Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck
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iet and exercise are staples of a healthy lifestyle. So naturally, cycling to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to school age children makes sense. On Oct. 19-22, 50 riders from the natural foods industry will participate in the second annual Tour de Fresh and Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) will be one of the beneficiaries. The Tour de Fresh is a four-day road cycling event, averaging 75 miles a day, from Hickory, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia. Founded by the California Giant Foundation, the ride is designed as a group event to finish at the Produce Marketing Association’s annual fresh summit convention and expo. The goal is to raise $250,000 or enough to place 100 salad bars in schools across the nation. Chris Ford rode in the inaugural Tour de Fresh last year and chose to ride for BVSD this year after seeing it on the recipient list. “When I saw Boulder Valley on the list of schools that were participating, to me it was a no brainer, because although there are a ton of resources and it’s a very progressive community, it’s clear that there is still room to provide kids with healthy food options,” Ford says. “It’s a shame to me that this point in time, with all the resources that we have, that we can’t provide kids with an opportunity to have fresh foods,” he continues. “The fact that it’s coupled with one of my main passions of cycling, it is a perfect opportunity for me to be involved in this cause.” Although Ford now lives in Carmel Valley, California, where he is the vice president of Sutherland Foods, he started his natural foods career at Alfalfa’s Market in Boulder in 1994. “Back then, at Alfalfa’s, it was just fun,” Ford reminisces. “It never seemed like a job to me, it was just a blast to be there — you were working with your friends, you were working hard and you were proud to
have that be the go-to place in the community.” Since his time in Boulder, Ford has seen the natural foods industry grow and become more accessible to more people. “In the last three to five years, Although Chris Ford started mountain biking in Colorado (here in Crested Butte), he will the mainstream con- road cycle as part of the Tour de Fresh event. sumer has finally embraced organic At a cost of $3,000 each, Cooper says the donated produce, instead of it being relegated to more specialequipment goes a long way to provide access to fresh ty stores like back in the day at Alfalfa’s,” he says. fruit and vegetables. BVSD spends approximately $750,000 on fresh fruits “Now organics are available in a much broader area, accessible to more people and frankly, it’s more afford- and vegetables across the district each year, purchasing 50,000 pounds of locally grown produce, in addition to able because the scale of the farms has increased, and other sources, says Cooper. BVSD serves approximately the quality.” 12,000 meals a day throughout the district. But there’s still more to be done to provide fresh Tour de Fresh riders are raising funds for salad fruit and vegetables in schools. Ford has a fundraising goal of $5,000 to go toward the purchase and installa- bars based on research that found kids tend to try different fruits and vegetables and incorporate them into tion of new salad bar equipment at a BVSD school. their daily diet when given more access and variety. The salad bar will be given through a grant from the Plus, Cooper runs programs at BVSD that reward Let’s Move Salad Bars Back to Schools initiative, kids for trying new items from the salad bar. The end which seeks to provide salad bar equipment for goal is for kids to learn healthy eating choices at a schools across the nation, as a way of combatting younger age, making it a future lifestyle, not a passing childhood obesity. According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 17 percent of children fad. As a father of two school-aged children, Ford and adolescents of school age in the U.S. are obese. says he’s also motivated to help kids start making “I really believe that kids need access to fresh fruits and vegetables and salad bars are the best possi- healthy eating choices at a young age. “Basically they can make these decisions that are going to carry over ble delivery method,” says Ann Cooper, BVSD direcfor a lifetime,” he says. “Even if we reach some kids, tor of Food Services. not all of them, it’s going to be an opportunity to BVSD has 13 schools in need of new salad bar grow the next generation of people that seek out equipment, Cooper says, and the money Ford raises through the Tour de Fresh will provide one if not two. fresh food.”
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he crowd inside El Montañes, a bar and restaurant in Farellones, Chile, is standing room only. There are more people outside, cajoling the security staff in a vain attempt to get in. They’re the unlucky ones, the ones without tickets to the hottest night of the austral winter. Security doesn’t budge and they’re outta luck. Inside, the crowd is overflowing with stoke and anticipation. They laugh and talk in a multitude of languages: Swedish, English, German and, of course, Spanish. The packed house is due to Rafael Pease. Pease, a Chilean snowboarder who spends his northern winters in Boulder, and who is a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, has spent the last two months working tirelessly to
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Pease noticed this and decided to do something different. With the help and advice from some industry insiders, he came up with the concept of a participatory film festival. An event that anyone could enter, where fun and accessibility would take center stage and where everyone could taste a bit of the red carpet. “It was a lot of work,” says Pease. “But the response was great and everyone was really into it.” The concept behind the Flux Veho Mountain Film Festival was simple. Teams of three would pay approximately $30 per team to be a part of the event. They’d have four days to film and edit their video, which could only be two minutes long. The final movies would then be judged, with the winners announced at a redcarpet affair and the entry fee being kicked back into the event as prize money for the top videos. “We decided on a two-minute time limit because it works really well for social media and online viewing,” says Pease. “And because even if the teams are not that talented as far as filming or athletes, two minutes makes them really edit their content so that the final product is a lot better.” Farellones, Chile, proved to be the ideal location for the inaugural event. The historic epicenter of Chilean mountain culture, surrounded by three ski areas and home to a motley see CHILE FILM FESTIVAL Page 36
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assortment of skiers, snowboarders and mountaineers, Farellones has an international vibe thanks to a global mix of ski bums, instructors and snowsport enthusiasts. Immediately above Farrellones rise the Andes. The terrain here is vast and untouched, the vistas spectacular and the snow phenomenal. Despite all of the advantages that Farellones has, there was one thing that it didn’t have. And that was a compelling event that could bring all of the community — from Brazilian tourists to Santiago snowboarders — together. Enter Flux, which ended up being the perfect fit. “I wanted everyone to be able to participate and show off their own style,” says Pease. “I thought that we would get some interest, but I didn’t know how many teams would sign up.” In the end 23 teams entered, with a wide variety of styles and ability. Colorado was well represented, with Aspen’s Stasinos brothers, Cory and Wyatt, producing a nice effort that focused on snowboarding the hike-to terrain around Farellones; Crested Butte locals Oz Scott and Willam Dujardin teamed up with Canadian skier Patrick Desjardins as part of the West Elk Project team; and, finally, The Surf Gravity team also had a Colorado connection with Aspen skier Katrina DeVore teaming up with Vail skier Cynthia Jah’nson and Canadian skier Maria Fillion. Still, it was the locals who ended up taking home the cash, with Alvaro Zurita, Iñaqui Irrazaval and Matias Muñoz of Extotreme taking first place ahead of The Brother Hood crew, featuring Martin Oliger, Paul Oliger and Martin Kiffer. Third place went to the Argentine crew of Santiago Martin Ces, Juan Pablo Beltramone and Gonzalo Lopatin. All three of these two-minute efforts prove that you don’t have to be a professional with a lot of sponsors and a big-budget production crew to create entertaining, visually stimulating work. The Brother Hood’s clip is especially impressive, capturing amazing angles thanks to a GoPro camera and a drone, tools that provide amazing results and are now within reach of amateur filmmakers at relatively affordable prices. But the Flux spirit was perhaps captured best by Kangalha, a Brazilian team comprising of Jose Gustavo, Hervig Kerkoff and Giovanni Izoton. Winner of the “Best Adventure” award, their two-minute short features themselves, novice snowboarders learning how to ride, and all the falls, bumps, bruises and smiles that come with attempting a new sport in the snow when you’re from a tropical land. “It was really cool to have all these different visions of what Farellones is, and all the different styles,” says Pease of the shorts. “Everyone did really different things.” With the 2015 edition of the Flux Veho going viral and receiving widespread acclaim and coverage from some of the most respected media outlets in action sports, including stories in Powder Magazine and on The Inertia, Pease is now planning for the future. He plans to repeat the Farellones event next year in August and is looking to expand the festival to North America and Europe this year. Regardless of what happens, one thing is for sure: he’ll never look at summer vacation from CU the same way ever again. Check out the winning videos, learn more about the event at see all the other entries at FluxVeho.com. Boulder Weekly
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onstage orgasm. At the ripe old age of 79, Roberts is performing what she calls a show filled with simple truth. She says she’s excited to be doing what she’s always wanted to do. “Aging is a time to recover abandoned dreams and recover your playful spirit,” Roberts says. “I’m a very spirited older woman, and frankly I’m very honest in this show.” Victory for the Recycled Virgin is just one of the many shows planned for this year’s Boulder International Fringe Festival (BIFF). Through Sept. 27, BIFF will storm the streets and take over the city. Performances will be at various times, happening at myriad locations including the Dairy Center for the Performing Arts, Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place, Boulder Creek Path and more. As always, subject matter spans any topic imaginable and each performance will provide insight into a special world. The Fringe Festival serves as a nice reminder of the plethora of artists — local and international — who yearn to breathe life into the day-to-day grind. see FRINGE FEST Page 40
