http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5There's a fight going on in Longmont. It'll probably last a while. That's too bad, because it didn't have to be. It all started when a few Longmont residents decided to "speak truth to power." And it should come as no surprise that "power" doesn't much like it. You see, most of the Longmont C...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~358675.aspx9/7/2007 12:36:58 AMKaye Fissinger The Post ran an article in the Business Section on the 5th with the headline, "Group Putting Faith in Business." Catchy title, alarming content! Paul Northrup (who also happens to be Financial Controller for the State of Colorado according to his website) asserts that "God is calling us to b...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/General-News/Story~377230.aspx10/14/2007 12:45:04 AMKaye Fissinger The movers and shakers in Longmont are a little apoplectic these days. They lost the November election! City Council has a 4-2 majority for CHANGE. And on January 29th votes will be counted for the mail-in ballot to repeal the 348-acre LifeBridge/Union annexation the previous City Council so ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~399872.aspx12/3/2007 10:06:53 PMKaye Fissinger The political season just never seems to end. Longmont is winding down just as the state and federal elections are moving into high gear. Longmont has a special election to fill a vacant at-large Council seat, a mail-in ballot with votes to be counted January 29 th. It's a three-person race wit...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~412236.aspx1/7/2008 10:20:58 PMKaye Fissinger With a rightwing target on my back I would suppose I should take that as a reason to "back off." No, my friends--and my enemies. I began this journey with a posting titled "Speaking Truth to Power" and apparently that has become my de facto motif. I shall embrace it. Once upon a time there was ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~414429.aspx1/12/2008 9:20:39 PMKaye Fissinger Longmont is an All-American City, an award we should all experience with pride. But Longmont's all-American status is more than an award. It is a microcosm of the nation as a whole with its dreams, hopes, and fears. Our choices will be influenced by forces and actions on a national, and indee...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~416647.aspx1/18/2008 12:16:04 AMKaye Fissinger The genuine grassroots of Longmont are being " tommie'd " (as in Tom DeLay). The campaign to fill the vacant at-large city council seat will soon end. However it turns out, this name-calling, mudslinging right-wing group of bloggers will still be out it full force with propaganda. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~420370.aspx1/26/2008 10:10:39 PMKaye Fissinger I've been observing the editorial decisions of the Times-Call through its columnists, "specials," letters to the editor and published comments from the T-C Line and I'm thoroughly disgusted with the picture this paints. A "perfect storm" is forming that could plunge the United States into utter...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~436907.aspx3/4/2008 2:01:02 PMKaye Fissinger A short time ago the Longmont Times-Call ran a story titled "Border battle rolls on." In this story it was reported that Councilman Gabe Santos announced at a recent City Council meeting that he thinks that city leaders need to sit down with the principals and owners of LifeBridge/4C/Fairview/Fi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~458067.aspx4/18/2008 1:24:54 PMKaye Fissinger Today's edition of the Denver Post ran an article titled "Pope urges U.S. Catholics to be 'obedient'." Say what?! "... Pope Benedict XVI ended his first visit to the United States as leader of the Roman Catholic Church with a reminder to the flock Sunday that 'obedience' to church authority is ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/General-News/Story~459237.aspx4/21/2008 10:00:18 PMKaye Fissinger There are at least 103,000 people in the state of Colorado that all Coloradans should fear. They are people who would rob each and every one of us of our privacy. They are people who would impose their religious beliefs upon the rest of us with no reservations and with no guilt. These are t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~480722.aspx6/6/2008 12:00:36 PMKaye Fissinger President Bush's and John McCain's threats to Social Security and Medicare are not going away. The two of them now have a new organization to undermine these programs. The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is promoting what it calls "undeniable, unsustainable" threats to our nation's future--to t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~488771.aspx6/25/2008 5:45:57 PMKaye Fissinger Decades ago scientists wanted to know why the people of Germany and Italy were tolerating, even if they were not supporting, Hitler and Mussolini. And thus the study of authoritarianism began. They also wanted to know if blind allegiance could develop in the United States. After more than a half...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~497047.aspx7/17/2008 3:11:55 PMKaye Fissinger Given the incessant attacks on this site and in the print version of YourHub against the Longmont City Council, and in particular Sean McCoy, Karen Benker, Brian Hansen and Sarah Levison, it is long past time for balance. To that end I've posted below the speech that I gave during "Public Invit...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~515095.aspx8/30/2008 1:50:35 AMKaye Fissinger Those who hold the reins of power in Firestone have cruised along complacently for years. Information about decision-making has not been easily and readily available. The fourth branch of government, the press, didn't ask pointed questions or demand answers. No one was watching the store. In an ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~523967.aspx9/22/2008 1:08:01 AMKaye Fissinger Recalling the statement, "Desperate times call for desperate measures," it has never been more true than it is for the McCain-Palin presidential campaign. With the first Hail Mary pass of the appointment of Sarah Palin flat lining because of her complete incompetence to lead anywhere but int...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~525865.aspx9/25/2008 3:26:42 PMKaye Fissinger The Longmont Obama Community will host a gathering on Saturday, December 13 from 2-4 pm at the Longmont Free University, 505 Main Street, Longmont, CO. There will be a viewing of a short video provided by the Obama transition team and the group will plan a community service event. This is...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~555502.aspx12/4/2008 7:19:36 PMKaye Fissinger The Longmont City Council took action on December 2nd to start the official process of revising and improving Longmont's Fair Campaign Practices Act. As part of this process an Election Task Force was created to review, analyze and recommend changes with direction from Council to establish camp...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~556161.aspx12/6/2008 10:06:47 PMKaye Fissinger It began as any normal day with the usual morning routine. Before any other activity my four-legged people had to be fed. For all the gifts they've given over the years, it is only appropriate that their needs must first be met. After the morning coffee is poured, the newspapers are retriev...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Opinion/General/Story~564129.aspx1/3/2009 10:27:20 PMKaye Fissinger The current non-sequitur is that spending is not stimulus. Economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, explains it this way, "Spending that is not stimulus is like cash that is not money." So the question becomes threefold. How much "bank" do you want for your buck?...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~582809.aspx2/21/2009 9:20:11 PMKaye Fissinger Longmont 's 2009-2013 Capital Improvements Program includes funding for a storm drainage project known as Spring Gulch #2. The Spring Gulch #2 project was planned when the former Longmont city council intended to annex the LifeBridge development, the West Union properties, and the Fairview...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~596643.aspx3/26/2009 8:53:57 PMKaye Fissinger Budgetary decisions must be well-considered, measured and balanced. At this year's retreat, the Longmont City Council took a new approach to budgeting for 2010 called "budgeting for outcomes." Towards this end, the city's boards and commissions were asked to participate in identifying desired...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Government/Story~624171.aspx6/6/2009 11:44:09 PMKaye Fissinger In a recent Times-Call editorial, Rick Samson, chairman of a politically-motivated organization known as LIFT, asserted that "some of those entrusted to make decisions for our community lack appreciation for, or understanding of, the fundamentals of private business." Mr. Samson's assertion is ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~632822.aspx7/2/2009 6:53:02 PMKaye Fissinger I am thrilled to announce that I will be running for Longmont City Council for an At Large seat. Longmont is a great community with enormous potential and I'm so proud to be able to call our community my home. Many challenges face not only Longmont but our national community as well. Our...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/General/Story~640248.aspx7/25/2009 8:52:01 PMKaye Fissinger