Denver blog posts definitely don’t think you look fat in that shirt. Mile High Report fan poster Scotty Payne starts a lively conversation about John Elway’s suggestion that the salary cap won’t necessarily be a stopping point for Broncos spending for next season. The Grazing Mind’s Jarod Ballentine on DHA…
In this week’s cover story, “Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am,” Westword followed local poet (and national award winner) Suzi Q. Smith on her journeys as a full-time artist. Smith’s list of accolades is not a short one: She is currently ranked the number three female slam poet in the world,…
Update:After the announcement that Budding Health medical marijuana centers are unionizing, we reached out to the Cannabis Business Association, whose president, Bob Hoban, had said last year it was premature to mandate labor pacts in such a young industry. We’ve now spoken to Shawn Coleman, interim executive director of the…
This arrives a little late for Valentine’s Day, but Louie Lucero has an unusual approach to romance that’s bound to send any female into orbit — and probably to the hospital. The southwest Colorado man, who has a history of domestic violence cases and is currently on trial for assault…
In late 2010, Susan Greene resigned from the Denver Post after learning her column had been canceled. She later wrote a Huffington Post piece that compared working for the paper to Stockholm syndrome. And since then? She’s spent much of her time putting together “The Gray Box,” a moving project…
It’s National Condom Week and Sir Richard’s Condoms, a Boulder company known for its one-for-one condom deal, is celebrating. How? Anytime you tweet or post to Facebook “your love for condoms,” Sir Richard’s will donate a condom to its project in Haiti…
The Internet may not be forever, but it’s a pretty damn long time. Witness the continuing life of Jonathan Shikes’ 2008 post about being notified about an unpaid ticket from six years earlier. This tale struck a chord with one reader, who was recently hit with a parking-ticket blast from…
Supporters of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act need 86,105 valid voter signatures on petitions to qualify for the November ballot. But while they submitted over 160,000 signatures in January, the Secretary of State’s Office nixed so many that backers fell 2,407 signatures shy. Tomorrow, though, Regulaters hope to take…
Lauren Redfern ignored that old warning about how you can never go home again. A star basketball player for Basalt High School prior to her 2004 graduation, she took over as the squad’s head coach in 2010 and worked as a health teacher. Now, however, she’s expected to be processed…
Reports of random assaults in Boulder understandably sow fear among residents, and no wonder, given the large number of young women who attend the University of Colorado. Unfortunately, bogus claims have the same effect — and the Boulder Police Department has now accused two women, Allyson Manley and Nina Fiorillo,…
Our tour of new Colorado college memes sites — including ones focusing on CU-Boulder, Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado — brings us, quite naturally, to Colorado College. And guess what? The CC Problems page is the only one to be included on this list of the…
At 11 a.m. today, a rally will take place outside President Barack Obama’s local campaign headquarters. But the participants won’t be calling for his reelection — at least not yet. Instead, the charter members of the Patient Voter Project, made up of numerous prominent marijuana advocates, will be criticizing the…
Eight years ago, Westword added a very special component to Artopia: the MasterMind awards. Recognizing that the local arts scene needed a little fertilizer to really get going, and growing, we created a program that every year honors five cultural visionaries — artists and organizations alike — working to change…
Update: After more than six hours of grueling public testimony and three senators on the verge of tears, a Senate committee approved the Colorado Civil Unions Bill. The measure, a step toward granting same-sex couples parental and property rights similar to those enjoyed by married couples, passed in a 5-2…
At the Thunderdome’s last public appearance, a protest against the Colorado Democrats banquet at the Sheraton on Sunday, no one was arrested. Instead, the former Occupy Denver kitchen and erstwhile symbol of its activism served finger food. The point was clear — feeding the homeless directly in front of $2,500…
Denver blog posts have been working out. South Stands Denver’s Colin D. thinks Colin Cowherd’s blather about Tim Tebow and Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin proves he knows NOTHING about Broncos fans. Square State’s Zappatero isn’t exactly shedding tears at the thought of Doug Bruce behind bars. DenverUrbanism’s Ken Schroeppel looks…
It seems like only yesterday that Denver Nugget J.R. Smith was calling out Kobe Bryant on Twitter. Now, however, it looks as if Smith and Bryant may become Los Angeles Lakers teammates — and once again, Twitter appears to be bringing them together…
In November, Art Way, manager of the Drug Policy Alliance’s Colorado branch, previewed a Good Samaritan bill intended to prevent those who call 911 when a friend is overdosing from being arrested for doing so. Despite law-enforcement opposition, the bill passed the Senate yesterday — but big obstacles lie ahead…
Our post about Boulder’s moratorium on medical marijuana businesses featured a quote from senior city attorney Kathy Haddock suggesting that analysis was necessary to determine if retail areas in the city have too many MMCs. Below, a reader uses Haddock’s words as a rhetorical prompt before providing an answer critical…
For months, Senator Pat Steadman has been talking about the need for a credit union for the medical marijuana industry. But yesterday, a proposed bill that could have paved the way for such an institution died in committee, leaving Steadman to wonder if the state can provide a solution to…
Another day, another cash payout for alleged law-enforcement brutality. This time, it’s Adams County agreeing to fork over $20,000 after a deputy took down career criminal Mario Ybarra while trying to fingerprint him. And although attorney David Lane is happy to accept the money, he’s upset that such incidents keep…
Memes fever is infecting college campuses throughout the area. First, we shared highlights from the new CU-Boulder memes page, followed by a pair of Colorado State University memes sites. Today, it’s the University of Northern Colorado’s turn. The UNC Facebook page has a distinct flavor, in part because of memers’…
