Around this time last week, we were ranting about the moronic decision by NBA coaches not to name the Nuggets’ Chauncey Billups to the All-Star team. Fortunately, that wrong has been righted. Billups was added to the unit by commissioner David Stern as a replacement for the injured Chris Paul…
Yesterday, we offered a sneak preview of a medical marijuana ballot initiative assembled by the advocacy group Sensible Colorado. That amendment will be formally made public by Sensible Colorado executive director Brian Vicente during an 11 a.m. press event on the west steps of the Capitol. But even as Vicente…
Activists rightly tout the ability of the disabled to do just about anything. But don’t expect them to use Steven Clark as a poster boy. Clark, 33, who uses a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy, has been hit with several charges related to sexual abuse on a child — the…
Englewood’s own DISH Network has launched a passionate, if long-shot, effort to stop the blockbuster merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. This morning, in letters addressed to U.S. reps Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns, as well as to senators Herb Kohl and Orrin Hatch, DISH executive vice president and general…
Tuesday’s episode of American Idol spotlighted Denver, giving the rest of the country an opportunity to check out Haeley Vaughn, Colorado’s great Idol hope, not to mention Ty Hemmerling, the shapely contestant known as Bikini Boy. But last night’s compendium of the audition rounds featured some additional Denver moments –…
Justin Carter sits in a shabby South Broadway bar, drinking a Budweiser. He knows he’s got to be careful with the booze; not too long ago, he was in jail for drunk driving. Still, he’s not too worried about it tonight. Soon he’ll start his night shift as the bar’s…
It’s easy to get into trouble on Facebook: Post a picture of yourself with a margarita in one hand and a beer in the other, and you might lose that promotion; change your status from “in a relationship” to “it’s complicated,” and you might lose that significant other; friend your…
“Get on Board,” Colin Bane, January 28 CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD Awesome! Colin Bane’s article reminded me of the surf-culture articles I read in the popular publications out here. Mandy Meng San Diego, California I wanted to share my positive comments on the Never Summer snowboards article. It really grabbed…
What are you going to do, shoot me?” It was around ten o’clock at night when Edward Lynch heard the strange shouting. He went to the utility room at the back of his house to investigate and saw a man standing in his neighbor’s yard, yelling into the night. Much…
One Colorado, a new statewide gay-rights organization that’s actually an umbrella for a trio of organizations including an advocacy group, a non-profit education group and a political action committee, is attempting to use 53 questions, in the form of a survey, to answer one: What is it like to be…
Thomas Bader, a Colorado Springs pharmacist, was found guilty today of 31 counts related to importing and distributing anabolic steroids and Chinese human growth hormones. Twenty-three of those counts were for distributing the juice to minors. Bader told physicians his illegal drugs were not subject to FDA approval due to…
State Senator Chris Romer (D-Buzz Kill Central) and Representative Tom Massey (R-Hiding in the Capitol Somewhere) teamed up today to introduce the latest attempt to reign in Colorado’s medical marijuana industry, a bill the lawmakers say would protect patients’ access to marijuana while forcing providers to be licensed by the…
On January 13, Colorado Ethics Watch, which recently shared its list of the top five ethics scandals of 2009, made a bid to kick off its 2010 roster. The organization filed a complaint against Representative Steve King to determine if money he got from the state to cover travel expenses…
“Iraq veteran Nic Gray talks to Westword about the night he can’t remember.”This week’s cover story relates the tale of how Nic Gray, an Iraq war veteran, got caught up in the criminal justice system and eventually landed in an innovative new program called the El Paso County veterans treatment…
In recent days, we’ve reported about a Focus on the Family ad starring Tim Tebow and his mom that’s set to air during the Super Bowl, noting the controversy over its presumed anti-abortion message and FOTF spokesman Gary Schneeberger’s assertion that the commercial isn’t anti-anything. But whereas CBS gave its…
Behold: three blogs written about Denver stuff today. T.J. Johnson at Mile High Report crunches the numbers pertaining to Tony Scheffler, Brandon Marshall and Elvis Dumervil — all players the Broncos might lose this off-season. His conclusion? “Letting go of Scheffler is bearable. Letting go of Marshall is not preferable…
Representative Tom Massey’s bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry — previewed in this blog based on comments from a knowledgeable source and a second item containing insight from advocate Matt Brown — hasn’t even been made public yet; Massey will do so at a 1:30 p.m. event. But already,…
Yesterday, we told you about a new worship space at the Air Force Academy designed for use by cadets and staffers who practice Earth-centered beliefs, including Pagans, Wiccans and Druids. Shortly thereafter, a photo began to circulate showing that last month, persons unknown placed a cross against the rock circle…
Where would we be without ribbon magnets to remind us of what is important? The label-laden Lexus pictured above was traveling in front of my car on East 14th Avenue at Grape Street. This odd pairing demands that all ribbon-magnet readers “stop child abuse,” and then seemingly as an alternative…
Yesterday, we told you about the objections of the ACLU’s Judd Golden to a proposed nudity ordinance slated for its first reading before the Boulder City Council. At the session, portions of the measure dealing with what Golden previously described as “measurements to see if the areola of a woman’s…
A little over an hour ago, we posted a blog offering a sneak preview of Representative Tom Massey’s bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry. Now, more details from another insider: Matt Brown, frontman for Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation and co-chair with Brian Vicente of Sensible Patient and Provider…
The medical marijuana community has been filled with a mix of anticipation and dread in regard to the contents of a measure being assembled by Representative Tom Massey intended to regulate the industry. Many fear what’s become known as the law-enforcement bill will limit the number of patients per caregiver…
