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Tri-County Health ends the debate on masks while the virus just won’t go away

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER As of August 31, 796 Coloradans were hospitalized with COVID-19, virtually all of whom had the Delta variant and were unvaccinated. Statewide, 82 percent of acute care hospital beds were in use. According to the latest data available, in the Tri-County Health Department area, COVID-19 positivity rates ranged from 7% to …

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15 candidates have been certified to run for GV City Council in November

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER For the first time in more years than anyone we could find can remember, Greenwood Village will host competitive races for city council in every one of its four voting districts on November 2.  City council races in GV are strictly nonpartisan and every candidate runs independently. The two individual candidates …

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Colorado Chamber holds panel with five Colorado Congressmen

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER On August 17, Shaun Boyd, CBS4 political specialist, moderated a panel discussion sponsored by the Colorado Chamber of Commerce with Colorado Congressmen Ken Buck, Jason Crow, Ken Lamborn, Joe Neguse, and Ed Perlmutter. Missing were the female members of the delegation, Diana DeGette and Lauren Boebert. Boyd asked first about the …

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Independent Redistricting Commission meets in Centennial

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER On August 3, the combined Congressional and Legislative Independent Redistricting Commission met at Koelbel Library in Centennial to take testimony from Coloradans about where district and congressional lines should be properly drawn.  The first speaker asked commissioners to split Centennial into two house districts only, (three were proposed), one east and …

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Denver South hosts U.S. Rep. Jason Crow and tackles broadband

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER On August 13, Denver South board member Nancy Sharpe, who is in her third and final term as Arapahoe County Commissioner district two, opened the regular Denver South partnership meeting by reminding those attending in person and virtually that Denver South, which consists of six jurisdictional entities (Arapahoe County, Douglas County, …

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Greenwood Village will have a competitive election in November

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER Although candidates have until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 23 to turn in their petitions with at least 20 valid signatures to be a candidate for Greenwood Village City Council, it is already clear as of August 16 that there will be competitive elections in at least three of GV’s four …

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The Constitution – Immigration Law

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BY BILL BANTA Immigration has been essential for the United States of America.  Even before there was a nation, immigrants started self-government with the Mayflower Compact in 1620.  And republican (representative) self-government was perfected by means of both the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution (1789).   Given the importance of immigration to the …

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GV’s Bullock wants the city to be ready to resist mask mandates

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As the study session preceding the regular Greenwood Village City Council meeting was ending on August 2, Councilmember Dave Bullock asked, “Are we going to have a discussion if Tri-County Health (TCHD) and/or the state starts mandating masks?…My belief is that…we don’t just fall in line. There is significant medical evidence that this is a …

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Tom Dougherty will not run for re-election to GV City Council

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER In an interview with The Villager on July 29, Greenwood Village district four City Councilmember Tom Dougherty told us that he has decided not to run for re-election after serving two two-year terms because, “It has always been a challenge to have a busy law practice and devote the amount of …

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Governor Polis urges hesitant Coloradans to get vaccinated

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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER At a press conference on August 2, Governor Polis said that COVID-19 case number and hospitalization numbers were going up in Colorado, just as they are around the country. Announcing that there are 358 people currently hospitalized with the virus in our state, compared to about 275 last week, the governor …

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