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Faulty design of ballot and envelope in Pueblo causes outcry in mayor’s race

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

A snafu by the Pueblo County clerk’s office has resulted in thousands of ballots being sent to Pueblo voters that could be vulnerable to tampering due to a faulty envelope and ballot design.On ballots for the Nov. 7 election that were mailed to voters last week, several candidates listed in the Pueblo mayoral contest would be visible and accessible through a hole punched in the middle of the return envelope — depending on how voters folded and inserted their ballots.Matt Crane, the executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, told The Denver Post on Monday that the error was something that “should have been caught in the quality-control process and that is something Pueblo County will address in future elections.”Candidates pointed out that if someone were to get ahold of a completed and sealed ballot, they could fill in another choice in the race through the hole in the envelope, effectively voiding that vote for mayor since only one choice ...

Nuggets Podcast: 10 questions as Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray prepare to defend NBA title

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat reporter Bennett Durando is joined by editor Matt Schubert to discuss the upcoming season on the cusp of banner night at Ball Arena. Among the topics discussed:Zeke Nnaji and the Nuggets agreed to a four-year, $32 million extension over the weekend. What was the motivation behind the deal? And what are the chances he spends all four years in Denver?Will Nikola Jokic win his third MVP award? Will Jamal Murray be named to the All-NBA team? How many games will Michael Porter Jr. play this season? Can the Nuggets win more than 52 games? Who will play the most minutes off the bench? Durando and Schubert dig into that and several other questions.Media beef: Who is coming for the Nuggets from the world of media this season? And why isn’t it Kendrick Perkins?Best banner in arena history? Will the NBA world champs banner have much shelf life if the Nuggets win the mid-season tournament?Subscribe to the podcastSoundCloud | iTunes | ...

Editorial: The Denver Post’s endorsement on Proposition II

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

A quirk of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights requires that even if voters agree to a tax increase – in this case about $176 million in new tobacco and nicotine taxes approved by voters in 2020 – if it generates more money than estimated, the state has to refund the excess.The question in Proposition II is whether the state can keep the $23 million in tobacco and nicotine sales tax revenue that was generated above the $176 million estimate. If voters say no on Nov. 7, the state will be forced to refund that money to the stores that collected it from smokers, chewers, and vapers and lower the sales tax in future years.The answer seems clear to us. Voters intended the money generated by these new and increased sin taxes would fund a new preschool program to get every Colorado 4-year-old in a school seat before kindergarten for at least 10 hours a week.Colorado state lawmakers and Gov. Jared Polis who championed the new tax in Proposition EE in 2020 delivered on their promise – parents used...

Thieves steal Lamborghini key, valuables during armed home invasion robbery  

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

A group of armed suspects broke into a home in Northridge and got away with cash, a key to a Lamborghini and more. According to police, the robbery occurred around 11:30 p.m. at a house on Shoshone Avenue, just blocks from California State University-Northridge. Details remain limited, but law enforcement officials confirmed to KTLA that they were first dispatched to the scene after gunshots were heard in the area.  Police investigating fatal shooting in Pasadena Up to five masked suspects entered the home and made off with jewelry, a “large amount” of cash and a Lamborghini key. No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing. 

Douthat: Why we should fear China more than Middle Eastern war

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

On Thursday, President Joe Biden gave a speech linking the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Russian invasion of Ukraine and framing U.S. involvement as part of a grand strategy to contain our enemies and rivals. “When terrorists don’t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don’t pay a price for their aggression,” he declared, “they keep going. And the cost and the threats to America and the world keep rising.”Broadly speaking, Biden is correct; the United States has a strong interest in preventing rival powers from redrawing maps or undermining America’s democratic allies. But the difference between the president’s strategic analysis and the kind I’ve tried to offer recently is twofold: the general absence, in Biden’s words, of any acknowledgment of difficult trade-offs and the specific absence of any reference to China as a potentially more significant threat than Russia or Iran.These absences are not particularly surprising. It’s normal for American presidents to say chest-poun...

