Last week, No On 300 announced the release of the first television spot focusing on the Denver Paid Sick Leave Initiative. The video stars Mayor Michael Hancock and directs attention to the toll the ordinance could have on the city’s budget. In contrast, the clip from pro-300 Campaign For a…
Denver blog posts bring it. Show and Tell’s Jef Otte on Boulder-born Harold Camping’s third failed attempt at predicting the world’s end. Good effort, Hal! The Grazing Mind’s Jarod Ballentine wishes a happy b-day to Horizon Organic. Free Colorado’s Ari Armstrong on how the Motion Picture Institute advances liberty. Roll…
Today, President Barack Obama, who’s due back in Denver next week after a visit late last month, announced the end of the Iraq war, more or less, with the vast majority of U.S. troops due out before 2011 bids adieu. Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet quickly released statements…
It seems like everyone has something to say about Tim Tebow (including us), whether it comes to his work ethic, his pious nature, his throwing motion, his jersey sales, his clean-livin’ persona, his underwear or his potential as an actor. And sometimes, frankly, it’s hard to know which side to…
One of the biggest issues for medical marijuana entrepreneurs is the shortage of banks willing to take their money. Most used Colorado Springs State Bank until September 30, when its MMJ accounts were dropped. And now, The Bank of Denver, where other businesses had found refuge, is doing likewise –…
Amanda Joliff and Richard Smith have now been formally charged with child abuse, false imprisonment and more in connection with the horrific treatment of a fourteen-year-old developmentally delayed boy. An arrest affidavit on view below recounts off-the-charts neglect in a home that comes across as an unkempt, uncleaned zoo…
Last night’s 7 p.m. Occupy Denver general assembly proved to be an important one as the group further develops its own democratic system, but it was likely the movement’s most aggressive and divisive yet. In it, several issues about the group’s financial structure came to a head, with one member…
In August, the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division awarded a $1.5 million contract to Franwell Inc. to institute a seed-to-sale marijuana tracking method for Colorado MMJ enterprises using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. And while the system isn’t expected to be in place until early 2012, at least one advocate is…
Yesterday, we noted that HB 1284, which set medical marijuana regs, requires the state to ask the DEA to designate pot as a Schedule II controlled substance. Plenty of commentary followed, including the following post, whose author doesn’t expect Department of Revenue executive director Barbara Brohl to press the argument…
Update: Early this month, Azura Lakin, 21, killed her former boyfriend, Shaun Cassidy, 23, with a beer bottle. That fact was never in dispute. But the question of whether Lakin was acting in self-defense was, until a hearing yesterday, when officials decided against filing charges — a determination that left…
During the two days of police-attended demonstrations last weekend, the last thing most people at Occupy Denver were thinking about was their stuff. A week later, this has created confusion among many who lost their belongings, which were later collected by the Colorado State Patrol while officers worked to clean…
The folks at the Yahoo! travel feature Wanderlust have come up with a list of the five most bizarre public art displays in these United States, and, predictably, the Blue Mustang at Denver International Airport made the final cut. More surprisingly, it only places third. This, my friends, is a…
I had some pretty cool neighbors growing up. They lived in this adobe-style house filled with Native American artwork, unironic airbrushed wolf posters and turquoise — lots of turquoise. This stood out in the cookie-cutter suburbia surroundings. But my folks liked them because they were genuinely nice people and would…
To hear him tell it, Chris Bidwell’s trench coat is a black wool guardian angel. Last year, it prevented third-degree burn from a firecracker gone off course. Today, it serves as both picnic blanket and protector against wet grass at Civic Center Park. Bidwell’s black, military-style boots weigh ten pounds…
After spending the morning with W., Mayor Michael Hancock (who the former president said was classy), launched his Denver Education Compact, a committee of big brains set to tackle the city’s school system, which graduated just 51.8 percent of students on time last year. Hancock, who spoke a lot about…
Amelia Nicol is not afraid to go back to jail. “I’m standing up in solidarity with the people of Occupy Denver,” she says. “But I’m using different tastics than before. There’s no need for me to return to jail — not for Occupy Denver.”…
Put in these Denver blog posts, coach! They’re ready to play! Mile High Report’s Sayre Bedinger thinks the Broncos’ glass is three-quarters full thanks to the Chosen One. Your mouth to God’s ear. DenverUrbanism’s John Hayden on the growing number of Denverites commuting by bicycle. Square State’s Fong wants to…
This week’s cover story, “The Victim Lobby,” examines the victim rights movement in Colorado — its remarkable growth and accomplishments, as well as the controversy over who truly “speaks” for victims in court or in the legislature. But few in high places speak as powerfully, or as knowledgeably, about the…
Robin Lohre loves big. She loves her daughter, Imogene. She loves her boutique, Talulah Jones, a true Denver retail treasure. And she loves dogs — especially mutts like Ruthie, who she adopted last year and took with her everywhere “other than restaurants and the grocery store,” she says. Which explains…
Occupy Colorado Springs has become a burgeoning political force in its own right of late, and the group is aligned in solidarity with Occupy Denver. The groups have united online and at general assemblies, where reps have traveled to visit each other. Last night, the Colorado Springs group gathered for…
The Colorado Department of Transportation has approved police “pace-cars” for Sundays in January to improve the flow of ski traffic on I-70. Let’s forget the logistics and the arguments about whether a police car driving at a steady rate while flashing its light will actually “harmonize” traffic, as it hopes…
There are plenty of differences between the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements, as cartoonist Kenny Be pointed out in his post “Occupy Wall Street vs. the Tea Party: A visual guide.” But their members’ shared sense of dissatisfaction inspired The Daily Beast to use them as a barometer…
