en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/697236 Comments by freakyandivote http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26795349/voters-decide-fate-retail-pot-canon-city-nov#IDComment898480766 Keeping Recreational Cannabis out of Canon City will not make us safer, nor will it make us "drug-free". Ashley Smith uses her children as political props for a cause worthy of Don Quixote. Regulating and taxing Cannabis sales will make us safer and reduce access to marijuana by children and teenagers. A regulated store will not sell to children. The status quo puts our children at risk because a shadowy black market doesn't care who uses it's untested, unregulated product. Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:06:24 +0000 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26795349/voters-decide-fate-retail-pot-canon-city-nov#IDComment898480766 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26743521/ashley-smith-keep-canon-city-recreational-marijuana-free#IDComment891891388 Free speech is a two-way street. If you don't want people yelling their opinion at you, then don't stand on the side of the road yelling your opinion at the world. Ms. Smith is the worst kind of parent- smug, hypocritical and willing to use her children as political props. Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:40:36 +0000 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26743521/ashley-smith-keep-canon-city-recreational-marijuana-free#IDComment891891388 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26391050/humane-society-fremont-county-seeks-more-volunteers-variety#IDComment867996424 Do they need more volunteers because all money is being embezzled by trustees or because it is cheaper to have a volunteer dig a pit than to properly cremate animals? Crooks. Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:02:20 +0000 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26391050/humane-society-fremont-county-seeks-more-volunteers-variety#IDComment867996424 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/popular/ci_26204693/humane-society-fremont-county-responds-report?source=most_viewed#IDComment857841344 I trust the independent investigator more than the corrupt Humane Society of Fremont County. The response from HSFC dissapoints me; the board of directors is in a state of denial or worse. I will never donate, patronize or otherwise support the HSFC ever again. Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:07:05 +0000 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/popular/ci_26204693/humane-society-fremont-county-responds-report?source=most_viewed#IDComment857841344 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26104668/medical-pot-regulations-tops-board-fremont-county-commissioners#IDComment851975857 Ms. Norman of the Penrose Water District is proposing unreasonable and arbitrary regulation on this industry by fabricating concerns over water use by "manufacturing facilities". These facilities are essentially license commercial kitchens producing a wholesale product and would use less water than the Coyote Coffee Den. Tue, 8 Jul 2014 11:56:28 +0000 http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_26104668/medical-pot-regulations-tops-board-fremont-county-commissioners#IDComment851975857 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_24488017/boulder-marijuana-industry-pushing-city-drop-delay-retail#IDComment747130496 Grow your own if you can; don't pity the profiteers. They hire lobbyists for pete's sake! These 13 businesses are already given preferential licensing over any entrepreneur who aspires to open a legal business and compete in a free market. The city and state only accept license applications from entities that had the balls to open up shops way back before HB 1284 and A64 passed. That is hardly a free and fair market. Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:38:16 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_24488017/boulder-marijuana-industry-pushing-city-drop-delay-retail#IDComment747130496 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment734805051 You said it yourself- "The drug wars have been a colossal failure". So why support the continuation of heavy-handed police raids that lead to oppressive felony prison sentences? The black market has thrived for years in spite of these tactics- why do you think they will stop black market exports now? The profit incentive is too great. Many people supported A64 because they want to see an end to the futile and expensive war on drugs. You are using A64 to justify it. We need to focus on market based change that will undermine the incentive for export. The solution needs to be multifaceted, but I would at least advocate that people should be given a chance to play by the rules. Under the current state and local moratorium, only medical businesses that existed prior to 2009 are able to apply for a license. The black market is the only option for entrepreneurship. The market being implemented by A64 favors a select few well-positioned business people and reserves the same brutal police tactics to eliminate those who are not licensed. Amendment 64 was a huge victory, but in the larger national and global context of cannabis prohibition the good fight is far, far from over. In my obstinate view, this is about expanding civil rights for an oppressed and persecuted culture- cannabis users. I believe any marijuana user should be sympathetic for the plight of anyone caught up in a legal system that treats this plant as a schedule 1 narcotic. After all, the people who you defend as "playing by the rules" are the same people who were pushing the envelope just a few years ago to get where they are today. I think that in order for A64 to succeed, it needs to exist in the context of ever expanding rights for cannabis users beyond Colorado. Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:43:44 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment734805051 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment734686682 "Good!!! Thank you Boulder County Drug Task Force! " That sounds like a celebration to me. How can you take pleasure in people facing 8 to 32 years in prison for cannabis? You make a rational argument but your opening line is sadistic, like I said. Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:28:13 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment734686682 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment733797137 Colorado exports weed, it always has and it will continue to do so until cannabis reform happens at the federal level. It is sad that advocates of legal marijuana would support a continuation of the expensive and damaging militarized war on drugs. I would focus on creating real access to legal, regulated business opportunities for the black market so that is possible for the old school mountain grower types to step out of the shadows. Under the current regulatory structure there is a continuation of a years-long moratorium that only allows established businesses to apply for licenses. That, combined with the $500,000 plus investment necessary to be a legal cannabis business, effectively locks all but a select few from entering the market. Either you got a golden ticket back in 2009, or you will have the SWAT team kicking down your door. That's hardly a fair and free market. Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:21:48 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment733797137 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment733718231 They have my sympathy. Anyone that endorses Cannabis related arrest and incarceration should not consider themselves an advocate for legalization. Your attitude is sadistic. Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:51:04 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_24294146#IDComment733718231 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657380927 This school was so much more than a parcel of real estate. To see 38 years of history put on the auction block as "intellectual property" that nobody will buy is a dismal end for an institution that had a profound healing influence on countless lives and communities. Sat, 8 Jun 2013 05:54:35 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23416718/boulder-college-massage-therapy-close-next-week#IDComment657380927 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22697295#IDComment582091923 Apparently any publicity is good publicity for the "woe is us" management at Magpul. I thought liberals were supposed to be the whining cry babies? Personally I'm sick of hearing this company's public tantrums, idle threats and delusions of importance. Fri, 1 Mar 2013 19:09:32 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22697295#IDComment582091923 http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette-news/ci_22646774/lafayette-tea-shop-owner-sues-city-over-recreational#IDComment577383295 Perhaps she isn't the best representative of a legalization movement that still has a long way to go. Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:00:21 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette-news/ci_22646774/lafayette-tea-shop-owner-sues-city-over-recreational#IDComment577383295 http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette-news/ci_22646774/lafayette-tea-shop-owner-sues-city-over-recreational#IDComment577354413 "Carpio closed her dispensary -- 420 Highway at 201 E. Simpson St. in Lafayette -- in July of 2011. Five months later, she was arrested on felony drug distribution charges, accused of selling 10 pounds of marijuana to a confidential informant who planned to take it out of state." (Daily Camera 9/26/12 "Lafayette tea shop owner Veronica Carpio feels burned by pot past") Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:48:00 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette-news/ci_22646774/lafayette-tea-shop-owner-sues-city-over-recreational#IDComment577354413 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22637656#IDComment576541634 Magpul has open contempt for the community it chose to locate in. Why should we care about their interests? They certainly have no respect for the views of Colorado citizens and the people of Boulder County especially. Magpul isn't even located in Boulder County, yet it stamps "Made in Boulder" on all its weapons products because they "like the bit of irony that comes from a weapon-gear manufacturer operating so close to the liberal stronghold of Boulder." "We put Boulder, Colorado, on everything that we make, and really that's just a slap in the face to the hippies," said Drake Clark, senior director of sales and business development for Magpul."(Source: Daily Camera 1-1-2010 "Erie company takes aim at weapons market") Magpul doesn't respect the communities it does business in, or near. This legislation does not prevent them from conducting business. This company is simply throwing a tantrum, They love to stir the political pot for publicity. Good riddance to a cynical company. Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:14:35 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22637656#IDComment576541634 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22593693/colorado-ammo-magazine-maker-threatens-leave-state-over?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#IDComment574917607 Magpul isn't even located in Boulder County, yet it stamps "Made in Boulder" on all its weapons products because they "like the bit of irony that comes from a weapon-gear manufacturer operating so close to the liberal stronghold of Boulder." "We put Boulder, Colorado, on everything that we make, and really that's just a slap in the face to the hippies," said Drake Clark, senior director of sales and business development for Magpul."(Source: Daily Camera 1-1-2010 "Erie company takes aim at weapons market") Magpul doesn't respect the communities it does business in, or near. This legislation does not prevent them from conducting business. This company is simply throwing a tantrum, They love to stir the political pot for publicity. Good riddance to a cynical company. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:46:46 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22593693/colorado-ammo-magazine-maker-threatens-leave-state-over?