http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5I've never been a very political person. But when I woke up on November 11th and grabbed the Times Call , the picture on the front page shocked me. Karen Benker , Brian Hansen and Sean McCoy smiling and holding up 4 fingers. If you didn't see it, or don't know what I'm referring t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~413234.aspx1/9/2008 4:34:06 PMStephanie Baum Last week I enjoyed a great dose of comic relief from Richard Juday 's website - I'd only just started reading his views and I'd already had quite a few outbursts of laughter. As a former NASA engineer he plays himself up as being a scientist who "does his homework." Good for him, give hi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~413418.aspx1/10/2008 10:36:21 AMStephanie Baum Thank you, Eric Zimmerer, for once again providing one side of the story (Who's Your Daddy). Let's go one step further and actually look at who the CONTRIBUTORS are, not just the total dollar amounts. Because Gabe Santos is the most relevant candidate, being that he's running in the special elect...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~414750.aspx1/14/2008 9:39:40 AMStephanie Baum This is Councilman Hansen and Richard Juday. Why are they holding up 4 fingers? You guess: A) They were just asked how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. B) They were asked how many former NASA Engineers it takes to screw in a lightbulb. C) They were celebrating th...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~415368.aspx1/15/2008 12:26:11 PMStephanie Baum I have read countless Letters to the Editor praising Richard Juday's wonderful communication skills, and his ability to simplify technical concepts in a way that everyone can understand. I've read it so many times it makes me think that this is one of the talking points given to his supporters to...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~416755.aspx1/18/2008 11:11:12 AMStephanie Baum If you don't know who Bob Greenlee is, he's a former Boulder Mayor (1998-1999) and Councilman (1983-1999). Bob and his wife Diane moved to Boulder the same time as my parents - 1975. In 1977 Diane purchased the radio station, KBCO, and in 14 years took it to #1 in the Denver Metro market. Both B...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~417314.aspx1/20/2008 8:34:41 AMStephanie Baum Here is the last paragraph on one of Richard Juday's infamous missing website pages, "In a somewhat related matter, I would like to explore whether a city can legally require its companies to pay a higher salary than the federal minimum , so that BBS Inc. would know upon coming in that it ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~417511.aspx1/20/2008 10:31:54 PMStephanie Baum Apparently homeowners in the Willow Creek Estates subdivision here in Longmont, who have been displaying Vote for Gabe signs on their properties received some interesting phone calls. The caller told the homeowner that displaying the sign was a violation of the HOA rules. The HOA president confir...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~418295.aspx1/22/2008 7:22:44 PMStephanie Baum Wrong Duane, this didn't start because of Gabe coming to town, it started because Boulder politics have invaded our town, as evidenced by the 2 speakers at the city council meeting Tuesday night, who came FROM BOULDER to talk about how OUR election needs to be counted. Where were they before t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~419521.aspx1/25/2008 7:41:40 AMStephanie Baum The political atmosphere these last couple of months has been unlike anything I've ever seen before...and I've been a part of it. I started a blog, started writing letters to the editor, and even mailed out a letter stating my views and why I think we need to elect Gabe. I've been reading what Ju...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Politics/Story~420413.aspx1/27/2008 8:33:27 AMStephanie Baum I'm tired of hearing the Anti-LifeBridge folk spew half-truths and outright lies about tax exemption of religious use property. It seems as if the number one battle cry of those folks is "there is a very good chance that no property taxes would ever be paid" by LifeBridge/4C if (when) they develo...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~452162.aspx4/6/2008 4:22:46 PMStephanie Baum How much do I love the Rockies? More than anyone can know! Our first date, with my husband of 7 years, was to a Rockies game. I had gotten up the nerve to call him and ask him out, and my offer of Club Level tickets to the upcoming game was something he couldn't refuse. On our one year annive...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Promotions/Rockies/Story~453220.aspx4/9/2008 7:28:07 AMStephanie Baum Our daughter, Brooklynn as been chosen as one of just a handful of finalists for the Canon New Baby Photo Contest - grand prize for the winner is $10,000 for her college fund. As far as we know, Brooklynn is the only finalist from Colorado! Her picture was chosen among the thousands of entries ba...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/Faces-of/Story~491477.aspx7/2/2008 2:30:19 PMStephanie Baum 1 Cheer for getting rid of our Library Director 1 Cheer for getting rid of the Fire Chief and 1 Cheer for getting rid of the City Attorney What wonderful "progress" for our city! Maybe they can all be replaced by people who can't think for themselves, who are self-serving and live in a dr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~507771.aspx8/13/2008 4:58:20 PMStephanie Baum With his pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has give the Republicans the first woman in the White House! Former President Bill Clinton, at the Democratic National Convention said Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate was a "homerun" - I contend that John McCain'...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~514684.aspx8/29/2008 10:10:13 AMStephanie Baum For those who might not have noticed, our new mystery writer, Martin VanPaul, has been banished from YourHub. MVP as "he" was referred to on here (I wonder if, when picking this pseudo name, the real writer chose those initials on purpose?) turns out to be a false identity. Many of us had suspect...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Opinion/General-Sound-Off/Story~518873.aspx9/9/2008 12:58:36 PMStephanie Baum " Advocacy and Education Purpose of Longmont Investing In Tomorrow (LIFT) " reads the title on the news release from LIFT, dated September 16, 2008. So what exactly is LIFT and why it is necessary? LIFT is a non-profit (501(c)(4)) corporation whose purpose is to promote and support a posit...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/News/Nonprofit/Story~531611.aspx10/8/2008 9:53:25 AMStephanie Baum Remaining competitive in both business and education is critical to the long-term success of any community. Longmont is no exception. Because quality education is a cornerstone to economic prosperity, the Board of Directors of Longmont Investing for Tomorrow (LIFT) recently voted to endorse ball...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/General/Story~534983.aspx10/14/2008 2:39:01 PMStephanie Baum Tonight, at the Longmont City Council meeting, during Public Invited to be Heard, Doug Wray tried to launch in to a tirade condemning Councilman Santos for an email that was (per the open records law) submitted to the city records. It was an email in response to a Kaye Fissinger story posted righ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Longmont/Stories/Archive/General/Story~638891.aspx7/21/2009 10:18:43 PMStephanie Baum