Can one Colorado city claim land belonging to another? State appeals court hears arguments in Lafayette-Erie dispute
“An unprecedented legal scuffle between a pair of Colorado communities that centers on whether one municipality can condemn and claim land belonging to its neighbor went before the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday….
Bloodbath at The Denver Post— what can be done?
“On Wednesday, Denver Post journalists learned the budget ax would fall hard on their newsroom cutting deeper than previous layoffs and splintering roughly a third of their ranks. The news, tweeted out by reporters…
To save the Denver Post from its hedge-fund owners, the State of Colorado should seize it
“Readers and staff alike are begging The Denver Post’s double-dealing owners to sell the paper to a responsible local buyer. If they won’t, the state should compel them to. Even by the grim standards…
Vacant Kmart is an eyesore, but using eminent domain is worse
“On the corner of Monaco Parkway and Evans Avenue in Denver sits an absurdly expansive parking lot serving a former big-box department store building that has been vacant for years and can only now be…
Gypsum using eminent domain to secure riverfront acreage used by biomass plant
“The Town of Gypsum is using its power of eminent domain to force the operator Colorado’s first biomass electric plant to sell 69 acres along the Eagle River that the town wants for open space,…