Let’s see what’s in the news this week!
Links:
Denver eviction cases are up 80 percent compared to pre-pandemic: https://denverite.com/2024/09/12/denver-eviction-cases-increase-2024/
High-profile chefs join opposition to meat processing ban on Denver’s November ballot: https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2024/09/09/high-profile-chefs-join-opposition-meat-processing-ban-denver-ballot/
A Colorado man is charged with arson in a wildfire that destroyed 29 homes: https://apnews.com/article/colorado-wildfire-arson-charge-aae919a794cb6cce786bf3ae9151112f
Facial recognition back in crime-fighting toolkit for Colorado police: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202409/facial-recognition-back-in-crime-fighting-toolkit-for-colorado-police
Denver grocery stores are locking up or cordoning off more products. But it depends on the neighborhood.: https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/06/denver-grocery-stores-security-shoplifting-safeway-king-soopers/
Lamb producers fear loss of packing plant in Denver vote: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/21538-lamb-processors-fate-in-question-as-denver-voters-weigh-slaughterhouse-ban
Families file lawsuit against Jeffco school district: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdenvergazette.com%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Falliance-defending-freedom-jeffco-school-district-lawsuit%2Farticle_1c4dda58-6b98-11ef-866c-c325071d0d48.html
Lakewood voters to decide on eliminating taxpayer protections in November: https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2024/09/10/lakewood-voters-decide-permanent-end-taxpayer-protections-november/
Opinion: Dems darken 50 years of sunshine with legislative super-majority maneuvers: https://www.realvail.com/opinion-dems-darken-50-years-of-sunshine-with-legislative-super-majority/a19825/
Mountain towns in Colorado are full of vacant trophy homes and short-term rentals. Some Western Slope town councils want permission to tax them: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.steamboatpilot.com%2Fnews%2Fmountain-towns-in-colorado-are-full-of-vacant-trophy-homes-and-short-term-rentals-some-western-slope-town-councils-want-permission-to-tax-them%2F
Opinion: Colorado ballot measures, again, pit Front Range voters against rural Colorado: https://www.lamarledger.com/2024/08/31/colorado-ballot-measures-mountain-lion-slaughterhouse-rural/
‘They need to take action’: East Colfax businesses buried between trash, crime plead for more help from police: https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/they-need-to-take-action-east-colfax-businesses-buried-between-trash-crime-plead-for-more-help-from-police
Fury at DA after illegal migrant truck driver who killed Colorado man faces just 1 year in prison: https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/fury-after-illegal-migrant-truck-driver-who-killed-colorado-man-faces-just-1-year-in-prison/
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/FreeStateColor1/status/1829859382286229706
The Immigration Situation with Eliseo Gonzalez of the LP: https://www.meetup.com/liberty-on-the-rocks-denver/events/301513048/
