Despite the fact Boulder voters have rejected a proposal to raise the pay of city council members two elections in a row, some of the city's leaders are still looking for ways to boost their income.
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Follow this topic by RSS11/25: Boulder luvs Copenhagen
You can always count on Boulder to think big.
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8/6: Labor contracts break local gov't budgets
No raise this year for employees in the City of Boulder. Unless of course, you're in a union.
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The week's news: A naked coffee shop? GJ skirts election law; Isgar to USDA
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin wrap up the week in Colorado news. A CU student has a bold idea for a new topless coffee shop, but it won't be on campus. Grand Junction skirts electioneering laws for a second year in a row, and state Sen. Jim Isgar's departure to the Obama administration reopens debate over legislative vacancies.
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Segment 1 - The week's news: (Nearly) naked Boulderites; Does tolling = conservation?
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin look at two stories from the week in Colorado news: Two north Boulder residents are causing a stir by gardening wearing only thongs and pasties. The behavior isn't illegal, but neighbors wish it were. And the Colorado Conservation Voters want to push you off the road by increasing tolls on existing highways.
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FTS on 600 KCOL: Naked news from Boulder
FTS managing editor Brad Jones visits with 600 KCOL radio hosts Keith & Gail. Despite best efforts to keep the conversation out of the gutter, news of nakedness in Boulder is the theme of the morning. Is it legal to garden your front lawn wearing only a thong and pasties? The trio try to uncover - pun intended - what the legal answer should be.
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5/5: A pay raise, please?
Forget the crummy economy. Boulder's city council wants a raise.
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Segment 1 - Does running naked make you a 'sex offender'?
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin examine controversy stemming from the prosecutions of Boulderites nabbed for public nudity during last Halloween's annual naked pumpkin run. Ticket them, sure, but should the birthday-suit sprinters be forced to register as sex offenders?
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Boulder to voters: But, we really, really want a pay raise
April 30, 2009Segment 1 - The week's news: Boulder's new sprinkler plan, do-gooder kids
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin review the week that was in Colorado news.
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1/29: Boulder's enviro litigation
When the City of Boulder teams up with an enviro lawsuit mill, you know something's wrong.
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Segment 1 - The week's news: Conflicts of interest, madness at CU
Face The State's Kate Melvin and Brad Jones review the week that was in Colorado news.
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Segment 1 - Local gov't elections
Face The State's Kate Melvin helps recap some notable election results from local Colorado governments.
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9/2: Residency requirements
Does actually living in a city have anything to do with being able to serve on its city council? You’d think so!
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FTS Humor: R.T.Disaster
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July 24, 2008By Andrew Ripemoff
"RTD has a well-demonstrated history of developing projects within their projected budgets and time schedules."
Before you start laughing, wait. You're a little too eager. This isn't the punch line, rather it's actual wording from a resolution unanimously passed by the Boulder City Council on May 18th, 2004, in support of an RTD tax increase.
The week in Colorado news: Variations on the National Anthem, Boulderites on eminent domain
Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones for a look at the week that was in Colorado news, including a row over the "National Anthem" sung at Denver's State of the City address.
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Calling all naked property rights activists
June 16, 2008On a tranquil summer afternoon this past Saturday in the dear, sweet, always sane Boulder, Colo., protesters mounted their bikes in the buff, riding through the streets - many fully nude - to draw awareness to problems associated with America's dependence on foreign oil.
5/22: Driving up the cost of electric power
For all their idealism, someone needs to give the City of Boulder a quick lesson in...reality.
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