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by Matt Lacy – The increase in food stamp recipients under President Obama’s economy is causing an unintended consequence as local municipalities find themselves dealing with the loss of tax revenue resulting from the purchases. The number of people on food stamps has increased to a record 46.7 million people in June while [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Members of the mainstream media appear to be abandoning all pretense of objectivity, with a former ABC news producer saying on a hot mic that Ann and Mitt Romney are “happy to have a party with black people drowning.” Sources confirm the comment was made by David Chalian, Yahoo! [...]
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by Matt Lacy – The USDA is continuing its program of encouraging greater numbers of Americans to sign up for food stamps with a new program aimed at Spanish speaking people. During the Republican presidential primary season, Newt Gingrich was criticized for referring to Obama as the “food stamp president.” While [...]
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by Matt Lacy – During a fundraiser, Vice President Joe Biden said that “Republicans have changed the law so you get arrested if you do vote.” The Weekly Standard reported the remarks were made at a Democratic fundraiser in Seattle for Washington senator Maria Cantwell. In an attempt to diffuse the issue [...]
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By Craig Masters Speaking at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Student Summit on the campus of North Carolina Central University in Durham, Tuesday, Senior Presidential Advisor, Valerie Jarrett, explained Obama’s economic policy on unemployment. In her speech, broadcast nationwide to HBCU campuses, Jarrett told the largely black audience of students that unemployment checks actually [...]
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Mr. Bennet, Please permit an up/down vote on the Cut, Cap, and Balance plan that passed the House of Representatives. I would like to know where you stand on really doing something about the debt crisis that past and present Congresses and Administrations have created. In your op-ed, posted in the Denver Post on July [...]
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Staff Reports Applications for the City of Greeley Food Tax Rebate Program are available Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Finance Department, City Hall, 1000 10th Street or online at www.greeleygov.com/Finance/FoodTaxRebate.aspx. Applications will be accepted through May 31, 2011. For the 2010 rebate program, the rebate is $45.00 per person, and may [...]
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By Mike Bauman Perhaps one of the most hotly debated issues facing the nation is illegal immigration. According to the website http://www.illegalimmigrationstatistics.org/, the fiscal impact of illegal immigration is as follows: $113 Billion – This year’s cost of US illegal immigration. Approximately 75% of that cost is absorbed by the states. $1117 – The average [...]
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Story and Photo By Jack Minor At a recent forum on agriculture Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway had some sharp words for a Senate staffer asking her boss to lay off local community banks. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and staffers from both Sen. Michael Bennet’s office and Rep Betsy Markey’s office hosted a forum [...]
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By Vanessa Dominguez The Greeley Gazette Last year the Weld Food Bank provided Weld County residents with 8.1 million lbs of food. According to a recent study, hunger and food insecurity are on the rise in Colorado, which may mean that the food bank will see more clients in the coming months. People from all [...]
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Every year the Weld County Department of Human Services offers youth vouchers to qualifying families. This year the number of vouchers given out is up from previous years. The vouchers are given to families that have children under the age of 18. The children or teenagers must be receiving TANF, Food Stamps, low income child [...]
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by Jack Minor, for The Greeley Gazette Every year the Weld County Department of Human Services offers youth vouchers to qualifying families. This year the number of vouchers given out is up from previous years. The vouchers are given to families that have children under the age of 18. The children or teenagers must be [...]
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