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‘People’s moods this year are very different’ Unpopular candidates and a polarized electorate typify 2016 presidential race By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com
and the earlier time will be in effect from then on. City Manager Eric Keck said the new start time will be for the city council meetings held on the first and third Monday of each month. The meeting is moved to Tuesday if a Monday falls on a city holiday.
Dorothy Dhooge, 82, has watched a lot of election cycles come and go, but this year’s presidential race may be the most divisive she’s seen. Dhooge, an Arapahoe County resident, said the tension has caused her to avoid talking politics with some of her own family members. “We steer clear Don’t miss of it,” she said, Colorado Community adding that she Media’s guide to the 2016 local and state thinks the divielections in next sions run beyond week’s edition. just her own family. “I think it’s split people in the country.” Kyle Saunders says she’s right. “It’s no wonder people feel that there’s a little more hate, it’s no wonder that people feel that society’s a little more on edge,” said Saunders, a political-science professor at Colorado State University since 2004. “It’s because it is.” “Basically what we are seeing is a reflexive dislike for somebody on the other side, and the fear that goes along with that,” Saunders said. Pundits, pollsters and people on the street have all pointed to this year’s election as the most polarizing in recent history. Some blame the divide on the candidates themselves, some on their disparate approaches to government. Whatever the cause, the effect has been evident at the national level for months. As November nears, the rift has become more and more evident to south metro Denver residents.
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Steve Nolan of Grist Brewing Company pours beer and chats with festival-goers at Great American Beer Festival on Oct. 8. Nolan said taking part in the Meet the Brewers portion of the event helps smaller brewers get the word out. Photo by Kyle Harding
South metro brewers hold their own Breweries from area are well-represented at Great American Beer Fest
By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com For newer breweries, like Littleton’s Locavore Beer Works, partaking in the Great American Beer Festival was a
chance to market its offerings to beer drinkers who might not know of the many options south of Denver. “Our green chile has probably been the most popular,” Locavore co-owner Andy Nelson said. He was referring to the brewery’s Heisenberg Green Chile Pale Ale. Locavore Beer Works was among a bevy of breweries from Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Lone Tree,
Castle Rock and Parker that participated in the Great American Beer Festival, held Oct. 6-8 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. About 800 brewers from across the country, including more than 100 from Colorado, took part. Last year, 3 Freaks Brewery brought its staple beers to the national fest. But last week, the Highlands Ranch brewery showed off a different side. Brewers continues on Page 2
City council moves meeting times earlier Proposal for 7 p.m. start is approved on first reading By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com An ordinance that received unanimous approval on first reading Oct. 3 would change the starting time of Engle-
wood City Council meetings. Beginning with the Nov. 7 meeting, the start time would move a half-hour earlier from its current schedule, meaning meetings would start at 7 p.m. going forward. The second and final reading of the ordinance is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 17. If it passes without major changes, that meeting will be the last one with a regular start time of 7:30 p.m.,
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