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@ConorMichael28

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Writer. Used to live in 🇹🇳. Mets, Jets, Knicks.

New York, USA
Joined June 2015
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@ConorMichael28
Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
3 years
“Aurora police officers did not have a legal basis to force Elijah McClain to stop walking, to frisk him or to use a chokehold on him, an independent investigation commissioned by the city found.”
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Elise Schmelzer
3 years
BREAKING: Aurora releases the investigation it commissioned into the death of Elijah McClain at the hands of city police and fire. Story, which will be updated as I read, here: (It includes a link to the full report.)
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5 years
I’m at a church in Boulder where Ingrid Latorre, who just had a baby, is living in sanctuary. Reps AOC and Joe Neguse are visiting Ingrid and her children. “Are you proud of mom?” AOC asked Ingrid’s son, who responded yes. “We’re proud of her too.” @AOC @RepJoeNeguse
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
Adam Frisch lead over Lauren Boebert holding strong, with @DecisionDeskHQ estimating 97% of the vote in. Again, this would be a monumental upset.
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7 years
In the most fitting way, Egyptian star Mohamed Salah scored a go-ahead goal against Chelsea. The announcers called it a "subdued celebration," but that's because he wasn't celebrating. It seemed as though he was only thinking of the more than 300 lives lost yesterday in Sinai.
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@ConorMichael28
Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
Over 200,000 votes tallied and Adam Frisch lead extends. He's now at 53.74% to Lauren Boebert's 46.26%.
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@ConorMichael28
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2 years
I kid you not, infamous Jokic hater and casual basketball fan @getnickwright is currently arguing ball with a Twitter account that has “Ballsack” in its name. Cc @BallsackSports
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@ConorMichael28
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2 years
Crazy that Colorado has the three worst football teams in the country right now
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4 years
New: the driver who hit a protester the other night in Denver bragged on Facebook in 2017 about doing the same thing.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
Lol it’s impressive how every journalist who watched the Douglas County School Board meeting is like, I’ve covered some crazy stuff, but that takes the cake. It’s just uniform. That means it was bananas.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
5 years
The protest in Aurora is massive. Protesters headed toward the GEO immigration detention facility.
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1 year
Inbox: Due to the freezing temperatures headed Denver's way, the city plans to open a 24-hour warming center at the Denver Coliseum beginning on Wednesday "for anyone who needs a warm place to stay during the storm."
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4 years
I get such a kick out of the fact that in 2015, Diego Maradona visited Ali Bennaceur, the Tunisian referee from the Hand of God game, and gifted him with a jersey that said “For Ali, my eternal friend."
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
5 years
John Elway has liked a total of 27 tweets in his close to nine years of being on Twitter. Today, Elway liked a Trump tweet that implies the media is partially responsible for the recent mass shootings.
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Blair Miller
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Elway a fan of the president’s “fake news” tweet from this morning
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
1 year
Bittersweet life news: my time in Denver is coming to a close. My fiancée Farah is doing her internal medicine residency in upstate New York, so I’ll be moving there in a few days. I’ll work remotely with Westword through at least the 1st round of the mayor’s race.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
1 year
Letting my kids freeze to death to own the libs 👍
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James Merilatt
1 year
They’re cancelling school on Thursday because it’s supposed to be cold? The latest example of how unbelievably soft we’ve gotten as a society. 🤦‍♂️
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
6 years
Spain and Portugal win the group, but the real heroes are Morocco and Iran. Both teams played much more inspiring football than these two European giants. Sad that we have to wait another four years before seeing them play again in the World Cup. Bravo! 🇮🇷🇲🇦👏
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
Just imagining Jokic isolating in his Denver penthouse alone, struggling to find a laptop adapter for his HDMI cord so he can pirate the Nuggets game
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2 years
I just walked by a pile of spilled macaroni salad at Lincoln and 13th. My latest column on why Denver is in decay:
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2 years
11-6. AFC runner ups. Zach Wilson makes Pro Bowl.
