Those living along the Nebraska and Kansas lines will need to drive to the Utah border to claim their new patio furniture. I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them
NEW: Effort to recall @GovofCO Polis needed to turn in 631,000 valid signatures today. Recall organizers turned in zero signatures. #copolitics#9NEWS
This may sound like an embarrassing failure but remember the last recall effort still raised tens of thousands of dollars and was last seen spending those donations at a ham radio shop.
The Colorado Secretary of State's website notes that no recall petition signatures were turned in while the "Dethrone Polis" recall page announces that "Signature Collection is Complete"
NEW: @GovofCO Polis says Colorado expects 100-200k doses of Pfizer vaccine in 2020. Most Coloradans can be vaccinated early in 2021, Polis said. Will thread new details from briefing here. Live feed: 9news.com/article/news/h…#9NEWS#COVID19colorado
"This is going to get worse before it gets better," Polis said, stressing that virus is more prevalent in Colorado than during spring peak. Urges Coloradans to practice social distancing with the "finish line" in sight.
NEW: Gov Polis announces another 30-day extension of statewide mask mandate. "Masks are not as effective as a vaccine, but they're in the 50-70% range," Polis said. #9NEWS#COVID19colorado
"A 9NEWS employee and a 9NEWS contractor have been taken into custody. 9NEWS has not been in contact with either and does not know where either currently is." 9news.com/article/news/c…
UPDATE: DPD just said at a news conference that one of the two people taken into custody was not directly involved in the shooting.
Here's an idea how we can make a real difference during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. @SafeHseDenver runs an emergency shelter and a 24/7 crisis line to strategize how to escape violence. They lost $42,000 in victim assistance fee funding when courts closed due to COVID...
#HeyNext viewers support a non-profit each week via the Word of Thanks microgiving campaign. Do you think we could come up with enough $5 donations to cover SafeHouse Denver's funding gap? I'll match the first 50 $5 gifts & @SteveStaeger has the next 50: classy.org/fundraiser/295…
Since Wednesday, #HeyNext viewers have donated $26,599 of the $42,000 needed by Safehouse Denver. You can check the rolling total at the link in this thread. If you're able to give $5, thank you! If you can share this, thank you!
The lasting memory I have from The National Museum of African American History and Culture are the photos of Black children being screamed at by white adults. Wondering what kind of lives the children went on to lead. And whether the adults and their descendants are horrified.
So it stuns me that, generations later, there are so many more Americans who want to be captured in images cheering racism. And I wonder what they will think decades from now. And what their children will think if they ever see those images.