thedenverpost--2020-10-16--CSU’s Medved: CU Buffs, DU, UNC still on Rams’ basketball slate, rest of non-conference schedule a m

CSU’s Medved: CU Buffs, DU, UNC still on Rams’ basketball slate, rest of non-conference schedule a mystery

While the NCAA will allow the CSU men ’ s basketball squad to tip off as early as Nov. 25 , the Rams ’ non-conference schedule remains a work in progress .
Accent on the work .
“ We ’ re still kind of navigating our way through a couple different scenarios , ” CSU coach Niko Medved said after the team ’ s first official practice Thursday .
“ And a lot of it for us just depends on who we ’ re going to have the opportunity to play and where that ’ s going to be .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in the air , honestly.
” We know the Rams will still play the CU Buffs in Boulder .
They ’ re still slated to meet DU and UNC , too .
CSU had been in line to appear at the MGM Main Event in Las Vegas Nov. 20-22 , but “ that tournament will not exist anymore in the same form , ” the third-year Rams coach said on Thursday .
Medved expects more dates and times to be arranged before the end of October .
The Rams will open an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 29 vs. UNLV .
The Mountain West tourney is slated for March 10-13 in Las Vegas .
But we ’ re also heading into the first full winter of the coronavirus pandemic .
And if we ’ ve learned anything from the last seven months , it ’ s that even things supposedly designed to be set in stone can get scratched from existence in a blink .
“ We have a little more clarity than maybe two weeks ago , ” Medved said .
“ But heck , I say that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It could all change by ( Friday ) morning.
” Eligibility bonus ?
Medved said the Rams wouldn ’ t feel a significant impact from the NCAA ’ s announcement on Wednesday that it would , in response to the pandemic , extend an extra season of eligibility to all winter sport athletes .
Largely because CSU is only carrying 11 scholarships on its roster right now , and only 10 of those players are practicing every day .
“ I think a lot of these guys already will get opportunities to play @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jake ( center Jacob Jennissen , a 6-foot-11 freshman ) is recovering from a knee injury , you know , maybe he ’ s been moved further down the road .
It depends on how he progresses this year and he ’ s doing a great job so far .
Maybe … ( you ) change your mind to say , ‘ Maybe we can play him this year if he ’ s ready.
’ ” The Rams ’ roster is one of the youngest in the Mountain West , with nine of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freshmen or sophomores .
“ But because we ’ re so young , we haven ’ t thought about that much , ” Medved said .
“ It ’ s still a little bit different for us than a lot of these other schools .
Maybe that pays off down the road for us , who knows ?
” Being home is different .
Medved cracked that he ’ s spent more time at home since March , thanks to COVID-19 travel restrictions , than he has in ages , given how the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I ’ m still married , my kids still love me , I think , ” the coach joked .
“ ( But ) as you get to October , this is typically when we ’ re home all the time anyway .
What we ’ re doing right now is , frankly , like a normal schedule , where you ’ re practicing every day , ( having ) staff meetings where you ’ re planning and plotting .
This is what I love most about coaching .
We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Staff continuity helps .
With such a young team and during such a turbulent calendar year , with more pandemic-related shake-ups expected into 2021 , Medved said staff continuity has been one of the Rams ’ secret weapons .
“ There ( are ) so many challenges and question marks out there about what ’ s going to happen , ” Medved said .
“ Hopefully , one day , we ’ ll tell stories about it .
But I think just having continuity with the staff and the team as well , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those people as we ’ ve started to continue to form the culture that we want , I think that ’ s really been terrific .
”

While the NCAA will allow the CSU men’s basketball squad to tip off as early as Nov. 25, the Rams’ non-conference schedule remains a work in progress. Accent on the work.
“We’re still kind of navigating our way through a couple different scenarios,” CSU coach Niko Medved said after the team’s first official practice Thursday. “And a lot of it for us just depends on who we’re going to have the opportunity to play and where that’s going to be. And some of those things are still up in the air, honestly.”
We know the Rams will still play the CU Buffs in Boulder. They’re still slated to meet DU and UNC, too. CSU had been in line to appear at the MGM Main Event in Las Vegas Nov. 20-22, but “that tournament will not exist anymore in the same form,” the third-year Rams coach said on Thursday.
Medved expects more dates and times to be arranged before the end of October. The Rams will open an 18-game Mountain West slate at home Dec. 29 vs. UNLV. The Mountain West tourney is slated for March 10-13 in Las Vegas.
But we’re also heading into the first full winter of the coronavirus pandemic. And if we’ve learned anything from the last seven months, it’s that even things supposedly designed to be set in stone can get scratched from existence in a blink.
“We have a little more clarity than maybe two weeks ago,” Medved said. “But heck, I say that, and this is 2020, right? It could all change by (Friday) morning.”
Eligibility bonus? Medved said the Rams wouldn’t feel a significant impact from the NCAA’s announcement on Wednesday that it would, in response to the pandemic, extend an extra season of eligibility to all winter sport athletes. Largely because CSU is only carrying 11 scholarships on its roster right now, and only 10 of those players are practicing every day.
“I think a lot of these guys already will get opportunities to play,” the coach said. “Jake (center Jacob Jennissen, a 6-foot-11 freshman) is recovering from a knee injury, you know, maybe he’s been moved further down the road. It depends on how he progresses this year and he’s doing a great job so far. Maybe … (you) change your mind to say, ‘Maybe we can play him this year if he’s ready.’”
The Rams’ roster is one of the youngest in the Mountain West, with nine of CSU’s 12 players being either freshmen or sophomores.
“But because we’re so young, we haven’t thought about that much,” Medved said. “It’s still a little bit different for us than a lot of these other schools. Maybe that pays off down the road for us, who knows?”
Being home is different. Medved cracked that he’s spent more time at home since March, thanks to COVID-19 travel restrictions, than he has in ages, given how the pandemic limited face time with potential recruits.
“I’m still married, my kids still love me, I think,” the coach joked. “(But) as you get to October, this is typically when we’re home all the time anyway. What we’re doing right now is, frankly, like a normal schedule, where you’re practicing every day, (having) staff meetings where you’re planning and plotting. This is what I love most about coaching. We’re in our element right now.”
Staff continuity helps. With such a young team and during such a turbulent calendar year, with more pandemic-related shake-ups expected into 2021, Medved said staff continuity has been one of the Rams’ secret weapons.
“There (are) so many challenges and question marks out there about what’s going to happen,” Medved said. “Hopefully, one day, we’ll tell stories about it. But I think just having continuity with the staff and the team as well, and it’s the character of those people as we’ve started to continue to form the culture that we want, I think that’s really been terrific.”


thedenverpost--2020-10-16--Carlos Correa hits walkoff homer to keep Astros alive in ALCS

SAN DIEGO — Carlos Correa homered with one out in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Thursday behind sensational pitching from five rookies to remain alive in the AL Championship Series .
Correa drove a pitch from Nick Anderson to straightaway center field , watched the ball for a few steps and then flung his bat .
He was greeted at home by his ecstatic teammates .
He ’ s only 3 for 18 in the series , but two of the hits are homers .
Houston won a second straight elimination game @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Garcia and four fellow rookies , who combined to hold the Rays to two runs and four hits through 6 2/3 innings before manager Dusty Baker finally turned to a veteran , Josh James .
Ryan Pressly , the seventh Astros pitcher , got the victory .
The Astros pulled to 3-2 and forced Game 6 on Friday .
In the ALCS for a fourth straight year , the Astros are trying to join the 2004 Boston Red Sox as the only teams to come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York Yankees in the ALCS and went on to win their first World Series in 86 seasons .
Otherwise , big league clubs leading 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series are 37-1 .
The Astros , who got into the playoffs with a losing record , are trying to reach the World Series for the third time in four years .
They are trying to get there in a year when they have been criticized for their role in a cheating scandal en route to the 2017 title that was uncovered last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homer in Game 2 of the 2017 ALCS off Aroldis Chapman of the New York Yankees .
George Springer homered on opener John Curtiss ’ first pitch and Michael Brantley broke a tie with a two-run single .
Tampa Bay ’ s Ji-Man Choi tied the game with a homer to deep right leading off the eighth .
Rookie Randy Arozarena continued his remarkable postseason by hitting his sixth homer in 12 games and Brandon Lowe also connected for the Rays , who need one more win to reach the Fall Classic for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Springer led off the bottom of the first by sending Curtiss ’ first pitch onto the second balcony of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left field corner at Petco Park .
On Wednesday night , he drove a two-run shot onto the third balcony to break a tie and lead the Astros to a 4-3 win .
It was his fourth homer this postseason and 19th of his career , the most in franchise history and tying Albert Pujols for fourth all-time .
After Lowe homered to right-center off Blake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the game , Brantley singled to right off Josh Fleming to bring in Josh Reddick , who singled , and Martin Maldonado , who doubled .
Lowe ’ s throw was off-line and the 230-pound Maldonado scored with a headfirst slide .
Arozarena pulled the Rays to 3-2 with an opposite-field shot to right-center off Enoli Paredes with one out in the fifth .
Arozarena homered for the second straight game , third time this series and sixth time this postseason , tying the rookie record set by Tampa Bay ’ s Evan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hits are two shy of Derek Jeter ’ s rookie record in 1996 .
Garcia held Tampa Bay hitless in two innings while striking out two and walking one .
Taylor allowed one hit and one run in two-thirds of an inning , Paredes allowed one run and one hit while striking out three in 1 2/3 innings , Andre Scrubb gave up two hits in 1 ½ innings and Brooks Raley worked a scoreless inning with two strikeouts , including fanning Arozarena leading off the seventh .
Garcia , making his first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bases-loaded jam in the second .
Paredes got consecutive strikeouts with runners on first and second in the fourth .
Scrubb came on with a runner on first and one out in the fifth and struck out Yandy Diaz before allowing Ji-Man Choi ’ s single .
He got Manuel Margot to hit a grounder to third baseman Alex Bregman , who bare-handed it and threw him out to end the inning .
Baker ’ s instincts won out again when he decided to leave in Garcia even though the rookie got into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Choi with one out and hitting Joey Wendle on the foot with a pitch , Baker sent pitching coach Brent Strom out for a chat with the 23-year-old Garcia .
The rookie proceeded to walk Willy Adames before getting Mike Zunino to fly out to the warning track in right .
Taylor took over opening the third and gave up Lowe ’ s leadoff homer .
On Wednesday night , Baker stuck with Zack Greinke even though he got into trouble in the sixth .
Greinke proceeded to load the bases but then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changeup to end the threat .
Curtiss allowed one run and one hit in 1 1/3 innings .
Houston matched the Marlins by using an MLB-high 15 rookie pitchers in 2020 .
They have nine rookie pitchers on their ALCS roster .
Rays : Gold Glove CF Kevin Kiermaier was out of the lineup a second straight day after getting hit by a pitch on the left hand on Tuesday night .
Astros : Framber Valdez was the most likely starter for Game 6 .
Rays : LHP Blake Snell pitched five innings @ @ @ @ @ @ @

