Good morning! It’s Thursday, it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the 96th anniversary of the ratification of the . It’s always a little stunning to realize that women haven’t had the right to vote for even a century yet. Kinda makes you realize that what feels like ancient history really isn’t that far in the past.
The Rundown
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Colorado’s Billion-Dollar Question
“This state is quite behind a lot of other states in the context of making of some of these investments.”
Danny Katz, CoPIRG Foundation director
$573 million per year for transit, including 14 new bus rapid transit routes. $230 million per year for bike trails. $243 million per year for 6,000 miles of new sidewalks and repairs for 8,600 miles of existing ones. All told, if the state wants to cut pollution, clear congested traffic and keep obesity in check, according to a new report. John Aguilar’s is an absolute must-read if you drive, walk, bike or take a bus in this state (read: all of you).
Debuting the 16th Street Mall’s private security force
“When you send a message of order, you tend to have less disorder.”
Tami Door, president of the Downtown Denver Partnership
After announcing the project in June, the 16th Street Mall will finally see the in an effort to curb what Mayor Michael Hancock called a “” in the wake of public caught on camera. Noelle Phillips has the full report, including .
By The Numbers
10 inches
That’s the only size-based rule for . You can bring whatever you like and fill it with Slurpee, it just has to fit upright through a 10-inch hole, presumably so it can actually fit under the nozzle. Past events have seen whole pineapples, trash cans, rice cookers, coffee pots and .
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Quick Hits
+ Peterson Air Force Base may have released near Colorado Springs according to a new report.
+ Commerce City’s police force is in such bad shape that of the department (at the city’s request)
+ Coloradans will have a chance to vote for a plan, but .
+ Everyone agrees that Denver needs more affordable housing, .
+ The story of Ryan Lochte and two other swimmers’ “robbery” in Brazil keeps getting weirder, with those other two athletes being by authorities.
+ South Broadway’s slice of island life, Adrift Tiki Bar and Grill, was .
+ Colorado is welcoming more immigrants and refugees, especially in places like Aurora, so .
+ Mark Kiszla’s least favorite Olympic sport? .
+ Pella the courthouse dog is already averaging 100 cases per year in Arapahoe County, .
+ You can now .
+ The Bob Marley family anymore.
What We’re Reading
+ Climate change (and its more severe freeze-thaw cycle) is .
+ A great idea from 5280: .
+ Roombas are very, very good at covering every square inch of your floor. But what happens when it runs over your dog’s … leavings? You end up with what one dog/Roomba owner . And the company behind the robot vacuum basically said, “yeah, this happens all the time,” which might make you think twice about .
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+ The Cannabist has an in-depth look at .
+ No, you’re getting teary-eyed .
+ Here is my personal endorsement: If you use Gmail, , Google’s much smarter, cooler way to access your email. And here’s a .
Song of the Day
Song: ““
Artist: The incomparable Angel Olsen
Sounds like: That girl you crushed on back in high school that was a little bossy in an appealing way, set to good, old-school rock and roll.
Head over to our , or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .
Hat Tips & Corrections
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