- Denver's new mayor starts July 17 and will face issues of affordability, homelessness and livability. These are topics Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner talked about with poet Suzi Q. Smith, who’s written recently about Denver’s birds – and what they may say about us and who Denver is truly for. Warner and Smith spoke at KBUT during the Mountain Words Literary Festival in May.
- Governor Jared Polis irked some local leaders – as he pitched Proposition HH this week. That’s the ballot measure designed to ease skyrocketing property taxes. Colorado Counties, Incorporated says the governor was unfair when he said the legislature had to step in with HH because local governments hadn't acted. CCI member and Park County Commissioner Dick Elsner says it's more complicated than that.
- Poet and activist Suzi Q. Smith votes. But she says that is the very least she can do to influence her beloved, and changing, city. As Denver elects its next mayor, Smith reflects on growth, affordability, and who Denver truly is for. She sat down with Sr. Host Ryan Warner at KBUT during the Mountain Words Literary Festival.
- Wendy Videlock is the newest Western Slope Poet Laureate. She was honored in May during a ceremony with the Grand Valley Creative Alliance and the Telluride Institute. Videlock has published seven books, including five poetry collections. She paints and writes from her home in Palisade. Videlock is hoping to encourage people to take down "their anti-poetry deflector shields."