FTS Weekend Edition, 5/16/09

This week on the FTS Weekend Edition: Durango's "bridge to nowhere," and Gov. Bill Ritter is confused about taxes on the oil and gas industry. FTS announces its 2009 "legislative superlatives." The Army backs off its plans to expand a maneuvering site in southern Colorado (for now), plus an interview with GOP gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes.

• Segment 1 - The week's news: Durango's 'bridge to nowhere,' Ritter confused on energy
  Managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin take a look at a few stories from the week in Colorado news. Does Colorado have its own "bridge to nowhere" outside Durango? Is Gov. Bill Ritter doing an about-face on energy taxes, or is he just confused? And does Fort Collins really need another tax increase for public transit?
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• Segment 2 - 2009 Legislative Superlatives
  A review of this year's Face The State "legislative superlatives" feature.
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• Segment 3 - Pinon Canyon expansion in the news
  A review of the week's news regarding possible expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuvering Site. Republican Reps. Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman have pushed for the site's growth, but the move is opposed by a strong coalition of landowners in southern Colorado. The Army announced late this week it had put its expansion plans on ice for at least a year.
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• Segments 4 and 5 - Dan Maes, Republican candidate for governor
  An interview with Evergreen businessman Dan Maes, who is thus far the only officially announced candidate for the 2010 gubernatorial nomination.
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