Detached house in Oakland sells for $2.2 million

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

6361 Ascot Drive – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 6300 block of Ascot Drive in Oakland was sold on Sept. 15, 2023. The $2,208,000 purchase price works out to $737 per square foot. The house, built in 1954, has an interior space of 2,994 square feet. This single-story house provides a generous living space with its four bedrooms and three baths. Additionally, the home includes a two-car garage.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 1,053-square-foot home on the first block of Camelford Place in Oakland sold in December 2022, for $885,000, a price per square foot of $840. The home has 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom.In June 2023, a 2,496-square-foot home on Longcroft Drive in Oakland sold for $1,600,000, a price per square foot of $641. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Ascot Drive, Oakland, in May 2023, a 2,165-square-foot home was sold for $1,700,000, a price per square foot of $785. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

How to talk to kids about conflicts like the Israel-Hamas war

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

By Daniel Otis | CTVNews.caToronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — With the Israel-Hamas war dominating headlines, conversations and social media feeds, many children will inevitably have questions about the deadly conflict unfolding in the Middle East. Experts say it’s important to be honest, optimistic and let children lead the conversation.“I would start with saying invite your child to share what they’ve heard, and what they know already, what they’re wondering about, rather than launching into answers and explanations that they might not be looking for,” Toronto-based child psychologist Dr. Dina Lafoyiannis told CTVNews.ca. “Because you might go into the topic and a direction that they don’t actually need, like they might be concerned about their own safety… rather than years of politics that they might not understand.”Lafoyiannis says the next step should be asking if they have questions and answering in a developmentally ap...

Four-bedroom home sells for $2.4 million in Fremont

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

223 Rosado Road – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 200 block of Rosado Road in Fremont was sold on Sept. 20, 2023. The $2,380,000 purchase price works out to $1,353 per square foot. The house, built in 1976, has an interior space of 1,759 square feet. This house offers a spacious layout with four bedrooms and two baths. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. Additionally, the home is equipped with a garage.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:On Las Palmas Avenue, Fremont, in October 2022, a 2,095-square-foot home was sold for $2,225,000, a price per square foot of $1,062. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In November 2022, a 2,379-square-foot home on Tirso Street in Fremont sold for $2,490,000, a price per square foot of $1,047. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,552-square-foot home on the 100 block of Recino Street in Fremont sold in May 2023, for $2,705,000, a price per square foot of $1,060. The home has 4 bed...

Kristof: We must not kill Palestinian children to try to protect Israel’s

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel — The crisis in the Middle East is a knotty test of our humanity, asking how to respond to a grotesque provocation for which there is no good remedy. And in this test, we in the West are not doing well.The acceptance of large-scale bombing of the Gaza Strip and of a ground invasion likely to begin soon suggests that Palestinian children are lesser victims, devalued by their association with Hamas and its history of terrorism. Consider that more than 1,500 children in Gaza have been killed, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, and around one-third of Gaza’s homes have been destroyed or damaged in just two weeks — and this is merely the softening-up before what is expected to be a much bloodier ground invasion.I’ve flown into beautiful, sun-washed Tel Aviv, Israel, where the graffiti reads “Destroy Hamas.” Israelis have been shattered by the Hamas terrorism and kidnappings, an attack that felt existential and explains the determination to dismantle Hamas, w...

California man gets year in prison for sending vile messages to father of school massacre victim

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:42:19 GMT

By TERRY SPENCER | Associated PressFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— A California property manager was sentenced to a year in federal prison for sending more than 200 vile online messages to a father of a teenage girl who died in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.James Catalano, 62 of Fresno, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Robert Scola in Miami after pleading guilty in March to cyberstalking. Prosecutors called the messages he sent Fred Guttenberg “callous and cruel.”Guttenberg’s 14-year-old daughter Jaime Guttenberg was murdered in the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting in Parkland that left 14 students and three staff members dead. Catalano also received three years probation and must undergo mental health treatment.Catalano sent Guttenberg messages for eight months starting in December 2021 that celebrated Jaime Guttenberg’s death and reveled in the wounds she suffered. He also mocked the sadness and loss Guttenberg feels and directed obscenities, slurs a...