The Mountain Minute: 5/30/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – May 30, 2025
Are Colorado’s leaders listening—or just posturing? From school finance loopholes to mayoral misconduct and free speech lawsuits, here’s your sharp, unfiltered rundown.

Colorado News:
🔹 Aurora crime drops under new chief – Police Chief Todd Chamberlain is credited with a 27% drop in homicides, 20% drop in aggravated assaults, and nearly 50% decline in car thefts—just 8 months into the job.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/police-chief-todd-chamberlains-first-8-months-bring-sharp-drop-in-aurora-crime/

🔹 Feds drop case tied to Colorado Springs mayor – The DOJ declined to indict Mayor Yemi Mobolade for his role in a false police report scandal involving a political rival. But internal communications and his conduct remain under fire.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/denver-schools-say-lease-financing-is-lawful-critics-say-it-skirts-voter-oversight/

🔹 Denver schools bypass voters on new projects – DPS used “Certificates of Participation” to finance new buildings—without voter approval. Critics say the workaround may violate state law, and bond funds may have been misused.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/denver-schools-say-lease-financing-is-lawful-critics-say-it-skirts-voter-oversight/

🔹 Wolves kill livestock, CPW under fire – Multiple Western Slope ranches saw calves killed by wolves over Memorial Day weekend. Ranchers accuse Colorado Parks and Wildlife of breaking their promise to notify affected landowners.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/multiple-wolf-attacks-hit-western-slope-ranchers-cpw-accused-of-broken-promises/

🔹 Christian brand sues over HB25-1312 – XX-XY Athletics is suing Colorado, claiming the new anti-discrimination law punishes them for sharing biblical views on gender and violates free speech and religious liberty.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/free-speech-fight-hits-colorado-xx-xy-athletics-sues-over-hb25-1312/

National News:
🔹 Musk exits DOGE, warns of future waste – Elon Musk praised Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency for saving $175B in taxpayer money but warned that recent spending could reverse those gains.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/thank-you-president-trump-musk-exits-doge-175b-saved-says-mission-will-endure/

🔹 Biden health cover-up? – RMV columnist C. J. Garbo argues Biden deserves compassion—but not secrecy. His op-ed accuses the President’s team of hiding the truth about who was really in charge.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/05/garbo-biden-deserves-compassion-but-who-lied-to-keep-control/

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