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DJ Bien-Aime
2 years
Record predictions for the Jets?
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
Can’t believe I’m saying this just after I said it about the shooting rampage in Denver a few days ago, but I have immense respect for the journalists, photographers & videographers covering the Boulder County fires today & tonight. Y’all are crushing it in a very hard situation.
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1 year
Denver City Council just voted 10 to 3 to decriminalize jaywalking. When the deputy mayor signs the bill into law later this week--since Hancock is away--the Mile High City will join a growing list of American jurisdictions that have moved away from criminalizing jaywalking.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
5 years
Knicks owner James Dolan got upset after a fan yelled ‘sell the team.’ But rather than just keep on walking, Dolan got the guy kicked out of MSG. Imagine being that thin-skinned. Dolan really does need to sell the team. Any other owner would be better.
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1 year
Inbox: Denver has activated an emergency shelter at a city rec center to accommodate up to 100 migrants who arrived in the city overnight.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
5 years
Roger Stone speaking on Tucker Carlson Tonight says he will plead not guilty.
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2 years
Brian Snitker not giving the best closer in baseball, Edwin Diaz, any burn in the All Star Game is classless. But what else should we expect from the manager of the Atlanta Baseball Club?
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
6 years
Jerusalem protest in Tunis today. Photo by Bilel Namouchi.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
3 years
BREAKING: In an 11 to 2 vote, Denver City Council just approved a massive overhaul to the group living section of the Denver Zoning Code. The most significant aspect of the amendment is that it raises the # of unrelated adults that can live together in a single home from 2 to 5.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
Per sources familiar with the weather, it was 69 degrees in Denver at 4:20 on 4/20. Not a joke.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
So the DPD officers fired seven bullets in the LoDo shooting and struck six different people? That's incredible.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
1 year
Imagine stumbling into Shotgun Willie’s at 3 am and Ja Morant is there with a ring light and a pistol making Instagram videos
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1 year
Smells like Greeley in Denver rn
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2 years
Inbox: Denver Animal Shelter is offering half off of its adoption prices through August. That means that even adopting a spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated puppy will cost a max of $85 this month. 🐶
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2 years
A high-profile Denver politician just told me they unfollowed me on Twitter because I tricked them into thinking the Nuggets were trading Nikola Jokic to New York for Taj Gibson and Robinson Cano. The person texted their homies about it and got embarrassed. 😂
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5 years
Ingrid looked a bit starstruck when she met AOC.
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7 years
Mike Ditka on NFL players kneeling during anthem: “There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of. Now maybe I’m not watching it as carefully as other people.”
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7 years
Protest against slavery in Libya outside of Libya Mission to UN in NYC.
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4 years
Big news: the city of Denver just issued a temporary use zoning permit for homeless service providers to set up a safe camping site in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church in Cap Hill. Denver's first safe camping site is likely now just weeks away from being stood up.
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1 year
“What’s the piece you’re most proud of writing this year?” 👇
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6 years
Arming teachers is absurd, but the Florida House voted to do just that. And it rejected a ban on assault weapons.
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2 years
This is one of the most stunning collapses is financial history. Just went from rock solid to bankruptcy in a few days. This is Madoff, Lehman Brothers and Enron.
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2 years
Masterful job live tweeting tonight by @KyleClark . Felt like I was there. Bravo. 👏
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Former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer, a longtime Boulder resident, is spreading the good word about mushrooms.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
2 years
Okay, so this is kinda nuts. Denver Elections Division just said they have 146,500 ballots remaining to be counted due to the "high volume of ballots cast on Election Day." That's more ballots than they've counted so far. 😬
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2 years
Democrat Michael Bennet has won the U.S. Senate race in Colorado, according to ABC.
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1 year
Tired: I can sense a storm is coming in my bones. Wired: I can sense a storm is coming by smelling cow shit in the air.
