Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has dreadful timing. As the Marshall fire was blazing out of control and thousands of Boulder County residents from Superior and Louisville were fleeing for their lives, the Democrat issued a fundraising pitch for his reelection campaign.
Awkward. Painfully, awkward. And yet, the photo perfectly captures the urgency with which Bennet and the Biden administration move, whether it’s ending the pandemic, stabilizing the economy, or the promise of quick federal relief for fire victims, from FEMA. It’s about as speedy and reliable as an old man and a child paddling a canoe. Bennet showed up to tour the devastation and attend the weekend press conferences with Gov. Polis. No one brought up his faux pas.
The families impacted will need a lot of help in the months ahead and Colorado will be there for them. We are stronger together. pic.twitter.com/Hlyn0ZpfId — Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) January 2, 2022
By Sunday, the governor’s media updates had turned into a Democrat media circus, with U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter from a completely different congressional district making a rare proof-of-life appearance, and U.S. Rep. Crow emerging from quarantine in Aurora. Strangely, the state’s other representative in the U.S. Senate, John Hickenlooper was not on the scene of the tragedy all weekend.
The DIA lawyer who put on an unexpected and embarrassing show during the airport’s Christmas party while literally demonstrating his theory on police tactics has resigned.
CBS4 originally reported early last week that Scott McCoy slapped one of his employees in front of airport CEO Phil Washington and other airport execs.
McCoy acknowledges he got physical with Everett Martinez, but tells the Denver Post his hand never made contact with Martinez’s face.
McCoys says he only resigned because he didn’t want the incident to become a “distraction.”
Also, no one is accepting his apology.
Peak posted on the incident just hours before McCoy’s resignation over the Dec. 16 event:
‘Seasons Beatings:’ DIA’s holiday party for execs goes sideways with slap down
At some point during the discussion, McCoy “jumped up and violently slapped (Everett ) Martinez in the face multiple times and yelled commands at him, nearly knocking Martinez out of his chair,” CBS4 reports.
Now McCoy tells the Denver Post that’s not what happened during his discussion on police de-escalation techniques:
“My recollection is that I was touching (the other attorney) on the shoulder, and I was also waving my hand really close to his face,” McCoy said, before adding: “I shouldn’t have touched anybody without making myself really clear. That was a mistake.”
McCoy told The Post he’d had very little alcohol to drink and was not intoxicated — “absolutely not.”
A spokeswoman for the city attorney’s office maintains there was a prompt investigation of the “unfortunate situation,” but declined to inform on the findings of that two week investigation that resulted in McCoy’s swift resignation after it was reported in the media.
Like a demolition team swinging a sledgehammer, legislators intent on purging Native American mascots from Colorado schools smashed their opposition with little consideration of the wreckage they were creating. So certain of the righteousness of their cause, they denied even mere consideration to the communities upon which they imposed their will.
Two of Colorado’s smallest districts – Arickaree (103 students) and Mountain Valley (153 students) – are being severely harmed by this legislation, which isn’t just about mascots but instead prohibits any sort of Native American imagery “used as a mascot, nickname, logo, letterhead or team name” by a school.
Surrounded by prairie and farmland on the plains of Washington County, Arickaree School is one of Colorado’s few remaining country schools, located between Cope (population 230) and Anton (155).
Arickaree mascot (click to enlarge)
Arickaree derives its name from the Arikaree River, which begins near Cope and was named for the Arikara tribe. Given its location and history, it’s hardly surprising that the community selected “Indians” as the name for school teams. Critics could just as easily argue that ignoring the area’s Indian heritage – by changing the name to, say, Arickaree Guardians – would be disrespectful, too.
Compliance with Senate Bill 21-116 isn’t as simple as calling school teams by another nickname. The school must replace its sports, band and cheerleader uniforms from junior high to high school. The center of the high school gymnasium floor – newly installed in 2019 – includes a distinguished painting of the Arickaree Indian logo,
Gov. Jared Polis is a “despicable human being” for knocking 100 years off the truck driver’s sentence who caused the fiery I-70 crash and four fatalities, says the brother of one victim.
For those who missed the news that broke just as 1,000 homes were going up in flames in his home county of Boulder, Polis decided to commute that sentence from life in prison to 10 years.
Polis’ decision followed the delivery of a petition to his office signed by millions of social media accounts operated by God-only-knows, and pressure from within his own voter base as Polis enters the reelection season.
We’re not suggesting a league of progressives and activists in the Democrat Party rallied around driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos just because he’s an immigrant. They do the same for white American males accused of killing four people all the (checks notes) … never.
It was awful timing that reeks of politics and everything that’s going wrong with this country as the rule of law turns to mob rule with fashionable sentencing guidelines prescribed by the freaking Kardashians.
“The governor has decided political and social media pressure is more important than the victims of this crash,” Duane Bailey stated.