SAN DIEGO — Carlos Correa homered with one out in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Thursday behind sensational pitching from five rookies to remain alive in the AL Championship Series.
Correa drove a pitch from Nick Anderson to straightaway center field, watched the ball for a few steps and then flung his bat. He was greeted at home by his ecstatic teammates. He’s only 3 for 18 in the series, but two of the hits are homers.
Houston won a second straight elimination game thanks in large part to starter Luis Garcia and four fellow rookies, who combined to hold the Rays to two runs and four hits through 6 2/3 innings before manager Dusty Baker finally turned to a veteran, Josh James. Ryan Pressly, the seventh Astros pitcher, got the victory.
The Astros pulled to 3-2 and forced Game 6 on Friday. In the ALCS for a fourth straight year, the Astros are trying to join the 2004 Boston Red Sox as the only teams to come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series. The Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in the ALCS and went on to win their first World Series in 86 seasons.
Otherwise, big league clubs leading 3-0 in a best-of-seven postseason series are 37-1.
The Astros, who got into the playoffs with a losing record, are trying to reach the World Series for the third time in four years. They are trying to get there in a year when they have been criticized for their role in a cheating scandal en route to the 2017 title that was uncovered last offseason.
Correa also hit a walkoff homer in Game 2 of the 2017 ALCS off Aroldis Chapman of the New York Yankees.
George Springer homered on opener John Curtiss’ first pitch and Michael Brantley broke a tie with a two-run single.
Tampa Bay’s Ji-Man Choi tied the game with a homer to deep right leading off the eighth.
Rookie Randy Arozarena continued his remarkable postseason by hitting his sixth homer in 12 games and Brandon Lowe also connected for the Rays, who need one more win to reach the Fall Classic for the second time in franchise history.
Springer led off the bottom of the first by sending Curtiss’ first pitch onto the second balcony of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left field corner at Petco Park. On Wednesday night, he drove a two-run shot onto the third balcony to break a tie and lead the Astros to a 4-3 win.
It was his fourth homer this postseason and 19th of his career, the most in franchise history and tying Albert Pujols for fourth all-time.
After Lowe homered to right-center off Blake Taylor leading off the third to tie the game, Brantley singled to right off Josh Fleming to bring in Josh Reddick, who singled, and Martin Maldonado, who doubled. Lowe’s throw was off-line and the 230-pound Maldonado scored with a headfirst slide.
Arozarena pulled the Rays to 3-2 with an opposite-field shot to right-center off Enoli Paredes with one out in the fifth. Arozarena homered for the second straight game, third time this series and sixth time this postseason, tying the rookie record set by Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria in 2008.
His 20 postseason hits are two shy of Derek Jeter’s rookie record in 1996.
Garcia held Tampa Bay hitless in two innings while striking out two and walking one. Taylor allowed one hit and one run in two-thirds of an inning, Paredes allowed one run and one hit while striking out three in 1 2/3 innings, Andre Scrubb gave up two hits in 1 ½ innings and Brooks Raley worked a scoreless inning with two strikeouts, including fanning Arozarena leading off the seventh.
Garcia, making his first postseason appearance, got out of a bases-loaded jam in the second. Paredes got consecutive strikeouts with runners on first and second in the fourth. Scrubb came on with a runner on first and one out in the fifth and struck out Yandy Diaz before allowing Ji-Man Choi’s single. He got Manuel Margot to hit a grounder to third baseman Alex Bregman, who bare-handed it and threw him out to end the inning.
Baker’s instincts won out again when he decided to leave in Garcia even though the rookie got into trouble in the second. After walking Choi with one out and hitting Joey Wendle on the foot with a pitch, Baker sent pitching coach Brent Strom out for a chat with the 23-year-old Garcia. The rookie proceeded to walk Willy Adames before getting Mike Zunino to fly out to the warning track in right.
Taylor took over opening the third and gave up Lowe’s leadoff homer.
On Wednesday night, Baker stuck with Zack Greinke even though he got into trouble in the sixth. Greinke proceeded to load the bases but then struck out Mike Brosseau on a 3-2 changeup to end the threat.
Curtiss allowed one run and one hit in 1 1/3 innings.
HEY ROOK
Houston matched the Marlins by using an MLB-high 15 rookie pitchers in 2020. They have nine rookie pitchers on their ALCS roster.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: Gold Glove CF Kevin Kiermaier was out of the lineup a second straight day after getting hit by a pitch on the left hand on Tuesday night.
UP NEXT
Astros: Framber Valdez was the most likely starter for Game 6.
Rays: LHP Blake Snell pitched five innings to win the ALCS opener 2-1.


thedenverpost--2020-10-16--New way of looking at Denver urban living:  Age-55-plus Overture at 9th and Colorado has open house

New way of looking at Denver urban living:  Age-55-plus Overture at 9th and Colorado has open house Sunday

“ I never thought we ’ d be in a 55-and-older anything , ” says Martha who with husband Joe is settling into a luxury 2-bedroom apartment with a view of the Rockies , looking out from the new 9th & Colorado Redevelopment area , the new-urban neighborhood created from the hospital sites west of Rose Medical Center .
Turns out there ’ s a brand new luxury rental community here that ’ s the perfect setup for 55-plus residents — particularly if they ’ re taking a proactive look at senior living in Colorado .
“ This is different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their new place at Overture 9th+CO by Greystar , at E. 10th Avenue and Ash Street in the fast-emerging neighborhood , has them surrounded by people of all ages who are attracted to the new residential projects nearby , with walkable dining , shopping , open spaces , and parks .
Postino ’ s and Chuy ’ s are scheduled to arrive , along with Hopdoddy , and an AMC theater .
Cava , Frank & Roze coffee bar , and Pizzeria Locale are already here as well as Trader Joe ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , each coming from careers in hospital administration , found themselves naturally drawn to the historic hospital site , while moving closer to four daughters and two granddaughters , all in Colorado .
They see this as a kind of Denver pied-à-terre , as she gets involved on the board of the Colorado Public Health Association , he explores the golf scene , and both get new access to mountain recreation .
At the pool , Martha has already met six other women at Overture that have followed daughters to Denver .
Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and other amenities for which people pay sizable monthly HOA fees in for-purchase communities are all included in the rent at Overture .
Also included are concierge services , a theater , a big , beautiful great room , a sky-view lounge , frequent grab-n-go breakfasts and happy hours , and a full calendar of events .
“ It ’ s the perfect setup for someone who is active , ” says Sue Walther , who was one of the first residents to move in after an extensive search of rental communities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , after making numbers of friends here .
Overture ’ s 20-floor plans start from as little as $ 1,278/month for a studio—VERY attractively priced for a new 55-plus community like this—and span into the upper $ 2,000 range for attractive 2-bedrooms , and the $ 3,000-to- $ 4,000/month range for larger apartment homes with views across 9th & Colorado to a panorama of Front Range peaks .
Sales Manager , Jan Peterson will show you around and tell you about a pay-no-rent-until-Dec-1 move-in special , as well as the exceptional protocols that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , she says , residents truly appreciate .
Martha Pofit adds that Overture ’ s customer-centric approach resonated with them .
Not surprisingly , says Peterson , many early move-ins have come from people moving out of Hilltop , Cherry Creek , Crestmoor , and other nearby areas , getting top dollar for their homes now .
You ’ ll see two models , the parking and amenities , and get a feel for the restaurants a few steps from the front door .
– The news and editorial staffs of The Denver @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s preparation .