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“To prepare a show and not have anywhere Eric Davis as the Red Bastard to perform would be very sad,” Roberts says. “So fringe festivals are wonderful avenues. Not only for performers but also for people to see wonderful performances. We get so tied to our TVs and phones and so forth that live performance is refreshing.” She’s grateful to have the chance to showcase her work, because it’s through her art that she has been able to explore herself. “On a walk I realized it is who I am. Throughout BIFF you’ll find differ- It is what I do. I’m here to present art to ent iterations of self discovery. Another people,” she says. “The show is about example is seen through Eric Davis who continuation, embracing past events, plays the Red Bastard. While his show embracing what’s happening now and is hard to fit in a box, he says it’s like looking forward to the future.” being in a room with a dangerous, Previously, she’s gravitated to more seductive comedy monster. For close to full-length performances with no breaks 10 years he’s portrayed this character he in between numbers, but this time she calls the buffoon, who is a cousin of the opted for something new. For BIFF, archetypal clown. The character allows Brandle has choreographed seven differDavis freedom to be more outlandish ent dance numbers, but the order will be than normal. up to the audience, who will randomly “It’s how I get to touch areas of draw the names of the pieces out of a hat, myself that I wouldn’t use so much creating the chronology for the show. socially, because they wouldn’t be “I needed a change for my own self appropriate,” he says. in how I created the ON THE BILL: Boulder “But on stage, it’s a work and how I put it International Fringe Festival. space to play. I can be all together,” she says. Various locations and various playful with the under- times. Through Sept. 27. For a “It feels like it’ll be used aspects of my per- full schedule go to boulderfresh and new for the fringe.com sonality.” cast every night. So Every performance we’ll have to be on our at BIFF is a question toes more. ... I think mark of entertainment. It’s not prepack- that’s the beauty behind the fringe. It aged or corporatized. It is extracted inspires a different type of creativity and deep from the mind of the creative and a new way of looking at something.” serves to challenge and to push both the Throughout the festival, there are artist and the audience. shows that appeal to everyone’s sensibil“It’s important to have a place where ity, from the modest to the cheeky, like artists can go and create original work Jon Bennett’s show, which teeters on the and not just something that is a known line of inappropriateness. commodity already,” Davis says. “You “You’re not appealing to a commerknow you’ll get something interesting at cial audience,” Bennett says. “You’re the fringe, something unusual.” appealing to an audience who doesn’t It’s that spirit of the festival that know what’s going to happen so you see serves as a spark for inspiration for really weird shows. I’ve stopped thinkmany. It was BIFF that gave Cindy ing that my show is weird. It has no Brandle some personal direction, for effect on me anymore.” example. For 10 years she’s run the Hailing from Australia, Bennett’s Cindy Brandle Dance Company, and show Pretending Things are a Cock, right before she signed up for this year’s might sound straightforward. And in festival, she was contemplating its fact, it does contain those title elements future. The financial woes of running a — pictures of Bennett pretending his dance company were worrying her, and genitalia are anything from monuments, Brandle was conflicted. But with some to airplanes, to rainbows, to even Machu introspection she decided to keep her Picchu. But beyond that, the show is company going, using her insights in Bennett’s own story and how this projthe show she created for BIFF, In The ect has affected his life. Absence of Clarity. “It started as a stupid thing my
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housemate posted online,” Bennett says. “And it got quite popular and went from there. The show is how it happened to me. I’m not really the kind of person who does this sort of thing. But after it got popular I had to keep doing it, and it sort of got a life of its own.” He says the show has taught him to see how things unfold and embrace the unfamiliar. It has allowed Bennett to travel around the world and make friends across the globe. One place he meets people are through other fringe festivals, of which he’s done 18 this year already. “Every city has this little community of artists, and I like the community side of fringe festivals, especially,” he says. “When you do it so you can get entrenched in what’s happening in that particular city in the art scene.” Looking at the lineup for this year’s festival, it’s clear that Boulder’s art scene is thriving. The program is packed with variety — many shows where you don’t know what you’ll get in the end. But the mystery is part of the fun. For Red Bastard’s show, he says anything can happen. He does have a written script but can alter it or throw it out depending on the crowd that night. “It’s kind of like going on a date with an audience,” Davis says. “Sometimes you have an expectation of what the person is going to be like but the person’s a little different, so you have to make adjustments.” The real success of the Fringe depends on the audience. The first duty is to attend the show, then be willing to buckle up and go along for the ride. “Creating a show is like creating a party in your own home. You make the menu, you clean your house, and you make it beautiful. Then you’re afraid if people are going to come or not,” Brandle says with a laugh. “I’m just hoping people show up to the party. “ No matter what show you go to, even if you love it or hate it, it will be a beneficial experience. Supporting the local art scene helps to flourish inspiration for future projects on and off the stage. The artists have assembled to provide a performance, and now it’s show time. “I want to give the audience a different experience that day from their regular life,” Davis says. “That also applies to me. I get something different to happen to me in my life that day, which is a great gift. Who knows? Maybe something magical will happen.” Boulder Weekly
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t approaches the In the process of crerealm of impossibiliating the album, the band ty to describe the lived in a three-bedroom sound that emanates house in a concrete lot from the band The behind a junkyard. Their Growlers. The amalgamahouse partially burned tion of genres sounds as down in a fire and afterthough it shouldn’t exist: a ward the city refused to combination of mellow turn the power back on reverb-filled surf rock, because the building garage band guitar, counwasn’t up to code, due to a try-folk and gypsy tennewly-built jacuzzi room. dencies. Together with The band said “screw elements of reggae and that,” bought a 12,000disco, one is introduced to watt Honda generator and what sounds like autumn lived in the charred house sprinkled with a bit of for four months writing psychedelia. the album. The band calls Costa “I’m happy it’s over After a period filled with hardships, The Growlers are back with their Mesa, California, its but, you know, it was kind latest album, Chinese Fountain, and a new tour. home but many of the of fun. But you’d be surmembers originate from prised at how low you feel Dana Point, California, including when the generator runs out of gas and morbid lyrics. drummer Scott Montoya. Formed in “We would just take a bunch of acid you’re sitting in a dark lot surrounded 2006, The Growlers is composed of five and play and record it, and it turned out by trash and ash,” Montoya says. “We’re members including Montoya, Brooks kind of maybe out of the woods, but really cool,” Montoya says. Nielsen (vocals), Matt Taylor (lead guiwe’ll see.” Chinese Fountain, the band’s most tar), Anthony Braun-Perry (bass) and While squatting in the half-burned recent album released in 2014, is notaKyle Straka (keyboards and guitar). down house, a close friend of the band bly different from their past records. Together, the group has produced died, contributing to the depression, This is the first album the group has five full-length albums in addition to a recorded with a producer in a profeswhich can be heard on the album in number of EPs and singles. In 2012, such songs as “Black Memories,” sional studio where everything ran The Growlers held their first annual “Magnificent Sadness” and “Purgatory smoothly throughout production, Drive.” The title song of the album, Beach Goth festival, a real-life maniMontoya says. In contrast, most of the “Chinese Fountain,” though, is a crifestation of their gypsy carnival sound other albums were recorded in The tique of society’s obsession with the that is now in its fourth consecutive Growlers’ warehouse with their own online world, culminating in the lyrics, year. The term Beach Goth began as a equipment, which contributes to the “The Internet is bigger than Jesus and joke, Montoya says, but it eventually vintage, reverb sound in their early John Lennon.” took off and now the phrase can be work. Despite some heavy undertones on seen as their self-created genre, as it Not only is Chinese Fountain differencompasses the band’s sun-soaked ent in its production and smooth sound, this album, The Growlers’ fans will still have a rowdy good time at their shows. sound and gloomy lyrics. but also in its mood. It’s much darker Because even though much of their “It’s kind of dark music, and we all with respect to personal anecdotes and surf and we all love the beach so it all contains poignant social critiques aimed music is mellow, the crowds of committed followers at concerts like to go off kind of shines through,” Montoya says. at people’s misplaced values, Montoya Psychedelics, especially acid, have says. A combination of experience, mis- their rockers. As much as the fans have a good time at The Growlers’ show, had a heavy influence on the loose, laid takes, maturation and personal tragedy Montoya and bandmates are having just back group whose nonchalance is akin contributed to the different point of as much fun on the road. to ocean waves, personified by their view on this album. “It’s where you get the highest of rolling rhythms. The lyrics, composed “You get older, and it kind of goes highs and the lowest of lows,” Montoya by Nielsen, also add to the band’s into the music, and the words and the says. “You get blinded by fear for days strange gypsy rock feel, with topics feeling of the song; the vibes you print ranging from death to love to vice. onto the vinyl along with the notes, you at a time and then all of a sudden you step out of it and you’re surfing in New Certain tracks like “Camino Muerto,” know,” Montoya says. “It gets hard, Zealand or something really cool. A lot and “Graveyard’s Full,” both from the man. There’s some happy stuff, there’s 2010 album, Hot Tropics, exemplify some sad stuff. There’s a lot of despera- of really cool stuff happens and a lot of really shitty things happen too.” their gypsy sound, drug influences and tion in that album.” Boulder Weekly
