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VOLUME 36 • NUMBER 13 • FEBRUARY 15, 2018
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For Valentine’s Day week, Lone Tree’s philanthropic Tyler and Natalie Tysdal are 2018’s Villager Sweetheart Couple of the Year. Here’s a fun family “selfie”: Clockwise, Tyler in front, Callie Jean, Natalie, Johnny and Addy. See more on page 15. Courtesy of Tysdal family
Coffman to host town-hall meeting Feb. 20 Income migrating to south metro counties, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, has invited residents of the 6th Congressional District to an upcoming town hall on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 6 to 7 p.m., at Cherry Creek High School, 9300 E. Union Ave. in Greenwood Village. Coffman says he looks forward to a robust and informative discussion about all the critical issues facing the community, state and nation. Among the topics to be discussed
will be the legislative agenda for the second session of the 115th Congress and the bills Coffman has introduced. The event is free and open to 6th District constituents. Registration is required. For more detailed information and to RSVP, visit Eventbrite.com. The event will be livestreamed via Facebook Live and will be viewed at facebook.com/repmikecoffman
younger age brackets fall behind spokesman for the Job Creators Different views on the Network and Tax Cuts Now movesays “Our focus was tax impact of the federal tax cut ment, policy—different than spending Updated statistics on state wages are beginning to come in. They reveal that the northern Front Range counties are losing wealth to the southern counties, including Arapahoe, Jefferson, Douglas and Adams. But the numbers also reveal that as a group 20-24-yearolds are falling behind. So say Tim Jones and Travis Brown, who were among the speakers at the South Metro Denver Chamber’s 2018 Economic Forecast breakfast a few weeks ago. Jones, director of communications for First Rule Media and a
policy. Income migration affects real-world policy.” Low-tax environments, says Jones, tend to attract wealth, while high-tax environments lose wealth. “No one yet knows exactly what the tax-cut package will do to the national economy,” he said. “What I can already tell you is that we expect to see increased capital investment. More than 100 companies have already announced they are giving tax bonuses. Wells Fargo announced that it is increasing its minimum wage to $15 an hour.”
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