More than five million people signed an online petition to reduce the driver’s 110-year sentence. The movement made headlines nationwide and caught the attention of celebrity activist Kim Kardashian West, who called on Polis to take action — and then praised his decision.
SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle also said Saturday that investigators are still trying to find the cause of the wind-whipped blaze that erupted Thursday and blackened entire neighborhoods in the area located between Denver and Boulder.
Pelle said utility officials found no downed power lines around where the fire broke out. He said authorities were pursuing a number of tips and had executed a search warrant at “one particular location.” He declined to give details.
A sheriff’s official who declined to provide his name confirmed that one property was under investigation in Boulder County’s Marshall Mesa area, a region of open grassland about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) west of the hard-hit town of Superior. A National Guard Humvee blocked access to the property, which was only one of several under investigation, the official said.
The totals given by Pelle include destroyed barns, outbuildings and other structures, but the vast majority were homes, Boulder County spokesperson Jennifer Churchill said late Saturday.
Officials had previously estimated that at least 500 homes — and possibly 1,000 — were destroyed in the fire, which by Friday was no longer a threat. Residents have slowly started returning to see the scale of the devastation.
Authorities had said earlier no one was missing. But Churchill said that was due to confusion inherent when agencies are scrambling to manage an emergency.
Pelle said officials were organizing cadaver teams to search for the missing in the Superior area and in unincorporated Boulder County. The task is complicated by debris from destroyed structures covered by 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow dumped by a storm overnight, he said.
At least 991 homes and other buildings were destroyed, Pelle said: 553 in Louisville, 332 in Superior and 106 in unincorporated parts of the county. Pelle cautioned that the tally was not final.
At least seven people were injured in the wildfire that erupted in and around Louisville and Superior, neighboring towns about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Denver with a combined population of 34,000. It burned at least 9.4 square miles (24 square kilometers).
The snow and temperatures in the single digits cast an eerie scene amid still-smoldering remains of homes. Despite the shocking change in weather, the smell of smoke still permeated empty streets blocked off by National Guard troops in Humvees.
The conditions compounded the misery of residents who started off the new year trying to salvage what remained of their homes.
Utility crews struggled to restore electricity and gas service to homes that survived, and dozens of people lined up to get donated space heaters, bottled water and blankets at Red Cross shelters. Xcel Energy urged other residents to use fireplaces and wood stoves to stay warm and keep their pipes at home from freezing.
Families filled a long line of cars waiting to pick up space heaters and bottled water at a Salvation Army distribution center at the YMCA in Lafayette, just north of Superior.
Monarch High School seniors Noah Sarasin and his twin brother Gavin had been volunteering at that location for two days, directing traffic and distributing donations.
“We have a house, no heat but we still have a house,” Noah Sarasin said. “I just want to make sure that everyone else has heat on this very cold day.”
Hilary and Patrick Wallace picked up two heaters, then ordered two hot chocolate mochas at a nearby cafe. The Superior couple couldn’t find a hotel and were contemplating hiking 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) back to their home; their neighborhood was still blocked off
A man rescued his neighbor from a burning home during Colorado’s wildfire, which destroyed nearly 1,000 structures, making it the most destructive in state history.
Phil Kupfner and his extended family have strong roots in Superior, per KUSA. He and his brothers have homes located on a few acres on the west side of town, and as the fire raged toward them, they did all they could to stave it off.
His niece Jessica told KUSA:
They were originally kind of using their hoses, and they thought they had kind of made some progress with a lot in deterring the fire. And then they just saw embers kind of coming up over the top and catching all their roofs on fire. And that was when they were like, ‘oh God, get out.’
Before he could evacuate, Phil went to save his neighbor Dave.
“He knew the neighbor was inside,” Jessica said. “So yeah, he went back.”
His family explained he ran into Dave’s burning home and got him out.
“He put him in his truck, and they drove out of the fire and the flame,” Jessica explained. Phil drove Dave to the hospital, and now both men are in an intensive care unit, unable to speak.
“They have burns in their throats and lungs, the doctor said, so they’re kind of guessing that potentially they inhaled some kind of fumes from a gas or some sort of explosion,” Jessica told KUSA.
Jessica told KUSA that Phil and Dave have made some progress, but they have
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A man rescued his neighbor from a burning home during Colorado’s wildfire, which destroyed nearly 1,000 structures, making it the most destructive in state history.
Phil Kupfner and his extended family have strong roots in Superior, per KUSA. He and his brothers have homes located on a few acres on the west side of town, and as the fire raged toward them, they did all they could to stave it off.
His niece Jessica told KUSA:
They were originally kind of using their hoses, and they thought they had kind of made some progress with a lot in deterring the fire. And then they just saw embers kind of coming up over the top and catching all their roofs on fire. And that was when they were like, ‘oh God, get out.’
Before he could evacuate, Phil went to save his neighbor Dave.