“I never thought we’d be in a 55-and-older anything,” says Martha who with husband Joe is settling into a luxury 2-bedroom apartment with a view of the Rockies, looking out from the new 9th & Colorado Redevelopment area, the new-urban neighborhood created from the hospital sites west of Rose Medical Center. Turns out there’s a brand new luxury rental community here that’s the perfect setup for 55-plus residents — particularly if they’re taking a proactive look at senior living in Colorado.
Overture at 9th+CO by Greystar What: Outdoor open house at Overture 9th+CO Oct 18, Waffle Rita food truck refreshments, music, pet photo booth, community tours; luxury age-55-plus community in 9th & Colorado Redevelopment area
Outdoor open house at Overture 9th+CO Oct 18, Waffle Rita food truck refreshments, music, pet photo booth, community tours; luxury age-55-plus community in 9th & Colorado Redevelopment area Where: 4205 E. 10th Ave, Denver; from Colorado Blvd head east on E. 8th Ave., two blocks to Ash, turn north 3 blks
4205 E. 10th Ave, Denver; from Colorado Blvd head east on E. 8th Ave., two blocks to Ash, turn north 3 blks Price: From $1,288/mo.; luxury view units from $3,000/mo.
From $1,288/mo.; luxury view units from $3,000/mo. When: Sun. Oct. 18 11-to-2
Sun. Oct. 18 11-to-2 Phone: 303-552-3358
303-552-3358 More Info: Overture9co.com
“This is different,” she adds, noting that their new place at Overture 9th+CO by Greystar, at E. 10th Avenue and Ash Street in the fast-emerging neighborhood, has them surrounded by people of all ages who are attracted to the new residential projects nearby, with walkable dining, shopping, open spaces, and parks. Postino’s and Chuy’s are scheduled to arrive, along with Hopdoddy, and an AMC theater. Cava, Frank & Roze coffee bar, and Pizzeria Locale are already here as well as Trader Joe’s just two blocks south.
The Pofits, each coming from careers in hospital administration, found themselves naturally drawn to the historic hospital site, while moving closer to four daughters and two granddaughters, all in Colorado. They see this as a kind of Denver pied-à-terre, as she gets involved on the board of the Colorado Public Health Association, he explores the golf scene, and both get new access to mountain recreation.
At the pool, Martha has already met six other women at Overture that have followed daughters to Denver.
Meanwhile, that very popular pool, jacuzzi, and other amenities for which people pay sizable monthly HOA fees in for-purchase communities are all included in the rent at Overture. Also included are concierge services, a theater, a big, beautiful great room, a sky-view lounge, frequent grab-n-go breakfasts and happy hours, and a full calendar of events.
“It’s the perfect setup for someone who is active,” says Sue Walther, who was one of the first residents to move in after an extensive search of rental communities, who now rave about the services, after making numbers of friends here.
Overture’s 20-floor plans start from as little as $1,278/month for a studio—VERY attractively priced for a new 55-plus community like this—and span into the upper $2,000 range for attractive 2-bedrooms, and the $3,000-to-$4,000/month range for larger apartment homes with views across 9th & Colorado to a panorama of Front Range peaks. Sales Manager, Jan Peterson will show you around and tell you about a pay-no-rent-until-Dec-1 move-in special, as well as the exceptional protocols that Overture is taking for Covid-19, something, she says, residents truly appreciate.
Martha Pofit adds that Overture’s customer-centric approach resonated with them. Not surprisingly, says Peterson, many early move-ins have come from people moving out of Hilltop, Cherry Creek, Crestmoor, and other nearby areas, getting top dollar for their homes now.
You’ll see two models, the parking and amenities, and get a feel for the restaurants a few steps from the front door. –
The news and editorial staffs of The Denver Post had no role in this post’s preparation.


thedenverpost--2020-10-16--The search for space. As Castle Rock’s Montaine opens today, see 9 models including 55-plus ranches,

The search for space. As Castle Rock’s Montaine opens today, see 9 models including 55-plus ranches, in scenic surroundings

To get a community with the quality of scenery you ’ re going to see today at a grand opening for master-planned Montaine in Castle Rock , you would have had to move to Denver about 30 years ago .
That ’ s what to expect from your first foray into Montaine , a mile-square expanse being revealed on a west-facing hillside below Castle Rock ’ s highest point , overlooking the Rampart Range crested by Devil ’ s Head Peak , spanning south to Pikes Peak .
Practically all of the topography slopes west toward the view ; and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of four model home sites , all opening today ; including collections of big-family homes by Toll Brothers and by Wonderland Homes ; and in a new offering of Toll Brothers ’ very popular all-ranch age-55-plus designs .
The community ’ s infrastructure by master-developer Toll Brothers is already visible , showing quality you can expect from 13 miles of trails and 548 acres of open space planned for Montaine ; and for its clubhouses and other amenities .
“ Even if you ’ re just walking around , you ’ re going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” says Toll Brothers ’ Ben Calder , who you ’ ll meet in Vista at Montaine , the non-age-restricted neighborhood .
“ A site like this with this open space and these views has been watched by the neighbors for years , and we ’ ve already seen many people coming for an early look , ” Calder adds .
Those include buyers from core Denver neighborhoods , specifically searching now for more open space .
Along with the views and wide-open interiors by Toll and Wonderland , they ’ re seeing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a moment when older places without this setting are getting top dollar .
You ’ ll tour a model from Toll Brothers ’ Pointe collection , from the upper $ 400s , and Wonderland ’ s ‘ Scenic ’ series , starting at the low to mid- $ 500s—each well below the median Denver area detached resale home price this month .
And this is the opportunity to see Toll Brothers ’ newest age-55-plus designs , that have been fast sellers at Inspiration and Anthem .
Head south from Castle Rock on Wilcox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The news and editorial staffs of The Denver Post had no role in this post ’ s preparation .

To get a community with the quality of scenery you’re going to see today at a grand opening for master-planned Montaine in Castle Rock, you would have had to move to Denver about 30 years ago.
Grand Opening of Montaine in Castle Rock What: Grand opening, Montaine, master-planned community featuring family-sized homes and an all-ranch age-55-plus enclave. Planned pools, clubhouses, 13 mi trails, 548 acres of open space, clubhouses, pools
Grand opening, Montaine, master-planned community featuring family-sized homes and an all-ranch age-55-plus enclave. Planned pools, clubhouses, 13 mi trails, 548 acres of open space, clubhouses, pools Where: Head south on I-25 past 470, 13 mi. to Plum Creek Pkwy, turn east 1 blk to S. Wilcox, turn south 2 mi. to Crystal Valley Pkwy, turn east 1/2 mile to Plum Creek Blvd, turn right
Head south on I-25 past 470, 13 mi. to Plum Creek Pkwy, turn east 1 blk to S. Wilcox, turn south 2 mi. to Crystal Valley Pkwy, turn east 1/2 mile to Plum Creek Blvd, turn right Price: From mid-$400s to $1M
From mid-$400s to $1M When: Sat Oct 17 & daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sat Oct 17 & daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Vista at Montaine Toll Bros Phone: 720-649-5654
720-649-5654 Vista at Montaine Toll Bros Phone: 720-649-5664
720-649-5664 Wonderland Homes Phone: 970-536-1165
970-536-1165 Vista at Montaine Toll Bros Phone: 720-649-5664
720-649-5664 Regency age-55-plus Phone: 720-649-5644
720-649-5644 More Info: LiveMontaine.com
That’s what to expect from your first foray into Montaine, a mile-square expanse being revealed on a west-facing hillside below Castle Rock’s highest point, overlooking the Rampart Range crested by Devil’s Head Peak, spanning south to Pikes Peak.
Practically all of the topography slopes west toward the view; and you’ll see that from each of four model home sites, all opening today; including collections of big-family homes by Toll Brothers and by Wonderland Homes; and in a new offering of Toll Brothers’ very popular all-ranch age-55-plus designs.
The community’s infrastructure by master-developer Toll Brothers is already visible, showing quality you can expect from 13 miles of trails and 548 acres of open space planned for Montaine; and for its clubhouses and other amenities.
“Even if you’re just walking around, you’re going to be captured by the views,” says Toll Brothers’ Ben Calder, who you’ll meet in Vista at Montaine, the non-age-restricted neighborhood.
“A site like this with this open space and these views has been watched by the neighbors for years, and we’ve already seen many people coming for an early look,” Calder adds. Those include buyers from core Denver neighborhoods, specifically searching now for more open space.
Along with the views and wide-open interiors by Toll and Wonderland, they’re seeing prices that have to look attractive at a moment when older places without this setting are getting top dollar.
You’ll tour a model from Toll Brothers’ Pointe collection, from the upper $400s, and Wonderland’s ‘Scenic’ series, starting at the low to mid-$500s—each well below the median Denver area detached resale home price this month. And this is the opportunity to see Toll Brothers’ newest age-55-plus designs, that have been fast sellers at Inspiration and Anthem. Head south from Castle Rock on Wilcox, then east on Crystal Valley Parkway.
The news and editorial staffs of The Denver Post had no role in this post’s preparation.


thedenverpost--2020-10-15--Pine Creek still waiting to defend its 4A football title with second straight game in jeopardy

Pine Creek ’ s state title defense is still waiting for its first snap , but it ’ s already in jeopardy .
Two weeks into this fall ’ s abbreviated Colorado high school football season , the reigning Class 4A state champions are likely to miss a second straight game after 35 players were forced into a mandatory 14-day quarantine on Oct. 8 .
It ’ s a significant development because teams are required to play four regular-season games in order to qualify for this fall ’ s CHSAA state playoffs , and there will only be four weekends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For that very reason , Pine Creek athletic director Joshua Trahan is scrambling to find an opponent willing to play the Eagles when their quarantine ends Tuesday .
“ Not very optimistic ( the Eagles will find another team ) , ” Trahan admitted during a phone interview Thursday .
“ For most teams , they don ’ t like the short turnaround .
They don ’ t want to play with only a couple days ’ practice.
” Neither would Pine Creek under normal circumstances .
But it ’ s the only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make up one of its two lost games .
Pine Creek ’ s scheduled Week 3 opponent , Chaparral , agreed to move their meeting to Saturday , Oct. 24 , in order to give the Eagles time to squeeze in a Tuesday night game .
Adding a fifth contest would not only guard against the possibility of other cancelations , it would give Pine Creek another data point in the CHSAA Seeding Index that determines each classification ’ s eight-team playoff bracket .
“ The more games , the more accurate representation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ … I think all teams want to play as many games as they can.
” The Eagles lost their entire varsity and junior varsity offensive lines to the quarantine , triggered after a player tested positive for COVID-19 , Trahan said .
That rendered the Eagles ’ hastily rescheduled Week 1 meeting with Ralston Valley unplayable , while Week 2 opponent Douglas County was unable to adjust its schedule to play Tuesday .
“ If we would ’ ve had a JV offensive line available , we probably would ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trahan said .
Pine Creek , of course , is not alone in facing early obstacles as it navigates the coronavirus pandemic .
The Eagles ’ original Week 1 opponent , Castle View , had to pull out even before Pine Creek went into quarantine .
Mullen and Douglas County also canceled Week 1 games , while Class 3A power Pueblo South will miss its first two games after going into quarantine in early October .
Pueblo South ’ s game this week , scheduled against rival Pueblo County , was designated a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ District 60 athletic director Rick Macias said .
That allows the schools to make up the game later if desired .
“ We might have to double up , ” Macias said .
“ I don ’ t think that ’ s going to happen , but it just keeps it open just in case.
” A total of 218 schools ( roughly 80 % of the state ) declared for the fall season once it was reinstated by CHSAA .
That decision binds those schools to fall , according to CHSAA spokesman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opportunity to switch to the spring .
Thus , it ’ s either get games in now , or lose football altogether for the 2020-21 school year .

