Michael A. Farrington
@mikefromco.bsky.social
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Candidate stuff: MichaelforRTD.com
JD '26 BA Gov '22. Politics, land use, housing, TABOR, and local government. Fourth generation Coloradan, Fifth generation American. ✟
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Candidate stuff: MichaelforRTD.com
JD '26 BA Gov '22. Politics, land use, housing, TABOR, and local government. Fourth generation Coloradan, Fifth generation American. ✟
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Folks, it’s official: I’m running to represent District K on the RTD Board of Directors! 🚍
We deserve transit that shows up, supports housing choices, and keeps communities connected. Join us: michaelforrtd.com
Together we are building an RTD that works for everyone.
We deserve transit that shows up, supports housing choices, and keeps communities connected. Join us: michaelforrtd.com
Together we are building an RTD that works for everyone.
I am excited to announce the endorsement of the Democratic Municipal Officials in my race for RTD District K!
As the only democrat running for this seat, I look forward to delivering meaningful change on the RTD board when we flip this seat blue this November!
Learn more at MichaelforRTD.com
As the only democrat running for this seat, I look forward to delivering meaningful change on the RTD board when we flip this seat blue this November!
Learn more at MichaelforRTD.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I am excited to announce the endorsement of the Democratic Municipal Officials in my race for RTD District K!
As the only democrat running for this seat, I look forward to delivering meaningful change on the RTD board when we flip this seat blue this November!
Learn more at MichaelforRTD.com
As the only democrat running for this seat, I look forward to delivering meaningful change on the RTD board when we flip this seat blue this November!
Learn more at MichaelforRTD.com
Proud to have the support of dozens of elected officials from across the front range from local leadership to statewide elected officials!
We’ve tried the GOP leaders: we have an unfinished train, less service, and a budget crisis.
Let's build an RTD that works for everyone with someone new.
We’ve tried the GOP leaders: we have an unfinished train, less service, and a budget crisis.
Let's build an RTD that works for everyone with someone new.
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Proud to have the support of dozens of elected officials from across the front range from local leadership to statewide elected officials!
We’ve tried the GOP leaders: we have an unfinished train, less service, and a budget crisis.
Let's build an RTD that works for everyone with someone new.
We’ve tried the GOP leaders: we have an unfinished train, less service, and a budget crisis.
Let's build an RTD that works for everyone with someone new.
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House Bill 1001 passed committee 🎉 🎉 🎉 Thank you to the organizations who showed up to testify in support of the HOME Act yesterday. This bill will create more opportunities to fill the gap of 100,000 homes needed in Colorado.
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
House Bill 1001 passed committee 🎉 🎉 🎉 Thank you to the organizations who showed up to testify in support of the HOME Act yesterday. This bill will create more opportunities to fill the gap of 100,000 homes needed in Colorado.
This isn't the kind of thing that gets flashy headlines but it's an important part of making the agency actually work better:
Denver RTD moves Transit Police Public Safety dispatchers back into original Security Command Center
h/t to Michelle Lawrence for leading this important streamlining!
Denver RTD moves Transit Police Public Safety dispatchers back into original Security Command Center
h/t to Michelle Lawrence for leading this important streamlining!
Denver RTD moves Transit Police Public Safety dispatchers back into original Security Command Center
The return enables the team to address first-responder communications from across the district from a single Denver RTD operating site.
www.masstransitmag.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This isn't the kind of thing that gets flashy headlines but it's an important part of making the agency actually work better:
Denver RTD moves Transit Police Public Safety dispatchers back into original Security Command Center
h/t to Michelle Lawrence for leading this important streamlining!
Denver RTD moves Transit Police Public Safety dispatchers back into original Security Command Center
h/t to Michelle Lawrence for leading this important streamlining!
I’m proud to announce that @yimbydenver.bsky.social has endorsed my campaign for RTD!
I’m especially excited to move from “yelling at elected officials to allow housing” to running to put RTD’s land to work addressing the housing crisis.
Thank you helping make RTD work for everyone.
