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Letters: Proposition HH is a money grab

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

Prop HH is a money grabRe: “November’s ballot showdown,” Oct. 8 Pro and Con guest commentaries on Prop. HHDon’t be fooled: Proposition HH uses so-called “property tax relief” to trick you into giving up some of your TABOR tax refunds! It’s a tiny and temporary reduction in your property taxes to lure you into giving up one of the most fiscally responsible check and balance systems in the USA.TABOR allows state spending to increase over time, but only along with the size of our population and with inflation. Any extra revenue collected must be returned to the taxpayers. It is fair, reasonable, and responsible. Some people want the state legislature to spend all the money it can collect and never return the excess to us.Many of those people are in the legislature and they keep trying to find ways to stop TABOR and spend extra revenue on whatever they want. That is not fair, reasonable and responsible. They keep trying to kill TABOR through lawsuits ...

Copper will keep free day parking at Alpine Lot for 2023-24 ski season, will charge for overnight

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

Copper Mountain Resort will continue to keep day parking free at the Alpine Lot for the upcoming 2023-24 ski season — though paid parking could still be in the area’s future.Related ArticlesOutdoors | South Broadway outdoor consignment shop gearing up for first ski season Outdoors | 10 ways to get cheap ski and snowboard gear in Colorado Outdoors | One of Colorado’s coolest opening-day ski traditions has nothing to do with skiing Outdoors | Silverton ski area’s new owners plan to keep the backcountry focus that makes it unique Outdoors | Colorado’s most expensive listed home on the market for $105 million in Aspen In February, Summit County commissioners, at the request of Copper officials, lifted a decades-old prohibition on paid parking in the Alpine Lot that was part of the site’s planned unit development guidelines.Representatives for Copper made the case that charging riders ...

Vail Resorts looking to expand presence in Europe, not commenting on possible Crans Montana deal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

Vail Resorts is not commenting on speculation that the company is pursuing another acquisition in Switzerland, this time at Crans Montana.The Swiss news outlet Le Temps reported last week that Czech billionaire Radovan Vitek, the owner of Crans Montana Aminona mountain railways, was in talks with Vail Resorts regarding a sale.It would be Vail Resorts’ second ski area acquisition in Switzerland in the last two seasons, as the company also completed a 55% ownership stake in Andermatt-Sedrun during the run-up to the 2022-23 season. But there are some sticking points in the deal, including one that should be familiar to skiers in Vail’s namesake resort: parking, and the balance between municipal parking services and resort-supplied options.“What will ultimately decide this deal is whether Vail Resorts wants to take over the Crans Montana parking lots owned by Radovan Vitek,” according to one interpretation of the deal provided by Unofficial Networks. “The problem with these parking stru...

Car theft suspect shot and killed in Silverthorne after police chase

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

A man suspected of stealing a car in Silverthorne on Monday night was shot and killed while running from police, according to town officials.Dillon and Silverthorne police officers responded to reports of a stolen car in progress at the Summit Place Shopping Center near Interstate 70 and Colorado 6 just before 8 p.m. Monday, town officials said in a news release.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Endangered man missing from Sheridan found safe Crime and Public Safety | Denver pedestrian hospitalized in Sunday morning hit-and-run, police searching for suspect Crime and Public Safety | Missing Indigenous teen girl found safe Crime and Public Safety | Suspect identified in Kiowa County homicide investigation Crime and Public Safety | FBI investigating Colorado funeral home after discovery of 115 “improperly stored” bodies A Silverthorne officer chased the suspect, who was armed, and shots...

Trial begins for Aurora police officer who put Elijah McClain in neck hold

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

Elijah McClain is pictured in this undated photograph. (Photo provided by family of Elijah McClain)BRIGHTON — Four days after a jury convicted one Aurora police officer of homicide in the death of Elijah McClain and acquitted another, a new officer sat in the same courtroom, before the same judge, in the same seat — but for a new jury trial.The second trial in McClain’s death opened Tuesday in Adams County District Court. Suspended Aurora police Officer Nathan Woodyard, 34, is charged with reckless manslaughter and a lesser included count of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death.Woodyard is the third Aurora police officer to stand trial. On Thursday, former Officer Jason Rosenblatt was acquitted on all counts and Officer Randy Roedema was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and misdemeanor assault after a separate three-week jury trial.Attorneys for both sides in the Woodyard case offered opening statements Tuesday to a new, mostly female jury of 1...