Pine Creek’s state title defense is still waiting for its first snap, but it’s already in jeopardy.
Two weeks into this fall’s abbreviated Colorado high school football season, the reigning Class 4A state champions are likely to miss a second straight game after 35 players were forced into a mandatory 14-day quarantine on Oct. 8.
It’s a significant development because teams are required to play four regular-season games in order to qualify for this fall’s CHSAA state playoffs, and there will only be four weekends left after this one is over.
For that very reason, Pine Creek athletic director Joshua Trahan is scrambling to find an opponent willing to play the Eagles when their quarantine ends Tuesday.
“Not very optimistic (the Eagles will find another team),” Trahan admitted during a phone interview Thursday. “For most teams, they don’t like the short turnaround. They don’t want to play with only a couple days’ practice.”
Neither would Pine Creek under normal circumstances. But it’s the only option available if the team wants to make up one of its two lost games.
Pine Creek’s scheduled Week 3 opponent, Chaparral, agreed to move their meeting to Saturday, Oct. 24, in order to give the Eagles time to squeeze in a Tuesday night game. Adding a fifth contest would not only guard against the possibility of other cancelations, it would give Pine Creek another data point in the CHSAA Seeding Index that determines each classification’s eight-team playoff bracket.
“The more games, the more accurate representation of your RPI,” Trahan said. “… I think all teams want to play as many games as they can.”
The Eagles lost their entire varsity and junior varsity offensive lines to the quarantine, triggered after a player tested positive for COVID-19, Trahan said. That rendered the Eagles’ hastily rescheduled Week 1 meeting with Ralston Valley unplayable, while Week 2 opponent Douglas County was unable to adjust its schedule to play Tuesday.
“If we would’ve had a JV offensive line available, we probably would’ve tried to make something work,” Trahan said.
Pine Creek, of course, is not alone in facing early obstacles as it navigates the coronavirus pandemic.
The Eagles’ original Week 1 opponent, Castle View, had to pull out even before Pine Creek went into quarantine. Mullen and Douglas County also canceled Week 1 games, while Class 3A power Pueblo South will miss its first two games after going into quarantine in early October.
Pueblo South’s game this week, scheduled against rival Pueblo County, was designated a “no contest,” Pueblo School District 60 athletic director Rick Macias said. That allows the schools to make up the game later if desired.
“We might have to double up,” Macias said. “I don’t think that’s going to happen, but it just keeps it open just in case.”
A total of 218 schools (roughly 80% of the state) declared for the fall season once it was reinstated by CHSAA. That decision binds those schools to fall, according to CHSAA spokesman Bert Borgmann, so there is no opportunity to switch to the spring.
Thus, it’s either get games in now, or lose football altogether for the 2020-21 school year.


thedenverpost--2020-10-15--Colorado governor bans late fees for renters through end of 2020

Gov .
Jared Polis on Thursday announced an executive order banning late fees for Colorado renters through the end of the year , and his office vowed that a statewide eviction moratorium is forthcoming in a separate order .
The governor ’ s executive order follows the release of a 17-page report by the Special Eviction Prevention Task Force , which met during the late summer and fall .
Polis created the task force to address the housing instability crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic .
That group made a slew of recommendations , both short and long term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ executive order show Polis adopting some of the short-term recommendations .
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ordered a nationwide eviction moratorium six weeks ago that applies to nearly all renters , taking pressure off of Polis to consider reinstituting a statewide moratorium he had allowed to lapse .
The task force unanimously recommended that landlords be required to inform tenants of their rights under the order , and Polis weeks ago accepted that recommendation .
Seven of the 10 task force members recommended that Polis should codify the CDC order by putting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goes above and beyond the federal one .
Polis did not create a state moratorium in his Thursday order .
His spokeswoman , Maria de Cambra , said that Polis would codify the CDC order with a statewide eviction moratorium order soon , though she did not specify when .
As a “ medium-term ” recommendation , the task force unanimously asked Polis to set limits on late fees imposed by landlords on tenants behind on payment .
Loose regulation on this front allows landlords to set their own late fee schedules , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ task force was split on the degree to which Polis should limit these fees , but the governor decided to suspend the fees altogether through the end of the year .
Colorado ’ s next legislative session is scheduled to begin in January , and it ’ s likely that Democrats will pursue a bill to permanently limit late fees , among several other possible housing-related bills .
Also on Thursday , Polis reiterated a recommendation to local governments to relax occupancy limit laws and added a new recommendation that local governments suspend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consecutive days a person can occupy a hotel room .
Both are nudges , not mandates .
Wrote Polis , “ Nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed as relieving an individual from their obligation to make rent payments .
”

Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday announced an executive order banning late fees for Colorado renters through the end of the year, and his office vowed that a statewide eviction moratorium is forthcoming in a separate order.
The governor’s executive order follows the release of a 17-page report by the Special Eviction Prevention Task Force, which met during the late summer and fall. Polis created the task force to address the housing instability crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
That group made a slew of recommendations, both short and long term. The changes detailed in the new executive order show Polis adopting some of the short-term recommendations.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ordered a nationwide eviction moratorium six weeks ago that applies to nearly all renters, taking pressure off of Polis to consider reinstituting a statewide moratorium he had allowed to lapse. The task force unanimously recommended that landlords be required to inform tenants of their rights under the order, and Polis weeks ago accepted that recommendation.
Seven of the 10 task force members recommended that Polis should codify the CDC order by putting in place a Colorado-specific eviction moratorium that goes above and beyond the federal one. Polis did not create a state moratorium in his Thursday order. His spokeswoman, Maria de Cambra, said that Polis would codify the CDC order with a statewide eviction moratorium order soon, though she did not specify when.
As a “medium-term” recommendation, the task force unanimously asked Polis to set limits on late fees imposed by landlords on tenants behind on payment. Loose regulation on this front allows landlords to set their own late fee schedules, which vary wildly by property. The task force was split on the degree to which Polis should limit these fees, but the governor decided to suspend the fees altogether through the end of the year.
Colorado’s next legislative session is scheduled to begin in January, and it’s likely that Democrats will pursue a bill to permanently limit late fees, among several other possible housing-related bills.
Also on Thursday, Polis reiterated a recommendation to local governments to relax occupancy limit laws and added a new recommendation that local governments suspend or eliminate limits on the number of consecutive days a person can occupy a hotel room. Both are nudges, not mandates.
Wrote Polis, “Nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed as relieving an individual from their obligation to make rent payments.”


thedenverpost--2020-10-15--The Spot: What we still don’t know about Colorado’s Senate candidates, plus “bonkers” early turnout

The Spot: What we still don’t know about Colorado’s Senate candidates, plus “bonkers” early turnout and Hancock lets his opinion be known