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he art in PUSH.POP.KICK. clear grip tape that normally coats the are.” Within the provocative statement isn’t what you normally find topside of a skateboard, the piece presare the individual cards, drawing both on the walls of Longmont’s ents like refined contemporary art, but aversion and recognition from the viewFirehouse Art Center. subtly challenges the corporate side of a er. The piece emerges as an orphaned Loaded with themes of vioskater’s success. societal trait that no one wants to own, lence, racism, drugs and sex, the skate“‘Sponsored’ is a literal piece, about but for which we are all accountable. board-themed show hangs counterculthis one skater and how talented he has “With all [the racial tension] going ture on white walls more familiar with become and how wanted he is,” Bueno on in current events — Tseng is the politically correct. It’s not Winston Tseng addressing it as a graphic that skate art isn’t wanted or comedian,” Bueno says. “He doesn’t belong — it’s just that is using his visual talents to it doesn’t always fit in. comment on really important Skateboarding is issues, but making it loose entrenched in a history of rule enough to where it is OK to breaking, and its rebellious look, OK to question and nature is a big part of the reaOK to ask. ‘I’m not a racist,’ son that its culture is synonyyou hear that all the time. All mous with cool — a concept the time. And then you hear far more complicated than it the unspoken ‘but’ at the appears. Purity’s evil twin end.” brother, “cool” is akin to a virThe art in the show tue that carries a far more permakes it clear that political suasive influence than morality. correctness is becoming a Although we are inclined to tired spin in our cultural conabide by it, coolness is evasive. versation, and it only makes To pin it down would be an sense that skaters, as bastions In “Disposable Selfies,” artist Winston Tseng makes a statement about society’s collective need for acceptance and how it exercise in futility, and yet of counterculture, address hinders self-reflection. skate culture seems to be its uncomfortable topics like racperpetual companion. ism. In “Disposable Selfies” “Skateboarding is all about you and says. “It’s a jumbled up obfuscation of (2015), Tseng replaces smartphones focusing on what your capabilities are the skater. The confusion is really inter- with the now-retro disposable camera. because you don’t have a coach or a set esting to me — to see how you try real- Ironically, the photos we took on of standards or rules,” says Mark Bueno, ly hard to succeed and then once you throwaway devices carried more sincerithe curator of the show, as well as one become great then you have all these ty than the millions of digital pictures of its artists. “From the beginning, other people really trying to ride your we take today. Paired with “I’m Not a everything has been coattails. Since you’re Racist,” the work reflects on society’s invented as it goes. great they become great collective self-consciousness and how it Skaters don’t break the because they sponsor hampers deeper and much needed selfON THE BILL: PUSH. POP.KICK. Firehouse Art rules; they create them.” you.” reflection. Center, 667 Fourth Bueno’s rationale for The majority of piec“I think skaters talk about this stuff Ave., Longmont, 303-651why skating is so cool is es in the show exhibit because skating is so diverse and so vio2787. Through Sept. 27. also a working definition the sports’ historic tie to lent,” Bueno says. “Skate culture is like of art, which helps graphic design. These a mosh pit — you are in a really diverse explain the link between the two. Part works offer the strongest art in the group and everyone hates you, or so you of the reason that art is so entrenched show, perhaps because they carry the think at first. You want to get through in skating is the physical relationship most subversive messages, especially it, and you want to let out some energy, that a skater has with their board and those of racism and of skate culture’s but it’s painful. As soon as you get landscape — there is an obvious incliresistance to upholding appearances. pushed down though, it’s almost guarnation to express yourself on the board Winston Tseng, a graphic artist anteed that you will get picked up by because the object becomes a part of working out of New York, contributes a the same person that knocked you your dexterity. body of work to the show that associdown.” It comes as no surprise then that ates racism with a deep-seated cultural PUSH.POP.KICK. is a refreshing there are a lot of decks in the show and laziness. He confronts racism directly in burst of counterculture in Boulder some of the work plays with the physi“I’m Not a Racist” (2015) by literally County. As violence, racism and sexualcality of the skating materials themplaying with what happens when we ity demand significant political attenselves. “Sponsored,” a piece made by recognize that prejudice is learned and tion, the show offers a more subversive Bueno, is composed of hundreds of inevitable. Tseng creates alphabet cards perspective. Skating and skate art are sponsorship stickers collaged into a that pair ethnic stereotypes with racial ushering in a culture of tough love crisp circle that contrasts with its plyslurs and uses them to spell out “I’m inclusive of individuality, and the wood background. Covered with the not a racist but some of my best friends Firehouse is a welcome host. Boulder Weekly
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The Jaipur Literature Festival is the largest literary festival in the world, where every year, hundreds of thousands of people flock to India. But instead of having to fly halfway around the world, luckily, this week, the festival is coming to you. JLF is taking over Boulder for its first North American iteration. JLF Boulder will feature local, national and international writers, authors, poets, scholars and more. There will be workshops, discussions, panels and various other events all with free admission. Attend the festival for a chance to explore the written words alongside some of today’s most brilliant minds. For a full schedule of events head to jaipurliteraturefestival.org/boulder.
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JC and The Deadly Sins. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Jon and Miles Ridnell. 5:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Katie and Brian Ernst. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Kort McCumber. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Lonesome Rolan and Jason Leonard. 8 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. The Malia Llama. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922. see EVENTS Page 48
Listen The Blind Boys of Alabama 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. It doesn’t seem like the Blind Boys of Alabama plan on slowing down anytime soon. The iconic gospel group formed in the 1930s at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind (now simply the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind) and has been on the road ever since, performing traditional gospel favorites to modern spiritual tunes. Their newest release and ninth studio album of this century, I’ll Find a Way, was produced by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. The Blind Boys have won five Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Versatile and soulful, the five members will be crooning at the Boulder Theater on Sept. 18. — Nicole McNulty
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Learn Pioneers: Women Artists in Boulder, 1890-1950, a CU on the Weekend Program at CU Boulder
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1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, Butcher Auditorium, Boulder. Women have played an integral role in the development of culture in Boulder since the 1800s, and CU wants to tell you about it. The first lecture of the humanities-focused CU on the Weekend program is free and open to the public and aims to introduce people to women’s art and show how it improved the lives of others. Presented by Kirk Ambrose, professor and chair of art and art history, the lecture is designed to engage attendees in a conversation about why this art still has a function in society. Come see local historical art and hear why it matters. — Nicole McNulty
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No Apologies, No Regrets: My Music, My Journey. 4:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church of Boulder, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770. Sherefe: Arabic Mediterranean Fusion. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-4992985. Events
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NoBo PLACE Project Mural Painting. All day. NoBo Art District, North Broadway from Pine St. to Highway 36, Boulder, 303-523-1117.
Reel Rock 10. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. University of Colorado at Boulder: Thursday Bus by the Stadium Blood Drive. 10 a.m. Near Folsom Field, 2294 Colorado Ave., Boulder, 303-249-2977. Friday, September 18 Music Amelie Trio. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.
Danny Shafer. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.
2 PM Volleyball vs. Montana State 7 PM Pearl Street Stampede 7 PM Volleyball vs. Weber State
Sat. September 19 Rocky Mountain Showdown Colorado Football vs. Colorado State 5PM Sports Authority Field (Denver)
Sun. September 20
David Williams and the Davellie Gypsy Jazz Swing Band. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. Davy Allard. 6 p.m. Sun Rose Cafe, 379 Main St., Longmont, 303-651-3533. Dechen Hawk. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Dedrick Clark & Social Animals. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Delta Sonics. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303776-1914. Fight Fire With Music Beer and BBQ. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303- 8236685. Gasoline Lollipops. 9 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461. The Goonies. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Graphite Addiction. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-6298.
9 AM Volleyball vs. George Mason 12 PM Soccer vs. Villanova 7 PM Volleyball vs. Air Force
The Honey Dewdrops. 7 p.m. Harmony Music House, 2525 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-444-7444.
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The Malah. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.
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The Hunters. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Jababa. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Michael Chiasson. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185. North Boulder Underground. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036.
