Even as protesters complain about the repercussions of Denver’s medical marijuana ordinance, the City of Boulder is on the cusp of making permanent its own procedures. A first reading of proposed regulations will be heard at tonight’s Boulder City Council meeting. The folks at the Cannabis Therapy Institute are encouraging…
Here come three Denver blogs, in no particular order. Mile High Report’s John Bena is amazed by the attention being paid to Tim Tebow, who’s unlikely to be drafted anywhere near the first round. Nonetheless, ESPN’s Bill Williamson suggests that there’s a medium possibility of him becoming a Bronco. At…
And to think that your high-school guidance counselor said you’d never make it to college when he caught you smoking pot in the bathroom. These days, Colorado boasts a number of education programs devoted to medical marijuana. Whether you want to learn how to become a state-certified patient, grow your…
Update, 12:30 p.m.: Bill Ritter spokesman Evan Dreyer responded to an interview request. His comments appear after the original item. So… I’m writing up a blog about a bill requiring children to wear helmets while riding bikes — and Representative Larry Liston’s amendment to make boys also wear crush resistant…
Nothing fires up newspaper readers like changes to the comics section. That’s something former Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple acknowledged in “The Funnies Aren’t Funny Anymore,” our 2007 state-of-the-art critique. And his words were borne out the next year, when the Rocky dared to toss “Garfield” in the litter…
#9 of the 22 Major Arcana: Elbra Wedgeworth, the Strength…
Yesterday, state rep John Kefalas, a Fort Collins Democrat, talked up a bill requiring kids to wear helmets when riding bicycles, scooters, skateboards and the like. Sound sensible? Well, Colorado Springs Republican rep Larry Liston argued that it didn’t go far enough. He stood up for an amendment mandating that…
On Friday, Commander Jerry Peters of the North Metro Task Force shared details about busts at two Broomfield-area marijuana grows — and he noted that 23 other cases were being actively investigated. Mere days later, the task force is back in the news thanks to a pair of marijuana-related cases…
Jay DeVaughn, a librarian for the Community College of Aurora, has been accused of mailing a threatening letter — a fairly straight-forward charge. But the criminal complaint filed against him in U.S. District Court hints at future counts based on behavior that was considerably more twisted. Information that appears to…
Westword is covering the trial of Willie Clark, accused of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams early on New Year’s Day 2007. The most recent updates for the day will be at the top; to check out the account chronologically at day’s end, read from the bottom up. Click here…
Last week’s summit on health care reform in Washington produced the expected speechifying and little consensus on what’s to be done. But there’s one point that Democrats and Republicans echoed each other about: Rescission sucks. The practice of taking away someone’s health insurance because of sometimes dubious “pre-existing conditions” or…
The deadline has passed for medical marijuana dispensaries to apply for their official licenses in Denver — and only 235 out of more than 500 did so. Update, 3:22 p.m.: The Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers has released a statement about the protest demanding the recall of city council…
Last week, we told you about a scheduled March 4 funeral for Internet Explorer 6, which reportedly died as “a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc.” Turns out the level of hatred for IE6 exceeded the expectations of folks at Aten Design Group, who…
A Channel 9 report from Deer Creek Middle School about the first day of classes since a shooting last week injured two students is brief and uninformative — and I couldn’t be more relieved. As I pointed out in a blog about how close to home the Deer Creek assaults…
Timothy McVeigh, he was put to death back in 2001 for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing, isn’t often used by convicts wanting to get out of trouble. But it happened today at the U.S. Supreme Court, where attorneys for imprisoned former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling suggested that their…
Denver blogs about Denver stuff. Mile High Report’s John Bena links to Bill Williamson’s discussion of the Brandon Marshall trade market. Williamson sees seven teams as potentially in the sweepstakes, including the Redkins. BM and Mike Shanahan: together again? Colorado Pols shares a Bob Moore piece revealing that the Northern…
On Friday, Dr. James Dobson delivered his final broadcast for Focus on the Family. But Focus spokesman Gary Schneeberger waited until today to comment to the public at large about Dobson’s long-in-the-works departure from the Colorado Springs-based organization he founded. “We considered it family time,” Schneeberger says from the National…
Last December, CU banned Nerf guns for use in the game Humans Vs. Zombies, allegedly because campus cops might mistake the plastic contraptions for real weapons. Cue snickering. But this ruling hasn’t stopped CU sophomore Scott Serafin and his fellow Humans Vs. Zombies aficionados. Today marks the beginning of a…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration… Figure 52a. Washington/Virginia Vale: Space alien seeks camouflage amongst the yard art. UFO enthusiast Jeff Peckman need look no further than the photograph above for validation in placing his Extraterrestial Affairs Commission initiative on the August 2010 Denver ballot. The feeling of…
Another busy weekend in Denver, especially for men with unruly facial hair. They gathered at Vine Street Pub for the Denver Chop Month Competition. Photographer Aaron Thackeray was there. Elsewhere, Cobraconda played a burrito place, while Sun Red, Old Radio, Paean and Night of Joy hit the Meadowlark. Happy Monday…
On Friday, we shared a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noting customer surveys implying that Denver’s Frontier Airlines could be renamed New Air — one of the lamest monikers in the history of lame monikers. Turns out that’s not the case: Frontier spokesman Peter Kowalchuk says the New Air…
Late last week, PepsiCo announced that it was dropping its Gatorade endorsement deal with Tiger Woods, whose apology for nailing pretty much every trollop he laid eyes on didn’t immediately heal his besmirched public image. If only the powers at Pepsi had accepted a proposal from Longmont artist Jason Kay,…
