Denver blog posts make it happen. Colorado Peak Politics shares a poll showing Mitt Romney within 1 percent of Barack Obama’s lead among women in swing states. Colorado Pols: Expecting a mail-in ballot? Maybe you shouldn’t. Speaking of polls, Big Media’s Jason Salzman thinks a recent one by the Post…
How do Colorado’s working poor feel about Obama and Romney? Today’s London Guardian seeks an answer. Reporter Gary Younge spoke to people at a Fort Collins food bank like Mark Weaver, an ex-human resources manager and chair of Loveland’s Chamber of Commerce. “It was very humiliating,” he says of going…
Scott Gessler is not only making it harder for people to vote, he’s using public funds to help support the Republican Party. At least that’s the charge of Colorado Ethics Watch, an advocacy group that is accusing the Secretary of State of spending public dollars to fund trips to political…
Eric Decker had some ups and downs in the Broncos’ win over the Chargers last night — catching a sure touchdown pass before inexplicably falling down, and later scoring a TD in an impressive act of will. But he’s familiar with emotional swings, having lived through a school shooting –…
Our post about a Denver Civil Service Commission decision to allow Officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine to return to their jobs at the Denver Police Department despite their controversial actions during a 2009 incident at the Denver Diner attracted strong comments and an unexpected endorsement of life in the…
Today’s nominee in the tightly contested “Worst Friend Ever” category is Alan Glen Smith, who has a very good chance of a hefty stretch in the hoosgow for one of the creepiest schemes in recent memory. The plan is said to have involved drugging a pal so that he could…
Admit it: When the Broncos went into a 24-0 hole versus the Chargers, you thought the squad would mount a second-half redemption effort that would fall short, just as happened with Atlanta, Houston and New England. But a funny thing happened on the way to predictability: The Broncos sapped the…
There are a lot more bikes sharing the road with cars in Denver, which has created an increasing number of conflicts and collisions on the street. We wrote about the worst crash of 2012 in this week’s feature, “On a Roll,” which explores the growth of Denver as a bike…
Update:Yesterday afternoon, Jesse Paul Speer, a photographer with Colorado ties who’s accused of kidnapping and assaulting an eleven-year-old Cody, Wyoming, girl, waived his right to fight extradition during a brief court hearing in Montana yesterday. Meanwhile, new information about the crime is accompanied by the just-released fugitive complaint, which details…
At the most recent hearing in the case of Aurora theater shooter, a prosecutor maintained that attack survivors need anonymity because of potentially frightening interest in them by online supporters of accused killer James Holmes. An administrator of the most prominent James Holmes is Innocent Facebook page rejects the suggestion…
About the only suspense regarding CU’s 2012 football team is whether or not Oregon will break the century mark in their October 27 match-up with the Buffs. No wonder attention is already shifting to the men’s basketball team, which made the NCAA tournament last season and upset UNLV in the…
Secretary of State Scott Gessler has gotten a lot of attention for his effort to weed out illegal voters and frequent clashes with voter rights advocacy groups that complain he is devoting too much time to a wild goose chase. Here, we take you behind the scenes at Gessler’s office,…
Denver blog posts can walk and chew gum at the same time. Big Media’s Jason Salzman salutes the best political journalism of the season, led by 9News’ Kyle Clark and his bizarre interview with Representative Mike Coffman. Denver Infill’s Ryan Dravitz offers Union Station update #108. Denver Egotist: The entry…
Unfortunately, Aurora has suffered yet another killing. Just days after Tisihia Allen was charged with second-degree murder in the October 2 stabbing death of Darius Norris, homicide investigators at Aurora Police Department are hard at work on yet another fatal case…
Update below: The families of the twelve people who died in the Aurora theater shooting and the victims who were brain injured or paralyzed will split 70 percent of the $5 million left in the Aurora Victim Relief Fund, while those who suffered less severe physical injuries will share the…
Our Patricia Calhoun didn’t think much of the New York Times’ take on the 16th Street Mall’s thirtieth birthday, marked by an event featuring an appearance by Mayor Michael Hancock, seen here. However, another local endorsed the less-than-laudatory Times review…
Update: Last week, we noted that Denver police officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine had been given the go-ahead by the Denver Civil Service Commission to hit the streets again despite having been fired last year for their actions in the 2009 billy-clubbing and macing incident at the Denver Diner…
This week, the folks behind Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, have been ballyhooing a new ad featuring the endorsement of singer Melissa Etheridge. But act opponents are focused more on another commercial — a spot highlighting revenues for school construction. They say the spot is false and…
How much do fans of the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers hate each other? Well, there’s a list of mean jokes about the other team on fan forums connected to both DenverBroncos.com and Chargers.com. To get you ready for tonight’s crucial Denver-San Diego face-off, we pitted the rival…
Someone fired a shot through one of the Obama campaign offices in Denver this afternoon, shattering the glass in one of the windows. No one was injured, according to a Denver Police Department spokeswoman. There are also no suspects as of this writing, and the crime at the 9th Avenue…
We hear it all the time from the anti-cannabis crowd: “We’ve got to think of the kids!” It’s the chief argument behind federal letters sent out over the last year shutting down dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools. But what about the other, much more pressing risks that can be…
One piece of the puzzle of Denver’s growth as a bike city, explored in-depth in this week’s feature, “On a Roll,” is the city’s initiative to launch a bike-safety campaign. The effort’s been in the works for months, given the rise in collisions between cyclists and cars. Top city officials…
