Archive for November, 2009

The race to secure one of Colorado’s seats in the United States Senate has been an interesting one.  Currently holding the seat is Michael Bennet, appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to replace Ken Salazar.  On the Republican side, the sands have been – and continue – to shift.  The one candidate for Senate that has [...]

From the Climate Change Examiner: Manmade climate change is said to present humankind with some of its greatest challenges in the planet’s history, not the least of which is an alarming increase in frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Massive flooding, super-powered hurricanes, endless tornado seasons and more have all been said to be the [...]

Our ever-efficient (NOT!) county government finally finished counting ballots at 6:00pm on Wednesday – 23 hours after polls closed.  The county had fewer ballots to count than the majority of Denver area counties and yet somehow managed to take four times as long as the next slowest.  Various excuses are making the rounds for the [...]

Election Day and election night have come and gone and yet again Adams County was not up to the simple task of counting ballots. Scroll down to see the editor’s notes for the latest update on this story Unable to complete their responsibilities, they headed home to bed and posted a notice on the county website [...]

It’s Election Day across the county today.  Here in Thornton there are city council races in every ward and we also have Adams County Issue 1A on the ballot.  Historically voter turnout in off-year elections is pretty dismal – around 30% or so.  This is truly sad and disappointing.  It is my firm belief that [...]