en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/4533419 Comments by DUatCU http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28024272#IDComment968360383 Watching Boulderites discuss racism is like watching an all male senate committee discuss abortion. These are actual quotes, from actual victims of micro-aggression on campus. It's troubling to see? Trying living with this atmosphere constantly around you. It further demonstrates the privilege many in community assume when they declare they are allowed to determine the time, place, forum, and method to discuss their own oppressive nature. If students, or anyone in the community, feels the statements quoted in these posters are not acceptable, they should speak out however and wherever they want. For what it's worth, this was posted by a white male fraternity member who, despite this post, is trying daily to talk less and listen more. People in the community are having conversations about successful inclusion and diversity. I wish more people would listen to what they have to say. Sat, 2 May 2015 18:05:14 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_28024272#IDComment968360383 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26456847/senior-occupancy-proposal-stymied-amid-boulder-housing-debate#IDComment872074561 Nope, no urban sprawl here. Boulder did have a hand in helping sprawl Boulder County via Louisville, Broomfield, Lafayette, Erie, Loveland, and Longmont though. 60k incommute SOV trips per day in a town of 100k residents? That's the very definition of sprawl. Wed, 3 Sep 2014 06:07:48 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26456847/senior-occupancy-proposal-stymied-amid-boulder-housing-debate#IDComment872074561 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859425882 Here's the problem. Residents vote, students do not. Residents are friends with city council members, students are not. Residents are represented up and down the City of Boulder's work plans, students are not. This trend won't be changing any time soon, and the powers that be would prefer it stay this way. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:24:49 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859425882 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859424795 Sadly, every college town in America has older residents who hate students as much as Boulder does. This is not a case of Boulder's exceptionalism, despite what we might think. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:20:41 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859424795 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859424443 this is an understandably self-serving perspective, and completely naive. since we don't have county license plate control booths up on 36 and 93 yet, Boulder is going to keep attracting people. You like living here right? Being a free country, other people are going to want to live here too. Remember all those "best of" rankings boulderites brag about? Since people are going to move here (even if it's just the 1%), wouldn't it be wise to plan for the growth in the appropriate areas, instead of "shutting off" your part of town? The thought that you can keep people from 'taking up space in your city or neighborhood' is a measure of the assumed privilege Boulder has become famous for. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:19:15 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859424443 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859422901 I think everyone in Boulder wants it built on campus, except CU. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 01:13:39 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26238181/boulder-considering-emergency-moratorium-university-hill-development#IDComment859422901 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_26106245/colorado-exchange-expects-more-drop-health-coverage#IDComment852192745 "we use more healthcare than other states"... such a shame that for all the bickering among leeching and who's paying for who, we still can't get to the collective logic of realizing that the sheer defining characteristic of INSURANCE is having corporations mitigate their risk and have the healthy pay more than their cost to cover the sick. Its not even about states. I've used 0 medical services this year, and I'm still forced to pay. Insurance in its current form has been corrupted and will ALWAYS favor the insurer or the corporation. The ACA only enables it further, as its cost controls are totally ineffective regardless of the state you're in. Anyone bragging about "only a 6% increase next year" when cost of living isn't even 3% has lost their minds. Wed, 9 Jul 2014 01:11:09 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_26106245/colorado-exchange-expects-more-drop-health-coverage#IDComment852192745 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_25975423#IDComment844113429 compassion would be welcoming 5 times the per capita amount of homeless people. thanks for taking a statistic totally unrelated to your own actions and claiming some sort of virtue from it. This is precisely the problem. Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:43:16 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_25975423#IDComment844113429 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_25960967/boulder-civic-area-parks-improvements-underway#IDComment843704625 How dare those not making $80k a year use public space. Nice code-switch as well folks, 'vagrants' sounds so much easier to vilify than 'homeless'. I could think of better uses of $6 million in sales tax money, don't get me wrong, but the privilege and contempt for human life on display in this "liberal" city is terribly disheartening. Tue, 17 Jun 2014 05:33:24 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_25960967/boulder-civic-area-parks-improvements-underway#IDComment843704625 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/08/relationship-intelligence-the-key-to-picking-a-life-partner-mark-wolynn/#IDComment785067496 While not blaming or judging anyone, the fact is my father left when I was 12, and we haven't spoken in nearly 20 years. This doesn't make me a less-complete person, and I will not blame this fact for any success or failures I have in relationships. Thu, 16 Jan 2014 06:29:27 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/08/relationship-intelligence-the-key-to-picking-a-life-partner-mark-wolynn/#IDComment785067496 http://www.dailycamera.com/top25/ci_24893192/boulders-hill-district-fix-proves-be-upward-climb#IDComment783160451 So if being so strict on alcohol licenses on the hill 10 years ago was supposed to solve our alcohol problem, why are we still complaining about it and why does CU still have the reputation that it does? Can we finally come to grips with two things? 