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Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper have finished their four debates , and in stark contrast to the recent presidential and vice presidential debates , they actually told us a lot about what the candidates believe .
The great thing about a debate is that there ’ s nowhere to hide , and so two men who are not always easy to pin down — Gardner , in particular , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made to answer a whole slew of questions on which they had not recently or ever been on record .
We ’ ve got much more info on what we learned in four debate recaps , which you can read here , here , here and here .
But there is one crucial area in which we didn ’ t really learn too much : the Supreme Court .
There were big , outstanding questions for each candidate on this one heading into the debates , and those questions remain unanswered .
Related @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information to help you fill out your ballot .
Let ’ s start with Gardner .
In four debates , Gardner did not acknowledge that his ( very likely ) decision to support the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett contradicts his own position from 2016 , when he and other Senate Republicans refused to even hold a hearing for Merrick Garland .
He gave a number of long answers about how the Senate GOP is simply following “ precedent ” — a claim that is plainly untrue .
Four years ago , Gardner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election to consider Garland ’ s nomination , but this year , with Barrett , we ’ re far closer to Election Day and he ’ s suddenly OK with the nomination .
Marshall Zelinger of 9NEWS , who co-moderated Tuesday ’ s debate , framed his question to Gardner on this as : “ Why should anyone trust that you ’ ll stand by anything you ’ re telling us tonight ?
” The question for Democrats about the impending confirmation of Barrett is , in so many words , “ What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” And we have not gotten a straight answer from Hickenlooper on that one .
In the Post ’ s debate , he refused to even entertain the possibility that the Senate will confirm Barrett , even though confirmation appears to be a near-certainty at this point .
He said , “ I don ’ t think Amy Coney Barrett is going to be approved.
” We ’ ll see how that prediction ages .
Hickenlooper has offered this prediction as a way to deflect questions about whether Democrats should seek to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or take some other form of retaliatory measure .
When I asked Hickenlooper last month about adding seats to the court , he straight-up said , “ I ’ m not going to answer your question.
” He promised to be more transparent on this topic if and when the Senate confirmation process ends .
Even if he makes good on that promise , by the time Barrett is confirmed , many Colorado voters will already have cast their ballots having never heard Hickenlooper explain his latest thinking on “ court-packing ” at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the Senate race from Justin Wingerter .
Also in this week ’ s Spot , Saja Hindi writes on the proposed 22-week abortion ban and Conrad Swanson writes on how this year ’ s Denver election is personal for the mayor .
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More than 300,000 Colorado voters have already returned their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Secretary of State ’ s Office reported Thursday — a staggering display of enthusiasm in a state that sends all voters a ballot by mail .
Of those who ’ ve already voted , 46 % are Democrats .
A Colorado ballot measure that wasn ’ t receiving much attention at the beginning of the election cycle is now significantly more prominent three weeks ahead of the November election .
Advocacy groups fighting a proposed 22-week abortion ban have kicked up campaigning in the final weeks as signs point to a close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Colorado Politics last week suggests that Colorado voters are split on Proposition 115 , a measure that initially struggled to make it onto the ballot and Democrats thought didn ’ t have much of a chance because of how Coloradans have voted on abortion previously .
But voters seem more sympathetic to restrictions later in pregnancy .
As reported by The Denver Post , the opposition to the abortion ban has raised and spent more money than other ballot measure .
The filing due next week is expected to continue that trend .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the country to fight the ban , with contributions from individuals as well as nonprofits and advocacy groups , including Planned Parenthood branches throughout the United States .
Religious groups have gotten in on both sides of the fight , with the Catholic Church supporting the measure and others such as the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado backing the opposition .
The high spending is in large part because abortion rights activists fear the potential end of Roe v. Wade with a new Supreme Court justice , but it ’ s also the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virtually .
“ We ’ re in unprecedented times as we navigate new ways to campaign and communicate in the time of COVID , ” Stefanie Clarke of the “ No on 115 ” campaign said .
Proponents are unfazed by their lower fundraising numbers : “ There has been a movement towards life and towards reasonable policy positions , ” said Nicole Hunt of the Coalition to Help Moms and Save Babies .
• It will be up to voters whether Colorado joins an effort to elect future presidents by popular vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politically engaged state , according to a WalletHub study .
Sen. Cory Gardner ’ s campaign attorney sent at least one Colorado TV station a letter last week requesting that it stop broadcasting an ad the attorney calls “ tasteless fear-mongering.
” The ad , from Rocky Mountain Values , states that if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court , “ the court will approve Trump ’ s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act ” and “ strip away protections for people with pre-existing conditions ” during a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s campaign attorney , wrote a letter Oct. 7 , asking at least one station manager – and likely several – to take the ad down .
Her complaint was that the ad treats the overturning of the ACA as a foregone conclusion when in fact that is far from certain .
An attorney for Rocky Mountain Values , which is spending $ 1.2 million to broadcast the commercial , responded in a letter to several Colorado station managers the following day .
“ Notwithstanding the heated rhetoric of Ms. Furst Johnson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ wildly speculative ’ about the ad and it is flatly wrong to say that the prediction that a Justice Barrett would vote to strike down the ACA is based ‘ on a mountain of assumptions and a chain of causation , ’ ” Lawrence Norton said .
Norton ’ s argument seems to have won out .
The ad remains in circulation , according to a spokesperson for Rocky Mountain Values .
• Gardner and Hickenlooper were in Fort Collins on Tuesday for their final debate .
• This is where Gardner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Hickenlooper released a new ad Tuesday featuring Gov .
Jared Polis .
An anti-Hickenlooper ad was also released Tuesday by a dark money GOP group .
• Fourth District congressional candidates Ike McCorkle and Rep. Ken Buck will debate Friday night in Elizabeth , starting at 6 p.m. ( Look for The Post ’ s coverage afterward . )
Hancock at odds with council on ballot measures In addition to appearing in ad spots for Joe Biden and calling out President Donald Trump ’ s pandemic response as an “ absolute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michael Hancock is also entering the election fray on two local ballot measures .
Both measures — 2E and 2G — would check Hancock ’ s power as mayor , handing a bit more of that power to the City Council .
And , unsurprisingly , Hancock opposes both .
First up , 2E would give the council approval power over mayoral appointees including the chief of police , sheriff , fire chief , city attorney , public health director , parks director , aviation director , and the planning and development manager @ @ @ @ @ @ @ council to change the city ’ s budget mid-year ( with some restrictions ) rather than just during the budget development process .
“ One measure gives City Council the ability to circumvent the budget process mid-year , the other gives City Council D.C.-style confirmation power over Charter Mayoral appointees , ” Hancock said on Twitter .
“ These measures aren ’ t about oversight — they ’ re solutions in search of problems we don ’ t have , and worse , they could erode our ability , and that of future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and funding.
” Hancock ’ s quick to tout his bonafides as Denver ’ s only mayor to have also served on the City Council .
But clearly he ’ s at odds with a majority of council members on these measures , much as he has been since the start of his third term .
They have complained about an increasing lack of transparency from the mayor , dysfunction among his appointees and a disagreement over spending priorities , to say the least .
They ’ ve sought to check his powers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ luck .
So they ’ ve turned to the polls .
On the budgetary issue , it appears some within the city ’ s finance department also are concerned that too many people with the ability to tweak the budget could tangle Denver ’ s finances further .
As a safeguard , however , the measure would require the City Council to consult with the city ’ s chief financial officer before initiating any changes .
But on council approval over mayoral appointees , it ’ s unclear why the measure would introduce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says .
It would just give council a chance to vet the candidates and form a relationship with them , sponsoring Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer has said .
The appointees would still be selected by the mayor and report directly to him .
“ 2E and 2G are simple accountability measures that the majority of cities like Houston and LA already do .
Even Colorado Springs ( that bastion of liberalism ; ) ) does this !
What ’ s the mayor so afraid of ?
” Sawyer wrote .
Other comments on Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s message and others skeptical .
“ How dare the Legislative ( council ) branch of gov be given any ability to hold the Executive ( mayor ) branch accountable ?
!
” Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca chimed in sarcastically .
“ When the Mayor throws a Trump-tweet-fit you got ta wonder .
Council referred 2C , 2D , 2E , 2G , 2H , 2I , 2J because equal branches of gov IS democracy.
” We ’ ll see in November just how city residents feel about the power struggle between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ urge voters not to delay in filling out and returning their ballots because they ’ re lengthy .
• That ballot contains 12 local measures from tax proposals to a possible repeal of the city ’ s pit bull ban .

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Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper have finished their four debates, and in stark contrast to the recent presidential and vice presidential debates, they actually told us a lot about what the candidates believe.
The great thing about a debate is that there’s nowhere to hide, and so two men who are not always easy to pin down — Gardner, in particular, is mostly inaccessible to the press — were made to answer a whole slew of questions on which they had not recently or ever been on record. We’ve got much more info on what we learned in four debate recaps, which you can read here, here, here and here.
But there is one crucial area in which we didn’t really learn too much: the Supreme Court. There were big, outstanding questions for each candidate on this one heading into the debates, and those questions remain unanswered.
Related: Check out our voter guide for information to help you fill out your ballot.
Let’s start with Gardner. In four debates, Gardner did not acknowledge that his (very likely) decision to support the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett contradicts his own position from 2016, when he and other Senate Republicans refused to even hold a hearing for Merrick Garland.
He gave a number of long answers about how the Senate GOP is simply following “precedent” — a claim that is plainly untrue. Four years ago, Gardner said it was too close to an election to consider Garland’s nomination, but this year, with Barrett, we’re far closer to Election Day and he’s suddenly OK with the nomination.
Marshall Zelinger of 9NEWS, who co-moderated Tuesday’s debate, framed his question to Gardner on this as: “Why should anyone trust that you’ll stand by anything you’re telling us tonight?”
The question for Democrats about the impending confirmation of Barrett is, in so many words, “What are you gonna do about it?”
And we have not gotten a straight answer from Hickenlooper on that one. In the Post’s debate, he refused to even entertain the possibility that the Senate will confirm Barrett, even though confirmation appears to be a near-certainty at this point. He said, “I don’t think Amy Coney Barrett is going to be approved.” We’ll see how that prediction ages.
Hickenlooper has offered this prediction as a way to deflect questions about whether Democrats should seek to expand the size of the court, or take some other form of retaliatory measure. When I asked Hickenlooper last month about adding seats to the court, he straight-up said, “I’m not going to answer your question.”
He promised to be more transparent on this topic if and when the Senate confirmation process ends. Even if he makes good on that promise, by the time Barrett is confirmed, many Colorado voters will already have cast their ballots having never heard Hickenlooper explain his latest thinking on “court-packing” at any length.
Scroll down for more on the Senate race from Justin Wingerter. Also in this week’s Spot, Saja Hindi writes on the proposed 22-week abortion ban and Conrad Swanson writes on how this year’s Denver election is personal for the mayor.
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More than 300,000 Colorado voters have already returned their ballots for the Nov. 3 election, the Secretary of State’s Office reported Thursday — a staggering display of enthusiasm in a state that sends all voters a ballot by mail. Of those who’ve already voted, 46% are Democrats.
Capitol Diary • By Saja Hindi
Abortion measure gaining attention
A Colorado ballot measure that wasn’t receiving much attention at the beginning of the election cycle is now significantly more prominent three weeks ahead of the November election.
Advocacy groups fighting a proposed 22-week abortion ban have kicked up campaigning in the final weeks as signs point to a close race.
Polling released by 9News and Colorado Politics last week suggests that Colorado voters are split on Proposition 115, a measure that initially struggled to make it onto the ballot and Democrats thought didn’t have much of a chance because of how Coloradans have voted on abortion previously. But voters seem more sympathetic to restrictions later in pregnancy.
As reported by The Denver Post, the opposition to the abortion ban has raised and spent more money than other ballot measure. The filing due next week is expected to continue that trend. The issue committee has raised money from across the country to fight the ban, with contributions from individuals as well as nonprofits and advocacy groups, including Planned Parenthood branches throughout the United States. Religious groups have gotten in on both sides of the fight, with the Catholic Church supporting the measure and others such as the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado backing the opposition.
The high spending is in large part because abortion rights activists fear the potential end of Roe v. Wade with a new Supreme Court justice, but it’s also the result of having to reach more voters virtually.
“We’re in unprecedented times as we navigate new ways to campaign and communicate in the time of COVID,” Stefanie Clarke of the “No on 115” campaign said.
Proponents are unfazed by their lower fundraising numbers: “There has been a movement towards life and towards reasonable policy positions,” said Nicole Hunt of the Coalition to Help Moms and Save Babies.
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#COSen 2020 • By Justin Wingerter
Gardner attorney fights attack ad
Sen. Cory Gardner’s campaign attorney sent at least one Colorado TV station a letter last week requesting that it stop broadcasting an ad the attorney calls “tasteless fear-mongering.”
The ad, from Rocky Mountain Values, states that if Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, “the court will approve Trump’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act” and “strip away protections for people with pre-existing conditions” during a pandemic.
Jessica Furst Johnson, Gardner’s campaign attorney, wrote a letter Oct. 7, asking at least one station manager – and likely several – to take the ad down. Her complaint was that the ad treats the overturning of the ACA as a foregone conclusion when in fact that is far from certain.
An attorney for Rocky Mountain Values, which is spending $1.2 million to broadcast the commercial, responded in a letter to several Colorado station managers the following day.
“Notwithstanding the heated rhetoric of Ms. Furst Johnson’s letter, there is nothing ‘wildly speculative’ about the ad and it is flatly wrong to say that the prediction that a Justice Barrett would vote to strike down the ACA is based ‘on a mountain of assumptions and a chain of causation,’” Lawrence Norton said.
Norton’s argument seems to have won out. The ad remains in circulation, according to a spokesperson for Rocky Mountain Values.
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Mile High Politics • By Conrad Swanson
Hancock at odds with council on ballot measures
In addition to appearing in ad spots for Joe Biden and calling out President Donald Trump’s pandemic response as an “absolute failure” on CNN, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is also entering the election fray on two local ballot measures.
Both measures — 2E and 2G — would check Hancock’s power as mayor, handing a bit more of that power to the City Council. And, unsurprisingly, Hancock opposes both.
First up, 2E would give the council approval power over mayoral appointees including the chief of police, sheriff, fire chief, city attorney, public health director, parks director, aviation director, and the planning and development manager. Then, 2G would allow the council to change the city’s budget mid-year (with some restrictions) rather than just during the budget development process.
“One measure gives City Council the ability to circumvent the budget process mid-year, the other gives City Council D.C.-style confirmation power over Charter Mayoral appointees,” Hancock said on Twitter.
“These measures aren’t about oversight — they’re solutions in search of problems we don’t have, and worse, they could erode our ability, and that of future mayors, to appropriately manage city agencies and funding.”
Hancock’s quick to tout his bonafides as Denver’s only mayor to have also served on the City Council. But clearly he’s at odds with a majority of council members on these measures, much as he has been since the start of his third term.
They have complained about an increasing lack of transparency from the mayor, dysfunction among his appointees and a disagreement over spending priorities, to say the least. They’ve sought to check his powers from council chambers, but with little luck. So they’ve turned to the polls.
On the budgetary issue, it appears some within the city’s finance department also are concerned that too many people with the ability to tweak the budget could tangle Denver’s finances further. As a safeguard, however, the measure would require the City Council to consult with the city’s chief financial officer before initiating any changes.
But on council approval over mayoral appointees, it’s unclear why the measure would introduce dysfunction into city government, as Hancock says. It would just give council a chance to vet the candidates and form a relationship with them, sponsoring Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer has said. The appointees would still be selected by the mayor and report directly to him.
“2E and 2G are simple accountability measures that the majority of cities like Houston and LA already do. Even Colorado Springs (that bastion of liberalism ;)) does this! What’s the mayor so afraid of?” Sawyer wrote.
Other comments on Twitter were mixed, some supportive of Hancock’s message and others skeptical.
“How dare the Legislative (council) branch of gov be given any ability to hold the Executive (mayor) branch accountable?!” Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca chimed in sarcastically. “When the Mayor throws a Trump-tweet-fit you gotta wonder. Council referred 2C, 2D, 2E, 2G, 2H, 2I, 2J because equal branches of gov IS democracy.”
We’ll see in November just how city residents feel about the power struggle between the mayor and Council.
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thedenverpost--2020-10-15--Broncos assistant Mike Munchak hopeful revamped offensive line’s “best football” still on the way