“He knew the neighbor was inside,” Jessica said. “So yeah, he went back.”
His family explained he ran into Dave’s burning home and got him out.
“He put him in his truck, and they drove out of the fire and the flame,” Jessica explained. Phil drove Dave to the hospital, and now both men are in an intensive
SUPERIOR, Colo.—A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle also said Saturday that investigators are still trying to find the cause of the wind-whipped blaze that erupted Thursday and blackened entire neighborhoods in the area located between Denver and Boulder.
Pelle said utility officials found no downed power lines around where the fire broke out. He said authorities were pursuing a number of tips and had executed a search warrant at “one particular location.” He declined to give details.
A sheriff’s official who declined to provide his name confirmed that one property was under investigation in Boulder County’s Marshall Mesa area, a region of open grassland about 2 miles west of the hard-hit town of Superior. A National Guard Humvee blocked access to the property, which was only one of several under investigation, the official said.
The totals given by Pelle include destroyed barns, outbuildings, and other structures, but the vast majority were homes, Boulder County spokesperson Jennifer Churchill said late Saturday.
Officials had previously estimated that at least 500 homes—and possibly 1,000—were destroyed in the fire, which by Friday was no longer a threat. Residents have slowly started returning to see the scale of the devastation.
SUPERIOR, Colo.—A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle also said Saturday that investigators are still trying to find the cause of the wind-whipped blaze that erupted Thursday and blackened entire neighborhoods in the area located between Denver and Boulder.
Pelle said utility officials found no downed power lines around where the fire broke out. He said authorities were pursuing a number of tips and had executed a search warrant at “one particular location.” He declined to give details.
A sheriff’s official who declined to provide his name confirmed that one property was under investigation in Boulder County’s Marshall Mesa area, a region of open grassland about 2 miles west of the hard-hit town of Superior. A National Guard Humvee blocked access to the property, which was only one of several under investigation, the official said.
The totals given by Pelle include destroyed barns, outbuildings, and other structures, but the vast majority were homes, Boulder County spokesperson Jennifer Churchill said late Saturday.
Officials had previously estimated that at least 500 homes—and possibly 1,000—were destroyed in the fire, which by Friday was no longer a threat. Residents have slowly started returning to see the scale of the devastation.
Authorities had said earlier no one was missing. But Churchill said that was due to confusion inherent when agencies are scrambling to manage an emergency.
Pelle said officials were organizing cadaver teams to search for the missing in the Superior area and in unincorporated Boulder County. The task is complicated by debris from destroyed structures covered by 8 inches of snow dumped by a storm overnight, he said.
The remains of a home destroyed by a pair of wildfires is draped by nearly a foot of snow in Superior, Colo., on Jan. 1, 2022. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
At least 991 homes and other buildings were destroyed, Pelle said: 553 in Louisville, 332 in Superior, and 106 in unincorporated parts of the county. Pelle cautioned that the tally was not final.
At least seven people were injured in the wildfire that erupted in and around Louisville and Superior, neighboring towns about 20 miles northwest of Denver with a combined population of 34,000. It burned at least 9.4 square miles.
The snow and temperatures in the single digits cast an eerie scene amid still-smoldering remains of homes. Despite the shocking change in weather, the smell of smoke still permeated empty streets blocked off by National Guard troops in Humvees.
The conditions compounded the misery of residents who started off the new year trying to salvage what remained of their homes.
Utility crews struggled to restore electricity and gas service to homes that survived, and dozens of people lined up to get donated space heaters, bottled water, and blankets at Red Cross shelters. Xcel Energy urged other residents to use fireplaces and wood stoves to stay warm and keep their pipes at home from freezing.
Families filled a long line of cars waiting to pick up space heaters and bottled water at a Salvation Army distribution center at the YMCA in Lafayette, just north of Superior.
“We have a house, no heat but we still have a house,” Noah Sarasin said. “I just want to make sure that everyone else has heat on this very cold day.”
Hilary and Patrick Wallace picked up two heaters, then ordered two hot chocolate mochas at a nearby cafe. The Superior couple couldn’t find a hotel and were contemplating hiking 2 miles back to their home; their neighborhood was still blocked off to traffic. The family slept in one room on New Year’s Eve.
Both teared up when a man entered the shop and joked aloud that he’d lost his coffee mugs—and everything else—in the fire. The man was in good spirits, laughing at the irony of the situation.
“I have a space heater and a house to put it in. I don’t even know what to say to them,” Hil
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Awkward. Painfully, awkward. And yet, the photo perfectly captures the urgency with which Bennet and the Biden administration move, whether it’s ending the pandemic, stabilizing the economy, or the promise of quick federal relief for fire victims, from FEMA. It’s about as speedy and reliable as an old man and a child paddling a canoe. Bennet showed up to tour the devastation and attend the weekend press conferences with Gov. Polis. No one brought up his faux pas. 
