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Daily Camera.com: : Boulder\'s Hill district: Fix proves to be upward climb - Boulder Daily Camera

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:56:49 +0000

For how great Boulder's City is environmental-wise, they obviously suck business-wise. Who's the genius that thinks a business owner will want to open a restaurant on the hill which closes/stops serving at 11pm? Who the eff do they think visits this area? Cafe Aion is the exception to the rule. Get a freaking clue, people. The Hill is visited by students and alums. What do students and alums want in their restaurants? Booze after 11pm. The only thing limiting alcohol to before 11pm is going to do is (a) make the hill crappier by preventing development of appropriate restaurants, and (b) force student to throw big house parties. Good job, BCC. Now maybe you should go back to saving some prairie dogs.

Daily Camera.com: : Colorado Bookstore building on Boulder\'s University Hill listed for lease, sale - Boulder Daily Cam

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:48:58 +0000

I agree. Street-level retail/eateries would make the most sense. You could put condos above the retail/restaurants with a rooftop pool and parking underground.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:02:27 +0000

OK, fine, that's your argument. You don't want to increase gun regulations to potentially "save one life." I do. Now, let's get some politicians to run against each other on this point and see who wins. Then, pass laws in support of our position on firearms. And the points about automobiles are valid if we were talking about automobiles, but we're not talking about automobile safety. We're debating regulating firearms. I prefer to regulate autos and guns differently since they are so vastly different products/devices. I never said anything about the benefits of firearms. I'm just trying to save lives. Pass more gun regulations. Save lives. It's proven to work.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:05:40 +0000

Um, really? A study based on facts is, well factual. If I study how far away the moon is form the earth and present a study on it, if the study was done correctly, it is factual. The simple fact that there aren't additional studies to support it doesn't make it any less right. If you want to show some facts that what is shown is false, then do so. Otherwise, I stand on the basis that more firearm regulations = less firearm deaths. That's good thing, right?

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:02:55 +0000

What's that have to do with regulating guns? We can address regulating alcohol all you want, but that's a completely different issue as alcohol is made to get people drunk and firearms are made to kill.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:01:57 +0000

fine, make that argument for cars and we'll address it. But, this argument isn't about cars now is it? It's about firearms. Stay on topic and address the points about firearms.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:59:53 +0000

You can argue there's no cause and effect, but the facts remain - the greater number of firearm regulations in a state, the lower the number of deaths by firearms in the state. I would argue there is a direct correlation - the simplest answer is usually the correct one, and here, the simplest answer for why these states have the lowest deaths by firearms is the fact the have the most regulations of firearms.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:24:50 +0000

Um, so, you're against saving lives? I don't get it. I post a link showing, based on facts mind you, that the greater number of firearm regulations a state has, the lower number of deaths by firearms occur in that state. That's a fact, brother. I don't portend to state that there won't still be areas of the state (like Chicago, in your example) that will have higher death rates by firearms than other areas. And yes, that should be addressed as well. But you can't deny that states that pass more firearm regulations have fewer deaths in the state as a whole. That's why I say, pass more firearms regulations and save lives. It's proven to work. And even if it is one life, sorry that you don't like that argument, but it's true. Your carbon monoxide argument is a straw-man. We can, should, and do regulate carbon monoxide. But we're talking firearms here, so let's stay on topic.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:54:41 +0000

Seriously? We have laws to prevent alcohol related deaths. Ever heard of a DUI? Even so, the major difference between ANY straw-man argument you can come up with and firearms is that only firearms are made for the specific purpose of killing. With this MAJOR difference, there should be a greater focus on ensuring that persons using those devices whose sole purpose is to kill have the mental capacity to own such a device. And putting limits on the killing capacity of each device sounds like a pretty good idea as well.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:44:26 +0000

I feel bad if people eventually lose their jobs, but if these laws save even one life, I'm sure even they'd agree it was worth it. As seen by this recent study: http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/172133... the more firearms regulations a state has, the fewer deaths by firearms occur in a state. So, based on these facts, in order to save more lives, I say PASS MORE REGULATIONS OF FIREARMS.

