On May 26, 2021, the Town of Carbondale released a statement that the Town had “retained Powers Police Consulting and Investigations of Grand Junction to perform an independent administrative investigation of the Town of Carbondale Police Department’s handling of the arrest incident that occurred at City Market in Carbondale on the evening of December 24, […]
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Scuttlebutt – Dec. 22, 2022
Breaking news On Wednesday morning, Dec. 21, civil rights law firm Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP announced it has filed a race discrimination lawsuit on behalf of Michael Francisco against City Market, Inc., The Kroger Company and Tia Walker, manager of the self-check out area at the time of Francisco’s removal from City Market on […]
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Carbondale gana un parque y un complejo de condominios
Traducción por Dolores Duarte La reunión municipal ordinaria de Carbondale del 10 de mayo contó con la asistencia de todos los administradores. Después de dar reconocimiento a una buena cantidad de estudiantes del mes, se escucharon los comentarios de personas que no aparecen en la agenda. El residente Arn Menconi dio un paso al frente […]
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Letters – April 21, 2022
Celebrate Earth Day You are invited to join an Earth Day celebration in Carbondale on Friday, April 22, at 4:30 pm. Meet in the old City Market parking lot to learn about Xcel Energy, divestment and No Mow May. Listen to or march with the Earth Day Band up the path to the Wells Fargo […]
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Are our relationships at a healing junction?
A junction point is a meeting place where trails converge. In modern times we may think of an intersection where two streets or highways cross. Our world is much more than street intersections. Our world is a beautiful web of life-sustaining junction points. Originally, our ancestors were in direct relationship with the land and water […]
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El caso Francisco, continuado
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Michael Francisco es un residente de la ciudad de Carbondale quien trabaja en el City Market de Aspen. En la víspera de Navidad, 2020, Francisco fue arrestado dentro del City Market de Carbondale por alegaciones de 1) conducta desordenada 2) resistir arresto y 3) obstrucción de operaciones gubernamentales. Se le acusaba […]
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Justice takes its time in Francisco case
Michael Francisco appeared for another hearing in Carbondale Municipal Court the afternoon of March 8. It culminated in yet another continuance — the third of a series since Jan. 11. Expecting a large turnout, which they were right about, the Town of Carbondale limited attendance to 25 people inside the make-shift municipal courtroom (the community […]
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Local arrest stirs controversy
Michael Francisco has lived in Carbondale for 10 years. He grew up in Belize, where his father was a police officer, before moving to Los Angeles (LA) when he was 15. He is currently 54 years old. In Belize, Francisco was not familiar with racial profiling as a law enforcement issue. It was not until […]