ELECTION RESULTS
My apologies for providing a bad link to the election results in yesterday’s email. Here’s the CORRECT LINK. These are the results as of 1:04AM this morning. Check the election results page for the latest numbers.
Mayor
Laura Weinberg – 3172
Heather Schneider – 2493
Charlie Sturdavant – 668
Country Joe MacDonald – 237
Waquim Filsaime – 85
City Council District 1
Lisa Vitry – 1347
Matt Duncan – 785
Jacob Luria – 509
Mary Weaver – 206
City Council District 2
Patty Evans – 1835
Ben Moline – 1507
Property Tax Increase for the Fire Department
Yes – 3616
No – 3052
Keeping excess lodging tax
Yes – 5259
No 1282
Updating language in city charter
Yes – 4915
No – 1563
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
9-10AM Golden Startup Coffee @ Morris & Mae
9AM Veterans’ Day Breakfast @ Golden High School
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
11:30AM-1:30PM Facebook @ Golden Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
4-6PM 8th Grade Open House and Information Night @ Golden High School
6-8PM Bourbon & Baubles @ State 38 Distilling
6PM Books on Tap @ On Tap Credit Union
6PM Colorado Financial Freedom Meetup @ Morris & Mae
6-7:30PM Bingo Night @ American Legion Post 21
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
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CITY MEETINGS
7:30AM Citizens Budget Advisory Committee Meeting @ City Hall
CBAC will review the September Sales, Use Tax, and Lodging Tax reports. Sales tax is up 2.1% compared to this time last year. Use tax is down 10.8% compared to last year. We have collected $2,245,705 in Lodging Tax so far this year. The City’s overall revenue is still slightly ahead of the budget.
Marijuana taxes are just getting started, and are not yet covered in CBAC, but the City’s Open Gov portal shows that we collected $15,701 in marijuana tax during the month of August.
This is CBAC’s last meeting of the year, so they will finalize their recommendations to City Council regarding the budget.
6:30PM Historic Preservation Board Meeting @ City Hall
Historic Preservation Board will tour portions of historic downtown Golden. The Board will meet at the Visitor’s Center parking lot (1010 Washington Avenue) at 6:30 P.M and tour for approximately 1 hour on Washington Avenue and 12th Street.
LIVE MUSIC
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
5-9PM Open Mic @ Cannonball Creek
5PM Magoo The Band @ Over Yonder
6-9PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Chris Koltak @ Miners Saloon
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
You’re no doubt familiar with 8th, 9th, and 10th Streets. 8th Street has lots of townhomes and apartments on it. 10th Street takes you to City Hall, the History Museum, the Library, the rec center, and Lyons Park. 9th Street is the one between them, with charming historic homes.
How often have you been on 7th Street? Never? That’s not surprising–there’s very little to it. That wasn’t always the case. Originally called “King Street,” 7th used to extend from Maple to East Streets–7 blocks.
Highway 58 (the “Golden Freeway”) was planned in the mid-1950’s. In 1964, the State Highway Department began acquiring the homes that stood in the way of the new highway. A total of 23 homes and two brick apartment buildings were either demolished or moved. As a result, 7th Street now consists of two one-block segments and one two-block segment.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
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