Broncos offensive line coach Mike Munchak has experienced the opening quarter of an NFL season 27 times .
He has seen sloppy Septembers dissolve into disappointing Decembers , fast-starting players fade and bad beginnings forgotten by Thanksgiving .
All of which is why Munchak ’ s point during a phone interview after practice Thursday carries so much merit .
“ It ’ s too early to judge any of these guys , four weeks in without a preseason , ” he said .
“ Hopefully , for all of us , our best football is coming.
” Too early to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including Sunday ’ s trip to New England .
Maybe left tackle Garett Bolles will continue his solid form , right tackle Demar Dotson will hold down the spot in place of an injured Elijah Wilkinson and rookie center Lloyd Cushenberry will steadily improve .
The Broncos need Munchak to be right .
Fewer pass protection errors .
Better run blocking .
The same discipline in terms of penalties .
If quarterback Drew Lock and running back Phillip Lindsay are to have successful returns from injuries to spark the Broncos ’ offense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The record is obviously not where we want it and we need to start winning football games , ” Munchak said .
“ You want to be growing and developing while winning .
The Jets game gave us a little taste of that.
” The growing-and-developing angle is particularly important to the Broncos .
Among the current starting five , only Bolles and left guard Dalton Risner were on the roster last year .
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the preseason , meaning the Broncos had to adjust to each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And there were ups ( no sacks allowed by Tennessee and the New York Jets ) and downs ( the Broncos allowed 13 sacks in losses to Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay ) .
Pass protection disruptions ( combined sacks , knockdowns and pressures ) : The Broncos ’ offensive line has been booked with 29 1/2 of the team ’ s 53 total disruptions per the Denver Post ’ s game charting .
Run game : The line has been charged with 13 of the Broncos ’ 26 “ bad ” run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fewer yards , not including short-yardage/goal-line situations .
Penalties : The line has only four accepted penalties .
The line has played in front of three starting quarterbacks and hasn ’ t had the chance to block for Lindsay or create time for receiver Courtland Sutton ( torn ACL ) to get open downfield .
“ When anybody is missing from the puzzle and you ’ re starting a new 11 every week , it takes a little longer to adjust to that sometimes , ” said Munchak , who added , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excuses need to be offered .
Bolles , Risner , Cushenberry and right guard Graham Glasgow have played every snap .
The adjustment process should be trending only up .
Bolles ’ play seems to be trending the right way .
He will always be under the microscope because of his first-round draft status and struggles from 2017-19 .
But he may have turned a corner this year with no sacks allowed and one enforced penalty .
“ You always say you want somebody to pick up where he left off and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Munchak said .
“ I thought the second half of last season , as he got used to what we were trying to accomplish , he played pretty solid .
He had a good camp ( this year ) and came back highly motivated to play his best .
The first quarter of the season , he ’ s been pretty consistent and playing physically and obviously there are things in his game he wants to improve.
” Entering the final 12 games of his rookie contract , the focus will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lock ’ s blind-side , run block efficiently and stay out of penalty problems .
It ’ s not a stretch to say the Broncos ’ line will go as Bolles will go .
“ His best football should be ahead of him , ” Munchak said .
“ As we all know , he ’ s brought attention to himself in the past with negative plays and I think he ’ s done a good job of avoiding that.
” Munchak is also confident the Broncos have the right mix up front @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but as he said throughout the interview , there ’ s a lot of games to be played .
“ They work hard , they ’ re into it and they want to get it done , ” Munchak said .
“ And I think they will .
”

Broncos offensive line coach Mike Munchak has experienced the opening quarter of an NFL season 27 times. He has seen sloppy Septembers dissolve into disappointing Decembers, fast-starting players fade and bad beginnings forgotten by Thanksgiving.
All of which is why Munchak’s point during a phone interview after practice Thursday carries so much merit.
“It’s too early to judge any of these guys, four weeks in without a preseason,” he said. “Hopefully, for all of us, our best football is coming.”
Too early to judge? Sure. Twelve games remain, including Sunday’s trip to New England. Maybe left tackle Garett Bolles will continue his solid form, right tackle Demar Dotson will hold down the spot in place of an injured Elijah Wilkinson and rookie center Lloyd Cushenberry will steadily improve.
The Broncos need Munchak to be right. Fewer pass protection errors. Better run blocking. The same discipline in terms of penalties.
If quarterback Drew Lock and running back Phillip Lindsay are to have successful returns from injuries to spark the Broncos’ offense, it all starts with the line.
“The record is obviously not where we want it and we need to start winning football games,” Munchak said. “You want to be growing and developing while winning. The Jets game gave us a little taste of that.”
The growing-and-developing angle is particularly important to the Broncos. Among the current starting five, only Bolles and left guard Dalton Risner were on the roster last year.
The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the preseason, meaning the Broncos had to adjust to each other on the fly in the opening month. And there were ups (no sacks allowed by Tennessee and the New York Jets) and downs (the Broncos allowed 13 sacks in losses to Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay).
Through four games …
Pass protection disruptions (combined sacks, knockdowns and pressures): The Broncos’ offensive line has been booked with 29 1/2 of the team’s 53 total disruptions per the Denver Post’s game charting.
Run game: The line has been charged with 13 of the Broncos’ 26 “bad” run plays — a gain of one or fewer yards, not including short-yardage/goal-line situations.
Penalties: The line has only four accepted penalties.
The line has played in front of three starting quarterbacks and hasn’t had the chance to block for Lindsay or create time for receiver Courtland Sutton (torn ACL) to get open downfield.
“When anybody is missing from the puzzle and you’re starting a new 11 every week, it takes a little longer to adjust to that sometimes,” said Munchak, who added, “There’s no excuse.”
No excuses need to be offered. Bolles, Risner, Cushenberry and right guard Graham Glasgow have played every snap. The adjustment process should be trending only up.
Bolles’ play seems to be trending the right way. He will always be under the microscope because of his first-round draft status and struggles from 2017-19. But he may have turned a corner this year with no sacks allowed and one enforced penalty.
“You always say you want somebody to pick up where he left off and that’s kind of what he did,” Munchak said. “I thought the second half of last season, as he got used to what we were trying to accomplish, he played pretty solid. He had a good camp (this year) and came back highly motivated to play his best. The first quarter of the season, he’s been pretty consistent and playing physically and obviously there are things in his game he wants to improve.”
Entering the final 12 games of his rookie contract, the focus will continue to be on Bolles to protect Lock’s blind-side, run block efficiently and stay out of penalty problems. It’s not a stretch to say the Broncos’ line will go as Bolles will go.
“His best football should be ahead of him,” Munchak said. “As we all know, he’s brought attention to himself in the past with negative plays and I think he’s done a good job of avoiding that.”
Munchak is also confident the Broncos have the right mix up front. The win-loss results have been disappointing, but as he said throughout the interview, there’s a lot of games to be played.
“They work hard, they’re into it and they want to get it done,” Munchak said. “And I think they will.”


