http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com54/8/08 - Anyone happen to catch tonights Longmont City Council meeting? Once again the simple task of choosing applicants for advisory boards descending into utter nonsense. How hard is this? For the board in question, there were 4 applicants, and 3 positions: 2 primary and 1 alternate....http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~453175.aspx4/8/2008 11:41:44 PMChris RodriguezApril 13 is the official launch date for the Longmont Advocate Podcast ! It can now be found on the iTunes Store (search for Longmont, and look in Podcasts), which is the best way to subscribe. iTunes, the iTunes Store, and subscribing is all FREE . Or you can go to www.long...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~455123.aspx4/13/2008 7:23:10 AMChris RodriguezI guess the anti-Lifebridge annexation crowd is of the belief if you lie enough, often enough, that the spun twisted perception will become everyone else's reality. The latest example is a letter that ran in the Times-Call . In it the writer made it sound as if because of the former Fires...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~457887.aspx4/18/2008 10:04:51 AMChris RodriguezPlay Now LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES April 20, 2008 Show 1st segment Intro music Fuzz by Lords of Fuzz More on the bands Lords of Fuzz and The Unknown Newly designed Longmont Advocate website up and running Podcast launch stats and information Speci...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Society/Story~458615.aspx4/20/2008 7:09:45 AMChris RodriguezThe formerly simple task of picking applicants for an advisory group once again descended into anarchy at the Longmont City Council meeting of April 22 nd. The announcement for the Economic Vitality Advisory Group makes it fairly clear: " Applicants must have been registered to vote ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~460076.aspx4/23/2008 9:51:41 AMChris RodriguezPlay Now LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES April 27, 2008 Show 1st segment Intro music Fuzz by Lords of Fuzz www.longmontadvocate.com / email subscriptions Re-Create '68 Sound clips from Independent Thinking featuring Jon Caldara,Glenn Spagnuolo, and Denver City Coun...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Society/Story~462337.aspx4/27/2008 12:33:08 AMChris RodriguezAt the April 29, 2008 Longmont City Council meeting, at the late, nearly eleven o'clock hour, something interesting happened. Quite often, the most interesting things happen during "Council Comments" at the end of every meeting, it's worth Tivo'ing. In the Times-Call of the same date, there...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~463785.aspx4/30/2008 1:10:57 AMChris RodriguezOPEN LETTER TO MAYOR LANGE AND LONGMONT CITY COUNCIL For the record, I have no stake whatsoever in the following. I am not a landowner near this property, I am not a member of Lifebridge, nor do I speak for them or have ever been asked to. The proposal by Firestone's Mayor Chad Auer in re...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~464896.aspx5/2/2008 1:57:33 AMChris RodriguezPlay Now LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES May 4, 2008 Show 1st segment Intro music Straus' Thus Sprach Zarathrustra by the Longmont Symphony Orchestra Fuzz by Lords of Fuzz www.lordsoffuzz.com www.longmontadvocate.com merchandise store Longmont Symphony Orchestra...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Society/Story~465718.aspx5/4/2008 10:46:01 AMChris RodriguezPlay Now LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES May 11, 2008 Show 1st segment Fuzz by Lords of Fuzz www.lordsoffuzz.com www.youtube.com/longmontadvocate Advocating for George Marxmiller Always Be by Aldo Leopardi 2nd segment Batchelor Without A Spatula by Ebeneezer Talke...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~468578.aspx5/11/2008 12:24:54 AMChris RodriguezI'm working on a bigger story about Longmont Power's solar rebate offer ( Times-Call story here ) and the May 12th Twin Peaks Mall Area Public Meeting ( Times-Call story here ) , but wanted to do a quick take on a combination of these two stories. I've written in the past abou...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~469670.aspx5/13/2008 1:35:13 PMChris RodriguezPlay Now LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES May 18, 2008 Show 1st segment Fuzz by Lords of Fuzz Recap of first 5 Podcast Shows Discussed all bands/artists played www.philhendrieshow.com Annabelle by David McMillin 2nd segment The Spanish Song by The Nancy Drews ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Society/Story~471720.aspx5/17/2008 8:32:20 PMChris RodriguezAt the May 13, 2008 Longmont City Council Meeting, there was a snafu during the Public Invited To Be Heard portion. For some reason, one of the speakers who signed up to speak, Richard Yale , was not called up at the appropriate time. To his credit, Mayor Lange , once made aware of thi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~472873.aspx5/20/2008 3:57:03 PMChris RodriguezPlay Now LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES May 25, 2008 Show Oxygen by Dusty Hughes Update on Clyde Ioerger vs. Butterball at Transportation Advisory Board and Planning and Zoning Meetings Rich Yale and City Attorney Clay Douglas Read portions of " Inappopriate Conduct "...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~474772.aspx5/25/2008 7:11:09 AMChris RodriguezAt the May 27, 2008 Longmont City Council Meeting , Councilmember Sean McCoy took a couple of swipes at Lifebridge Christian Church (without saying their name). Here is the YouTube video, which can also be found at the Longmont Advocate YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~476233.aspx5/28/2008 9:45:04 PMChris RodriguezFollow this link to LISTEN LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES June 1, 2008 Show Fuzz by Lords Of Fuzz Shout Outs Jake at Border To Border Radio Podcast www.bordertoborderradio.com Jack at Lithuanian Out Loud Podcast www.lithuanian.libsyn.com Longmont Police and the 20...