Painted Paper Movements Through Collage. BMoCA at Macky, 285 University Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8423. Through Nov. 15.
Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 20.
Photography by Max Seigal. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Sept. 26.
In Bloom. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 11.
The Aristocats. 8 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.
Fri. September 18
Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29.
Skateboard art hits the Firehouse Gallery in PUSH.POP.KICK, through Sept. 27. For a closer look at the exhibit, read page 43.
Gunther Gerzso: A Mexican Master. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 3.
Revolt 1680/2180: Virgil Ortiz. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 10.
Mixed Media by Joanna Whitney. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through Sept. 26.
Showing Off. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 3.
Native American: Showing of Black Pinto Horse and Bryan Redmoon. Gallery of Badd Art, 339 Main St., Suite B, Lyons, 303-8235329. Through Oct. 1.
The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Oct. 11.
303-543-1411. Sophie Kloor. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Timber. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Wyatt Lowe & the Mayhem Kings. 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Events Celebrate HOPE. 6 p.m. The Shupe Homestead, 11931 N. 61st St., Longmont, 303-776-2927. Direct From Munich: Andreas Feist Recreations. 5:30 p.m. Bricolage Gallery at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder, 720-379-5328. Downtown Boulder Fall Fest. 11 a.m. Pearl Street Mall, Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-3774. Film Screening, George Gamow — Gifted Physicist. 7 p.m. Duane Physical Laboratory, Room G1B20, 2000 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Heil Valley Ranch Mountain Bike Ride. 10 a.m. Heil Valley Ranch, Boulder, 303-678-6214. Lafayette Art Night Out. 5 p.m. Lafayette Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5588 ext. 1265.
The Prairie Scholars. 9:30 p.m. LOCAL eat + drink, 432 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-2472.
Late Summer Group Show: Grier Torrence, Chris Campbell and Others. All day. Fine Art Associates Boulder, 1949 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-413-1000.
Randall Dubis & Dan Treanor. 7 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-7747698.
NoBo PLACE Project Mural Painting. All day. NoBo Art District, North Broadway from Pine St. to Highway 36, Boulder, 303-523-1117.
Rex Peoples Duo. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues CHUBurger, 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 303-485-2482.
Reel Rock 10. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.
Sambadende. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.
Saturday, September 19
Selasee and the Fafa Family. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-447-0095.
90% Nineties. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.
Slidin’ Delta. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Smackfactor, Elete and Controlled Demise. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont,
Sept. 27.
PUSH.POP.KICK. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Through
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Adam Aijala and Ben Kaufmann of Yonder Mountain String Band. 8 p.m. Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main, Lyons, 303-8230848.
Americana Highway. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co., 297 N. Highway 287, Suite 100, Lafayette, 303-908-6036. Andrew Matteo. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing Company, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, 303-339-0767. ArtWalk. 4 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020. Colin Harris Jr. 8:30 p.m. The Roost, 526 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3380. Dan Hubbard. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Dead On. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448. Dedrick Clark Social Club. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Defunkt Railroad. 5:30 p.m. Jensen Guitars, 350 Main St., Longmont, 303-827-3163. Eighth Annual Mabon Concert. 7 p.m. Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass, 500 W. Main, Lyons, 303-823-0848. G’Jai Blues Jook Joint. 8 p.m. Boulder Distillery, 2500 47th St., Unit 10, Boulder, 303-444-6121. Global Soul Experience. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922.
Happy Hour Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill Southside Bar, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339. Historic Hoverhome Concert Under the Stars. 7 p.m. Historic Hoverhome, 1309 Hover St., Longmont, 303-774-7810. James Faulk. 10:30 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345. Jelly Bread. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355. Joe O’Bryan Band. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. see EVENTS Page 50
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John Hiatt & The Combo. 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282. John McKay. 6 p.m. Skeye Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698. Jon & Miles Ridnell. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776BIKE. Kris Kroger Jazz Trio. 8 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303651-7886. Late Night Radio. 9 p.m. Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-447-0095.
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BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303449-6000. Through Nov. 14. Guys and Dolls. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Oct. 11.
Mass Hipsteria. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.
Lookingglass Alice. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Sept. 20.
Mountain Meadow String Band. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720406-9696.
Matilda. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239, Through Sept. 20.
Princess Fearless. 12 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
The Murder Room. Longmont Theatre Company. 513 Main St., Longmont, 303772-5200. Through Oct. 3.
Purple Squirrel. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Radiate Unified Dance Party with DJ Mr. Getdowne. 8:30 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.
Everyone’s favorite telekinetic child genius visits the DCPA in Matilda the Musical through Sept. 20. Check out a story on the show on page 45.
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.
Railroad Earth. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Rich Robinson. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.
Sean McGowan. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway St., Boulder, 303-499-2985.
Adam & The Conundrum. 11 a.m. The Post Brewing Company, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 303-593-2066.
The Steele Blues Band. 7 p.m. Boulder Distillery, 2500 47th St. Unit 10, Boulder, 303-444-6121. The Symbols. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. The Townie Collective. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-6650625. Tyler T. 8 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. William and the Romantics. 8 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649. Events 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse. 12
Bonnie and The King. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Danny Shafer. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Don Cleason. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258. ERB. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.
p.m. Chautauqua Picnic Shelter, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.
Left Hand Artist Group Showcase. 12 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720-999-4099.
ArtWalk Longmont 2015. 4 p.m. Downtown Longmont, Fifth Avenue and Main St., Longmont, 303-651-8484.
Molly Kollier and The Hunters. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.
Ecstatic Dance. 10 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.
Nick O’Connor: BBQ & Tunes. 12 p.m. Georgia Boys BBQ The Shack, 237 Collyer St., Longmont, 720-999-4099.
Fall Harvest Day. 10 a.m. Sandstone Ranch Visitors & Learning Center, 3001 East Highway 119, Longmont, 303-774-4692.
The Prairie Scholars. 7:30 p.m. Lyons Fork, 450 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-5014.
Monday, September 21 Music Blues Jam. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400. Brandon Hagen Duo. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. Electric Rag Band. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-5430886. Face. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. I & The Many. 7 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728. Open Jovan. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847. The Realm of the Soul. 4:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303442-3770. Takacs Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1411. Events BCCRN Free Film Series. 7 p.m. Adi Shiki Yoga Center, 6717 Valmont Road, Boulder, 720-2523962.
Grassland to Glacier Hike. 10 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, 3491 Highway 72, Nederland, 303678-6214.
Princess Fearless. 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Harvest Festival. 2 p.m. Pachamama Farm, 10771 N. 49th St., Longmont.
Sphere Ensembles Album Release Celebration. 2 p.m. The Nomad Theater, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-443-7510.
Can’t Ain’t Nothing but a Four-Letter Word. 4:30
The Sweet Lillies. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.
Cinema Program free screening The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Kidical MASSIVE Boulder. 3 p.m. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke Park, Pawnee Drive, Boulder, 303-4137200. No Apologies, No Regrets: My Music, My Journey. 8 p.m. First United Methodist Church
of Boulder, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-4423770. NoBo PLACE Project Party. 2 p.m. Ace Self Storage & Community Art Gallery, 4635 Broadway St., Boulder, 303-523-1117. Oktoberfest: Munich Is Much Closer Than You Think. 11 a.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318. Sunday, September 20 Music Acoustic Jam. 3 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional
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Benny Galloway and Jordan Ramsey. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.
Choice City Film Festival 2015. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303440-7826, ext. 110.
Takacs Quartet. 4 p.m. Grusin Music Hall, Imig Building at CU Boulder, 1020 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-1411.
p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.
Country Line Dancing. 6:30 p.m. Community Montessori, 805 Gillaspie Drive, Boulder, 720-561-3700.
Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303449-1922.
McGuckin Hardware Blood Drive. 10 a.m. McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Unit D-1, Boulder, 303-443-1822.
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No Apologies, No Regrets: My Music, My Journey. 4:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church of Boulder, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.
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p.m. Chautauqua Picnic Shelter, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.
Can’t Ain’t Nothing but a Four-letter Word. 6:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770.
Woodcarving for Beginning and Continuing Students. 6 p.m. BVSD Arapahoe Campus, 6600 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, 720-561-5968. see EVENTS Page 52
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Thursday, Sept. 17 Travis Macy — The Ultra Mindset. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Monday, Sept. 21 “So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628. Tuesday, Sept. 22 Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1203 13th St., Suite A, Boulder, 303-495-3303. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Jonathan Evision — This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.
