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The plaintiffs and a handful of other Park Hill residents filed appeals with the board related to both the zoning administrator s decision to allow for safe-camping sites across the city and the approval of a site-specific permit for the church parking lot. A hearing on that challenge is slated for July 27.
During today s hearing, opponents focused on what they perceived to be negative effects of the existing safe-camping sites, especially the one set up last month outside Park Hill United Methodist Church.
Kurt Monigle, one of the plaintiffs in the original lawsuit who lives about two blocks from the church, presented pictures of people sleeping on the grassy median along Forest Parkway. This is something we ve never had in Park Hill. Obviously, the camp is attracting a new type of activity that we don t like, and it s scary for us, Monigle said.
Park Hill, One of Denver s Hottest Neighborhoods, Is a Flashpoint Again westword.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from westword.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Ben Hellen collects ballots at the Citizen Service Center on Garden of the Gods Road in the northwest part of Colorado Springs on Election Day 2020.
Colorado’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, which voters approved in 2020, is facing a legal challenge that aims to invalidate the program before it starts.
The conservative non-profit, the Public Trust Institute, filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court alleging that the policy is unconstitutional because the fee workers and employers must pay to fund it is not applied evenly.
“This is just an income tax by another name,” said Dan Burrows, the legal director with the Public Trust Institute. “The state constitution is clear that if government wants to fund a new program by taxing wages, it has to treat everyone the same, no matter how attractive the aims of that program might be.”
Colorado voters approved paid leave last year, but a new lawsuit from a Grand Junction company says – The Durango Herald durangoherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from durangoherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.