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2 years
Just got an email about the best deal of the week: Black FURday at the Denver Animal Shelter. This Friday, all cats & dogs, which normally cost between $65 & $170 to adopt, can be taken home for just $20. Comes with spay/neuter, microchip, vaccinations & 1-year pet license. 😺🐶
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3 years
Starting today, Denver’s minimum wage is $14.77, up from $12.85 in 2020. The minimum wage here will hit $15.87 in 2021 and then increase relative to the consumer price index in years after that.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
6 years
One of the best memes out there. After the three other Arab teams lost their first matches, all eyes are on protecting Tunisia, so it can win its first match against England.
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1 year
With the first round of the mayor’s race done, this week was my last week as a staff writer at Westword. It’s been an absolute pleasure. ✌️
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
1 year
Bittersweet life news: my time in Denver is coming to a close. My fiancée Farah is doing her internal medicine residency in upstate New York, so I’ll be moving there in a few days. I’ll work remotely with Westword through at least the 1st round of the mayor’s race.
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2 years
My home for the night. I’m staying in one of the new pallet shelters at a soon-to-be-opened safe-camping site on Federal Boulevard. The Colorado Village Collaborative and the St. Francis Center are running this site together.
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2 years
Tomorrow is a great day in Denver. The city’s e-bike rebate program reopens at 8 am. There will be 2,000 rebates available for this month. If you want to get an e-bike, make sure to take advantage of this great offering.
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This is my son. He won’t stop identifying and dressing as a cat. And his teachers won’t discipline him out of fear of being branded intolerant. #ColoradoSchoolsInCrisis
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2 years
Anyone else really excited for RTD to be free in August?
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2 years
CD-3 race is a real doozy: 75% of votes are in, according to the NYT, and Democrat Adam Frisch is still up over Republican incumbent Lauren Boebert by over 8,000 votes. This would be a shocking upset.
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Buck Showalter putting respect on Jokic’s name. Buck knows ball.
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2 years
Shout out to all the Denver metro reporters who have been doing incredible work unraveling this week's horrible event & highlighting what was special and important about those whose lives were taken. A difficult task all around and y'all have been up to this challenge.
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2 years
@BallsackSports Lmao wait did you guys sack the whole Knicks beat reporter crew?
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4 years
After decades of activism, the Stapleton neighborhood is set to finally get rid of its name. Ben Stapleton, a Denver mayor who served a total of two decades in the '20s, '30s, and '40s, was, at one time while mayor, a card-carrying member of the KKK.
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Denver Deserves Sidewalks has declared victory in its ballot initiative race. Denver's broken sidewalk-funding mechanism is about to get an overhaul and the buildout of sidewalks is gonna get a huge boost.
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4 years
Fists up for George Floyd in Denver. Hundreds of people are silent right now.
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2 years
If I ever make a hole-in-one, I’m gonna post a statement just like this
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New mural just dropped
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3 years
The City of Denver is purchasing this motel at 12033 East 38th Ave and turning it into a homeless shelter. Congresswoman Diana DeGette is helping secure some of the money to buy it. This will be the first time Denver has ever purchased a motel and turned it into homeless shelter.
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3 years
@SteveStaeger I'd like to see the Rockies resurrected and saved
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4 years
“The Denver Police Department has failed in its duty to police its own,” a federal judge just declared in a huge decision restricting the Denver police and law enforcement colleagues operating in Denver in their use of less lethal munitions against protesters.
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2 years
Just incredible news that there are no reported deaths from the fires.
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The verdicts are being read in the Epps et all v City of Denver case. All verdicts so far have found City of Denver violated constitutional rights of individual George Floyd protester plaintiffs.
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There he is again. Circled in red is Kenn Solomon, the OG Rocky the mascot, watching as his real-life son, the current Rocky, tries to hit the half court shot in the fourth quarter of Nuggets v. Suns.