Jonathan Evision heads to the Boulder Book Store on Sept. 23 with this latest novel This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
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Tuesday, September 22 Music Dan and Yoshi. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508873-9185. Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094. Matt Michaud Group. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628. Events Packing Light Clinic. 8 p.m. Changes in Latitude Travel Store, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303786-8406. Room for Hope, A Palestinian Arts Celebration. 4 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770. Smokes and Jokes. 8 p.m. Johnny’s Cigar Bar, 1801 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0884. Wednesday, September 23 Music Alex Heffron Quartet. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-4404628. Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.
Brian Rezac. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020. Hick & Chick. 7 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-543-1411. Johnny O Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Kitchen Dwellers, The Lil’ Smokies. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-447-0095. Mezzo Mestizo. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696. Mikal Shapiro and Chad Brothers. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Co., 6880 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 303-530-0642. Robert HojaBoom. 8:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625. Steepwater Band. 7 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458. Events Can’t Ain’t Nothing but a Four-Letter Word. 8 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-442-3770. Cosmology and Modern Physics. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-4413100. Wednesday Fun Run. 6 p.m. Boulder Running Company, 28th Street and Pearl Street, Boulder, 800-807-6179.
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Fourth Annual Spirits of Colorado Paranormal Convention Friday-Sunday, Sept. 18-20, Imperial Hotel, 123 N. Third, Cripple Creek, 719-291-2409. Halloween is coming, therefore the unknown is beginning to surface. For those who want to rip the door open and find out the secrets, head to the fourth annual Spirits of Colorado Paranormal Convention. During the convention enjoy a multitude of activities geared toward all loves of bizarre. Set in Cripple Creek, the convention explores the mysteries behind the historic town. There will be psychics, UFO presentations, proof of the supernatural and something called “The Telephone to the Dead.” You can also enjoy nighttime séances and ghost hunts through an old theater and a jail museum. If interested, register at coloradoghosttours. com or call 719-291-2409. And as they say, “Be there or be scared.”
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by Jethro McClellan Boulder: ‘twixt reality and mountain. Culturally, an eternal fountain.
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One of town’s best finds: Cafe Trident. Good (and some great!) minds on a high bent. Walk a few blocks east; answer sweet call (irresistible!) of Pearl Street Mall. Head east, into the valley, Away from street and alley. Its pastoral beauty doesn’t change, but opens up into the Front Range. Culture, weirdness or mountain: Boulder is an eternal fountain.
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by Jethro McClellan Close enough to “Sure, I can do it!” Confidence fades? Time to renew it! Universe responds to desire for freedom; Friends and strangers will follow, if you but lead ’em. Doing the right thing can be hard (even hellish). YOUR OWN song to sing; not one you can embellish. You create your life. THAT task you can’t shirk. Smile! Aid! Get ’er done! And it WILL all work! Slow your pace; look to the future, not the past. Hold your space; keep your cool. Don’t move quite so fast. You may be on a winning streak; doesn’t mean you can’t wait a week. Notice where you are; see past how things appear. Don’t progress TOO far; keep what is near, near. Jethro McClellan has lived in Boulder since the early 1990s; he was a featured reader at Innisfree Bookstore and Cafe, and (before that) many times at both Penny Lane and the Laughing Goat. He graduated from Naropa in 1997, and he is as much at home in and native to Boulder as he is to his birthtown of Boston.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Visit’ isn’t completely awful! by Mason Shumaker
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or the first time in over a decade, director M. Night Shyamalan has made a film that won’t end up on many “worst of the year” lists come late-December… but will probably be forgotten by early next week. The Visit is a horror film presented in the cheap, “found footage” style that dominated the genre just a few years ago before disappearing overnight, with the exception of a couple low-key franchises. After the string of missteps that crescendoed with the fantastic feat of somehow putting Will Smith in a film worse than Wild Wild West, for Shyamalan to give us something this middling almost seems merciful. The Visit follows a pair of young siblings visiting their estranged grandparents for a week at their creepy, isolated country home with an appearance that screams: “Horror movies be happening here!” In true found footage style, the siblings must record the entirety of their experiences for reasons that are not-at-all completely, obnoxiously and awkwardly forced. Shyamalan’s choice to use the found footage technique here is confusing because it adds nothing and is even abandoned at times for traditional cinematic elements like a musical score. It’s clear from the get-go The Visit is a found footage horror movie about that we’re in for another one of kids who visit estranged grandparents only to find something far creepier (and far funnier). those infamous Shyamalan twists and that, for the first time in however many Shyamalan movies, the laughs are going to be intentional. It’s not long before the kids realize that there’s something seriously wrong with Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and PopPop (Peter McRobbie). The film is at its best when toying with the generational disconnect we’ve all felt while spending time with our elderly loved ones. The Visit is a hard horror-comedy and, in moments, it’s really funny. One moment in particular, a game of Yahtzee from hell, is even downright hilarious and perhaps the most cleverly staged scene this year. But when The Visit tries to be an actual horror film it’s just… lame. Remember that Shyamalan twist I mentioned? Well, Shyamalan spent so much time meticulously establishing a red herring that he didn’t seem to realize there’s a dead giveaway for the big reveal in the first twenty minutes of The Visit. It shortchanges the tension when most of it is built on the mystery of trying to uncover what exactly is wrong with Nana and Pop-Pop, but it’s plainly spelled out for you at the end of the first act. Shyamalan’s over-reliance on gross-out gags (like five bloody farts) doesn’t help the scares much either. The big takeaways from The Visit are that the young leads (Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould) are newcomers to keep an eye on, and M. Night Shyamalan might be headed back on track, even if he’s still in need of one or two significant course corrections. As far as found footage horror movies go… yeah, we don’t need any more of these. Unfortunately, I saw a trailer for yet another Paranormal Activity movie before The Visit, so we are absolutely going to get some. I’ve never bought the argument that the found footage style grounds horror movies in reality, and judging by how dated its usage felt in The Visit, it’s fair to say that the technique has overstayed its welcome. This review first appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Neb.
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The Small Star Seminar comes to IFS by Michael J. Casey
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ou’re the star of where you are” is the message Cory McAbee wants to tell the world. “Give up your goals, stop reaching for the stars and look for the stars within [your] own mind.” The message has tiny hints of pessimism, but McAbee’s ultimate aim isn’t bleak. On the contrary, the Small Star Seminar is an uplifting and exciting approach to independent filmmaking. And Colorado residents will have an opportunity to get in on the ground floor. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to sum up McAbee’s Small Star Seminars. “There are a lot of ideas in it,” McAbee tells Boulder Weekly. “When I talk about one idea, it makes it sound like that’s what [the Small Star Seminar] is about.” The Small Star Seminar is a whole slew of ideas, aesthetics and mediums put together — a fascinating smorgasbord of endless possibilities for a project that can, and most likely will, take many forms. It is equally difficult to trace the Small Star Seminar back to its origin — McAbee is an artist that tries to go beyond himself with many irons in the fire — but the watershed moment came in 2012 in Worclaw, Poland, when McAbee was under a presentation deadline. The former singer/songwriter for The Billy Nayer Show took a stab at a solo album and what came out ended up being the first iteration of the Small Star Seminar. “I recorded [the first songs] D.I.Y. in It’s hard to sum up, but Cory McAbee’s Small Star Seminar is a unique intersecmy apartment in New York,” McAbee tion of several art forms and participatory says. “When I heard them, it was as if I collaboration. hadn’t made it.” These songs lit a fire in McAbee’s mind: use the songs to orchestrate stage ON THE BILL: Small Star Seminar. shows as a representative of the Small 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, Star Corporation and go on tour. These Muenzinger Auditorium, 1905 Colorado Ave., Boulder, 303-492-8662. shows will be documented — as will the For more info internationalfilmseries. peripheral events surrounding the shows com. — and that documentation will eventually form the basis for McAbee’s next film. “In the end, it’s going to be a fantasy,” McAbee explains. “But for now, it’s a documentary.” But documentary isn’t the right word either, because Small Star Seminar is something more, something altogether different. It is a crowd-generated road-film/concert-film/documentary/narrative. McAbee says, “Participation equals membership,” and anyone who attends one of McAbee’s Small Star Seminars, or contributes footage, artwork, music, etc., will potentially make the cut. Even this column might be included in the final product, McAbee says. This participatory aspect is precisely why the Small Star Seminar will not be about just one thing. “When someone asks you what [the Small Star Seminar] means,” McAbee advises. “Give a personal response based on your own interpretation.” McAbee kicks off his tour with three dates in Colorado — including a stop at the International Film Series — before heading to Iceland, the New York Film Festival and beyond. In the end, it’s going to add up to something special, something wholly different and new. “I know I’m going to be surprised,” McAbee says excitedly. Audiences will be too. Anyone interesting in participating can visit corymcabee.net for show dates, music and information on how to join the Small Star Corporation. Boulder Weekly
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n the far western edge of the Hill’s business district sits a building that used to be the Second Kitchen Food Co-op but Alpine Modern has since been remodeled Café and made the home of 904 College Ave., Alpine Modern Café. It’s Boulder, 303-9540129. the restaurant of a company that publishes the Alpine Modern magazine, a periodical of beautiful photos that highlight the intersection of nature and art school. That aesthetic, which is achieved resoundingly in the magazine, was the clear goal for the café. And the building’s location, when you come in from anywhere but directly east (that is, the Hill), makes it feel more removed from Boulder’s bustle than it actually is. But if Alpine Modern was going for a nature chic design in their cafe, they missed. What they got was a George Saunders-style, post-apocalyptic hangout where young people stare alarmingly silent at MacBook screens, sitting backs to the wall, creepily organized one after the next, facing into the brightly lit dining area. It felt like an Apple Store, if the Apple Store served craft coffee, which they might. I don’t know. Then there was also an old guy in blue jeans named Carl sitting proudly alone at the communal wood table in the middle of the space, reading a USA Today. Then there was me, who saw the eyes of the onlookers for the first time when my order of three entrees and coffee arrived at my table. Until then, many of the patrons were so stoic and resolute to point their perfect little faces only at their screens, unblinking, that I wondered if some of them were actually pieces of furniture and not human beings. The barista who served my food was very nice,
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was good, and chunked like canned tuna, but the sandwich fell apart due to the lack of space on the pretzel stick and the overabundance of creamy elements; the avocado and the mustard. The second baguette was ham and cheese. The ham was prosciutto cotto, and the cheese was something with medium robustness like brie. There again was the thin pretzel stick, the avocado and the spicy mustard. The baguettes tasted just OK. They were a mess to eat and, ultimately, they felt uninspired. I would not pay the $11.50 for the salmon baguette or the $8.90 for the ham and cheese again because there was probably only $5 of food (at most) on each, and the ingredients just weren’t elevated or particularly exceptional. The coffee, though, was definitively good. It came down from one of several long science tube setups that are so in vogue now. The espresso I had later came from a shiny spigot on the countertop that ostensibly connected to some sort of espresso-making machine. Look, simple is good: in life and in food. Their error is not in execution — the food was prepared well and the staff was friendly — the error, if there is one, is in the design. At best, Alpine Modern Café is simple foodstuffs and simple coffee when you need a small bite to eat or a pick-me-up. At worst, it’s selfaware hipster bullshit that tries to pass off uninspired and unrooted food as simple, while serving pretty good coffee from pristine Rube Goldberg machines. That’s for you to decide.
