8/21: Broomfield's "nuisance property" law

Is the Broomfield City Council acting more like an overbearing homeowners association? More >

The week in Colorado news: Coffman wins and loses at the same time, Broomfield "nuisance" laws

Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones for a look at the week that was in Colorado news, including a recap of winners and losers in this week's party primaries. More >

How convenient! Even as Representative Wes McKinley and southeastern Colorado ranchers were complaining about the Army's revised plans to take part of Pinon Canyon for a training facility, a ranch family was revealing that they had had found a rare, albino eagle on their Pinon Canyon property...Moral of this story: f you want to save an endangered piece of land, no better way to do it than to come up with a rare, endangered bird."

Andrew Boucher deconstructs a litany of new rules and restrictions for rental properties in the City of Fort Collins, including "insect screens from April 1 to Nov. 1, minimum heating capability of 65 degrees, emergency escape and rescue windows," according to the Coloradoan. He writes, "What about in older houses where getting one room up to 65 degrees requires the rest of the house to be set at 80? What about unused rooms? What about the energy costs?" Good question.

The week in Colorado news: Variations on the National Anthem, Boulderites on eminent domain

Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones for a look at the week that was in Colorado news, including a row over the "National Anthem" sung at Denver's State of the City address. More >

FTS Humor: When your goose is cooked

Face The State Humor

By Andrew Ripemoff

Centuries ago, in a distant land called Colorado, a kind and beloved leader named King Owens ruled the countryside. Life was good in the Kingdom, where off in a small corner of the grounds of the monarchy's vast estate worked a humble man, tending to a lone goose. But this wasn’t an ordinary goose. This was a goose who laid golden eggs - pure gold in fact.

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Tiny Edgewater takes big step for property rights

A Face the State Staff Report

On the heels of a controversial Colorado Supreme Court decision allowing for aggressive eminent domain powers by municipal governments, one city is enhancing property rights protections through a comprehensive review of its Home Rule Charter.

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Political Cartoon for 6/17: Toor, the Pardoner

Face The State Humor

Boulder County Commissioners recently approved a policy that requires homeowners to purchase "development credits" for the construction of any home over 6,000 square feet. The policy is ostensibly designed to preserve the "rural character" of unincorporated Boulder Co. Is commissioner Will Toor the new master of enviro-indulgences a la Canterbury Tales?

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Calling all naked property rights activists

On a tranquil summer afternoon this past Saturday in the dear, sweet, always sane Boulder, Colo., protesters mounted their bikes in the buff, riding through the streets - many fully nude - to draw awareness to problems associated with America's dependence on foreign oil. More >

6/13: Supreme Court is wrong on eminent-domain

Colorado towns now have the power to condemn land outside city limits, all thanks to the state Supreme Court. More >