I’m especially excited to move from “yelling at elected officials to allow housing” to running to put RTD’s land to work addressing the housing crisis.
Thank you helping make RTD work for everyone.
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I’m proud to announce that @yimbydenver.bsky.social has endorsed my campaign for RTD!
I’m especially excited to move from “yelling at elected officials to allow housing” to running to put RTD’s land to work addressing the housing crisis.
Thank you helping make RTD work for everyone.
I’m especially excited to move from “yelling at elected officials to allow housing” to running to put RTD’s land to work addressing the housing crisis.
Thank you helping make RTD work for everyone.
Excited to announce that I have been endorsed by several progressive leaders I deeply respect here in Colorado!
I am pound to have to the support of @javiermabrey.bsky.social, Rep. Junie Joseph, @goftcer.bsky.social and @genaozols.bsky.social
Proud to be a progressive running to flip a red seat!
I am pound to have to the support of @javiermabrey.bsky.social, Rep. Junie Joseph, @goftcer.bsky.social and @genaozols.bsky.social
Proud to be a progressive running to flip a red seat!
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Excited to announce that I have been endorsed by several progressive leaders I deeply respect here in Colorado!
I am pound to have to the support of @javiermabrey.bsky.social, Rep. Junie Joseph, @goftcer.bsky.social and @genaozols.bsky.social
Proud to be a progressive running to flip a red seat!
I am pound to have to the support of @javiermabrey.bsky.social, Rep. Junie Joseph, @goftcer.bsky.social and @genaozols.bsky.social
Proud to be a progressive running to flip a red seat!
Praying for her family tonight. Hug your loved ones a little tighter.
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Praying for her family tonight. Hug your loved ones a little tighter.
Look I love all the followers i get from starter packs but if you don’t engage with my content im not following back!
Give this post a like to get a follow back!
Give this post a like to get a follow back!
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Look I love all the followers i get from starter packs but if you don’t engage with my content im not following back!
Give this post a like to get a follow back!
Give this post a like to get a follow back!
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our Fall Fundraiser this weekend! We showed, once again, that there is a community of advocates and people who want to see RTD work for the people again.
Thank you all for your support, together we'll make an RTD that works for everyone!
Thank you all for your support, together we'll make an RTD that works for everyone!
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our Fall Fundraiser this weekend! We showed, once again, that there is a community of advocates and people who want to see RTD work for the people again.
Thank you all for your support, together we'll make an RTD that works for everyone!
Thank you all for your support, together we'll make an RTD that works for everyone!
Thank you, veterans, today on Veterans Day and every day.
As the son, grandson, and great-grandson of veterans, I’m deeply grateful for their service. Their dedication to the values our nation stands for, including freedom, opportunity, and a better world, have shaped who I am.
As the son, grandson, and great-grandson of veterans, I’m deeply grateful for their service. Their dedication to the values our nation stands for, including freedom, opportunity, and a better world, have shaped who I am.
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thank you, veterans, today on Veterans Day and every day.
As the son, grandson, and great-grandson of veterans, I’m deeply grateful for their service. Their dedication to the values our nation stands for, including freedom, opportunity, and a better world, have shaped who I am.
As the son, grandson, and great-grandson of veterans, I’m deeply grateful for their service. Their dedication to the values our nation stands for, including freedom, opportunity, and a better world, have shaped who I am.
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Event next Saturday ! Join me to flip RTD district K blue!
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Event next Saturday ! Join me to flip RTD district K blue!
Event next Saturday ! Join me to flip RTD district K blue!
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Event next Saturday ! Join me to flip RTD district K blue!
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S Tier candidate. Michael has a big heart, an unyielding work ethic, and a strong moral character. He will be a force on the RTD board.
Check him out at michaelforrtd.com
Check him out at michaelforrtd.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
S Tier candidate. Michael has a big heart, an unyielding work ethic, and a strong moral character. He will be a force on the RTD board.
