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 Thursday July 02, 2009 Edition
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Recall vote set for Aug. 18
<Headline>Recall vote set for Aug. 18</Headline>

Estimates place cost of the election at slightly more than $20,000.
By MIKE SPENCE
The Pueblo West View

Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder Gilbert Ortiz got both the commitment and the date he wanted for the upcoming recall election from the Pueblo West Metropolitan District board of directors on June 23.

The metro board members agreed to Aug. 18 as the dat...

One suggestion: Read the bill first

The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2454 last week, also known as the Waxman-Markey or Cap and Trade bill on carbon emissions.

I have a problem with the bill. More than that, I have a problem with how it was passed.

The bill is a $7.6 trillion tax that will raise electricity rates up to 90 percent, raise gas prices 74 ...

Mid-season form, even in the offseason
Mid-season form, even in the offseason

West girls basketball team pushes champs to the limit
By MIKE GRIFFIN
The Pueblo West View

GREELEY - This did not look like offseason basketball.

A defending state championship team tangled with a perennial playoff team.

There were crisp passes, aggressive drives to the bucket and long jumpers that hit all net.

It was tight all the way, and in the end, a great team beat a ver...

Taking the route less traveled:
Taking the route less traveled:

'You guys hike. I'll kayak these waterfalls.'

View reporter Mike Griffin recently returned from a 21-day river trip through Grand Canyon. This is the second in a three-part series about the experience.

I'm told that hiking up Havasu Creek is beautiful.

I wouldn't really know; I only made it a quarter-mile.<...

Metro board forms committee to look at COA

COA board member Gene Montoya steps down to deal with family illness.
By MIKE SPENCE
The Pueblo West View

The Pueblo West Metropolitan District board of directors is continuing its reorganization of the Committee of Architecture.

During public comments at the June 23 meeting, Metro board Chairman Jeff Sloan pushed for the creation of a committee that would look at COA o...

To the editor:

Hypocrites on Sunshine Law

To the editor:

The right to recall our public officials, like the right to bear arms, deserves to be exercised responsibly. The decision to say “yes” to recall then requires selection of replacements for those to be recalled. How does one make this second decision in a responsible manner in the time available to “get to know” the would be replacements?

The dec...

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