thedenverpost--2020-10-15--Seahawks hope Russell Wilson’s start just the beginning in ’20

SEATTLE — Not that he needed to provide the endorsement , but in the midst of talking about his start of the season , DK Metcalf threw his support behind a growing candidacy .
He ’ s of course speaking of Russell Wilson , the quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks and one of the clear leaders in the MVP conversation through the first quarter of the season .
Actually , there may be no other leader .
Wilson is playing possibly the finest football of his career , leading the Seahawks ( 5-0 ) to their best start in franchise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the flaws of an imperfect team .
Now in his ninth season , Wilson is in the prime of his career and has been provided the tools to fully emerge into the elite category of QBs .
He ’ s not the game manager that first arrived in Seattle and was the accompaniment to one of the best defenses in recent history .
This is and has been Wilson ’ s team for several years .
The difference is after years of transitions and smart moves , Seattle has surrounded its quarterback @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the talent of its leader .
And the results , at least to start this season , can ’ t be argued .
“ I think it ’ s been so evident over the past few years of just how collectively we are together as a team , ” Wilson said .
“ Everybody is sticking together .
Everybody is believing in one another .
Everybody is helping one another .
It doesn ’ t matter who makes the play .
It ’ s us .
It ’ s about us and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at their bye week after another night when Wilson ’ s performance was the lasting memory of Seattle ’ s victory over Minnesota .
Wilson rallied Seattle from a 13-0 halftime deficit and capped the comeback by driving 94 yards with less than two minutes left , hitting Metcalf on a fourth-and-goal TD pass with 15 seconds left for a 27-26 win .
Wilson now has 19 touchdown passes and just three interceptions through five games .
It ’ s the second-most TD tosses in the first five games of a season , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2013 when he was the league MVP .
Wilson leads the league in passer rating and until this past week was tops in completion percentage .
He ’ s on pace for 60 TDs and 4,800 yards passing .
But the reasons behind Wilson ’ s blazing start to the season go deeper than TDs and passer rating , two areas where he has always been among the top QBs in the league .
The relationship between Wilson and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer is now in its third year and there seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parties , especially in early downs .
In Schottenheimer ’ s first two seasons , Seattle threw the ball on first or second down 724 times in 32 regular-season games , the second-lowest total of any team in the league .
While the numbers across the league aren ’ t equal through five weeks , Seattle has thrown on first or second down 147 times in five games .
For context , that ’ s the same number as Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City .
Schottenheimer also sees an increased decisiveness on where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I think when you watch a quarterback , everybody watches the ball and they see where it ’ s going , but watch the quarterback ’ s footwork .
Watch his back foot at setup and you can kind of always see how well they ’ re seeing the game , ” Schottenheimer said .
“ If you see his back foot hit and the ball come out , or you see his back foot hit and maybe take a hit or reset and the ball come out quick , that means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Kiszla : Broncos would much rather have Drew Lock than Cam Newton at quarterback .
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• NFL will be cautious with players , coaches who have symptoms “ When you see quarterbacks back there and they kind of start shaking their feet a little bit , that means they ’ re not seeing things very well .
If you go watch Russ , he ’ s getting that ball out of his hands fast because he ’ s seeing things well and he ’ s got a great feel for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For as good as Wilson has been to start the season , there will be roadblocks ahead .
Minnesota did well in slowing Wilson and Seattle ’ s offense in the first half and there will be lessons others will steal going forward .
But even in games when statistically he ’ s not his best , if Wilson can continue to have moments like his late winning drive against the Vikings , his case for MVP will only grow in stature .
“ There is just so much character that goes into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to be that clear , to function like that so beautifully throughout those opportunities , ” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said .
“ He ’ s just as good as you can get .
I don ’ t know how anybody could ever be better than what he continues to show us in those situations .
He ’ s as good as you can get .
”

SEATTLE — Not that he needed to provide the endorsement, but in the midst of talking about his start of the season, DK Metcalf threw his support behind a growing candidacy.
“Russ for MVP, 2020,” Metcalf proclaimed.
He’s of course speaking of Russell Wilson, the quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks and one of the clear leaders in the MVP conversation through the first quarter of the season.
Actually, there may be no other leader. Wilson is playing possibly the finest football of his career, leading the Seahawks (5-0) to their best start in franchise history and finding ways to cover up for the flaws of an imperfect team.
Now in his ninth season, Wilson is in the prime of his career and has been provided the tools to fully emerge into the elite category of QBs. He’s not the game manager that first arrived in Seattle and was the accompaniment to one of the best defenses in recent history.
This is and has been Wilson’s team for several years. The difference is after years of transitions and smart moves, Seattle has surrounded its quarterback with a supporting cast on offense equal to the talent of its leader.
And the results, at least to start this season, can’t be argued.
“I think it’s been so evident over the past few years of just how collectively we are together as a team,” Wilson said. “Everybody is sticking together. Everybody is believing in one another. Everybody is helping one another. It doesn’t matter who makes the play. It’s us. It’s about us and doing it together.”
The Seahawks arrived at their bye week after another night when Wilson’s performance was the lasting memory of Seattle’s victory over Minnesota. Wilson rallied Seattle from a 13-0 halftime deficit and capped the comeback by driving 94 yards with less than two minutes left, hitting Metcalf on a fourth-and-goal TD pass with 15 seconds left for a 27-26 win.
Wilson now has 19 touchdown passes and just three interceptions through five games. It’s the second-most TD tosses in the first five games of a season, behind only Peyton Manning’s 20 in 2013 when he was the league MVP.
Wilson leads the league in passer rating and until this past week was tops in completion percentage. He’s on pace for 60 TDs and 4,800 yards passing.
But the reasons behind Wilson’s blazing start to the season go deeper than TDs and passer rating, two areas where he has always been among the top QBs in the league.
The relationship between Wilson and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer is now in its third year and there seems to be an increased trust by both parties, especially in early downs. In Schottenheimer’s first two seasons, Seattle threw the ball on first or second down 724 times in 32 regular-season games, the second-lowest total of any team in the league.
While the numbers across the league aren’t equal through five weeks, Seattle has thrown on first or second down 147 times in five games. For context, that’s the same number as Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City.
Schottenheimer also sees an increased decisiveness on where Wilson is going with his throws.
“I think when you watch a quarterback, everybody watches the ball and they see where it’s going, but watch the quarterback’s footwork. Watch his back foot at setup and you can kind of always see how well they’re seeing the game,” Schottenheimer said. “If you see his back foot hit and the ball come out, or you see his back foot hit and maybe take a hit or reset and the ball come out quick, that means he’s seeing things well.
“When you see quarterbacks back there and they kind of start shaking their feet a little bit, that means they’re not seeing things very well. If you go watch Russ, he’s getting that ball out of his hands fast because he’s seeing things well and he’s got a great feel for what teams are doing to us.”
For as good as Wilson has been to start the season, there will be roadblocks ahead. Minnesota did well in slowing Wilson and Seattle’s offense in the first half and there will be lessons others will steal going forward.
But even in games when statistically he’s not his best, if Wilson can continue to have moments like his late winning drive against the Vikings, his case for MVP will only grow in stature.
“There is just so much character that goes into being able to have that much poise, to be that clear, to function like that so beautifully throughout those opportunities,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “He’s just as good as you can get. I don’t know how anybody could ever be better than what he continues to show us in those situations. He’s as good as you can get.”


thedenverpost--2020-10-16--Study finds 4 drugs have little to no effect on COVID-19

GENEVA — The world ’ s largest randomized trial of COVID-19 treatments found “ conclusive evidence ” that remdesivir , a drug used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump when he fell ill , has little or no effect on severe cases , the U.N. health agency said Friday .
The World Health Organization announced the long-awaited results of a six-month trial that endeavored to see if existing drugs might have an effect on the coronavirus .
The study , which was not peer-reviewed , found that four treatments tested — remdesivir , hydroxychloroquine , lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon — had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether or not patients died within about a month or whether hospitalized patients recovered .
Most of those had already been ruled out .
But remdesivir , an antiviral , has been classified as standard-of-care in the United States , and it has been approved for use against COVID-19 in the UK and EU .
Supplies of the drug have been limited , and the European Medicines Agency is now reviewing whether remdesivir is causing kidney problems as reported by some patients .
The results of the global trial are in sharp contrast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States , which found remdesivir shortened the time to recovery by about five days on average .
Martin Landray , a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Oxford University , said the WHO trial results for hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir were in line with a previous British study he co-led .
“ The big story is the finding that remdesivir produces no meaningful impact on survival , ” he said in a statement .
He said the drug is now recommended in some countries but there have been significant concerns about supply , cost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug that has to be given by intravenous infusion for five to 10 days , ” noting it costs about $ 2,550 per treatment course .
“ COVID affects millions of people and their families around the world .
We need scalable , affordable , and equitable treatments.
” The treatments given to President Trump after he tested positive for the coronavirus included remdesivir .
WHO said the study , which covered more than 30 countries , looked at the effects of the treatments on overall death rates , whether or not patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time patients spent recovering in hospitals .
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GENEVA — The world’s largest randomized trial of COVID-19 treatments found “conclusive evidence” that remdesivir, a drug used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump when he fell ill, has little or no effect on severe cases, the U.N. health agency said Friday.
The World Health Organization announced the long-awaited results of a six-month trial that endeavored to see if existing drugs might have an effect on the coronavirus.
The study, which was not peer-reviewed, found that four treatments tested — remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon — had “ little or no effect” on whether or not patients died within about a month or whether hospitalized patients recovered.
Most of those had already been ruled out. But remdesivir, an antiviral, has been classified as standard-of-care in the United States, and it has been approved for use against COVID-19 in the UK and EU. Supplies of the drug have been limited, and the European Medicines Agency is now reviewing whether remdesivir is causing kidney problems as reported by some patients.
The results of the global trial are in sharp contrast to a large study in the United States, which found remdesivir shortened the time to recovery by about five days on average.
Martin Landray, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Oxford University, said the WHO trial results for hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir were in line with a previous British study he co-led.
“The big story is the finding that remdesivir produces no meaningful impact on survival,” he said in a statement. He said the drug is now recommended in some countries but there have been significant concerns about supply, cost and access.
“This is a drug that has to be given by intravenous infusion for five to 10 days,” noting it costs about $2,550 per treatment course. “COVID affects millions of people and their families around the world. We need scalable, affordable, and equitable treatments.”
The treatments given to President Trump after he tested positive for the coronavirus included remdesivir.
WHO said the study, which covered more than 30 countries, looked at the effects of the treatments on overall death rates, whether or not patients need breathing machines, and how much time patients spent recovering in hospitals.
Join our Facebook group for the latest updates on coronavirus in Colorado.


