Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Comment Archives: stories: Last 30 Days
Re: “Your daily dose of doublespeak”
They have to give us that award or else we'll nuke 'em. (:->)
Posted by
Roger Bird
on 06/18/2013 at 3:46 PM
Re: “Your daily dose of doublespeak”
We need to hire Joe Izuzu to be the City's spokesman. He has more credibility than the current crop of hacks and flacks.
Posted by
Connie Lingus
on 06/18/2013 at 3:46 PM
Re: “UPDATE: State verifies signatures for Morse recall, jockeying begins”
The signatures to be gathered was never in question - and it will take a huge turnout from District 11 voters opposed to John Morse to make this recall happen. We do not think it will be successful. If you would like to volunteer to assist in the process to encourage voters to keep Senator Morse in office, you can sign up below.
http://obsurvey.com/S2.aspx?id=E9D82A2A-84…
If you would like to participate in the on-line Marijuana Survey: Allow or Ban, soon coming before city council, please indicate in the comment section of the registration from and we will be happy to forward it to you. Thank you.
Posted by
Staci6
on 06/18/2013 at 3:39 PM
Re: “The Top 11 best beers in the country”
What we need is a list of all the best Colorado beers...these guys have obviously never tried Eddy Line for example.
Posted by
TejonTech
on 06/18/2013 at 2:52 PM
Re: “The Top 11 best beers in the country”
Boo! I cry foul! Those macho drinkers will think again when all the hops affect their estrogen levels!
Posted by
Lalahartma
on 06/18/2013 at 11:16 AM
Re: “Red Rocks' regrettable reminder”
All women should take self defense classes, carry a gun (know how to use it, practice with it), and USE IT!!! Then use a Taser on him and then mace him then kick the shit out of him then call the police. When people realize it's up to them to protect themselves because there will never be police protection during normal life, that's when the numbers of these crimes will drop. And when the criminals start to understand that they may be killed committing there crime, the numbers will drop.
Posted by
IonU
on 06/18/2013 at 9:46 AM
Re: “After fleet, city will turn to the Fire Department for more savings”
Mayor wants to OUTSOURCE EVERYTHING! ALL City employees should be worried about there jobs.
2013 Executive Branch
Breakthrough Strategies
Executive Branch Administration
Lead pension reform: Form a Pension Solutions Team no later than January 2013 to propose and
gain support for legislation result in sustainable pension plans and reduce the City’s pension
costs.
Goals:
Support an increase in private sector civilians employed by an average of 6,000 per
year by being the most business and citizen friendly city of our size in the United States
of America.
Develop a definitive plan to continue outsourcing and implement community partnerships to
provide park maintenance services by Q1 2013.
Increase road and stormwater maintenance: Add $2 million more in stormwater and $2 million
more in Streets capital projects to be completed by private contractors.
Streetlights, Bus Service, and Snow Plowing: Turn on the remaining 3,500 streetlights, provide
comprehensive streetlight analysis/recommendations to Mayor; add evening bus service; and
test Phase II of outsourcing of snow plowing by close of Q1 2013.
Posted by
IonU
on 06/18/2013 at 9:08 AM
Re: “Black Forest Fire 75 percent contained”
It will be up to the Indy to dig deeper into this fire story. Why were there only 150 firefighters fighting the fire a day and a half in but over a thousand when it was almost put out? Why was the county so grossly unprepared for a fire in the Black "Forest"? Was internal advice ignored? The local tv will not do this story. For them this was just a news event. Sheriff Maketa was a hero. There were lots of silver linings and endless "how do you really feel questions?"
Posted by
Gopher
on 06/18/2013 at 8:57 AM
Re: “Pico: 'I am clear' in Serco arrangement”
All of this would have been much easier if the Mayor and Council had chosen to air the subject before making a decision on laying off so many city workers. Democracy is messy but it flourishes best in the open. Too many recent city decisions smack of oligarchy and are hidden from the public as personnel matters.
