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Wall Street protesters occupy SunShare groundbreaking

by Amanda Miller Published: November 29,2011

Tags: groundbreaking, Occupy Wall Street, protest, solar, SunShare

A groundbreaking ceremony today for the SunShare community solar garden was  hijacked by a dozen Occupy Wall Street protestors who showed up to confront Gov. John Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper was there to tout the project, the first  solar garden of its kind in the state, that will allow customers to lease solar panels and receive utility bill credits [...] [...]

1,500+ flock to anti-tax ‘Tea Party’ (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: April 15,2009

Tags: crowd, protest, Springs, tea party

Their signs read “capitalism yes, socialism no” and “Deliver us from Obamanation.” An estimated 1,500 people filled Acacia Park Wednesday for the national Tea Party anti-stimulus, tax and federal budget protest. Quiet, patriotic and overwhelmingly angry, they were gray-haired grandmothers, retirees who lost their pensions in the financial meltdown, businessmen in shirts and ties who were [...] [...]

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