The Mountain Minute: 6/19/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – June 19
Battles over money, land, wolves, and justice—Colorado’s making noise, and the nation is watching. Here’s your unfiltered news roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 Bond scramble in Denver — The city has a $6 billion project wishlist but only $800 million in bond capacity. From parks to bike lanes to the zoo, over 220 proposals are competing for funding this November.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/18/6-billion-wish-list-800-million-budget-denvers-bond-scramble-is-heating-up/

🔹 Stabbing scandal ignored? — A Colorado state rep’s daughter was arrested in a Denver stabbing, but media silence has sparked accusations of a political double standard.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/18/democrat-reps-daughter-arrested-in-grisly-assault-investigation/

🔹 GORP = Land grab? — Montrose Commissioner Sean Pond slams the GORP Act, warning it threatens rural land use, energy development, and water access.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/18/montrose-commissioner-pond-gorp-is-a-land-grab-period/

🔹 Wolves under fire — Congress and DOI may reverse gray wolf protections amid rancher pressure and mounting livestock attacks.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/18/too-many-wolves-congress-and-doi-signal-shift-on-gray-wolf-policy/

🔹 NEPA win in SCOTUS — Greg Walcher calls the latest Supreme Court ruling a long-overdue check on environmental red tape stalling infrastructure.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/18/walcher-supreme-court-ruling-is-a-first-step-in-restoring-balance-to-nepa/

National News:
🔹 FBI buried intel? — Whistleblowers say the FBI ordered destruction of evidence showing CCP interference in the 2020 election—an intentional act, not a bureaucratic blunder.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/18/garbo-if-true-its-the-greatest-violation-of-american-sovereignty-in-modern-history/

🔹 Opioid deal finalized — Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers settle for $7.4 billion, banning future opioid involvement—but victims' families are left questioning whether true justice was served.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/06/18/7-4-billion-later-purdue-sacklers-strike-final-opioid-settlement-deal-but-is-it-justice/

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