Earlier this year, Greeley-Evans school board member Brett Reese received Shmuck of the Week honors for being a gun-totin’ hater of Martin Luther King, Jr. But that’s only the tip of his shmuckiness according to his fellow board members, who’ve censured him after accusations arose that he touched a teacher…
Our post about a possible Kyle Orton trade to the Dolphins amid evidence that fans in Miami love him more than do folks in Denver, sparked a KO versus Tim Tebow debate. Here’s a post from an extremely optimistic reader who’s definitely in the Tebow camp…
Kathleen Chippi is among the area’s most active medical marijuana activists; see a video of her below going after both current Denver mayoral candidate Chris Romer and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Her latest mission: to raise funds for a lawsuit to stop official implementation of HB 1284, Colorado’s main…
Here’s a frightening thought: Around 1,500 drivers who didn’t pass, or didn’t even take, a driving test may have been on Colorado roads for months. That’s the accusation against Dennis Sieving, 53, who’s been indicted by a federal grand jury for male fraud and bribery. And those 1,500 allegedly dubious…
Update: The Denver coroner’s office has released the name of the victim and the victimizer in a murder-suicide at a Highlands-area home near 38th and Bryant on Tuesday. Denise Fransua died of a gunshot wound to the chest from Steven Romero, who then fatally shot himself in the head…
Billboards in Colorado and beyond warn that Judgment Day is coming May 21 — at least according to the California-based Family Radio network, led by 89-year-old Boulder native Harold Camping. And according to a clip from last night’s episode of The Daily Show on view below, Camping could very well…
Today, the Douglas County School District website kicks off with a “Breaking News” item that reads: “The planned protest by the Westboro Baptist Church at Ponderosa High School’s graduation has been canceled by the group due to travel complications.” The response from a member of the Counter-Protest Westboro Baptist Church…
This week’s cover story, “The Watcher,” details the role Denver’s Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal has played in the ongoing controversy involving city law enforcement and alleged police brutality. It’s a scandal that’s made nationwide news and is shaping the mayoral race. How did the hullabaloo come about? Check out a…
Denver Parks and Recreation membership fees could increase if the city council approves a task force’s recommendation to create a tiered fee structure for the city’s 27 rec centers. The centers would be divided into three categories: neighborhood (small), local (medium-sized) and regional (fully loaded)…
A year after being chastised for being too hasty in opening up offshore oil leases for exploration, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was fielding questions from former colleagues in the Senate about why the administration isn’t issuing more drilling permits to boost domestic production. But Salazar defended the administration’s…
Look what we found — three Denver blog posts! 5280’s Vanessa Martinez sees Joe Biden’s Friday appearance here as more proof the Obama re-election campaign is counting on Colorado. Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic reports about Focus on the Family’s anti-gay-marriage efforts in New York. Denver Egotist: Bike sharing (in Boulder…
AM 760 host David Sirota recently said his growing ratings were due in part to the fact that “when we do politics, it’s not just ‘Democrats are great and Republicans are terrible'” — and he proved it today during a fiery on-air disagreement with Ed Schulz, a progressive favorite (and…
On Monday, we previewed HDNet World Report’s driving test of medical marijuana patients. The full report aired last night; watch it below. But while it’s a respectable piece of work, the final results, which tilt toward the argument that MMJ patients shouldn’t drive after medicating, raise more questions than they…
During a recent mayoral candidate debate, Chris Romer forced Michael Hancock to stumble through a confused admission (and later retraction) for allowing the teaching of creation science and/or intelligent design in public-school classrooms. Perhaps looking at a few DPS Creation Science Fair projects will help the pro-education-reform candidates see the…
Westboro Baptist Church haters under the sway of venomous Reverend Fred Phelps are headed to the Denver area tomorrow. But instead of mounting a huge rally in response, representatives of the University of Denver Hillel, one of the threatened stops, will ignore the display and hold a quiet diversity event…
Alan Prendergast’s post about Christo’s “Over the River” project, and potential opposition from the Colorado Wildlife Commission, didn’t generate a lot of sympathy for the eccentric artist’s plan to stretch silvery fabric over a portion of the Arkansas River. Here’s one critic who offers a thumbs-down…
Jason McEwan and Michelle White threw a party and an episode of The Jerry Springer Show broke out. That’s according to the Greeley police, who say special guests at the bash included a mistaken sexual advance, brass knuckles, a Samurai sword, a narrow escape and a threatened pit-bull attack…
Many Denver fans and observers feel Kyle Orton is out as Broncos quarterback even though John Elway and the team’s braintrust won’t admit it. But if he’s not wanted here, there’s another place where he’d be a very welcome presence: Miami…
The hate-mongering members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan three stops in the Denver area tomorrow, including at the University of Denver Hillel. So how will staffers and members fight back? By not even acknowledging the WBC’s protest — and via a diversity rally whose details aren’t being shared in…
In March, the Department of Revenue’s Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division published its final rules. Now, one important requirement is about to be made flesh. Beginning tomorrow, employees can begin applying for licenses to work at MMJ centers and other businesses (see the forms below). And while some advocates see the…
Smart phones can already do all sorts of clever things, like tell you where the nearest medical marijuana center is located. But can they help you tell a sample of Green Crack from G-13 Haze? If Strain Brain makes good on its word, they will soon be able to –…
If the Rockies start hitting like a real Rockies team and play like so many expected them to, last night’s win over the Giants will be viewed as a turning point. If the Rockies continue to roll out a lineup full of players hitting in the .200s, the victory will…
