Raymond Swisher was arrested on January 15, but charges weren’t announced until today. Why? Maybe because it took that long to count up all the bad things he allegedly recorded himself doing. In the end, he hit triple digits via 85 counts of indecent exposure and fifteen alleging unlawful sexual…
Earlier this week, Republican State Representative Tom Massey called a press conference for 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, to announce legislation aimed at regulating Colorado’s medical marijuana industry. Since Massey was the bill’s sponsor — and was the one who called the press conference — he belonged at the event, naturally…
Even in the age of online weather reports, surveys continue to show that the majority of TV news viewers tune in the late wrap-up to see the forecast for the next day. That explains why stations typically tease the weather segment during the early portion of the show but don’t…
“I’d like double receipts. You see, I’m eating for two — as both a politician and as a candidate — and it’s all a necessary part of a complicated reimbursement scheme.”…
Former Wesword profile subject Tom Tancredo’s well known for his ability to stir things up — even at already controversial events like at the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, where his keynote remarks prompted the New York Daily News to publish an article headlined, “Tea Party Convention’s…
Apparently Denver Public Schools isn’t the only organization that views chicken — fried or Southern-style — and collard greens as a way to honor black history. And it’s not the only organization to be criticized for playing into racial stereotypes by doing so. As the Huffington Post reports here, the…
This week, a new medical marijuana bill was introduced, and while activists at the Cannabis Therapy Institute see it and an earlier measure about doctor-patient relationships as largely contemptible, advocates Matt Brown and Brian Vicente see promise amid the problems — although Vicente has announced plans for a medical marijuana…
You’re familiar with Mad Libs — the game in which players randomly fill in blanks to turn a song lyric, story or whatever into something entirely different? Right now, the mysterious individuals behind a website that falsely claims to be the Denver Daily News are doing something similar to copy…
Senator Chris Romer’s bill about the relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients rolls on — and advocates such as Matt Brown of Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation don’t see it as especially onerous. To put it mildly, that view isn’t shared by the folks at the Cannabis Therapy Institute…
Stand-up comedians often complain about having to prove they’re good at their job whenever they meet someone. (“Say something funny! Make me laugh!”) Denver-based psychic Rebecca Rosen knows how they feel. “People will say, ‘You should know my name,’ or ‘What are the winning lotto numbers?'” she notes, adding, “It…
Editor’s note: The author, comedian Mike Polk, is a producer for Break Media and the somewhat demented mind behind the “Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video” and the “One Semester of Spanish Spanish Love Song.” With his approval ratings suffering, his agenda stalled and his party scuffling, it’s becoming increasingly clear…
In a blog yesterday, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 spokesman Dave Minshall made it clear that the union backed a “yes” vote on a new contract with King Soopers and Safeway. Denver-area workers definitely got the message. Late last night, Local 7 announced that the contract had been…
Four years ago, in a feature called “Over and Over Again,” I reported on the staggering number of nonviolent offenders stuck in Colorado’s revolving-door version of parole — and costing the state millions of dollars. Exhibit A was an alcoholic parolee named John “Jake” Johnson, who’d been arrested in 1999…
Last week, Matt Arnold of ClearTheBenchColorado.org ran afoul of a legislator during his testimony protesting the removal of tax exemptions for bull semen, among other things. Representative Joel Judd all but tossed him out of a committee hearing. But Arnold is fighting back — with a little help from his…
When medical marijuana advocate Matt Brown spoke to Westword yesterday about Representative Tom Massey’s new bill to regulate the industry, he hadn’t seen the final document — just a draft from late last week. And after perusing the latest product, he was presently surprised. “It’s a lot better than I…
Our roundup of blogs about Denver includes blogs about other places in Colorado, too. The Ralphie Report’s irish1611 wins the prize for today’s biggest understatement in a headline for this banner: “Media Not Too Impressed by Buffs’ 2010 Recruiting Class.” Maybe that’s because the top players who committed early to…
In response to the befuddling recall of nine million vehicles by motor behemoth Toyota — don’t worry, it’s just brake failure, or is it the floor mats? — Lakewood’s Ryan Scharrel is punching the gas on a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer whose brand was built on reliability. According…
The latest addition to our roster of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews — William Breathes’s critique of Delta 9 Alternative Medicine (formerly Delta 9 Caretakers). And if his take makes you hungry for more information, sample Westword’s newly updated dispensary directory. Your fine dining experience begins by clicking here…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…
In early January, right after Douglass Singleton was shot and killed, the Denver Police Department characterized the slaying as a medical marijuana transaction gone awry — leading to speculation that the weed element was being trumped up for demonization purposes without adequate proof. The Denver District Attorney’s Office hasn’t played…
To sell their anti-abortion pro-(one)-choice message, Focus on the Family will have to follow one of these three successful Super Bowl commercial formulas… See two more options below!…
For much of the past year, contract negotiations at Colorado King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons stores have dragged on amid an atmosphere riper than an unrefrigerated meat section. But at last, a peaceful solution seems near. Last week, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 and Albertsons reached an…