Check him out at michaelforrtd.com
Check him out at michaelforrtd.com
What an amazing kickoff! Thank you to everyone who came out to support this campaign and help launch our work to fix RTD. Big thanks to our speakers, including @mdoughertyco.bsky.social and @chrisfnicholson.com, for your support!
Together we can build an RTD that works for everyone.
Together we can build an RTD that works for everyone.
October 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
What an amazing kickoff! Thank you to everyone who came out to support this campaign and help launch our work to fix RTD. Big thanks to our speakers, including @mdoughertyco.bsky.social and @chrisfnicholson.com, for your support!
Together we can build an RTD that works for everyone.
Together we can build an RTD that works for everyone.
Big News: @atucomms.bsky.social Local 1001, the union representing thousands of the workers who keep our buses and trains moving, has endorsed our campaign for RTD!
Their support means a lot to me as a former labor organizer, and shows our unions believe in my visions of an RTD for everyone.
Their support means a lot to me as a former labor organizer, and shows our unions believe in my visions of an RTD for everyone.
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Big News: @atucomms.bsky.social Local 1001, the union representing thousands of the workers who keep our buses and trains moving, has endorsed our campaign for RTD!
Their support means a lot to me as a former labor organizer, and shows our unions believe in my visions of an RTD for everyone.
Their support means a lot to me as a former labor organizer, and shows our unions believe in my visions of an RTD for everyone.
This might actually be a good thing… “light trucks” are incentivized by our tax code and they kill tons of pedestrians.
The return of smaller cars would be good
The return of smaller cars would be good
my life is that I record a podcast episode all about tariffs and leave the booth just to find out there are more tariffs
October 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This might actually be a good thing… “light trucks” are incentivized by our tax code and they kill tons of pedestrians.
The return of smaller cars would be good
The return of smaller cars would be good
The problem with Rumble, Gab, Mastodon, and now Bluesky is that when you define yourself by opposing a useful—if flawed—tool’s misuse, you end up with a no-true-Scotsman purity culture that regular users find deeply off-putting.
Push back, and you lose the loyal purity-testing ones too.
Push back, and you lose the loyal purity-testing ones too.
A good look at where Bsky's at right now.
plutopsyche.medium.com/blueskys-ceo...
plutopsyche.medium.com/blueskys-ceo...
Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users
tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but persistent anti-Black racism led…
plutopsyche.medium.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The problem with Rumble, Gab, Mastodon, and now Bluesky is that when you define yourself by opposing a useful—if flawed—tool’s misuse, you end up with a no-true-Scotsman purity culture that regular users find deeply off-putting.
Push back, and you lose the loyal purity-testing ones too.
Push back, and you lose the loyal purity-testing ones too.
Folks, it’s official: I’m running to represent District K on the RTD Board of Directors! 🚍
We deserve transit that shows up, supports housing choices, and keeps communities connected. Join us: michaelforrtd.com
Together we are building an RTD that works for everyone.
We deserve transit that shows up, supports housing choices, and keeps communities connected. Join us: michaelforrtd.com
Together we are building an RTD that works for everyone.
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Folks, it’s official: I’m running to represent District K on the RTD Board of Directors! 🚍
We deserve transit that shows up, supports housing choices, and keeps communities connected. Join us: michaelforrtd.com
Together we are building an RTD that works for everyone.
We deserve transit that shows up, supports housing choices, and keeps communities connected. Join us: michaelforrtd.com
Together we are building an RTD that works for everyone.
If only we had a super competent Latina who is term limited in the state senate and would do an amazing job replacing one of the no votes…
Jk…. Unless?
Jk…. Unless?
July 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If only we had a super competent Latina who is term limited in the state senate and would do an amazing job replacing one of the no votes…
Jk…. Unless?
Jk…. Unless?
How many churches, schools, hospitals, daycares, restaurants, shelters, food banks, and homes have to be destroyed?
Does killing the poor, the sick, the elderly, the young, the religious leaders, the air workers, the journalists, the refugees, and civilians get us any closer to peace?
Does killing the poor, the sick, the elderly, the young, the religious leaders, the air workers, the journalists, the refugees, and civilians get us any closer to peace?