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Society/Story~477688.aspx6/1/2008 6:59:00 AMChris RodriguezFollow this link to LISTEN LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES June 8, 2008 Show Fuzz by Lords Of Fuzz Website updates and Twitter Skype explanation Think Local First and Best of Longmont www.thinklocallongmontfirst.com www.bestoflongmont.com Grocery Tax Repeal repealed...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~481112.aspx6/8/2008 1:43:52 AMChris RodriguezThere was more than enough fodder at the June 10th Longmont City Council meeting having to do with the Twin Peaks Mall that it will probably take a couple of articles to cover. First, to the dynamic of the council members themselves. There is a perception, a fairly true one in my opini...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~483492.aspx6/12/2008 9:14:41 PMChris RodriguezI'm sure the final paragraph of Pt. 1 got the attention, and ire, of some. So why not use it as a starting pointfor Pt. 2. During the June 10th Longmont City Council meeting, and this goes to the previous "truly ignorant comments" reference I made, Councilmember Sean McCoy said about ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~483498.aspx6/12/2008 10:10:52 PMChris RodriguezNext up in the antics of some members of the Longmont City Council at the June 10th meeting is some of Sarah Levisons comments. This was some fairly agenda driven questioning of Panattoni's Will Damrath . It's easy to spot agenda driven games like this when the answer is more or les...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~484407.aspx6/16/2008 11:12:55 AMChris RodriguezI thought the title of this series "Mall-itics" was kind of catchy, and finally the politics of the mall came out during the Mall Redevelopment meeting of June 16th at the Public Works Facility. Too put it lightly, the fur was flying. I attended this meeting, and the first meeting, a...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~485031.aspx6/17/2008 4:37:22 PMChris RodriguezContinuing the coverage of the Mall Redevelopment Meeting of June 16th, I had to comment on one of previous speakers comments and of course the council politics part of it. I didn't identify myself or promote my blog/podcast, just speaking as a citizen in this unprepared speech. " I j...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~485867.aspx6/19/2008 10:45:47 AMChris RodriguezFollow this link to LISTEN LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES June 22, 2008 Show Fuzz by Lords Of Fuzz Odd Austin Aeschliman Interview www.oddaustin.com www.myspace.com/oddaustin Old People Batman Filler Song Kenmore Fridge I Wanna B Yo President Atari Runtime: 41:10 Cont...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Opinion/Local-Happenings/Story~486914.aspx6/21/2008 9:43:12 PMChris Rodriguez(SEE UPDATE AT END OF STORY) One of the things I've always liked about blogging was the ability to be more current than other traditional sources of information, like newspapers and weekly magazines. I found that I could " scoop " or beat the paper by a day or two, or even a week or two...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/General-News/Story~487990.aspx6/24/2008 11:41:39 AMChris RodriguezFollow this link to LISTEN LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES June 29, 2008 Show Fuzz by Lords Of Fuzz SkypeCast Info Butterball vs. Clyde Ioerger Conclusion Longmont vs. George Marxmiller Conclusion Dubbs Talkin Politicians Blues by Doug Macleod Twin Peaks Mall Update Mall-itic...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Society/Story~489827.aspx6/28/2008 10:11:04 PMChris RodriguezThere was a front page article in the Daily Times-Call on Sunday June 29, 2008 entitled " Landowners in Limbo " which tells the story about land and business owners around the area where the FasTracks station is supposed to be built. I watched with interest the June 3, 2008 Longmont ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~490439.aspx6/30/2008 11:30:32 PMChris RodriguezIt was 232 years ago, on July the 2nd actually, that these United States of America declared its independence from Great Britain . While there are no surviving records of the speeches given on that day, someone did put up a YouTube video from HBO's " John Adams " at http://www...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Holidays/Holidays/Story~491710.aspx7/3/2008 1:30:16 AMChris RodriguezFollow this link to LISTEN LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES July 6, 2008 Show Oxygen by Dusty Hughes LIVE SkypeCast Info " You're Building What Where? " story about Budget Home Center and FasTracks www.propertyrightsproject.org " Independence Day " story o...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~492599.aspx7/5/2008 9:58:24 PMChris RodriguezThere was a proposed agreement to simplify the Hwy 119 corridor with adequate access points and signal spacing . It had nothing to do with urban sprawl,or as Longmont City Councilman Sean McCoy calls it " green field sprawl ".Watch the video below and see how it's twisted and convol...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~494751.aspx7/11/2008 12:57:05 PMChris RodriguezFollow this link to LISTEN LONGMONT ADVOCATE SHOW NOTES July 13, 2008 Show Fuzz by Lords of Fuzz LIVE SkypeCast Info - new date and time "You're Building What Where?" story about Budget Home Center and FasTracks Recaps from previous shows She's Always A Clinton To...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~495139.aspx7/13/2008 6:59:24 AMChris Rodriguez