Is Alpine Modern Café alarmingly simple or simply alarming? by Matt Cortina and dressed very alpine modernly. I became self-conscious — or self-aware — speaking aloud to her, and then beginning to eat. The only other sound in the space, which had no empty table by the way, was some low-volume music, which sounded like, but wasn’t, M. Ward playing acoustic covers of Motown classics. That and Carl crisply crinkling the pages of USA Today. The food was simple. A bowl of quinoa and two baguettes. The quinoa was dressed lightly in a bright vinaigrette, and topped with avocado and thin slices of pickled cucumber and the world’s smallest radish. The four ingredients of the bowl, separate, were flavorful and fresh. Together, it made a nice bowl for a midmorning snack or a very light lunch. The baguette sandwiches came on a split pretzel stick. It was definitely a stick and not a roll as it had no greater circumference than what you might call a particularly large hot dog. On the first baguette was smoked salmon and spicy Dijon mustard; there was also that avocado and that radish again. The salmon
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Do you want to see Peyton Manning get covered in rich, creamy chocolate? Do you want to be part of a pudding eating contest? Do you want to smell what 75,000 chocolate samples under one roof smells like? Do you think we’re making this up? See for yourself at the second annual Choctoberfest at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield on Saturday, Sept. 19. Festivities start at 10 a.m., when up to 6,000 people will gather around to witness the unveiling of the chocolate-covered Peyton Manning sculpture. Longmont-based bronze artist Tim King created the sculpture, which is 120 percent the size of the actual Broncos quarterback. This is a markedly better foodaffiliation for Peyton than his current deal with, ugh, Papa John’s. No word on if you can lick chocolate Peyton. At noon there will be a chocolate and wine pairing exhibit, and the chocolate pudding contest starts at 1 p.m. Other festivities include chocolate apple bobbing, holiday drink ideas, live music, happy hour and a beer and chocolate pairing event.
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If the answer is, “Yes, Boulder Weekly, I love me some biscuits,” then first stop talking aloud to yourself, but then make plans to go to the — and we can’t believe this — 14th annual Erie Biscuit Day on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 8 a.m. to noon on Briggs Street in downtown Erie. The day is going to feature a whole lot of biscuits and gravy, as well as homemade stew, live music and historic photos. Again, that’s homemade stew, live music and historic photos. For only $7, you’ll be able to get two biscuits, two sausage links, sausage gravy and a drink. Music will be provided by the Erie High School Jazz Band, the Irish-step-dance group Celtic Steps and the Weld County Ramblers Bluegrass. The festivities conclude Oct. 4.
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Greek Festival brings other worlds, other times to Boulder by Matt Cortina Matt Cortina
Above, a braised and marinated lamb shank. Below, loukoumades in the making.
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unday feels like the end of summer because Monday morning is cloudy and the wind is blowing hard. But Sunday is hot, and I’m in the sprawling yard of the Greek Orthodox Church. The yard is roped off to form a temporary parking lot, like a family reunion at an aunt’s house because she just, you know, has the one small Matt Cortina driveway. I’m on the other side of the plastic rope with two kids, and we’re looking for a baseball. The kids were bored on Sunday afternoon and so they took an old wooden bat and an old muddy baseball and went out to the far edges of the yard to shag fly balls. I saw one of pop-ups go wayward as I walked out to my bicycle and jumped into the dead weeds to help because I think I saw where it went. And I do, so I pick up the ball and toss it back to the older boy and he asks if I want to play. I say “no” because I’m too old and too drunk on Greek wine and lamb meat to hang around anymore. So I hope on my bike and on a hot wind take the back roads home and fall asleep until I wake up on Monday and summer is gone. That, for me, is what the festival, which took place last weekend at the Saints Peter
and Paul Greek Orthodox Church on Jay Road in Boulder, has become. It’s become like a childhood memory stolen from someone else’s childhood. It’s a celebration of tradition, joyfulness and food; a summer soup of events that warms the part of souls that don’t jade. The festival though, more than anything, is a celebration of culture through food. On the dusty grounds, in the shadow of a few tall pines are booths with community members preparing and serving typical Greek dishes: lamb shank, gyros, calamari, souvlaki, spanakopita, loukoumades, saganaki, hummus, pastries, Greek coffee and Greek wine. The experience of eating (all of ) these foods is in the spirit of the festival’s name: A Taste of Orthodoxy. The food is prepared simply, based on communally agreed-upon recipes ostensibly passed down for generations in that church community, if not much longer in the families that now make up that congregation. Watching the preparation of each meal is a perspective you won’t get in a cookbook or on Food Network. Take the loukoumades, which are little fried donut holes. Over a vat of bubbling oil, see GREEK Page 62
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an old man in a newsboy hat fills the basin of a pastry-shaping machine to the brim with a simple dough. The machine swirls and with the rotation of a manual crank, the dough is worked down to the bottom of the basin, where a blade cuts the dough and forces a munchkin-sized dollop of dough out of four holes simultaneously into the oil. It looks like a delicious version of that playground game, funnel ball. The dough balls are flipped after a minute or so, and when the other side is complete, the man fishes them out with a metal rack and puts them in a plastic box on the counter. His wife then waits for the donut holes to cool and drip off excess oil, before scooping
cheese. The young couple at the booth tend to two open specially made skillets (called saganaki), with large blocks of the cheese frying away. When ready, the cheese is torched and extinguished with a fruitful squeeze of lemon juice. It is salty and gooey, with crisp edges and the wonderfully robust taste of sheep’s milk cheese (I think it’s feta here). The preparation of beverages is a process, too. On the other side of the lot, a woman prepares Greek coffee. Coffee grounds are put into a special, single-serve metal brewing pot, which is then filled with water. The brewing pot is placed over a large hot plate, alongside other brewing vessels. The pots are moved around and brought to boil twice before Matt Cortina being transferred to a paper cup. The coffee is as robust as coffee gets, and the grounds linger at the bottom of the drink. I’m warned that the coffee is exceptionally potent, both because of its type and because of its preparation, which is good because by The facade of the Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Boulder. this point, I’m at least a bottle deep them into another plastic vat filled with on retsina. a homemade (and secret) syrup. The Retsina. In the spirit of the festival, balls are coated in the syrup and then I turn to it like a long lost friend. into a bowl. Crushed walnuts, cinnaRetsina is a Greek white wine that hits mon and powdered sugar are dumped you with a punch of pine flavor. The on top of the donuts, mixed together wine is over 2,000 years old; resin was and then served in a paper tray. once used to seal wine jars so they The loukoumades are fluffy nuggets wouldn’t spoil in transit to drinkers of of heaven. They are crispy and flavorful the ancient world, incidentally giving it on the outside; warm and slightly chewy a resinous, piney taste. Even though on the inside. It’s like a mix between a wine processes have rendered that funnel cake, a croissant and a munchkin. practice useless, the distinct taste of So simple are these loukoumades and retsina and the connection many in the yet so happy-making they are. Greek community make to their heriIn another tent, a dozen or so cooks tage by drinking it, has allowed it to prepare lamb legs. The shanks are mari- stick around, thankfully, for modern nated — typically this is done in olive drinkers. oil and herbs, or yogurt — and then And if the retsina wasn’t enough, there’s another man in another newsboy braised in a large pot for hours. The hat walking around with a bottle of tsilamb is fresh and earthy, tender and poura, a Greek moonshine flavored juicy. The bone of the shank sticks out with anise. It is powerful in flavor and a good 6 inches, and you can fork the efficiency, and people from all walks of meat right off the bone with little the community drink it and laugh when effort. The fat on one side of the shank its potency shows on the faces of loved is almost like jelly, and the purpleones. The connection between food and brown meat on the inside needs no community cannot be shown more condiments or additives, flavored only clearly than it is here. Food is the sinby rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper. Then there’s the indulgence of saga- gular force here that condenses time and space into one moment in Boulder. naki, which has its own glorious booth. It was worth celebrating. Saganaki is fried sheep’s or goat’s Boulder Weekly
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I won’t go so far as to say that you are surrounded by unhinged maniacs whose incoherence is matched only by their self-delusion. That would probably be too extreme. But I do suspect that at least some of the characters in the game you’re playing are not operating at their full potential. For now, it’s best not to confront them and demand that they act with more grace. The wiser strategy might be to avoid being swept up in their agitation as you take good care of yourself. If you are patient and stay centered, I bet you will eventually get a chance to work your magic.
