Last Tuesday, Scott Gessler held a press conference to announce an $850,000 voter registration campaign — the largest in the state’s history. He said he hoped the effort would disprove some of his critics’ accusations that Gessler, a Republican, has been trying to intimidate voters. But days later, he sent…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is on record as saying that hydraulic fracturing methods to extract oil and gas “can be done safely,” but he’s not overly impressed with varying state rules overseeing the drilling process. He’s been pushing in recent months for his department to tighten its requirements…
Tonight, Denver City Council will vote on a plan to redevelop the Welton Corridor — and some property owners in the area fear that if it passes, it will allow the city to seize their homes and businesses. But the Denver Urban Renewal Authority, the entity behind the proposal, argues…
Denver blog posts already regret the headline on this post. Colorado Pols with the deets on Barack Obama’s next (and definitely not last) Colorado visit — this time to a park in Golden on Thursday. The Ralphie Report’s Ash Jackson on how to cope with the Buffs’ horrific 0-2 start…
Rickey Servine, Jr. has been charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment for “violently and aggressively” assaulting a female client of Rocky Mountain Offender Management Systems in Aurora, according to Officer Frank Fania, spokesman for the Aurora police. Servine, 35, worked for the company, known as RMOMS — which provides…
What could have fueled 21-year-old bicyclist Taylor Rose’s behavior when he allegedly pulled a knife on a truck driver? According to the police report on view below, Boulder cops had a number of substances from which to choose: the booze said to be on his breath, the pot in his…
Where’s Missy Franklin? A better question is, “Where isn’t she?” In the past few days, the five-time Olympic medalist and pride of Regis High School posed with Jessie James and Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, attended a national cancer benefit and the MTV Video Music Awards, and served as co-captain at…
Update:A Denver District Court judge will hear a lawsuit filed by Amendment 64 backers over Blue Book language. The hearing takes place at 1:30 p.m. today in Courtroom 215 of the Denver City-County Building. Continue for more suit details. Original post, 9:44 a.m. September 10: On Thursday, Amendment 64’s Brian…
Last week, we reported about bizarre documents filed in the Aurora theater shooting case; they claimed Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates and the Illuminati, among others, were behind the massacre. But just because this notion seems nutty is no reason to dismiss all conspiracies, believes one reader…
Donna Lynn Martinez had posed for a police photographer before being shot to death by a Lakewood Police officer, as her mug shot indicates. But her companion, Bernard John Trujillo, sported by far the more impressive record — one that’s likely to get longer this week when charges against him…
In May, we shared a post featuring personal stories of victims in ten unsolved Denver murders, with the information provided by Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons, an organization devoted to making sure no case or loved one is forgotten. Unfortunately, there are many more tragic events of this…
These days, lotsa people don’t believe something has happened unless they’ve posted about it on Facebook. But Taveuan Williams is said to have taken such feelings to an extreme, when he reportedly Facebooked a photo while at the center of a six-hour hostage drama at an East Colfax RadioShack, along…
After all the hype, after all the hoopla, after all the anticipation, Peyton Manning finally took the field for the Denver Broncos last night in a game that counted — against the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose loss to the Tim Tebow-led squad in last year’s playoffs provided plenty of incentive. And…
Want a job working in the MMJ industry in Colorado? Well, get comfortable, because it might be a while before you can even start. In yet another sign of the struggles afflicting the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division, the department is now informing potential new employees that there are no appointments…
As we reported earlier this week, the presidential campaigns and supporting super PACs have already spent a whopping total of $25.7 million on advertisements in Colorado. That number is going to continue to skyrocket in this key swing state — and experts expect spending to reach $1.1 billion across the…
Landscape architect Saco Rienk DeBoer was the first man to bring zoning to the city of Denver, and he constructed his own studio property so everything would drain into the city ditch. Today, that space, located at 515 East Iliff Avenue, went on sale for $1.5 million, a steep price…
Denver blog posts served up spicy. Colorado Pols thinks Michael Hancock’s criticism of the Obama campaign at the Democratic National Convention was a boneheaded political move. Denver PR Blog examines the language of the DNC as depicted in infographic form. Denver Frank: Smoke meth and hail Satan…
Even those of us who buy and use recycled items tend to draw the line at sex toys — because we may not know where they’ve been, but we can guess. Does that make Charles Bush an environmentalist? Not to the Greeley Police Department, which arrested him on the shmucky…
The “election from hell.” A “COLOSSAL problem.” A “stunning level of incompetence.” These are all phrases used to describe a primary race in Teller and Douglas counties that was allegedly so disastrous that one of the candidates, in a new lawsuit, is arguing that the election should be voided. First…
Just days ago, Seth Brigham, Boulder’s most annoying critic, celebrated his first visit to a Boulder City Council meeting since a judge tossed the city’s restraining order against him by singing and dancing as irritated officials tried not to watch; see photos and video below. But this highpoint didn’t last…
Sam Levin recently covered a campaign appearance by Craig Romney, youngest son of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — and a Spanish speaker, which explains why he’s been targeting Hispanic voters at recent events. But one of our readers doesn’t like the implication that his linguistic skills alone will sway…
Last week, while examining the claim that passage of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, would eliminate 12,000 Colorado pot arrests per year, we spoke with attorney Warren Edson, who said some communities set a maximum $1,000 fine and a year in jail for petty possession. A police…