Posted by
Clara McKenna
on 06/18/2013 at 8:53 AM
Re: “After fleet, city will turn to the Fire Department for more savings”
I believe the City should end negotiations with this business headquartered in a Foreign country and step back, take another look and the REAL numbers of so called cost savings vs value and get PERA down here to explain to the people how them numbers don't work.
Posted by
IonU
on 06/18/2013 at 8:48 AM
Re: “Pico: 'I am clear' in Serco arrangement”
"perceived," "appearance of a conflict," "remote," and "indirect." I believe the City should end negotiations with this business headquartered in a Foreign country and step back, take another look and the REAL numbers of so called cost savings vs value and get PERA down here to explain to the people how them numbers don't work.
Posted by
IonU
on 06/18/2013 at 8:33 AM
Re: “Pico: 'I am clear' in Serco arrangement”
I don't believe former Councilman Guman's comments regarding recusal and the Code of Ethics are directed at our newly elected Councilman Pico; rather, I believe, they are aimed at citizens with the intention of informing them of a potential conflict of interest.
Posted by
sooperedd
on 06/18/2013 at 8:30 AM
Re: “Mark Barker rushed to hospital, recovery expected”
Mark is one of the hardest working Representatives that I have met lately; having met 4 in the last year and asking them all about their agenda's (ok, maybe 5) and he is all business and trying to best represent the wishes of the God-fearing people of this state to perpetuate and increase the goodwill of the people.
Posted by
Ginger Becker
on 06/17/2013 at 10:12 PM
Re: “Black Forest Fire 75 percent contained”
It's been almost a week and still NO word on the deceased persons.
What's up with that?
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/17/2013 at 2:11 PM
Re: “More trouble at Colorado's toxicology lab”
So, if the lab did shoddy work and cases are thrown out and convictions overturned, does Colorado re-imburse defendants for what they paid in fines, court costs, legal fees, loss of income, etc? Could get pricey, but seems the right thing to do.
A bit ironic that highly conservative Colorado Springs now contracts for lab work with a firm in highly liberal Boulder. Gotta love it.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/17/2013 at 2:05 PM
Re: “The Top 11 best beers in the country”
Sad too that Stone threw in w/ the big boys to keep the herba buena illegal in Cali.
Posted by
longtooth
on 06/17/2013 at 1:38 PM
Re: “The Top 11 best beers in the country”
So sad that 80% are IPAs.
Posted by
HopHater
on 06/17/2013 at 1:24 PM
Re: “Pico: 'I am clear' in Serco arrangement”
I find it surprising that Former Councilman Guman would engage in such an exercise of circular illogic and insinuation as he sternly lectures that not only should I do what I have already done, but I should do what I have already done.
Of all people, he should know that what is required is I recuse myself from everything to do with this contract. I have done that already, months ago. I have had no involvement with this contract on either the city side, utilities or from within Serco. I am not contracting with the city.
That is what is required - recusal.
I have and will continue to comply with all required actions in accordance with all laws, codes and ordinances.
Posted by
Andres Pico
on 06/17/2013 at 10:31 AM
Re: “Bach and pot sales, road closure proposal, and the gun debate”
Hi Stacy in Woodland Park…
According to your NPR source: "Overall, the city's murder rate has dropped dramatically in the FIRST THREE MONTHS of this year, to a level not seen since 1959." This information is correct, backed up by many media reports.
However, letter-writer Ron Coleman referred to FEBRUARY, the month after the presidential inaugural, when he wrote, "The next month the murder rate dropped to a 1958 low."
According to the sources below, February's 14 murders actually represented the lowest monthly total since January 1957, when there were 12. We therefore changed the year in Ron's letter to 1957...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/…
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=n…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkbl…
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2013/…
Thanks for taking the time to read the Indy and send us your thoughts.
— Mary Jo Meade (a fact-checker at the Indy)
Posted by
Mary Jo Meade
on 06/17/2013 at 9:54 AM
Re: “UPDATE: State verifies signatures for Morse recall, jockeying begins”
Over 37 percent of the submitted signatures were invalid. What a bunch of morons who don't even know if they are registered to vote in District 11. Oh, you mean Senate District 11? Duh. They probably think Al Gore is still VP.