Author: Michael Booth
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Colorado prison populations predicted to get smaller
In 2006, state researchers estimated Colorado’s prisons would be bursting with 29,443 inmates by 2013. Now it appears they were off by nearly 8,000 prisoners — off in a good way. Fresher predictions say Colorado will hold only 21,662 people in 2013, part of a steady decline in prison populations nationwide that defies previous recession…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…
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BUSINESS: State cuts threaten Colo. tire cleanup
SEDALIA, Colo. (AP) Rick Welle’s tire shredder whines under a bright sun, chipping slowly away at mounds of 80,000 discarded tires tucked among the sandy hills along Santa Fe Drive. But no matter how valiantly the shredder’s $8,000 blades churn on, the piles of unwanted tires are growing higher once again. Gov. Bill Ritter took…