Earlier this week, the DUID-marijuana working group formed under the auspices of the state Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) decided not to recommend specific THC driving limits, as a bill tabled during the last legislative session attempted to do. Below, the Medical Marijuana Industry Group’s Michael Elliott, a…
Andrea Merida, Denver Public Schools board member and Westword cover subject, has been making headlines once again. Education News Colorado was the first to report this week that Merida had overspent her $5,000 DPS-boardmember budget by more than $7,000. More than $4,000 of the $12,637 she spent from July 2010…
While Tennyson Street and Berkeley District business owners once saw themselves as the Denver shopping district family’s forgotten children, they’re now feeling some love. The City of Denver and Xcel, who they accuse of badly mismanaging a construction project, are helping fund a series of promotions reminding people that businesses…
These Denver blog posts are ready for a three-day weekend. Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard on Senator Michael Bennet’s attempt to educate the populace about the correlation between good teachers and decent salaries. Check out the skateboard-topping art featured by Denver Egotist. DenverUrbanism’s Ryan Mulligan on $1 billion earmarked for FasTracks…
It seems like bad dads have a way of ending up as shmucks on a regular basis. But moms have their fair share of problems, too. Just ask the two who were cited this week for making the rest of the moms out there look like saints…
Denver medical marijuana dispensary owner Jim Rice knew there was no way CBS producers could ignore his taped application for their reality TV show Survivor. “I had, like, twenty pounds of pot surrounding me,” he explains. “You know they don’t see that every day.”…
The school crossing sign seen above is commonly known as the “S1-1 School Advance Sign” and features a male and female student connected at the arm. Some may interpret the graphic as an intimate gesture of concern between an older brother and younger sister, but the handwritten message below is…
As the man in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the 2005 period when Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, Michael Brown knows a thing or two about hurricanes, and the media’s coverage of them. So what kind of grades does the current KOA talk-show host give to…
Most of us don’t enjoy dealing with door-to-door salespersons. Even when they don’t show up during dinner (which they usually do), they disrupt your personal time and space in irritating ways. But Arthur Baldwin allegedly took this dislike way too far… even before he grabbed his gun…
Our post about the final conviction in the horrific case of sixteen-year-old Nathan Bozonier, who was hit by a car and then beaten to death last year, inspired his sister Annette to share her thoughts about the trio convicted of the crime. Her words are strong and from the heart…
This past weekend, 27-year-old Brandon Sigala was murdered at the Knights Inn — a crime for which Scott Shorts has been arrested. But that’s not the end of the story for Sigala’s friends, family and loved ones, who are still grieving a death that’s said to have followed his attempt…
It started out as a routine highway traffic stop — but it quickly became much more. That’s because a Utah officer soon discovered that the car in which Vincent Matthews and Ronnette Hatch were traveling also contained stolen booty from a high-profile jewelry store robbery in which the thieves dressed…
No question that the Denver Broncos cheerleaders look better than the team that got manhandled by the Arizona Cardinals. And we have proof. By way of promoting their just-released 2012 calendar, the cheer squad has shared behind-the-scenes glimpses at the photo shoot on their Facebook page. Page through below to…
Last night, in a dispiriting 26-7 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, Brady Quinn warmed up for games that count by playing as he did during the regular season for the Cleveland Browns — like one of the worst QBs in the league. And Tim Tebow? Not great, but not nearly…
Groundswell’s sign has the usual green, leaf-like images on it, but it looked like an art gallery the first time I drove past. Confused, I circled around and parked in a 7-Eleven parking lot to get a better look at the place, and before I knew it, I was inside…
Chasing wild horses with helicopters has long been a controversial but accepted method in the roundups of mustangs by the Bureau of Land Management. But a federal judge has blasted the BLM after seeing video of a contract pilot hovering over an exhausted horse and appearing to strike the horse…
Shaun Kaufman turns his 1996 sky-blue Toyota Corolla into a neighborhood in Englewood full of older houses. The one he’s looking for has a stone facade and a patchy lawn. Wind chimes dangle from the underside of the low roof. Wasps buzz around the wind chimes. Kaufman, half of the…
Gather ’round, all ye Denver blog posts. BigMedia.org’s Jason Salzman examines Mike Coffman’s claim that Barack Obama is speeding up the citizenship process for immigrants so they can vote in 2012 — and deems it false. The Grazing Mind on meeting the challenge of Venus de Miles. Denver Frank: Don’t…
“Infighting Trips Up Supporters’ Legalization Bid,” a story on the front page of today’s Denver Post, missed the mark for Mason Tvert, among the most prominent proponents of the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012, and not just because much of the information in it had already been widely…
Tonight, the Broncos take on the Arizona Cardinals in their final game of the 2011 preseason — meaning it could be fans’ last extended look at Tim Tebow playing quarterback for quite some time. There’s definitely a disconnect between what ESPN’s Merril Hoge sees in Tebow and the views of…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Just when I was hoping Superman would visit Denver and cool down the weather with a mighty blast of his awesome Freeze Breath, I see him sprawled out on top of a camoflage shark and trying to beat the heat…
This week, CBS4 removed a photo from its website featuring new anchor Evrod Cassimy arm-in-arm with Chris Brown, the singer convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Our post on the subject has generated a wide variety of comments, including many defenses of Brown. Here’s one example that focuses…