Is it rude to ask friends or family to take the A Line train from DIA instead of picking them up? Vote in our poll.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

Denver International Airport is rife with conspiracy theories because of its remote location, underground caves, weird art and more. But it’s no secret that it’s also difficult to get to, located about 25 miles northeast of downtown Denver.Related ArticlesTransportation | The definitive guide to Denver International Airport’s biggest conspiracy theories Transportation | Peña Boulevard is clogged, but the A-Line runs alongside it. What’s the best transportation fix? Transportation | Denver airport’s planned mega-garage for rental car companies will be closer to terminal In addition to the distance, there is only one road leading to the airport, Pena Boulevard, and it’s notoriously prone to traffic due to expanded housing in the area.Of course, cars with patient drivers can get in and out of the airport. But there’s also RTD’s A Line train that runs from the airport to Union Station with se...

I-70 eastbound in Eagle closed after crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

Interstate 70 eastbound is closed in Eagle after a crash, the Colorado Department of Transportation reported at 12:40 p.m.#I70 eastbound: Road closed due to a crash between US 6 and Exit 147 – Eagle. Detour in place, Slower speeds advised. https://t.co/1tyXkI7eyS— Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) (@ColoradoDOT) October 17, 2023Traffic is being diverted onto U.S. 6 from Gypsum to Eagle, according to CDOT’s trip planner site.There is not an expected reopening time yet.This story will be updated.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | 100 gallons of fuel spill on I-76 ramp Crime and Public Safety | I-76 west reopened north of Commerce City after crash Crime and Public Safety | Colo. 93 in Arvada reopened after “serious injury” crash Crime and Public Safety | Woman hit, killed in early Tuesday crash near Aurora middle school Crime and Public Safety | 44th, Harlan in Whe...

‘Not knowing’ plunges the families of Israel’s missing into a limbo of pain and numbness

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

By LAURIE KELLMAN, DANICA KIRKA, JOCELYN NOVECK AND LORI HINNANT (Associated Press)LONDON (AP) — The families of Israel’s dead are holding funerals and mourning in the wake of Hamas’ deadly rampage. The loved ones of people thought to have been taken hostage are demanding the captives’ release. But nearly two weeks after the worst civilian massacre in Israel’s history, the families of the missing are wandering through a landscape of pain and numbness with no clear horizon and few, if any answers. The not-knowing, they say, plunges them into cycles of sorrow and hope. “I don’t know what will be,” said Rachel Goldberg, whose 23-year-old son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin was last seen being loaded into a pickup with other hostages abducted by the Hamas militants from the Tribe of Nova music festival. Witnesses said he lost part of an arm in a grenade attack. “So in the meantime, I just keep walking through hell, because if I stop, then ...

Los Angeles may miss out on 2026 World Cup after Rams' owner's dispute with FIFA

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

Soccer fans in Los Angeles might be about to lose out on the experience of a lifetime. An ESPN reporter believes SoFi Stadium is "practically out" of hosting any 2026 World Cup games due to a disagreement with FIFA, the sport's governing body.Stan Kroenke, who built the top-of-the-line stadium in Inglewood, is refusing to make changes to the playing area to accommodate soccer, which uses wider field dimensions than that of football, according to ESPN reporter John Sutcliffe.Kroenke, who owns the L.A. Rams, also owns the Colorado Rapids of the MLS and Arsenal F.C. of the Premier League, as well as numerous other sports teams.Sutcliffe, who announced the possible venue change in Spanish, said Kroenke is refusing to pay for the changes, which would require the removal of stands and luxury boxes. SoFi had been in the running to host the championship game, but now, it may not host any games at all, he said."The final is being fought out between MetLife in New York and AT&T in Dallas,...

Victorville man found with narcotics, loaded gun after stealing bicycle, SBSD says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:53:11 GMT

A man who stole a bicycle and a backpack from a residence in Victorville was arrested after he was found to be in possession of narcotics and a loaded weapon, authorities said.According to a release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to the Victor Valley Transit Center around 3:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon on reports of a fight between a group of men.  Deputies were informed that one of the suspects was armed with a handgun, and by the time they arrived at the transit center, they located a man matching the suspect description leaving the area on foot.  L.A. Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick arrested on weapons charge He was detained without incident and identified as Geovani Galeano, 34, of Victorville. When deputies searched Galeano, they found narcotics and a loaded .45 caliber unregistered semiautomatic handgun. “The investigation revealed that Galeano had stolen a bicycle and a school backpack from the backyard of a residenc...