Freaking love the maples

Photos from this mornings fog!

I like much of you likely got a text from Keep Colorado Affordable on Amendment 87. I was curious what money was backing the movement. It looks like in total the PAC has received about $2-2.5mil so far. With about 20-25% of that coming from the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and a large majority coming from GOPAC ELECTION FUND - $1,855,000.

EDIT: Tuesday, November 3rd
Practical post, no lecture. Denver, your ballot is on your counter right now, and every odd-year election the same thing happens: the people who agree hardest vote least, and margins get decided by whoever actually walked to a drop box. This is the ten minutes you need to finish yours.

The two measures eating this city's group chats:

Prop 134 requires every team in Colorado to be labeled male, female, or co-ed, K-12 through college so that's every DPS team AND every college team in Denver, from rec leagues up through Metro and CU Denver. Enforcement means sex verification of student athletes: the reporting that's come out describes doctor's notes and DNA swabs costing families hundreds of dollars, and any girl can be challenged by anyone with a grudge too tall, too strong, short hair. Denver schools have handled these situations case by case for decades, and nobody in the state even tracks how many trans kids play school sports because the number is tiny. We'd be building a statewide verification bureaucracy for a problem nobody can count.

Prop 135 bans gender-affirming surgery for minors. Colorado's own nonpartisan Blue Book flags the language as vague enough to sweep in surgeries for kids who aren't even transgender intersex kids included. Harvard research puts actual trans surgeries for teens 15–17 at roughly 2 per 100,000. And Colorado law already requires parental consent for any surgery on a minor. A near-empty ban with real collateral damage and an insurance knock-on for families.

Context both measures share: they bypassed Colorado's legislature on purpose lawmakers refused to pass this stuff because national organizers picked our state as a blue-state "testing ground." Denver knows this playbook: Amendment 2 in 1992 made us the Hate State, cost this city real boycotts and convention business, and took decades to live down. We've run this experiment before. We know the bill that comes with it.

The logistics the actual point of this post:

Your ballot is at your house (or your old address update at GoVoteColorado.com or vote in person)
NO on 134. NO on 135. Vote the whole sheet while you're at it Prop NN (school funding, Denver benefits directly) and Prop 137 (conservation) matter too
SIGN YOUR ENVELOPE. Missing or mismatched signatures are the #1 reason Colorado ballots get tossed and they're fixable through ballot cure if you catch it quickly
Denver drop boxes are everywhere and open 24/7 until 7pm Tuesday rec centers, libraries, the clerk's office downtown, all over the neighborhoods. No stamp, no line
Lost, damaged, or botched it? Any Denver vote center prints you a replacement through Election Day
Already voted? You're the backbone. Now text three Denver friends and ask if theirs is in. That's the whole margin in an election like this.
There will be a 400-comment war in this thread by tonight. Fine. But the actual decision doesn't happen in the comments it happens at drop boxes by 7pm Tuesday, November 3. Denver turned this state around once before, back when it counted. Let's do the ten-minute version this week.

NO on 134. NO on 135. Get it in the box.

Hey all, really hoping we can reunite this very good husky/malamute/shepherd looking boy with his owner. I saw a found dog flyer at our PO in Fraser and I just know somebody is really missing their buddy. He is currently at the Grand County Animal Shelter in Granby. He was found at the second creek area of Berthoud Pass with no collar. I figured I’d share to the Denver subreddit in case someone was up for a day hike and lost him.

Taken from the Capitol building parking lot. I pulled over on my way to work to take this and I’m so glad I did!

For folks who receive updates on their ballot status via BallotTrax, did you receive confirmation of your mail-in ballot being received/counted this year?

I put my ballot out last week but haven’t received an update. I logged into BallotTrax, and it says my ballot has not been received.

I will go in and check my Ring footage to confirm whether it was picked up, but curious about others’ experiences this year.

Thanks!

Hey all! Thank you all for going above and beyond to hype the fog in Denver this morning! I slept in and totally missed it this morning, but thanks to all of the posts and pictures I really felt like I got to experience the Great Fall Fog of 2026. I gotta wake up earlier next time to experience it first hand. Fog in spooky season is so perfect! Keep on keeping on Denver.

My birthday today. It's been meh but was seeing if theres any good freebies nowadays. Anything works. Tia!

Specifically, I’m looking for a chicken parm sandwich. I’ve found some solid Italian dinner places with good chicken parm entrees, but really have my mind set on a delicious chicken parm sandwich. So far, the best chicken parm I’ve found by far is at Lou’s Italians specialties. It’s expensive, but it’s very good. Are there any other places in the greater Denver area that have really good chicken parm sandwiches? I’d be willing to drive.

https://www.facebook.com/round1usa/posts/the-wait-is-almost-over-lakewood-were-on-our-way-round1-opens-october-31-at-colo/1655462553287910/

Wondering if anyone has seen it in person and if they think it is worth paying extra admission to see it? Thanks!

I am a trans woman that's dealing with some personal issues and regret around my transition and handling the fallout of various decisions I made over the course of it. I'm looking for someone who has experience working with trans people that isn't going to dismiss my issues as internalized transphobia or blame them culture and/or politics when those have nothing to do with it.

FYI there's an AMA on Amendment 82 happening today from 12:30-2:30 over on r/colorado, with the No on 82 campaign manager and a natural resources law professor from DU.

I found these glasses on Concourse A, dropped them off at the information desk in the terminal. There was nobody to give them to.

Hey folks! I am here Amli Golden Triangle. Wanted to see if anyone else here has moved in to the building. Does anyone else have waste water in your shower drain? I literally have a video showing this(hired a plumber) with floaties and toilet paper and everything and the management is denying that there is an issue. They hired a sewer person who scoped the ptrap, said it was fine but then when asked what it could be he stated he wasn't hired for anything besides the scope. If you could let me know if anyone has any sewer smell in your unit or if you have any sewer smell coming through on your clothes through the washer I would so appreciate it!

I am a recent graduate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at CU Boulder. I am looking to volunteer my time in a way that gets my hands dirty and expands my opportunities!

I have limnological, mammological, and ornithological experience!