1) The alcohol concept that *certain* people have for this hill is inappropriate and ineffective for the area, and 2) The largest liquor store in the region opened in Boulder to tax-base fan faire and zero "neighborhood concern". The town is too small and retail liquor too ubiquitous for Abo's being open or closed to have any real impact. Sun, 12 Jan 2014 10:03:21 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/top25/ci_24893192/boulders-hill-district-fix-proves-be-upward-climb#IDComment783160451 http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_24479852/cu-beefs-up-process-students-seeking-state-tuition#IDComment746433311 This is nothing but a money grab from the university sadly. They're already maxed at out of state enrollment and are more than happy to compromise admission standards to get the quotas met. Maybe CU should reconsider having a 4.5 student to staff ratio and work to be more responsible with their budget before stiffing students with a ridiculous tuition tab. If you pay 67% more for your car, you generally get a better car. If you pay 67% more for your tuition, you get the exact same education. Hell, you don't even get a gold-leaf thank you note from the chancellor. Fri, 8 Nov 2013 07:38:03 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_24479852/cu-beefs-up-process-students-seeking-state-tuition#IDComment746433311 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699320219 truthfully, a good number of them do. it really is an easy and inexpensive alternative without a significant loss (if any) to your lifestyle, but you have to have the right work and financial environment to play along. now, if you expand this city staff-wide you might be disappointed at the results. Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:45:51 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699320219 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699318883 What? You want them to be called City "Do-ers"? Truth is, the large city staff in Boulder is the envy of much bigger towns because their work and research allow for Boulder to play much bigger (read: get way more in state and federal money) than they should be able to on a statewide scale. Now to only give them enough time to finish what they start vs. adding whatever "whack-a-mole" problem comes up next... Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:42:19 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699318883 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699317498 would this be a bad time to mention the absurdity of a BRT system on broadway? granted broadway is a profitable corridor for Boulder transit, but BRT systems worldwide are designed for cities in the millions, not "shy of 100k" boulder. Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:38:36 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699317498 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699316569 Not sure if you're trolling, or have no idea how traffic engineering works. More capacity allows for greater access, and with tax and investment subsidies in the USA we are rewarded for buying cars by not paying the full price. Every time they widen roads to "increase efficiency" it will work for a few years then gradually become filled in with rerouted traffic or increased vehicle trips. The city is simply choosing not to widen roads or increase capacity, which is environmentally and in all other ways the correct answer, except it completely goes against the rest of how our economy works and without alternatives already in place screws everyone not wealthy enough to live in Boulder, own their own business and work whenever and wherever they want, or retire on a upper middle-class pension. Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:36:11 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699316569 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699314298 and it's a damn shame this is the rightfully earned perspective, the social and economic benefits of *not* being car dependent are quite large. too bad we're unlikely to get there at the current rate. Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:30:23 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23848816/boulder-planners-seek-ways-get-people-out-cars#IDComment699314298 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_23763247#IDComment690795928 symbolic? the fact that the "setbacks" they're concerned about are roads and powerlines and not human habitation are the most disturbing part of the story. Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:31:16 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_23763247#IDComment690795928 http://www.dailycamera.com/superior-news/ci_23744362/showdown-over-superior-town-center-promises-boisterous-turnout#IDComment689723053 Just think of what the town could be if they used $140 million in tax financing and the developers cash to renovate and retrofit parts of town that don't work as they should, spreading the housing out around the town and reinforcing the natural core. Too bad the wrong people (regular citizens) would benefit from such a plan. Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/superior-news/ci_23744362/showdown-over-superior-town-center-promises-boisterous-turnout#IDComment689723053 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_23399658/boulder-county-cant-ask-its-voters-whether-ban#IDComment656585938 Constitutionally, the powers of states and cities and a majority of the "overreach" of our modern bureaucracy stem from the ability to make laws ensuring the "safety" of the people. First and foremost, the safety of the people. Euclidian zoning was instigated for the safety of the people. Cities have EVERY legitimate right to ban fracking in ways that it is unsafe for people, and the State and Gov. Hickenlooper are on the wrong side of history with this industrially incestuous decision. As for your mineral rights, you have and should maintain every right to them. Just extract it in a way that does not harm other people. Ownership of property does not give you a pass to harm the rest of us. Thu, 6 Jun 2013 17:18:29 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_23399658/boulder-county-cant-ask-its-voters-whether-ban#IDComment656585938