July 20, 2015 12:02 PM UTC

Get More Smarter on Monday (July 20)

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Depending on where you stand on conspiracy theories, today is the anniversary of the day that the U.S. government released footage from the first pretend moon landing in human history. Let’s Get More Smarter with Colorado Pols! If you think we missed something important, please include the link in the comments below (here’s a good example).

TOP OF MIND TODAY…

► There’s a lot of buzz today about State Sen. Morgan Carroll (R-Aurora) after her appearance on the 9News show “Balance of Power” on Sunday, where she provided a preview of her campaign for Congress in CD-6 against incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Coffman.

► Today is inauguration day in Denver. Mayor Michael Hancock will be sworn-in for a second term, and many new city council members will also mark the official beginning to their first term in office.

Get even more smarter after the jump…

IN CASE YOU ARE STANDING NEAR A WATER COOLER…

► Vice President Joe Biden will be in Denver on Tuesday to speak about the Obama Adminstration’s economic policies. 

► Senator Michael Bennet (D-Denver) has introduced The LGBT Elder Americans Act in Congress. From the Durango Herald:

[The act] would build upon the Older Americans Act to include LGBT seniors as a vulnerable population and permanently establish the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging…

…As the number of Americans age 65 and older surges during the next few decades, the number of LGBT seniors is estimated to double to 3 million by 2030. Lawmakers sponsoring the bill point to research that shows LGBT seniors have fewer sources of support compared with heterosexual people and therefore face higher poverty rates and experience poor health and health access. 

► The Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel is considering whether or not Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler violated professional conduct rules by Tweeting about the Aurora Theater Shooting Trial while the proceedings were still underway.

► A growing backlash against aggressive “urban renewal” activities will likely play a key role in the outcome of several municipal races throughout the Denver Metro Area.

► Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was in Colorado over the weekend to discuss the ColoWyo coal mine, as Charles Ashby reports for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel:

Jewell reassured northwest Colorado officials and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., that the U.S. Department of the Interior will complete work on a study needed to keep open the Colowyo coal mine…

…Northwest Colorado officials pressed for a meeting with Jewell when they learned she would be on the Western Slope.

A Sept. 6 deadline looms for an Interior Department agency, the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, to complete work evaluating the mine’s contribution to global warming.

► Tuesday is your last chance to drive on a toll-free U.S. Hwy 36 between Boulder and Denver.

► Famous person Donald Trump continues to ratchet up the rhetoric in his quest to be named America’s biggest asshole.

OTHER LINKS YOU SHOULD CLICK

► Former Jefferson County PTA President Michele Patterson goes into more details on the Jeffco School Board recall attempt in an Op-Ed for the Colorado Statesman.

► A memorial service for well-known Democratic activist Ellis McFadden was held on Sunday in Denver.

ICYMI

► State Sen. Laura Waters Woods thinks that U.S. military members should always be armed. Also, defunding Planned Parenthood should help cut down on mass shootings, or something.

► The Denver Nuggets traded veteran point guard Ty Lawson to the Houston Rockets over the weekend.

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