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3 years
Holy heck, this is wild: the Air Force chose Colorado for the Space Command HQ and then Trump overrode that decision and gave the command to Alabama.
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The Denver Gazette
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#BREAKING After the military decided to make Colorado Springs the home for Space Command, President Donald Trump ordered it be headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. (via @xroederx )
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@HoustonTexans Should’ve given him at least another year
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3 years
Spending tonight in a tent at the safe outdoor space in Uptown. Residents move in tomorrow. The ice fishing tent I’m staying in has a heating pad and a heated blanket. Excited to let y’all know what it’s like.
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@ZackBlatt That’s actually an insane response
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2 years
The Aurora Animal Shelter has hit its capacity for dogs due to so many owners surrendering them & can't accept any more. The shelter is offering a 50% discount for adoptions of dogs that are 6 months or older for the rest of the month. That means you can adopt Tee for just $69.
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@ATLHawks I know zero Nets fans. New York is ride or die Knicks. Congrats on the win but this tweet is an L
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2 years
I made a meme
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2 years
Buffalo were chilling and eating snow just by the road today at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
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1 year
Kinda mind blowing that this facility is allowed to exist in the middle of a major metropolitan area
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The Colorado Sun
1 year
NEW: Suncor refinery has another hazardous chemical leak, polluting Commerce City air via @mboothdenver
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Lmao this is my seat for the Bills game
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2 years
This is the best blurb in Best of Denver 2022.
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7 years
In the past six plus decades, no president has entered their second year of the presidency with a negative approval margin. Trump has broken that trend, entering his second year with a -22 approval margin, according to a WP-ABC poll.
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2 years
Simpler times
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San Miguel Sheriff
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Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking east-bound lane Highway 145 mm78 at Silverpick Rd. Please use caution and watch for emergency vehicles in the area.
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New: 10 homeless individuals are suing Denver in federal court over the encampment sweeps. The class-action lawsuit alleges that the sweeps violate the U.S. and Colorado constitutions and a federal court settlement agreement. City of Denver, Hancock, & Polis all named defendants.
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@PFTCommenter You oughta be locked up for the quality of that rolling
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Today is the 45th anniversary of the creation of Westword. It's also editor-in-chief Patricia Calhoun's 45th work anniversary, since she created Westword.
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In a speech today on restoring downtown Denver's vibrancy, Mayor Hancock said that conventions have visited Denver & chosen not to come here due to a perceived lack of safety in the downtown area. I'm trying to find out what conventions he was referring to and when this happened.
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Conor McCormick-Cavanagh
4 years
This is an all-time euphemism
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Matt Sebastian
4 years
Photo by @hrichardson of Denver polce using pepper spray — or, as they're calling it now, a "hand-held fog device deployment" — on protesters today. Here's @ShellyBradbury 's coverage:
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@getnickwright Having a shot to make the playoffs in the final week shows that they clearly made the right choice
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2 years
The biggest effect of TABOR isn’t decaying infrastructure or terrible mental healthcare. It’s the lack of funding for cat litter in Colorado schools. Every student should have access to fresh litter, but some kiddos are stepping into boxes that haven’t been cleaned in days.
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City of Denver: Neighborhood streets are perfect for biking on. City of Denver when it snows: Lmao, I hope your bike knows how to ice skate.
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1 year
Morocco after beating Spain and Portugal:
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3 years
Happening today at 3: "Elected and community leaders will hold a press conference in response to the CBS4 News story featuring Mayor Coffman’s publicity stunt wherein he mimicked homelessness and reduced people’s experiences with homelessness and drugs to a 'lifestyle choice.'"
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4 years
Wow
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@JoRo_NFL Von won the trade
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Wow: the Colorado Village Collaborative, which has set up most of the safe-camping sites in Denver, raised $101,862.36 for Colorado Gives Day from 184 donors. To put that in perspective, that's almost as much as what the organization received from the city in all of 2019.
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