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Passing along a big Thank You! from sweet little Maya and her mom. They live in Gypsum and received donor breast milk through , supported by one of your 139 Word of Thanks microgiving campaigns. Maya is happy and healthy!
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Kid pulled a random book from the shelves and it’s about her favorite thing in the world. Two year old FTW
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NEW: Denver mayoral candidate , a leading fundraiser in the race, racked up seven false claims during a recent interview with on . We fact-checked each falsehood. #copolitics
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9NEWS contacted the two mayoral campaigns that list expenditures to payroll companies. Both volunteered to allow 9NEWS to review their payroll forms. The forms provided offered no evidence to support Rougeot’s claim of illegal salaries being paid to mayoral candidates.
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9NEWS reviewed the expenditure reports of all 17 mayoral candidates and found no evidence to support Rougeot’s claim that a candidate is taking a salary from campaign funds. Rougeot's campaign then told 9NEWS that the funds are hidden by payroll firms.
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Rougeot claimed, without evidence, that mayoral candidates he wouldn't name are paying themselves salaries out of campaign funds. A Denver Elections spokeswoman said such an action would violate campaign finance laws.
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Rougeot inexplicably claimed that he is the only mayoral candidate who isn’t receiving matching taxpayer funding through the city’s new Fair Elections Fund. There are four mayoral candidates who are not receiving Fair Elections Fund matches.
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Denver Medical Examiner's stats show that most pedestrians killed in 2022/2021/2020 weren't homeless. Rougeot’s campaign pointed 9NEWS to “blunt force trauma” deaths, which the ME's office says includes other causes of death, including suicides, falls, and people hit by trains.
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Rougeot falsely blamed Denver's pedestrian deaths on jaywalking by people experiencing homelessness. "We're having a spike of pedestrian deaths mostly caused by homeless individuals cutting across busy streets," he said. It appears Rougeot is incorrectly reading city statistics.
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Rougeot falsely claimed that Denverites who have "already finished" homes are waiting a year for a Certificate of Occupancy to move into the property. Denver has a serious backlog in building permits but once builds/remodels are completed, COs are typically issued in 1-2 days.
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Rougeot falsely claimed that he is the only candidate talking about enforcing the camping ban. Several candidates are vocal about their support for the camping ban. Here are several raising their hands in support of sweeps at a recent forum.
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Rougeot falsely said “all the other candidates... are all sort of career politicians.” The field of 17 candidates for Denver Mayor includes approximately 10 candidates who could fairly be described as new or relatively new to politics.
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claimed he’s the “only candidate with actual business experience.” Not true. is the CEO of . ran the . Thomas Wolf is an investment banker. Aurelio Martinez ran a restaurant. Robert Treta is a developer.
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Rougeot's litany of false claims ranged from obvious falsehoods about other candidates in the race to instances where he appeared genuinely confused about city issues and policies.
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NEW: Denver mayoral candidate , a leading fundraiser in the race, racked up seven false claims during a recent interview with on . We fact-checked each falsehood. #copolitics
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cont. “you killing yourself would probably be the best thing for all of us.” He concluded by saying, “I welcome the day where it does actually clack off and I get to literally kick your teeth in.”
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“Oltmann declined to answer additional questions but did offer that he was preparing to sue the Colorado Times Recorder. He also characterized this reporter as an “anti-American Antifa communist piece of shit,”
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I should add that all the false claims came from one interview so that’s really an impressive pace.
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We might have a new record for our fact-checking segment on . Seven false claims from one Denver mayoral candidate. We'll go through them one-by-one tonight. #copolitics
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The Archdiocese says it fired the teacher when it "learned that she intends to persist in violating the standards she previously agreed to uphold."
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NEW: says it didn't fire a school teacher at All Souls Catholic Parish for being gay; the archdiocese says it fired her for being in a same-sex relationship.
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Good morning (area). This is you at 11:49am this morning from the some 260(-1) miles above.
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If there is one thing I hope you take away from this story, it's bravery. The Venezuelans who have crossed have the courage and strength to make quick decisions in a long, difficult journey.
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'Following the vote, House Foreign Affairs member Ken Buck, R-Colo., was overheard in an elevator calling it the “stupidest vote in the world.” Fellow Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, agreed and added that all it does is make Omar a “martyr." '
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Of the more than 4,000 Venezuelans who arrived in Denver, almost all of them went through El Paso. I had a chance to meet people at the border, where they start their journey in the US to continue onto their final destination
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon says Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over US; has decided not to shoot it down due to risks.
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After ran stories about a new, $961K metal detection system for STEM School Highlands Ranch, Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon claimed the articles contained “classified" info.
But the stories were based on what our reporters gathered at public meetings. twitter.com/ColoradoNewsCC
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"According to the Post, ten states — California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin — explicitly tell athletes not to give their medical history to their schools."
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Every Groundhog Day I take a moment to honor the greatest FOIA request ever filed: the hilarious emails between De Blasio's staff and reporters when he dropped that groundhog.
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I knew Colorado’s election system was seen as effective but didn’t fully understand its “gold standard” status until I started reporting around the country. It’s wild how often folks who work to improve local and state election administration cite Colorado as inspiration.
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Light blue indicates campaign donations. Dark blue indicates Fair Election Fund matches. Rougeot is not participating in the taxpayer-financed program.
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NEW: New campaign finance reports show Denver mayoral candidates and overtaking in fundraising. Rougeot, a Republican who is self-funding, has put $500,000 of his own money into his campaign. #copolitics
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Anyone know of a community project in Colorado that needs help getting across the finish line? microgiving campaigns have worked on everything from a high school football field to a community center for veterans to mobile showers for people experiencing homelessness.
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Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?
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If you know of a project that could use our help, please DM me or email next@9news.com. (In each case, I'll look to see if there is a trusted non-profit working on the project or in a position to help.)
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Anyone know of a community project in Colorado that needs help getting across the finish line? microgiving campaigns have worked on everything from a high school football field to a community center for veterans to mobile showers for people experiencing homelessness.
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Here's an unrelated story about whether men are really less susceptible to the cold or whether our bravado is just BS. 9news.com/video/news/loc
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Break out the swim suits, Denver: We just climbed above freezing for the first time in ~102 hours (since Saturday AM)!
#9wx #COwx
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. voted late Tuesday to install neutral outsider supervisors for the 's upcoming leadership elections in response to complaints from local Republicans who don't trust the incumbent county chair to run a fair election. (via )
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