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The banner from the DenverIndependent.com website. It’s hard to imagine a worse time to launch a newspaper — but that’s precisely what Randall Lichner says he’s going to do. Despite the struggling economy and the surplus of publications in the area, he plans to have a paper he’s dubbed the…

That’s another nickel off my bill at King Soopers, suckas! On September 23, I wrote “Paying for Conservation at Denver Water,” a blog that juxtaposed Denver Water’s energetic advertising campaign with reports that the agency was considering a robust rate hike. Along the way, I mentioned the availability of free…

Tony Shawcross. “Tony Shawcross Saved Public-Access TV in Denver,” a July 8 Message column, reported about how Shawcross and his associates created Denver Open Media, an entity that rescued public-access television in the metro area. No wonder the organization was chosen to host “Access Without Borders: New Frontiers in Community…

Willie B. During his time at KBPI, Stephen Meade, better known to the station’s listeners as Willie B., has generated plenty of headlines — not all of them positive. Remember the controversy over a Willie-led “mudfest” near Nederland — a publicity nightmare chronicled in the October 2000 Message column “KPBI…

A banner from the DumpDobson.com site. Focus on the Family frontman James Dobson was recently elected to join the National Radio Hall of Fame — and the Colorado Springs organization is inviting listeners to join in the celebration at Chicago’s Renaissance Hotel on November 8. But those who show up…

The early bird catches the “I Voted” sticker. Early voting. Early voting. Blah, blah, blah. I hear it every day. Everyone suggests it because it’s easier and you can avoid the lines. Mayor Hickenlooper voted on Wednesday. Somehow, I never seem to get around to voting early, however. Maybe it’s…

“I really want Obama to win. I swear.” Sorry to break it to you, Hillary — but this is what happens when you almost but don’t quite win the Democratic nomination for president. Instead of getting a chance to speak on popular radio stations like KOA and KHOW (as John…

“My friends…” John McCain is back in town today — he speaks at the National Western Arena at 10 a.m. as part of something he’s trying to call his “Road to Victory” tour without seeming desperate or hypocritical. But maybe we should be used to that by now, what with…

Please don’t let this man near an Obama rally. It finally happened: After two years of waiting for him to slip up, to make some grave error that will end his bid to be the first guy named Barry to become president, Barack Obama on Thursday made the decision that…

Ben Harper rallies for Obama. Belly up to the blogs. Today in Backbeat Online: • Ben Harper will play a few songs at a Barack Obama rally on Saturday. Today in Cafe Society: • Mayor John Hickenlooper celebrates delicious design. • The Veggie Girl rides to the Red Trolley. •…

Which hooker(s) did Judge Creepy creep out? See the slideshow and judge for yourself. You’ve gotta work pretty hard to get yourself booted from a lifetime appointment. But Edward Nottingham, now-former Chief Federal Judge of the 10th Circuit Court, has done just that, resigning this week amid allegations that he’s…

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Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. Remember back in August, when everyone was complaining about the high price of gas? Ahh, those were the good old days. The economic news since mid-September has been nothing but bleak. After a…

A Judge Nottingham image from Sean Harrington’s KnowYourCourts.com website. Judiciary critic Sean Harrington, whose KnowYourCourts website featured some interesting scoopage on Judge Edward Nottingham well before his recent resignation, has his own complaint about the judge still pending with the state’s attorney regulation authorities. There’s no love lost between the…

That’s one hellacious piercing, J.C. In May 2007, lightning struck the enormous Jesus statue atop the Mother Cabrini Shrine, damaging both arms and feet, as well as the supporting base. Earlier this year, repairs were completed, and a safer savior, complete with a lightning rod sticking out of his head…

An image from the I-70 Coalition’s website, i70solutions.org. Just in time for the opening of the first two I-70 ski resorts last week – Arapahoe Basin and Loveland – the I-70 Coalition has hired a policy wonk to solve the corridor’s congestion crisis without pouring a single drop of concrete…

On the block. What’s an independent, socially-conscious woman to do these days when her ‘To Do’ list keeps growing? And where can she find a man that will fix her faucet, keep her fit, and teach her to fly a plane all in one place? At the Denver Men with…

Mike Evans, Jim Armstrong and Sandy Clough of FM 104.3/The Fan. “FM 104.3/The Fan’s Morning and Afternoon Teams to Go Head-to-Head,” a blog published on October 17, reported about a quizzical strategy by the folks at Lincoln Financial Media Company in an effort to jumpstart one of their most moribund…

Dan Caplis. The Denver Post’s page-one story today relates to diminishing ad purchases in Colorado by the John McCain campaign in the waning days of the presidential race — a development most observers see as a dollars-and-cents admission that Barack Obama is going to win here on November 4. But…

Perfect for the toe-sucker on your Christmas list. “Jon Caldara, Colorado’s Wackiest Conservative, Socks it to ‘Em,” a blog published earlier this month, concerned a YouTube video assembled by the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara to pimp Amendment 49, which he calls an “ethical standards” measure (and opponents portray as an…