If you become confused by what you are about to read, you are not alone. It’s a story about confusion, about the misinformation that is so easy to spread through the Occupy movement, and it begins with a death that never happened. It ends, however, with a march: Last night,…
While his fight on behalf of Occupy Denver’s claims against the city may be over, attorney David Lane has another big case before him, on the biggest legal stage in the country. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the tale of Steven Howards, a Lane client who says…
Our post in which ex-judge Leonard Frieling recommended that medical marijuana patients pulled over by police keep their lips zipped spurred commenters to share their own thoughts about what to do in such a situation. Here’s a post from a reader who’s had good luck with honesty. But he thinks…
Shortly after Boulder deputy Rick Ferguson’s arrest for Internet luring and sexual exploitation of a child, one of his colleagues was personally involved in a crime, too — but as a victim, not the alleged perpetrator. He was burglarized, and the thief or thieves got away with lotsa tools of…
Update by Michael Roberts: Attorney David Lane doesn’t foresee appealing a court’s refusal to grant a temporary restraining order on behalf of Occupy Denver protesters, who claim their First Amendment rights have been systematically squelched. However, he has strong words for case overseer Judge Robert Blackburn, as well as the…
‘Tis the season for Bill O’Reilly and other Fox News personalities to rail against the alleged “War on Christmas” — and they’re doing so. But they’ve also found time to deride the “War on Tebow,” tackling questions about Tim Tebow’s religiosity with the same fervor they defend any dilution of…
Rick Ferguson was a member of the Boulder Sheriff’s Office for thirty years — an impressive run by any measure. But it’s come to an end, at least for now, and in an extremely distressing way. This week, Ferguson was arrested on five counts, most pertaining to Internet luring of…
“Scene and Herd,” Off Limits, November 24 Take Cover! With so much exceptional art in the Denver art community, it pains me to see the coverage of Colorado Uncovered. For those of us who love and appreciate fine art, it is a real reminder of everything clichéd in what the…
Following the announcement that Judge Robert Blackburn denied Occupy Denver’s request for a temporary restraining order against the City and County of Denver, Mayor Michael Hancock spoke — briefly — about the decision’s implications for the city. His take on the matter: Those implications are pretty darn good. Hancock calls…
Update: Colorado Gives Day, the one-day online charity marathon that began at midnight on Tuesday but extended until noon today due to technical difficulties, raised $12 million for 932 local nonprofits, according to a preliminary count…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced last week that as many as 4,000 medical marijuana patient applications and renewals were being held up in order “to ensure patients and physicians are within guidelines.” Despite the CDPHE’s vagueness, we’ve learned that many the applications are being scrutinized because…
Enrollment in charter schools is growing nationwide, as well as here in Colorado. More than two million students now attend charter schools in the U.S., a 13 percent increase from last year, according to numbers released today by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Colorado contributed to that growth…
Denver blog posts love America. Colorado Pols cites a survey showing that the weakened Barack Obama would still beat Newt Gingrich by eight points if the election was today. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein on the Nugs’ 66-game schedule. People’s Press Collective’s formula: Campaign finance & free speech + beer =…
At around the same time an Occupy Denver request for a temporary restraining order against the City and County of Denver was denied, the Denver Police Department released a slew of car-to-car text messages pertaining to the movement. Even Denver Police spokesman Lieutenant Matt Murray concedes that some of them…
In May, Joel Warner profiled Richard Rosenthal, Denver’s independent monitor — the man charged with determining if police officers accused of misconduct were given appropriate punishment. Now, however, he’s moving his act north — way north. Today, Rosenthal was publicly announced as the first civilian director for independent investigations of…
Ex-Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan, busted for allegedly trading meth for sex, has now bonded out of the Patrick J. Sullivan Detection Facility, a jail named for him. But officials still plan to revisit the policy of naming public buildings after living people. And Commissioner Rod Bockenfeld thinks honoring dead…
You’re a medical marijuana patient, and a police officer pulls you over and says he smells pot. So you immediately show him your ID card and talk about how long it’s been since you’ve medicated. Smart move? Not according to ex-judge Leonard Frieling, who says this approach will likely result…
Our post about the Broncos’ latest inexplicable Tim Tebow-led victory, this time over the Vikings, inspired one reader to wonder, tongue-in-cheek style, if there isn’t something unholy about all the miracles. Horror-movie buffs, take note…
Monday’s hearing in regard to Occupy Denver’s request for a temporary restraining order against the city and county is one indication of how far the movement has come in its short life span. In the little more than two months the movement has called Broadway its ideological home, the group…
Looking at Internet page design from years past has an almost high-school-prom-like photo quality to it. That color scheme! Those buttons! Why is that blinking?! Westword’s gazillionth new redesign, which just went live, will look like one of those prom shots a few years from now. But right now, it’s…
At one time or another, we’ve all wondered if the average person cares about our personal welfare. But Noah Miranda allegedly took things a step further, conducting a survey on the question. One person at a time. In the middle of a street. In the dark. While drunk…
Clearly, change was in the offing for the Denver Post, which confirmed last week that nineteen staffers took buyouts. But the scope of shifts among those who remain is still surprising. Among the most notable: the naming of longtime reporter Kevin Vaughan as city editor and veteran editor Chuck Murphy…