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com#IDComment574917607 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22601993#IDComment572684968 This company has no loyalty to or respect for Boulder county. Why should we care if they leave? Good riddance. From the 1-1-10 Daily Camera: Erie company takes aim at weapons market Magpul Industries likes irony of operating so close to Boulder 'hippies' There's a decent chance that if you walked up to a U.S. soldier fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan, some piece of equipment on his rifle would be stamped with the words, "Boulder, CO." But Magpul Industries, a growing manufacturer of injection-molded plastic parts primarily for use on the AR-15 weapons platform, isn't actually located in Boulder -- rather it's a few hundred yards from the Boulder County border in Erie. The company's head honchos know this geographical fact, but they like the bit of irony that comes from a weapon-gear manufacturer operating so close to the liberal stronghold of Boulder. "We put Boulder, Colorado, on everything that we make, and really that's just a slap in the face to the hippies," said Drake Clark, senior director of sales and business development for Magpul."................................ Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:34:51 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22601993#IDComment572684968 http://www.dailycamera.com/lci_21638894#IDComment449651236 Not sure my eyes can roll enough for this article. We can all agree that Veronica is eager for attention; she certainly has solicited the camera to write a lot of articles about her. Just search her name. Sheesh. The rumors seem to match up pretty well with reality..... I'm just surprised she chose to make her skeletons so public. Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:09:46 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/lci_21638894#IDComment449651236 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_20891128#IDComment385098838 Isn't the north part of Boulder Reservoir clothing optional? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that was the local ordinance. I remember seeing a sign posted there 4-5 years ago stating that it is a clothing optional area. EDIT 1: From the Boulder Reservoir Policies and Regulations: "The City of Boulder only has one provision that addresses nudity and it only applies to Coot Lake. The law states that no nude person ten years of age or older may be in or within 500 feet ofthe shore of Coot Lake or any adjacent street. However, there are state laws that would also apply to all other public areas. One such law is state law CRS 18-7-302 (Indecent Exposure) which prohibits a person from knowingly exposing his/her genitals to the view of any person under circumstances in which such conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm to the other person." Edit 2: From Wikipedia List of Social Nudity Places in North America: "North end of the Boulder Reservoir, near Boulder. Note on 07-17-11 – the north end has begun experiencing a police crackdown after decades of clothing optional tradition." Edit 3: From the 2006 Times-Call "By Brad Turner The Daily Times-Call BOULDER — Stan doesn’t expect any grief when he heads to Boulder Reservoir for an afternoon of full-body tanning. The Lakewood resident brings a cooler, a chaise longue and three large signs warning passers-by they are entering a clothing-optional stretch of shoreline. “There’s plenty of room for everybody,” Stan said on a recent Saturday, wearing only a camouflage hat. “But I always put up the signs.” Clothed people just down the beach from Stan spent the afternoon violating posted rules against swimming on the reservoir’s north shore. But Stan and a half-dozen nude sunbathers in a nearby aspen grove on the lake’s north shore did nothing illegal. Boulder leaders banned nudity at nearby Coot Lake in 1987 after neighbors complained for years of unruly behavior there. However, the city’s ordinances say nothing about being in the buff at Boulder Reservoir, or any other city park, according to ranger Matt Claussen. A person who walked around the lake and exposed himself or herself to others would be arrested for indecent exposure. But nude sunbathing is not a malicious activity on par with flashing people, he said. Rangers at Boulder Reservoir field occasional calls from surprised hikers, but Claussen said most park employees have a friendly rapport with the nudists. “We tell them the reservoir is used by multiple visitors, and it might cause concern,” Claussen said. Stan, who declined to give his last name, said he learned to enjoy nude sunbathing at European beaches when he was in the military. He said he used to hang out at a nudist colony in the mountains but now prefers Boulder Reservoir because it is closer to his home. In 20 years of visits to the reservoir, the only time Stan ever caught flack was when a family of beachgoers stumbled upon him as he was lounging in his birthday suit, he said. He began posting warning signs on the beach to prevent more scrapes. At Longmont parks, nude sunbathers would get indecent-exposure tickets. A city ordinance prohibits indecent displays, including nude bathing, at Union Reservoir and McIntosh Lake, city Parks and Open Space superintendent Don Bessler said. Brad Turner can be reached at 720-494-5420, or by e-mail at bturner@times-call.com. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:36:37 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_20891128#IDComment385098838 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_20852880/police-stop-23-boulder-bound-drivers-u-s#IDComment380806462 Aha, yes, I see that this didn't actually happen in BC. My mistake. But again I ask: What does this look like to a driver who just happens to encounter a "drug checkpoint" while commuting? From what I gather, it is simply an afternoon that the cops decide to profile people and then pull them over for a contrived reason. Cops pull people over for unpaid parking tickets all the time and we don't call that a "drug checkpoint". Perhaps "drug checkpoint" just means routine traffic stops with a K-9 unit and extra cops on hand to conduct searches quickly? I honestly wonder. Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:35:51 +0000 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_20852880/police-stop-23-boulder-bound-drivers-u-s#IDComment380806462