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08_13_24_am_headlines Greta Kerkhoff
Walz coming to Denver
Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Walz will be in Denver tomorrow.
The Harris-Walz campaign announced yesterday that Walz will fly into Denver for a fundraiser tomorrow morning. The time and location of the event have not yet been made public. It’s being hosted by Colorado donor Tim Gill, one of the first openly gay people to be on the Forbes 400 list of America’s richest people.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis will appear with Walz, who is currently the governor of Minnesota. The Denver Gazette reports that Polis is calling Walz an excellent running mate for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, saying he makes the path to victory in November “even brighter.”
The stop in Denver is part of a three-day campaign swing through five states this week. The Post says that after Kamala Harris announced Walz as her VP choice last week, the campaign raised thirty-six million dollars in just twenty-four hours.
From Denver, Walz will fly to Boston for another event.
Tina Peters convicted
Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters has been convicted on seven of ten counts in a computer security breach trial stemming from the 2020 presidential election.
Jurors in Grand Junction brought back their guilty verdicts against Tina Peters yesterday afternoon.
Four of the seven guilty verdicts are felonies.
Prosecutors argued that in her official capacity as Mesa County Clerk, Peters deceived her employees by allowing someone to make copies of an election system’s hard drive.
According to 9News, Conan Hayes used another person’s security badge to observe a software update of the system and make those copies.
Hayes is reportedly affiliated with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an outspoken election conspiracy theorist.
After yesterday’s convictions, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement that Tina Peters willfully compromised her own election equipment, trying to prove Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser added that the convictions are a warning, and there are serious consequences for anyone attempting to illegally tamper with the voting process or election system.
Tina Peters’ sentencing is scheduled for October 3rd.
Mudslide cleared, highway reopens
Work crews have cleared a mudslide on State Highway 82 between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, and have reopened lanes in both directions.
The highway was completely closed due to the mudslide over the weekend. State Department of Transportation workers cleared eastbound lanes first, and had them reopened yesterday morning. Westbound lanes had reopened by mid-afternoon.
Several vehicles were caught in the mudslide Saturday, but no one was hurt, according to 9News.
Welding rule revised
The four fires that blazed across the Front Range at the end of July are finally contained, and The City of Boulder has revised some of its wildfire restriction rules.
The city of Boulder announced an emergency rule on August 1 that imposed tighter restrictions on fire-causing behavior.
Now, in the aftermath of some of the wildfires near the city, restrictions are loosening slightly.
In a press release Friday, the city announced that, effective immediately, welding and similar “hot work” will now be permitted in certain areas that are low risk for wildfires.
Welding is permitted so long as it’s in an area at least 10 feet in diameter, cleared of all flammable materials, or in a location within the city where a Hot Work operational permit has been issued by Boulder Fire Rescue.
The city stated, via an online press release, that the change will allow local automotive and construction businesses to continue operating, as well as let community members resume personal projects.
BVSD bus routes
The Boulder Valley School District is consolidating some of its Foothills school bus routes, due to a shortage of drivers.
The district is reducing the number of routes from seven to five, according to The Daily Camera, and creating what it calls “hub stops,” which they hope will enable them to maintain service during the shortage.
They’ve also cut high school routes for students in west Gunbarrel, Fairview students in southeast Boulder, and Nederland middle and senior students who bus to the Boulder Tech Education Center.
Bike overpass survey
Boulder County is asking for community input on a proposed bicycle overpass at North 63rd Street and the Diagonal Highway.
The county has set up an online survey that allows people to view different design ideas and comment on them. The survey is open until this Thursday.
The overpass is part of the Colorado 119 Safety, Mobility, and Bikeway project, described in a press release as a collaborative effort to make cycling between Boulder and Longmont safer.
To take part in the survey, boco.org/119Survey
