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In 2019, Tila Duhaime recalls taking a city-led bike ride along 28th Street from Valmont Road to Iris Avenue as part of a capital improvements tour ahead of a project scheduled along that stretch of road. Duhaime, chair of the city’s Transportation Advisory Board , is an avid cyclist, but she said the experience was “terrifying and uncomfortable and unpleasant.” At the end of the ride, Duhaime said it was clear to her that improvements were necessary. Boulder in about a year is scheduled to begin construction on the north segment of the 28th Street project . The full project, which was split into three segments and cost about $30 million in full, is more than two decades in the making. By the city’s estimation, the final segment will take anywhere from nine to 12 months to complete once construction begins in early to mid-2022. According to Gerrit Slatter, principal transportation projects engineer, the last segment, which extends from Canyon Boulevard to Iris Avenue, … [Read more...] about Boulder moving toward final segment of 28th Street project

Texas utility company Austin Energy announced on Wednesday that customers should prepare to remain without power for the rest of Wednesday and potentially another week or more. In a series of tweets, Austin Energy stated that a Wednesday morning ice storm in addition to the snow that has hit the state in recent days has caused more power outages in its service area. What to know this morning: — Austin Energy (@austinenergy) February 17, 2021 ADVERTISEMENT The company reported many customers who may have had power could expect to have it knocked out by the ice storm. Austin Energy explained that the prolonged outages are occurring in an effort to help maintain The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s (ERCOT) electric grid. It has faced backlash for keeping power on in downtown Austin for the duration of the controlled outages, according to local NBC News station KXAN. “The downtown network is excluded for now from load shedding (power outages) during … [Read more...] about Texas utility: Power outages could last another week or more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) was hit on Saturday by allegations from a second former aide, who claimed the governor asked her inappropriate questions about her sex life back in June 2020. However, just one month prior, the “Cuomo Prime Time” host, Chris Cuomo, had his brother on the show as part of a collection of pithy interviews in the early months of the pandemic. “Do you think you are an attractive person now because you’re single and ready to mingle?” the CNN anchorman asked. “Do you think that you’re some desirable single person and that this is not just people’s pain coming out of them?” “I think that beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” the governor grinned. “Listen to you, you got an answer for anything. You’re feeling pretty good about yourself these days, aren’t ya?” the anchor beamed. BREAKING: Governor #AndrewCuomo is single and ready to mingle. Any takers ?! Via: @cnn @chrisccuomo pic.twitter.com/cvJvCjxEK5 — All News Inc. (@allnewsinc) May 7, 2020 … [Read more...] about Andrew Cuomo ‘Is Single, Ready to Mingle,’ Brother Said on CNN

Chants of “Shame on NBC” and “Antisemitism isn’t funny” rang out in front of NBC Studios in Manhattan on Saturday night, as protesters gathered in response to what organizers called an anti-Semitic joke made by Saturday Night Live cast member Michael Che made on the show one week ago. “Anti-Semitism is not funny,” chanted protesters, who are demanding an apology from NBC for disseminating a series of anti-Semitic jokes, the most recent one being on SNL last week. NBC and Michael Che have been facing backlash for a joke the comedian told last week on SNL , in which he said, “Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population. I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half.” Watch below: Critics have slammed Che for his remarks, calling the joke anti-Semitic. “The truth is that the Arab population of the state of Israel has received the vaccine no different from the rest of the population. That is a fact,” said former New York State Assemblyman and … [Read more...] about Watch — Crowd Protests Outside NBC Studios over Israel Vaccine Joke: ‘Anti-Semitism Isn’t Funny’

It’s hard to pinpoint the moment when the “I’m okay, you’re okay” philosophy of the seventies morphed into the “I’m okay, you’re not” thinking of the present day.  Back in the seventies, everyone smoked cigarettes, wore ugly polyester, ate Twinkies, and told cringe-worthy jokes. Nobody was in a position to judge. Now our betters know better how best to behave. Through virtue signaling, shaming, de-platforming, censoring, and outright coercion they intend to make others change their unacceptable views and ways. Take the Healthy Kid Meal Ordinance before the Aurora City Council which would foist new regulations on how restaurants advertise children’s meals, for example. The ordinance would require restaurants to make water or milk the default beverage for kid’s meals. Kids could still order any drink but restaurants could not list such drinks with the meal package. Restaurants that fail to comply will be fined or have their license suspended. Fortunately, the sponsor delayed the … [Read more...] about Kafer: Restaurants’ sugary drinks don’t need regulation