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- ↑ See Colorado municipalities and Homerule Municipalities, and the "Map of Colorado's Judicial Districts".
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- ↑ For more information on the Blonger gang see http://www.blongerbros.com/
- ↑ Pendergast, A. (2008). "Phil Van Cise: Scourge of Denver's Underworld." Accessed December 15, 2011.
- ↑ Biographical Directory of The United States Congress "John A. Carroll."
- ↑ Biographical Directory of The United States Congress "Mike McKevitt." Accessed December 15, 2011.
- ↑ See also: Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: James D. McKevitt, Republican Representative from Colorado. Washington, D. C.: Grossman Publishers, 1972.