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C'dale wrestles with zoning for medical marijuana grow sites go to article

CARBONDALE - A confidential special review committee should be formed to consider where commercial-scale medical marijuana grows can be located and how they should operate, said one Carbondale town trustee.
"If we have multiple sites, each one is going to be different," Trustee John Foulkrod said during continued discussion Tuesday night about various zoning amendments intended to regulate medical marijuana facilities in Carbondale.
"That would allow all of the issues to be discussed, and allow the process to be confidential," Foulkrod said.
He suggested a committee made up of key town staff, including the police chief and building official, and maybe one or two elected trustees.
When a specially appointed Medical Marijuana Facilities Advisory Group began meeting earlier this year, Town Manager Tom Baker said the assumption was that any growing operations would be subject to some higher level of review.
However, when the state approved its medical mar

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Former Sen. Brown withdraws endorsement for Dan Maes go to article

Hank Brown, the former U.S. senator and former University of Colorado president, on Wednesday said he is no longer backing GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes and is "looking around" for a new candidate.
Additionally, part of Maes' grassroots base, the 9.12 Project Colorado Coalition, has requested an in-person meeting with Maes before the end of the week to discuss concerns about how he's running his campaign, according to group leader Lu Busse.
Brown said he had serious reservations about recurring credibility issues surrounding Maes, including Wednesday's Denver Post story saying Maes embellished details about his law enforcement background.

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Colorado says Arapahoe County not following law on mail-in ballots go to article

The Colorado attorney general on Wednesday sought an injunction to force officials in Arapahoe County to follow a new law requiring mail-in ballots to be accepted at every polling location.
The injunction was filed in Arapahoe County District Court on behalf of the Colorado secretary of state.
Legislation passed in 2009 requires that counties provide a way for people to drop off mail-in ballots at all polling places.
Secretary of State Bernie Buescher said Arapahoe County is the only county in Colorado refusing to do so.
"Sixty-three of our counties are fine with this," Buescher said. "We've worked with them to come up with ways to minimize their costs."
Arapahoe County officials say it would cost up to $80,000 to provide mail-in dropoff at all of its voting places. The money would be spent on buying more ballot boxes, securing vehicles to transport the ballots and having more people to aid in the process.
Arapahoe County has 15 places where people can drop off mail-in ballots an

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Bidwell pulls redevelopment proposal on prominent corner go to article

Developers behind the proposal to scrape and replace a building on one of the most prominent corners in downtown Aspen withdrew their application this week.

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Packed local November ballot nearly finalized go to article

The Pitkin County ballot for this fall’s election is nearly complete and local voters will be asked to decide three candidate’s races and either 10 or 11 ballot questions across various jurisdictions, according to Dwight K. Shellman III, the county’s election manager.

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Mordkin not protesting council re-election ruling go to article

Mordkin said it’s now ‘very clear’ he can’t run

Snowmass Village Councilman Arnie Mordkin is not contesting a ruling that he can’t run for re-election this fall because of term limits.

“I have reviewed the [Colorado] constitutional amendment and I agree that I am not allowed to run,” Mordkin said Wednesday.

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Save Snow go to article

More than 250 people gathered on Saturday to participate in an International Day of Climate Action event, using their bodies to spell “Save Snow” on a snowless Aspen Mountain. It was one of more than 5,200 such events from around the world yesterday and sponsored locally by the city of Aspen and Aspen Skiing Co. Photos from other events can be seen at www.350.org.

Sucker go to article

Poppie and Cody Collins enjoy their suckers during the Aspen Community Picnic at the golf course on Sunday. Along with good eats, there was also fishing, putt-putt golf and kite flying among other activities.

Fast and green go to article

Spectators view the all-electric, zero-emissions Tesla Roadster at the AREDAY Renewable Energy Expo on Saturday. The vehicle accelerates from zero to 60 in 3.9 seconds, can travel 244 miles on a single charge, and retails for $109,000.