TAURUS
APRIL 20-MAY 20:
Many of the heroes in fairy tales survive and thrive because of the magical gifts they are given. Benefactors show up, often unexpectedly, to provide them with marvels — a spinning wheel that can weave a cloak of invisibility, perhaps, or winged shoes that give them the power of flight, or a charmed cauldron that brews a healing potion. But there is an important caveat. The heroes rarely receive their boons out of sheer luck. They have previously performed kind deeds or unselfish acts in order to earn the right to be blessed. According to my analysis, Taurus, the coming weeks will be prime time for you to make yourself worthy of gifts you will need later on.
GEMINI
MAY 21-JUNE 20:
We humans need nourishing stories almost as much as we require healthy food, clean air, pure water and authentic love. And yet many of us get far less than our minimum daily requirement of nourishing stories. Instead, we are barraged with nihilistic narratives that wallow in misery and woe. If we want a break from that onslaught, our main other choices are sentimental fantasies and empty-hearted trivia. That’s the bad news. But here’s the good news: Now is a favorable time for you to seek remedies for this problem. That’s why I’m urging you to hunt down redemptive chronicles that furnish your soul with gritty delight. Find parables and sagas and tales that fire up your creative imagination and embolden your lust for life.
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22:
Now is an excellent time to close the gap between the Real You and the image of yourself that you display to the world. I know of two ways to accomplish this. You can tinker with the Real You so that it’s more like the image you display. Or else you can change the image you display so that it is a more accurate rendition of the Real You. Both strategies may be effective. However you go about it, Cancerian, I suggest you make it your goal to shrink the amount of pretending you do.
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22:
Born under the sign of Leo, Marcel Duchamp was an influential artist whose early work prefigured surrealism. In 1917, he submitted an unusual piece to a group exhibition in New York. It was a plain old porcelain urinal, but he titled it Fountain and insisted it was a genuine work of art. In that spirit, I am putting my seal of approval on the messy melodrama you are in the process of managing. Henceforth, this melodrama shall also be known as a work of art, and its title will be “Purification.” (Or would you prefer “Expurgation” or “Redemption”?) If you finish the job with the panache you have at your disposal, it will forevermore qualify as a soul-jiggling masterpiece.
LIBRA
SEPT. 23-OCT. 22:
The rooster is your power animal. Be like him. Scrutinize the horizon for the metaphorical dawn that is coming, and be ready to herald its appearance with a triumphant wake-up call. On the other hand, the rooster is also your affliction animal. Don’t be like him. I would hate for you to imitate the way he handles himself in a fight, which is to keep fussing and squabbling far beyond the point when he should let it all go. In conclusion, Libra, act like a rooster but also don’t act like a rooster. Give up the protracted struggle so you can devote yourself to the more pertinent task, which is to celebrate the return of the primal heat and light.
SCORPIO
OCT. 23-NOV. 21:
Since you seem to enjoy making life so complicated and intense for yourself, you may be glad to learn that the current astrological omens favor that development. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you’re about to dive deep into rich mysteries that could drive you half-crazy. I suspect that you will be agitated and animated by your encounters with ecstatic torment and difficult bliss. Bon voyage! Have fun! Soon I expect to see miniature violet bonfires gleaming in your bedroom eyes, and unnamable emotions rippling through your unfathomable face, and unprecedented words of wild wisdom spilling from your smart mouth.
SAGITTARIUS NOV. 22-DEC. 21:
The Adamites were devotees of an ancient Christian sect that practiced sacred nudism. One of their central premises: How could anyone possibly know God while wearing clothes? I am not necessarily recommending that you make their practice a permanent part of your spiritual repertoire, but I think you might find value in it during the coming weeks. Your erotic and transcendent yearnings will be rising to a crescendo at the same time. You will have the chance to explore states where horniness and holiness overlap. Lusty prayers? Reverent sex? Ecstatic illumination?
CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19:
One of your key themes in the coming weeks is “grace.” I suggest that you cultivate it, seek it out, expect it and treasure it. To prepare for this fun work, study all of the meanings of “grace” below. At least two of them, and possibly all, should and can be an active part of your life. 1. Elegance or beauty of form, movement or proportion; seemingly effortless charm or fluidity. 2. Favor or goodwill; a disposition to be generous or helpful. 3. Mercy, forgiveness, charity. 4. A temporary exemption or immunity; a reprieve. 5. A sense of fitness or propriety. 6. A prayer of blessing or thanks said before a meal. 7. An unmerited divine gift offered out of love.
AQUARIUS
JAN. 20-FEB. 18:
Be good, but not necessarily well-behaved. Be extra exuberant and free, but not irresponsible. Be lavish and ardent and even rowdy, but not decadent. Why? What’s the occasion? Well, you have more-or-less finished paying off one of your karmic debts. You have conquered or at least outwitted a twist from your past that had been sapping your mojo. As a reward for doing your duty with such diligence, you have earned a respite from some of the more boring aspects of reality. And so now you have a mandate to gather up the intelligent pleasure you missed when you were acting like a beast of burden.
VIRGO
PISCES
Some people express pride in gross ways. When you hear their overbearing brags, you know it’s a sign that they are not really confident in themselves. They overdo the vanity because they’re trying to compensate for their feelings of inadequacy. In the coming weeks, I expect you to express a more lovable kind of self-glorification. It won’t be inflated or arrogant, but will instead be measured and reasonable. If you swagger a bit, you will do it with humor and style, not narcissism and superiority. Thank you in advance for your service to humanity. The world needs more of this benign kind of egotism.
“I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.” That’s the mantra that Frank O’Hara intoned in his poem “Meditations in an Emergency,” and now I’m inviting you to adopt a modified version of it. Here’s how I would change it for your use in the coming months: “I am the least difficult of passion artists. All I want is to give and receive boundless, healthy, interesting love.” To be frank, I don’t think O’Hara’s simple and innocent declaration will work for you. You really do need to add my recommended nuances in order to ripen your soul’s code and be aligned with cosmic rhythms.
