Currently, the board is controlled by Republicans, 5-4. Three positions are up for election this November, and two of those seats are expected to stay with their current parties, given political dynamics in the First and Fourth Congressional Districts.

Fayhee, whose gruff and scruffy exterior are paired with wit and a healthy dose of sarcasm and cynicism, was known for having a bit of a wild streak. At times, his adventures were traced to one of the local watering holes, at others, to one of the nearby 14ers.

County officials argue it was clear from the start, based on county commissioners discussions at the time, that the $1.8 million would not be enough to cover the entire cost of the project, and that the homeowners should be the ones who pay for the new system in its entirety, since they are the only ones benefitting from the sewer plant.

While proponents of the tax-killing measures say government has gotten too big and that people need to save all the money they can in this sluggish economy, opponents of Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 say the initiatives would effectively shut down state government, crippling crucial public services and infrastructure.

It was formerly known as the University of Colorado Student Union, a name that student leaders say was too confusing. According to Anthony DeLaRosa, CUSG chief of staff, some students thought it was a building, while others thought it was some kind of labor union.

While incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet edged challenger Andrew Romanoff in the statewide Senate race, the opposite was true in Boulder County.

But Buechner told Boulder Weekly that he never actually declined to be interviewed, he just told someone that he’d have to think about it before agreeing to be interviewed. “I’ve said that to a couple of presidencies, too,” says the former University of Colorado president, who has also served as Boulder mayor and state legislator.

Arranged thoughtfully on two stacked coffee tables are metal pigs, a sideways detergent container sprouting a plant and a giant gold medallion bearing the words Boulder and Colorado. Flanked by sunflowers are a female mannequin head on a stick and a walker that is only big enough for a child.

So Parker issued a memo on July 13 clarifying, among other things, that, yes, you can get a DUI while driving a golf cart on public streets or property, just like you can get one for riding a bike, or even a horse, under the influence.

In the late 1970s, a group of protesters blocked the railroad tracks at Rocky Flats in an attempt to keep trains from delivering nuclear bomb-making supplies to the plant. That group, the “Rocky Flats Truth Force,” occupied the tracks for a whole year, and was joined by several prominent figures, including Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman and Daniel Ellsberg.