Israel strikes the Gaza church the pope used to call nightly, killing 3
The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s death.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How many churches, schools, hospitals, daycares, restaurants, shelters, food banks, and homes have to be destroyed?
Does killing the poor, the sick, the elderly, the young, the religious leaders, the air workers, the journalists, the refugees, and civilians get us any closer to peace?
Does killing the poor, the sick, the elderly, the young, the religious leaders, the air workers, the journalists, the refugees, and civilians get us any closer to peace?
In government, cooperation is key to achieving a better future. With transportation already under attack by this administration, we don't need people like Trump harassing RTD staff and making progress harder.
Thank you to Chair Bouquet for focusing on progress with this move!
Thank you to Chair Bouquet for focusing on progress with this move!
RTD director stripped of duties after investigation finds ‘unprofessional’ conduct
A Regional Transportation District Director was stripped of several duties after an internal investigation found “unprofessional” and “demeaning” conduct with staff members.
kdvr.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In government, cooperation is key to achieving a better future. With transportation already under attack by this administration, we don't need people like Trump harassing RTD staff and making progress harder.
Thank you to Chair Bouquet for focusing on progress with this move!
Thank you to Chair Bouquet for focusing on progress with this move!
If you voted for Trump or didn’t vote because “both parties are the same”
You’re an idiot.
You’re an idiot.
REP CROW: “Trump broke a promise to prevent America from entering new conflicts”
sentinelcolorado.com/orecent-head...
#IranIsraelConflict #IranWarning #Trump
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#IranIsraelConflict #IranWarning #Trump
US strikes Iran, joining Israeli war against nuclear program — Colorado Comments - Sentinel Colorado
REP CROW: "Trump broke a promise to prevent America from entering new conflicts"
sentinelcolorado.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you voted for Trump or didn’t vote because “both parties are the same”
You’re an idiot.
You’re an idiot.
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Colorado faces a shortage of affordable, diverse housing options. Our new blog looks to Portland, Oregon, for lessons on how middle housing reforms can help fix that🏘️
From SWEEP and our new Housing Forward Colorado campaign
From SWEEP and our new Housing Forward Colorado campaign
Expanding Housing Choices in Colorado
Smaller homes on smaller lots delivering options and affordability in Portland…
housingforwardco.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Colorado faces a shortage of affordable, diverse housing options. Our new blog looks to Portland, Oregon, for lessons on how middle housing reforms can help fix that🏘️
From SWEEP and our new Housing Forward Colorado campaign
From SWEEP and our new Housing Forward Colorado campaign
We need more housing so our grandparents can stay in our communities as they age!
"Today’s affordability crisis can be traced to a number of factors, including . . . the Great Recession, rising construction costs and restrictive zoning policies that make it hard to build large numbers of units."
"Today’s affordability crisis can be traced to a number of factors, including . . . the Great Recession, rising construction costs and restrictive zoning policies that make it hard to build large numbers of units."
June 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We need more housing so our grandparents can stay in our communities as they age!
"Today’s affordability crisis can be traced to a number of factors, including . . . the Great Recession, rising construction costs and restrictive zoning policies that make it hard to build large numbers of units."
"Today’s affordability crisis can be traced to a number of factors, including . . . the Great Recession, rising construction costs and restrictive zoning policies that make it hard to build large numbers of units."
This is actually a very good sign. Dems willing to loudly fight for our values are much more useful to the party than Dems (like our governor) who put up only tepid private hesitance while trying to placate the President's irrational whims.
honestly one of the most encouraging recent developments is the naked opportunism of Governor Gavin Newsom, and I pray that there are copycats
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
‘Come and get me’: Gavin Newsom has entered the meme war
Locked in an online showdown with Trump over the L.A. protests, Newsom is styling himself as an internet-era champion of the left.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is actually a very good sign. Dems willing to loudly fight for our values are much more useful to the party than Dems (like our governor) who put up only tepid private hesitance while trying to placate the President's irrational whims.