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Pueblo City Council: Not wobbly on domestic partner benefits, just disorganized

By | 09.13.12 | 10:12 am

Pueblo City Council made headlines Monday when it voted 5 to 1 to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have extended benefits to the domestic partners of gay city employees. The move came as a shock to the sponsor of the proposal, to the members of the public who packed the council chambers and to state political analysts long used to seeing solidly Democratic Pueblo lead on gay rights.

Denver coalition looks to feds to crack city’s alleged coddling of brutal cops

By | 03.21.12 | 6:00 am

Citing institutional weakness and failure, a Denver activist coalition is demanding federal authorities intervene to address police brutality in the city.