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my son if he’s happy, and he says he is. — Sad Mama Dear SM: If your son says he’s happy, SM, you should believe him and be happy for him. It’s unfortunate that your son framed the news about his choices and his marriage — which make him happy — in what sounds like a clumsy critique of your choices and your marriage. (If that’s what he did, SM. I’ve only got your characterization of his comments to go on, not a tape recording of them, and it has been my experience that monogamous folks sometimes hear critiques of their choices when we nonmonogamous folks talk about our own choices. “We’re not doing what you’re doing” ≠ “You’re doing it wrong.”) There’s nothing necessarily “finite,” untruthful, limiting or dishonest about monogamy. If that’s what two people
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want, SM, and it makes those two people happy, that’s great. Monogamy is what you and your husband wanted, it’s what made you and your husband happy, and it worked for your marriage. You could see your son’s choice to be nonmonogamous as a rejection of everything you modeled for him, or you could see his choice as modeled on the fundamental bedrock stuff — for lack of a better word — that informed the choice you made. Your son and his wife are doing what they want, they’re doing what makes them happy, and they’re doing what works for their marriage. They’re not doing monogamy (or kids), but they’re doing what’s right for them and what works for them — just like his mom and dad did. There are lots of people out there in happy, fulfilling open/poly relationships, SM, and lots of people out there in happy, fulfilling monogamous relationships. (And there are lots of miserable people in both kinds of relationships.) There are also lots of people in happy, fulfilling monogamous relationships they will one day choose to open, and
lots of people in happy, fulfilling nonmonogamous relationships they will one day choose to close. It’s happiness, consent and mutual respect that matters, not whether a relationship is monogamous or nonmonogamous. If your son is happy, SM, you should be happy for him. But if he states — or clumsily implies — that you and his dad couldn’t be happy because you’re not doing the same thing he and his wife are doing, you tell him from nonmonogamous me that he’s full of nonmonogamous shit. Two pieces of recommended reading: the book Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage by Jenny Block, and an informative interview poly activist and frequent Savage Lovecast guest Diana Adams did with the Atlantic. But I don’t think you need to do a whole lot of homework about this. Love your son, respect his choices, don’t blame or shame his wife, and be kind to any partners they introduce you to. Having a poly kid is a lot simpler than you think. Send questions to mail@savagelove.net and follow @fakedansavage on Twitter.
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and sale of marijuana” would “mislead, deceive he state of Ohio announced recentor defraud” voters. But the measure will create ly that enough voters had been certified to put Marijuana the monopoly, a fact that ResponsibleOhio’s Legalization Initiative Issue 3 on videos and promotional materials downplay. the 2015 ballot. If passed, it would To add to the confusion for voters, the allow citizens over 21 to buy recreational and Ohio state legislature added its own amendmedical marijuana much as we do here. ment, the Initiated Monopolies Amendment Proposed by a group called Issue 2, to the same ballot that would nullify ResponsibleOhio, it is fairly consistent with an amendment that would create a monopoly legalization measures in other states. Ohio curor give economic advantage to a few people. If rently does not allow medical marijuana, so the passed, it could, in effect, invalidate the maristate would be the first to create medical and juana initiative. recreational rules and regulations simultaneLegal analysts differ as to what might hapously. Medical marijuana facilities would be pen if both initiatives pass. Some speculate the not-for-profit, and more than 1,000 outlets one that gets the most votes takes precedent. will sell retail marijuana around the state. Others have noted that legislative measures Backers tout $120 million in law-enforcement ResponsibleOhio’s marijuana legalization initiative turns off even cantake effect immediately, but citizen initiatives savings and a ton of revenue for state and local nabis supporters. don’t become law for three months, which municipalities. If it passes, the group plans a means the anti-monopoly measure could dis“Fresh Start Act” on the 2016 ballot that would end paign, the 10 groups are spending $42 million to pur- place the marijuana one. convictions for cannabis offenders in prison for crim- chase and develop the sites and admit that yes, the This puts Ohio voters and legalization supporters inal acts that would now be legal. growers will make lots of money from their investin a tough spot. What if you support legalization but Then there’s the rub. The measure would also ment. (ResponsibleOhio added “limited” home grow- are against the monopoly concept or that the meaing in response to early criticism.) “endow exclusive rights for commercial marijuana sure writes tax rates into the constitution? Do you A lot of marijuana supporters in the state choked growth, cultivation and extraction to self-designated vote for both, hoping that the marijuana measure on the monopoly provision. Ohioans to End landowners who own 10 predetermined parcels of will get more votes? Or just for the marijuana meaProhibition, for instance, which plans its own legalland in Butler, Clermont, Franklin, Hamilton, sure, while holding your nose at the idea of monopoLicking, Lorain, Lucas, Delaware, Stark, and Summit ization measure on the 2016 ballot, is actively fightlized growers? ing the 2015 initiative with everything it has. counties.” This is the first time a state legalization effort National groups have been tepid in their support. That’s not as completely crazy as it sounds at first, doesn’t have universal support of cannabis users, Mason Tvert of the Marijuana Policy Project, which but it’s close. Illinois, for instance, approved seven and Tvert makes a good point about how legalizing was not involved in its creation, says MPP backs the medical cultivation sites, and New York and Florida marijuana state-by-state isn’t going to satisfy everymeasure to the extent that it would end the current five each. Regulation, supporters say, would be a lot body. failed policy and allow medical patients access. easier with just 10 growers than it is in Colorado, “Ultimately, marijuana laws are going to vary The wording of the initiative’s summary was which has several hundred around the state. from state to state just like alcohol laws vary from finalized by the state’s Ballot Board, which has three That’s a good argument. But still, how did 10 state to state, and the people in each state decide growers “self-designate” themselves into an oligopoly, Republicans, all against legalization, and two what those laws should be,” he says. “So it’s going Democrats. a market legally dominated by a small number of to be up to Ohio voters to decide whether the proThe final phrasing concentrates on the most conpeople? It turns out that ResponsibleOhio’s $20 milposed system is the best step forward for Ohio troversial features, especially the monopoly provision. lion dollar campaign is funded by investment groups right now.” ResponsibleOhio responded by filing a lawsuit in the that own the specific parcels of land in the counties You can hear Leland discuss his most recent column Ohio Supreme Court claiming that the phrase listed in the proposal. and Colorado cannabis issues each Thursday morning on Supporters claim that it’s expensive to run a cam- “grants a monopoly for the commercial production KGNU. http://news.kgnu.org/weed
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NAZIS FUELED BY METH, NOT HATRED It’s no secret that Adolf Hitler was on a lot of drugs — the Führer was famously addicted to cocaine, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. His personal physician, Theodor Morrell, injected Hilter with huge doses of amphetamines, barbiturates, hormones and opiates right after breakfast every day for five years. No scheiße. A new book, released on Sept. 10 by German author Norman Ohler, proves that the Vorsitzender of the Nazi party made German Federal Archive sure his military forces were equally high on a pill form of crystal meth called Pervitin. In case you haven’t watched Breaking Bad, meth is pretty bad for you in the long term. Despite the initial flood of serotonin and dopamine making users feel like golden gods for a bit, sustained use of meth will lead to mental deficiencies, aggressive behavior and psychosis (not to mention loss of teeth and skin wounds that won’t heal). For his new novel, Der Totale Raush (The Total Rush), Ohler spent years searching German and U.S. records to collect details on Nazi drug use during the genocide that led to the death of six million Jews. It turns out that Hitler had millions of Pervitin pills sent to the front lines and distributed to the Nazis before invasions, particularly Blitzkreigs, including the invasions of Sudentenland, Poland and France. The pill enabled the troops to stay awake for days and hike for dozens of miles — and, in what comes as a surprise to no one, the Nazi troops were horribly addicted to it. Ohler found letters from a Nazi in 1939 asking his family for more Pervitin: “It’s tough out here … Today I’m writing you mainly to ask for some Pervitin.” We’re still pretty sure the Nazis were fueled by hatred, but meth probably didn’t help.
TELL ’EM HOW YOU REALLY FEEL Assholes can rejoice because Facebook has listened to its users who wish they could show disdain with only a click of a mouse. Lord of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced to billions of his disciples that a “dislike” button will be addded to the online social media platform. Now, hold your horses. It’s not an actual “dislike” button. Zuckerberg gave a vague answer at the press conference saying it’s more a button for sympathy, to show solidarity in times of strife. So there would be another option, instead of “liking” that post about a natural disaster or personal tragedy. Finally, people will be able to express empathy to their Facebook friends, because up until now there was no other way to reach out to friends going through tough times. Now, when a friend suffers through a death in the family or loses their job, you’ll be able to show your compassion with the littlest effort possible. Thank you for this gift, Mark. And surely, there’s no chance of misuse of this new button. It will only make Facebook a more accepting and loving place. Instead of saying you “dislike” a picture of your friend’s new baby, soon you can tell them you feel bad that their baby is ugly. When Donald Trump posts an insensitive and hateful message, you can show empathy for his stupidity. No word yet on any other button approvals such as “Meh,” “Get a Life,” “No One Cares” or the much-needed “I’m only clicking this button as a distraction from going out into the real world.” Boulder Weekly
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