Don’t Californicate Colorado! That was a popular bumpersticker years ago, and this state’s residents — particularly those who moved to Colorado relatively recently, perhaps even from the Golden State — still seem stuck on the saying. But as they leap to defend Colorado from a commenter who thinks Denver “sucks…
Initiative 135, which would expand gambling in Colorado to racetracks, is heading into the homestretch, with a campaign chest that could make this one of the most expensive issues on the November 4 ballot. Earlier this month, the 135 campaign and Coloradans for Better Schools announced that they had gathered…
The city’s $3.25 million settlement with Jamal Hunter is just the latest hit the Denver Sheriff’s Department has sustained in recent weeks. Between charges that complaints of abuse have been ignored and accusations that guards have been drinking on the job, smuggling in drugs and porn and instructing inmates to…
The disorderly conduct case against a man who dropped the F-bomb at an Aurora Sam’s Club has been dropped. Russell Blackburn, the 59-year-old computer programmer ticketed for the offense, says he showed up for his July 15 jury trial only to hear the prosecuting attorney tell the judge that the…
The New York Times editorial board is calling for the repeal of the prohibition against pot, and its stance had all the talking heads yapping yesterday. Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal went on ABC’s This Week yesterday morning to discuss the “High Times” series, and host Jon Karl asked…
Today in Cannabis Time Capsule, we’d like to introduce you to the Father of American Prohibition, Richard Pearson Hobson. You can thank him for such things as marijuana prohibition, the war on drugs and America’s failed attempt at making alcohol illegal in the 1920s. In this 1933 article from the…
Our post about horribly botched executions, prompted by a lethal injection of convicted killer Joseph Rudolph Wood that dragged on for nearly two hours, inspired passionate responses from readers on the topic of capital punishment. Here the comment of someone speaking from personal experience. See also: Joseph Wood’s botched lethal…
Denver blog posts cover posses of all kinds. On our Backbeat blog, Daniel Hill and Drew Ailes talk to the cops at the Gathering of the Juggalos. Colorado Pols on criticism of Cory Gardner in, of all places, Cosmopolitan magazine. A Denver Frank post announces: “I’m on Vacation.” Me, too…
Had we not already designated police-car swiper Dustin Guinn as our latest Schmuck of the Week earlier today, John David Martinez would seemingly have qualified. After all, he’s accused of robbing a bank while wearing a shirt with his name on it. But a closer look at the police report…
Tomorrow, two top-flight European football clubs — AS Roma (Serie A, Italy) and Manchester United (Premiere League, England) — square off at Mile High Stadium in the 2014 International Champions Cup. How would the hometown Colorado Rapids stack up against either of these touring powerhouses? Salary-wise, we know the answer:…
The Best of Denver curse strikes again. Back in March, we named ESPN’s The Locker Room, co-starring Nate Kreckman and Broncos Ring of Famer Tom Nalen, Denver’s top radio sports show in our 2014 Best of Denver issue. But as with Gloria Neal, who was given her walking papers at…
Dustin Guinn may be our latest Schmuck of the Week nominee. But looked at a certain way, he saved a Colorado Springs couple from disaster, albeit by crashing a police car into their fence. And by disaster, we mean the movie Waterworld. See also: Marquise Bridgewater on the run after…
Our post spotlighting one hater’s thirteen reasons why Colorado sucks elephant balls triggered an absolute avalanche of reader reaction. Plenty of comments were memorable, but here are our top twenty reasons why you don’t think Colorado sucks elephant balls, illustrated with images from not one but two past collections of…
How to get rich quick from the marijuana boom without having anything to do with marijuana? Sell someone a pot-oriented domain name for big bucks! May sound like a long shot, but we found plenty of people on Denver Craigslist trying this tack, peddling sometimes clever/sometimes bizarre/sometimes stupid domain names…
Details remain sketchy regarding two deaths yesterday afternoon in Fort Collins. But preliminary information suggests that Gene Kapperman, 73, killed his grandson, 26-year-old Brandon Kapperman, before shooting himself to death. No information about the subtext of this tragedy has surfaced at this writing. But Brandon’s final Facebook post before his…
Green Leaf probably does a lot of walk-in business from people living in nearby apartments who either can’t get to other dispensaries closer to downtown for lack of transportation or are just too lazy to care. If it wasn’t for the housing within walking distance to Green Leaf, I’m not…
Our post about a new pot-edibles education campaign noted that the idea was inspired in part by the reaction to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s account of a bad edibles experience in Denver. Many of our readers were directly critical of Dowd for not following serving-size recommendations — but…
Denver blog posts know when to say when. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies reflects on the wonderful and terrifying reality of an alcohol-free life as she marks eight years of sobriety. The Colorado Independent’s Mike Littwin on Ted Cruz’s humanitarian crisis. At Denver Infill, Ken Schroeppel offers…
No one won the election. That’s the opinion of the Broomfield District Court judge tasked with sorting out last November’s Adams 12 Five Star school board election, in which ineligible candidate Amy Speers earned two-thirds of the vote and eligible candidate Rico Figueroa earned a third. Both were running to…
Back in April, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ripped the quality of life in Colorado due to marijuana legalization — a statement that prompted Governor John Hickenlooper’s office to come up with a list of eight ways Colorado tops New Jersey. Yesterday, Christie was in Colorado to stump for Bob…
What began as a trickle is now a flood. Mere weeks after an Adams County judge ruled Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Raymond P. Moore issued a similar finding. However, Moore stayed his order (on view below) until 8 a.m. on August 25 and Colorado Attorney General…
Update: Our most recent Schmuck of the Week has been busted — and while she’s currently free on bond, she could wind up behind bars again soon. Marquise Bridgewater is accused of using false deeds to “buy” a $400,000 house for $10. 9News is now reporting that Bridgewater surrendered to…
