“Mexican Hamburger Helper,” Gustavo Arellano, April 5 Taco the Town I almost spit out my refried beans when I read Gustavo Arellano’s line about Tom Tancredo not liking Mexicans — but liking Mexican food. Hilarious! Scott Overton Denver I don’t dig the Mexican hamburger the way Gustavo does. But he…
The fifteen kindergartners are squirmy when they return from playing outside, their cheeks pink from the wind. They sit in a circle on a rug decorated with a map of the world, wearing slippers and blue-and-white gingham smocks. An aproned teacher sits with them, the only one who’s not wriggling…
During the Nuggets’ embarrassing loss to the third worst team in the Western Conference on Saturday, JaVale McGee added a ridiculous highlight to Deadspin’s collection of mostly awful (but sometimes great) feats. Oh, did we forget to mention that Deadspin has an entire section dedicated to the boneheaded hilarity that…
Tomorrow, the Colorado Economic Development Commission will hold its first public hearing on the six projects vying for big-bucks sales-tax rebates under the state’s Regional Tourism Act. They include a 1,500-room hotel and conference center in Aurora. The hotel would be the city’s biggest tourism draw — a distinction that,…
Although Denver’s proposed urban camping ordinance is not scheduled for final consideration until May 7, the sides for and against it are already preparing for battle. Last week, the ACLU of Colorado organized an online petition against the ban, with Occupy Denver taking a stance this weekend. In a letter…
Denver blog posts have their eyes on the prize. Mile High Report fan poster Megatron Myers argues that Josh McDaniels didn’t do as terrible a job as Broncos coach as advertised. The Colorado Independent’s Troy Hooper: Colorado isn’t ready for climate change. Coyote Gulch: Colorado is always one dry winter…
Eric Janusz is both a former police officer and a former firefighter in Grand Junction. Now, however, he has a new designation: sex-crime suspect. Janusz has been formally accused of sexually assaulting a child during his decade-plus working as a GJ cop…
What a glorious weekend — one filled with great things to see and do. And the folks at our Backbeat Online, Cafe Society and Show and Tell blogs and Westword slide show page documented what went down as the temperatures went up. Look below for samples from posts about First…
Update: Earlier today, we shared information about the Boulder-based Colorado Daily newspaper possibly shrinking its publication schedule to three days per week. We now have more information from Prairie Mountain Publishing’s Al Manzi. According to him, the plan, if enacted, would only be temporary, covering just the summer months…
In our latest post about 4/20 at CU Boulder, a university spokesman refuted claims a police crackdown was in the works but acknowledged that officers would be “more active.” A reader who wasn’t reassured responded with questions about why administrators see the event as so problematic…
After the Broncos traded Tim Tebow to the Jets, televangelist Pat Robertson accused Denver of treating Tebow shabbily. But a spokesman for Colorado Springs’ Focus on the Family, for which Tebow made a 2010 Super Bowl ad, doesn’t echo this claim. Instead, he believes the events that led the Broncos…
Our 2010 collection of Colorado photos from the wacky website People of Walmart featured none other than Dog the Bounty Hunter. For our 2011 gallery, the Dog family took some time off. But this year, none other than Mrs. Dog represents, along with plenty of other highly photogenic subjects. Check…
Angela Moser, 44, was able to dial 911 after being brutally stabbed, but the wounds ultimately proved fatal. Who inflicted them? Police point the finger at husband Bobby Harris, who was Moser’s junior by thirteen years — and who a former girlfriend accuses of past violent behavior…
Studies show that 55 percent of Americans believe marijuana should be legalized, but only sixteen states (including Colorado) allow its medical use. The following infographic, shared by a reader/graphics pro, is a visual argument for legalization. (The campaign for regulating pot in Colorado began in November 2010 and continues through…
As city council continues to consider Denver’s proposed urban camping ban — and constituents continue to debate it — the Denver Rescue Mission continued a twelve-year tradition yesterday by dispatching a crew of staffers and homeless people to collect trash in and around Coors Field before the Rockies home opener…
The planned revitalization of Havana Street in Aurora may just be another reason to visit Denver’s upstart neighbor to the east. As explained in our cover story, “Wish You Were Here!,” the suburb is looking to draw tourists with a unique plan that targets athletes, hospital patients and folks with…
Denver blog posts have the power. Our office doesn’t. Denver Stiffs’ Jeffrey Morton on Danilo Gallinari’s hope to get back on the court for the Nuggets by Monday. And not a moment too soon. The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic taste-tests the so-called “religious freedom” ballot initiative backed by Focus on…
Old Colorado City canceled its annual Easter egg hunt this year. The reason? Bad behavior at the 2011 event — not by the pint-sized participants, but by their overprotective parents, who behaved like such greedy shmucks that the town decided the annual eggstravaganza wasn’t worth the trouble…or bad publicity…
Rayshawn Laster has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his mother in the head late last year. Which was pretty much his only option, since in the immediate aftermath of the slaying, he texted a confession and admitted on his Facebook page that he’d done something unforgivable…
Earlier this week, we shared CU Boulder’s plans for shrinking the annual pro-pot 4/20 event on campus — a Wyclef Jean concert that gets underway just before the magic minute combined with what we termed a “police crackdown” on those who choose to mark the occasion in the usual way…
Yeah, the Colorado Rockies don’t have an “elite starting pitcher.” They don’t have a “guy who has played third base in the majors before.” They don’t have a “reliable fourth outfielder.” You know what the Rockies do have? A bunch of old guys! Also, they have some youngins’ they’re relying…
In a post yesterday, the attorney for four women suing over an alleged 2009 police brutality incident at the Denver Diner criticized the naming of Mary Beth Klee as head of the Internal Affairs bureau; he accuses her of being a brutality apologist. In response, one reader shared his method…