thedenverpost--2020-10-16--Denver weather: A warmer day for Friday after a chilly start

After a chilly start , Friday will shape up to be a warmer and mostly sunny day .
The high @ @ @ @ @ area is expected to reach near 70 degrees .
Winds will be light , with @ @ @ @ @ in the afternoon , according to the National Weather Service in Boulder .
Wind speed @ @ @ @ @ 13 mph with possible gusts up to 18 mph .
Otherwise , cloud coverage will @ @ @ @ @ temperature will be near 44 degrees .
Saturday will see more sunshine and more wind @ @ @ @ @ the mid-70s , but it may feel cooler as winds will be faster in the @ @ @ @ @ 24 mph .

After a chilly start, Friday will shape up to be a warmer and mostly sunny day. The high temperature for the Denver metro area is expected to reach near 70 degrees. Winds will be light, with speeds up to 9 mph in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
Wind speed will increase Friday night to 13 mph with possible gusts up to 18 mph. Otherwise, cloud coverage will increase, and the low temperature will be near 44 degrees.
Saturday will see more sunshine and more wind. Temperatures will be in the mid-70s, but it may feel cooler as winds will be faster in the afternoon. Gusts may reach 24 mph.


thedenverpost--2020-10-16--Silverii: From Colorado election fraud to a conspiracy about the Denver rally shooting, local lies h

Silverii: From Colorado election fraud to a conspiracy about the Denver rally shooting, local lies have spread nationally

There is confusion surrounding the origin of the old but prescient saying , “ A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
” It was true in 1710 when Jonathan Swift may have coined it , or 1919 when Mark Twain is alleged to have done so , or perhaps when FDR ’ s Secretary of State Cordell Hull wrote my favorite iteration , “ A lie will gallop halfway ‘ round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.
” And none of these people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a story with the attention-grabbing headline , “ Colorado Secretary of State mails postcards to non-citizens , dead people urging them to vote ” aired on Denver ’ s CBS4 .
In the 48 hours before it was pulled down by station management , it was hyped nationwide online by conservatives up to and including Donald Trump Jr. Because it boosted their bogus election conspiracy narratives , especially concerning mail ballots .
The president ’ s eldest son tweeted a link to that story to his 5.8 million followers shortly after it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Dems aren ’ t trying to cheat !
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” That tweet was seen by untold numbers of Americans who have now been made baselessly suspicious of Colorado ’ s gold-standard mail ballot system .
The misinformation sprang from a postcard that has been routinely mailed to voters by election officials of both parties , using consumer databases of non-voters and other data to achieve what should be a goal of every Coloradan regardless of party — registration of every eligible voter in the state .
The postcard clearly states the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which , and I can ’ t believe I have to say this , excludes dead people and non-citizens .
To his credit , Tim Weiland , CBS4 ’ s news director , removed the story from the CBS4 website and thanked followers on social media for debunking it .
Unfortunately , by the time the story was deleted , it had already spread to other news stations in Colorado ( which have yet to correct or remove their versions ) , the popular conservative propaganda site Breitbart , and even syndicated to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up online today .
President Donald Trump and his party have been spreading myths about voting by mail in order to undermine the results of an election that every poll on the planet suggests they are about to lose in a landslide .
This , coupled with the well-coordinated right-wing disinformation ecosystem that starts with local conservative activists and ends with Fox News hosts , national right-wing personalities , and the Trumps themselves , makes it no small wonder that this roundly debunked story lives on .
Worse yet , Congressman and Colorado @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this false story after it ’ s deletion , asked the Department of Justice to “ investigate.
” Shortly after , a right-wing dark-money organization , Judicial Watch , filed a lawsuit against Colorado making false and eerily related claims about our voter registration system .
The only thing they ’ re missing is evidence .
Sadly , this wasn ’ t the only myth from Colorado that recently went viral .
Last week , a so-called “ patriot muster ” turned deadly when an attendee named Lee Keltner was shot and killed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ private security for 9News under contract .
Dolloff shot Keltner with numerous cameras rolling after Keltner attacked Dolloff with an open hand and as Keltner sprayed pepper spray toward Dolloff .
RELATED : Editorial : Every American should be able to protest without the fear of death Within minutes , conservative Twitter personalities from Charlie Kirk ( 1.8 million followers ) to Colorado ’ s own Michelle Malkin ( 2.2 million followers ) spread an unsubstantiated narrative that Dolloff was some kind of Antifa assassin — which then morphed into a bizarre conspiracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agitator to start the whole thing , and that somehow legendary Denver Post photographer Helen Richardson was in on it , too .
On Tuesday , this baseless conspiracy theory was retweeted several times by the president of the United States himself .
Donald Trump has the seventh-largest Twitter fanbase in the entire world .
Dolloff is in custody , and the justice system will decide whether or not using deadly force in that situation was self-defense .
But once again the right was far too quick to let social media be judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s belated removal of their false story failed to stop those who would like to see mail ballots undermined to give Trump a pretext to not concede defeat .
It ’ s a punishing lesson in the power of modern media , especially when amplified by bad actors .
There are those who will advance a narrative at any cost , knowing full well that a Tweet will ricochet around the planet while the truth never gets its breeches on .
Ian Silverii is the executive director of ProgressNow Colorado , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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There is confusion surrounding the origin of the old but prescient saying, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” It was true in 1710 when Jonathan Swift may have coined it, or 1919 when Mark Twain is alleged to have done so, or perhaps when FDR’s Secretary of State Cordell Hull wrote my favorite iteration, “A lie will gallop halfway ‘round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.” And none of these people even had Twitter.
In late September, a story with the attention-grabbing headline, “Colorado Secretary of State mails postcards to non-citizens, dead people urging them to vote” aired on Denver’s CBS4. In the 48 hours before it was pulled down by station management, it was hyped nationwide online by conservatives up to and including Donald Trump Jr. Because it boosted their bogus election conspiracy narratives, especially concerning mail ballots.
The president’s eldest son tweeted a link to that story to his 5.8 million followers shortly after it appeared with the message, “Sure the Dems aren’t trying to cheat!!!” That tweet was seen by untold numbers of Americans who have now been made baselessly suspicious of Colorado’s gold-standard mail ballot system.
The misinformation sprang from a postcard that has been routinely mailed to voters by election officials of both parties, using consumer databases of non-voters and other data to achieve what should be a goal of every Coloradan regardless of party — registration of every eligible voter in the state. The postcard clearly states the eligibility requirements of voting in Colorado, which, and I can’t believe I have to say this, excludes dead people and non-citizens.
To his credit, Tim Weiland, CBS4’s news director, removed the story from the CBS4 website and thanked followers on social media for debunking it. Unfortunately, by the time the story was deleted, it had already spread to other news stations in Colorado (which have yet to correct or remove their versions), the popular conservative propaganda site Breitbart, and even syndicated to news giant MSN — which is still up online today.
President Donald Trump and his party have been spreading myths about voting by mail in order to undermine the results of an election that every poll on the planet suggests they are about to lose in a landslide. This, coupled with the well-coordinated right-wing disinformation ecosystem that starts with local conservative activists and ends with Fox News hosts, national right-wing personalities, and the Trumps themselves, makes it no small wonder that this roundly debunked story lives on.
Worse yet, Congressman and Colorado Republican Party Chairman Ken Buck, citing this false story after it’s deletion, asked the Department of Justice to “investigate.” Shortly after, a right-wing dark-money organization, Judicial Watch, filed a lawsuit against Colorado making false and eerily related claims about our voter registration system.
The only thing they’re missing is evidence.
Sadly, this wasn’t the only myth from Colorado that recently went viral. Last week, a so-called “patriot muster” turned deadly when an attendee named Lee Keltner was shot and killed by Matthew Dolloff, who was providing private security for 9News under contract. Dolloff shot Keltner with numerous cameras rolling after Keltner attacked Dolloff with an open hand and as Keltner sprayed pepper spray toward Dolloff.
RELATED: Editorial: Every American should be able to protest without the fear of death
Within minutes, conservative Twitter personalities from Charlie Kirk (1.8 million followers) to Colorado’s own Michelle Malkin (2.2 million followers) spread an unsubstantiated narrative that Dolloff was some kind of Antifa assassin — which then morphed into a bizarre conspiracy theory that 9News had hired a professional agitator to start the whole thing, and that somehow legendary Denver Post photographer Helen Richardson was in on it, too. On Tuesday, this baseless conspiracy theory was retweeted several times by the president of the United States himself. Donald Trump has the seventh-largest Twitter fanbase in the entire world.
Dolloff is in custody, and the justice system will decide whether or not using deadly force in that situation was self-defense. But once again the right was far too quick to let social media be judge, jury, and investigator.
CBS4’s belated removal of their false story failed to stop those who would like to see mail ballots undermined to give Trump a pretext to not concede defeat.
It’s a punishing lesson in the power of modern media, especially when amplified by bad actors. There are those who will advance a narrative at any cost, knowing full well that a Tweet will ricochet around the planet while the truth never gets its breeches on.
Ian Silverii is the executive director of ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest progressive advocacy group.
To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.