Reader: First the Crips and Bloods. Now the Highlands Mommies

The Highlands Mommies, the northwest Denver neighborhood group profiled by Melanie Asmer in the most recent Westword cover story, have inspired raves and rants, including this one from Gringo Whiteycracker: Isn't this how the crips and bloods got started ? will we soon see mommies doing drive bys tossing dirty...
By Patricia Calhoun
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The Highlands Mommies, the northwest Denver neighborhood group profiled by Melanie Asmer in the most recent Westword cover story, have inspired raves and rants, including this one from Gringo Whiteycracker:

Isn’t this how the crips and bloods got started ? will we soon see mommies doing drive bys tossing dirty diapers and sippy cups ??


Watch a driveby minivan video of the Highlands Mommies.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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