Daily Camera.com: : Erie-based Magpul set to leave Colorado after magazine-limits bill signed into law - Boulder Daily C

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:41:55 +0000

Or, you can just pass more gun laws. As shown by this article: http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/172133... the greater number of gun laws on the books, the fewer deaths by guns. PASS MORE GUN REGULATIONS AND SAVE LIVES.

Daily Camera.com: : Ex-Boulder cops Sam Carter, Brent Curnow to be charged in Mapleton elk shooting today - Boulder Dail

Thu, 7 Feb 2013 20:53:57 +0000

first, super glue female elk scented items to their naked body during mating season.

Daily Camera.com: : Zanitas restaurant closes on Boulder\'s Uni Hill - Boulder Daily Camera

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:38:35 +0000

Why not get a zoning change for a liquor license & in the zoning change create a special liquor permit with the caveat that an off-duty police officer will be staffed on-site during all business hours after 10pm? Then, open a bar called "The Dive," serve overpriced PBRs and waterdowned Cosmos, and put a guy on a stage with a guitar to sing "don't stop believing."

Daily Camera.com: : Jefferson Parkway land swap deal goes down to the wire - Boulder Daily Camera

Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:02:54 +0000

Unfortunately, with Boulder and Golden both opposing the expansion of Hwy 93 for the last 25 years, this is what we're left with. When our elected leaders are too short-sighted to see that growth happens whether you want it to or not, sometimes the best idea to address the problem is taken off the table and a new idea is the one that succeeds, even though it isn't the best choice. Given the 10th Circuit's opinion in the Dow/Rockwell case a couple years ago where they decided no actual harm (ie, people will def. get cancer) could be proven by the landowners surrounding Rocky Flats & therefore were not due the $1B the jury awarded them, this case will likely come down to allow the road to be built. Rocky Flats is a true black eye in the history of the US and Denver metro residents would be up in arms if they knew they the amount of radioactive material that they're living amongst.

Daily Camera.com: : Jefferson Parkway land swap deal goes down to the wire - Boulder Daily Camera

Thu, 6 Dec 2012 18:55:12 +0000

Actually, there are plans to complete the circle. If the parkway is built, it's likely that the beltway would be completed.

Daily Camera.com: : Back on campaign trail, Obama heads to Colorado for rally at CU-Boulder tonight - Boulder Daily Came

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:45:37 +0000

Uh, do you remember where we were in Jan, 2009? Losing 800000 jobs A MONTH!!! Stock market crash was greater than anything since the Great Depression. Credit had frozen. Foreclosures were at an all time high. Where are we now? Averaging 150000 gain in jobs/month in 2011. Stock market near all time highs. Credit is flowing. Housing prices going up. That sounds like a fixed economy to me. OBAMA 2012.

Daily Camera.com: : Back on campaign trail, Obama heads to Colorado for rally at CU-Boulder tonight - Boulder Daily Came

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:41:53 +0000

Actually, it's now all about the GOTV (get out the vote) organization. You're right, people have made up their minds in Boulder, but some people need a little extra "oomph" to decide that their vote matters and to take the time to get to the polls on Tuesday if they haven''t already voted. That's why Ryan was in Greeley, a GOP stronghold. The ground game is where it's at right now, not swinging voters.

Daily Camera.com: : Phillips 66 to sell 432-acre campus in Louisville - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:54:34 +0000

Saw this one coming a mile away 3 years ago.

Daily Camera.com: : CU-Boulder study predicts win for Mitt Romney in general election - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:45:34 +0000

OK, well, then he'll "try his darndest"? I'm just saying what he said he'll do. The point remains that you shouldn't vote against the guy who's name is used to reference the piece of legislation you like. Vote for OBAMA if you like OBAMAcare.

Daily Camera.com: : CU-Boulder study predicts win for Mitt Romney in general election - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:18:37 +0000

The GOP has been saying "just watch" for 4+ years, and nothing has happened except that Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive. Give me a break with your scare tactics. The last 4 years under Obama have been fantastic compared to the crap sandwich fed to us by Bush's 8 years of 9/11, the Iraq War, and the financial meltdown. I think I know who governs better, and it ain't the GOP.