Tag: Kevin Van Winkle
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DO NOT POST, NEEDS MORE REPORTING What’s next after defeat of ‘home rule’ in Douglas County?
County officials express interest in reintroducing the home rule vote in the future.
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Douglas County residents reject ‘home rule’ proposal
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas County voters have rejected “home rule,” a move county officials had hoped would provide more local control, according to the initial, unofficial tally on Tuesday night. The “no” votes led by 43 percentage points, 71.16% to 28.84%, with 93,175 votes counted, according to the…
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Douglas County faces lawsuit alleging commissioners violated open meetings laws
Former political rivals team up to file lawsuit against Douglas County commissioners to expand transparency, notably surrounding home rule issue
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Douglas County officials lay groundwork for cooperation with Trump administration in D.C.
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas County officials traveled to Washington, D.C. in time for President Donald Trump’s inauguration, saying they want to lay the groundwork for cooperation with the new administration, even as they noted they represent a “red county in a blue state.” The local delegation included Commissioners…
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Douglas County passes resolution supporting Trump deportation plans
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Douglas County is backing President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plan, arguing it supports public safety, which contrasts with Denver, whose mayor has vowed to resist federal immigration agents deporting illegal immigrants in his city. On Tuesday, Douglas County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution embracing Trump’s “use of federal immigration and customs enforcement for the safe and…
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Douglas County commissioner Lora Thomas resigns, accusing fellow officials of harassment
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Lora Thomas, who has served on the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners since 2016, announced Friday she is resigning, effective immediately. Thomas said she can no longer take the “unrelenting attacks, harassment and punishment” from fellow commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal. Thomas, who…
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Abortion rights advocates attend Women’s March in Denver
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Scores of abortion-rights supporters stood outside of the Colorado state Capitol building on Saturday morning with picket signs and then marched down Denver’s 16th Street Mall almost two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal legal protections for abortion. Other Women’s March events kicked off in multiple cities across the country, including Tampa,…