It sits on the couch of his Washington, D.C. apartment: A black bag, still filled with supplies that could help President Barack Obama in a pinch: Tide stain remover, newspapers, papers, medicine. And even though thirty-year-old Reggie Love is Obama’s former “body man,” not his current minder, he could be…
Local immigrant advocates aren’t exactly elated at the news that the Obama administration plans to phase out a controversial program that allows local law enforcement to act as immigration officers. “At the end of the day, there’s another elephant in the room,” says Justin Valas, of the Colorado Immigrant Rights…
In January 2008, the night before the presidential election, Gilbert Ortiz received his first strange phone call. The following morning, the Pueblo county clerk and recorder would receive thousands repeating the report, but his relative caught him first. She asked why he had changed her polling location the night before…
Feeling ignored, residents in West Highland have teamed up with No High Rises in West Highland to plan a rally tonight in Highland Square voicing their opposition to a trio of four- or five-story apartment buildings RedPeak Properties plans to build just north of 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. Neighbors…
There’s no coherent explanation yet for seventeen-year-old T.J. Lane’s attack on Chardon High School in Ohio on Monday, which killed three students and injured two others — and the “why” may prove elusive for some time to come. The shootings have been treated as utterly random, although recent reports suggest…
Denver blog posts walk the walk and talk the talk — often at the same time. That’s hard to do. Mile High Report’s Colby notes that Tim Tebow and Von Miller are Broncos representatives for this year’s Madden video-game cover contest. Superstition ain’t the way. Denver Egotist on the new…
This week’s Westword cover story, “Secret Stashes,” explores the phenomenon of on-mountain shacks, shanties and huts commonly called smoke shacks by the skiers and riders who use them as a private place to light up herb. As part of our coverage, we sent the Mile Highs and Lows camera crew…
We recently told you about Adams County’s decision to fork over $20,000 after a deputy took down career criminal Mario Ybarra while trying to fingerprint him. At the time, attorney David Lane decried the lack of punishment for those who’d filed false reports. Now, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office has…
In our post about a 9News red-light-camera story that featured inaccurate information supplied by the Denver Police Department, which had touted the report in a Twitter survey, we cited one source’s suggestion that the relationship between the DPD and the station was too cozy. That observer pointed out that Nicole…
One of our regular features on the Latest Word is Denver Blogs, in which we highlight worthy new items from Colorado-centric sites. In that context, we shared a Colorado Pols link about a survey showing Rick Santorum polling ahead of Barack Obama in a group of states that includes Colorado…
Update below: The U.S. Attorney’s Office under John Walsh has now confirmed that dispensaries near schools that received a seizure-threat letter have stopped doing business at previous locations. But this confirmation comes with new info. Although 23 letters were sent, one was subsequently withdrawn. And while spokesman Jeff Dorschner told…
A week after it looked like restricted free agent forward Wilson Chandler would surely sign a contract with the Nuggets, doubt is creeping in. It comes in the form of an Italian team and a lack of progress in contract negotiations. Wilson has yet to work out a deal with…
Last April, as we’ve reported, a bill to set THC driving limits was put on hold by a senate committee — and a DUID-marijuana working group charged with reconsidering the issue deadlocked over the question of per se standards. Nonetheless, Senator Steve King is sponsoring a new version of the…
In speaking with us about law-enforcement response to this weekend’s Fuck the Police march, Denver Police Department spokesman Lieutenant Matt Murray quoted Chief Robert White, the DPD’s new boss, as saying, “We have a good department he wants to make great. He has not found a culture of excessive force,…
Earlier this month, I attended a birthday celebration for my wife’s great uncle, a World War II vet in his eighties — but since he was born on Leap Day, he’s actually just in his early twenties. Lucky man! Look below to see our favorite twenty examples of how Twitter…
Yesterday, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Jeff Dorschner implied that the 23 dispensaries issued shut-down letters had stopped doing business at their previous locations, within 1,000 feet from schools. While some centers have relocated, others have shut their doors permanently…
An outlet for radical and revolutionary expression for over thirty years, P&L Press will open its first public infoshop this week. Located in the Jefferson Park neighborhood near the space occupied by the Denver Anarchist Black Cross and P&L itself, the store will provide resources on anarchism, prisoners’ rights, indigenous…
Last year, the city powers-that-be changed the rules to allow overnight parking downtown. But the much-celebrated change came with an equally frustrating dose of confusion, as explained in our cover story, “Feed Me.” Now, the team of city employees who helped sort out that confusion has won a Denver 5281…
Denver blog posts whistle while they work. Bronco Talk’s Jon Heath considers the credentials of Brandon Weeden and Brock Osweiler, the two quarterback prospects from the NFL combine in which Denver seems most interested. Free Range Longmont’s Ruby Bowman wonders where all the prairie dogs have gone. Geeks who Drink’s…
Update: Last week, 9News aired a report noting that revenue figures from red-light cameras provided by Denver Police for a story last year were wrong — very wrong. Turns out the DPD had touted the original report in a Twitter survey as much more fair than a photo-radar story on…
Update: Now that the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act has been approved for the November ballot (get more details below), proponent Mason Tvert is busily lining up allies for what should be among the season’s most interesting campaigns — and at a 2 p.m. news conference, he’ll be introducing three…
Earlier this month, we shared the story of photographer Scott D. Smith, who accuses 92.5 The Wolf of stealing 21 of his images from rival KYGO and then refusing to pay him for their use. Now, Smith has taken to the post’s comments section to update readers about the latest…
