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Judge OKs late filing for GOP Candidate on ballot despite blown deadline By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Jefferson County judge on Aug. 21 rejected an effort to keep a Republican state House candidate’s name off the November ballot. The ruling means that House District 23 candidate Jane Barnes will square off against state Rep. Max Tyler, D-Lakewood, this fall. Democrats in Jeffco had sought to prevent Barnes’ candidacy because her nomination was submitted after the state’s election-code deadline. A Republican vacancy committee convened to Barnes select Barnes as a candidate when the party’s original hopeful, Nate Marshall, dropped out of the race after his sympathetic views on white supremacy became known. Democrats in HD23 argued that the Secretary of State’s Office — headed by Republican Scott Gessler — failed to comply with election law by allowing Barnes to remain on the ballot. Barnes’ candidacy papers weren’t filed until three weeks after a spring deadline. Gessler’s office defended its position, arguing it had “exercised caution to avoid unnecessarily excluding a candidate.”
Disc in mouth, a dog paddles its way across Morse Park. Photos by Clarke Reader
Cooling down some hot dogs
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Yes on retail prohibition
Dogs hit the Morse Park pool on Saturday, Aug. 23, to cool off for the 2014 Bark-N-Splash event. The annual summer’s end event, hosted by Lakewood Recreation, draws huge canine crowds. One more 2014 Bark-N-Splash event is scheduled, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Carmody Outdoor Pool, 2200 S. Kipling St. To register please call 303-987-7830.
New committee pushes for ban of marijuana businesses Preening in the kiddie pool. A dog at Morse Park enjoys the cool water.
A dog plays fetch and cools off at the annual Bark n Splash at Morse Park pool. Two pooches race to the side after a game of fetch.
By Clarke Reader
creader@colorado communitymedia.com Come November, Lakewood residents will answer the question of whether or not they want retail marijuana prohibited in the city, and some community members are hoping for a resounding yes. Residents and health officials concerned about the dangers retail marijuana will bring to the city have banded together to create Yes on 2A, a committee devoted to making sure the businesses are prohibited in the city. “We’re going to be present at backto-school nights and other events, and building up on online presence,” said Jim Otton, one of the founders of the group. “We’re looking to be involved with PTAs and walking neighborhoods, as well as a formal ad campaign to spread the word.” While the City Council decided to ban marijuana manufacturing, testing and growing sites, as well as hash-oil manufacturing sites and marijuana clubs in the city, it decided to allow voters to choose whether to ban retail sales. As Mayor Bob Murphy has repeatedly explained, it is Retail continues on Page 10