Something weird happened during the Broncos’ last preseason game, against the Super Bowl runner-up Arizona Cardinals: The team didn’t look terrible and actually won the game. As a result, the post-game thread on the Mile High Report blog has a less suicidal tone than has been typical in recent weeks,…
Last month, Congresswoman Diana DeGette was dinged by in-limbo Face the State for announcing just one town hall about healthcare reform — to be conducted over the telephone. DeGette subsequently scheduled a slew of face-to-face get-togethers, but she went ahead with the teleconference yesterday, during which she was immediately hit…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Former speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff’s potential primary challenge to senatorial appointee Michael Bennet is earning national notice: In case you missed it, Rachel Maddow’s take on the situation, which she mostly views through a healthcare…
On Wednesday, when the principal of a Douglas County school sent an e-mail to parents letting them know their kids could opt out of watching President Barack Obama’s speech about education on Tuesday, most administrators hadn’t begun grappling with the brewing controversy. But now, with the subject reaching full-blown distraction…
One of the big-laugh-getting scenes in The Hangover, a movie that’s raked in more than $270 million thus far, features a kid using a taser to shoot Zach Galifianakis in the face — or, as Rob Riggle, playing a cop, puts it, “IN THE FACE!” But if the folks at…
Boulder isn’t free of serious law-breaking: As evidence, we submit the repulsive case of David McCoy, an amateur doctor and psychologist whose “trust-building exercises” allegedly involve medical examinations of certain areas generally kept private. But it’s reassuring that the Boulder Police Department is able to devote so much manpower to…
We’re about to start your day on a disturbing note. Apologies in advance. This is the way the Boulder Police Department tells the story: So… there’s this guy, David McCoy, who says he operates a media business called (ahem) Zeus Pegasus International, and he needs somebody to run camera for…
Betcha Harold and Kumar are gonna be pissed. Today in Cafe Society: • The ten worst burger ideas ever. • Jason Sheehan keeps the home fires burning in Best Food Writing. • Part two: Chef and Tell with Tyler Wiard of Elway’s. • El Toro a must-stop on Colorado Boulevard…
Editor’s note: A few comments have been removed from this thread, in accordance with Westword’s policy against identifying the victims or alleged victims of sexual crimes. Denver hair stylist Ty Tomlinson, owner of Blanc salon in the Golden Triangle, was arrested Monday on charges of sexual assault and domestic violence…
Our daily hunting expedition for local bloggage. The League of Conservation Voters doesn’t like drilling, but it does like drilling John Salazar. (Colorado Independent) Bennet v. Romanoff gets the Rachel Maddow treatment. By the way, Rachel Maddow: Hot or not? Please advise. (Colorado Pols) Hey, older city employees! See that…
One of the great things about the Denver/Boulder area (especially the Boulder bit of that) is how many do-gooders we have here. Seriously, everywhere you look, there’s someone trying to make the world a better place, from those Greenpeace panhandlers (sorry, fundraisers) perched on every corner downtown to the abundance…
After risking her neck going undercover in South Korean and Thai brothels and subsequently charting the spread of sex slavery throughout the world, filmmaker Libby Spears knows a thing or two about human trafficking. But none of that prepared her for the revelation she ultimately uncovered — namely, that such…
At this point, there have been so many rallies about healthcare that they tend to garner relatively little media attention unless they devolve into histrionic scream fests along the lines of one that greeted Congressman Ed Perlmutter a few weeks back. Witness last night’s series of pro-reform get-togethers at locations…
The city of Denver needs your R.F.P., A.S.A.P.! Requests for proposals are due tomorrow, September 4, 2009, for the restaurant concession in the McNichols building renovation plans at Civic Center… My proposal is called the Yum Yum Tree, in honor of the city’s first food-court-style restaurant. It will be a…
This week, Westword took an end-of-the-summer road trip down colorful Colorado Boulevard, from Weld County to Highlands Ranch, with many stops in between. This essay is a part of that project. In a city with few highways, Colorado Boulevard serves as a major thoroughfare, connecting everything to everything, as well…
View Larger Map Deaths identified as suspicious by law-enforcement officials don’t always prove to be so after further investigation. But I’m going to edge out onto a limb and say this description will prove to be accurate as applied to an investigation centered on the intersection of 8th Avenue and…
The Legion of Christ made the wrong kind of headlines when it was revealed that the Catholic organization’s founder, Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, who died in 2008, had fathered children — which means he broke his vow of celibacy unless immaculate conception was involved. This, combined with accusations that Degollado…
The Denver Post headline “Uranium Mining May Get Buried,” about residents in Nunn, a town near Greeley, who oppose building a uranium mine nearby, hit close to home. I grew up in Grand Junction, and the repercussions of the supposedly safe uranium industry that once dominated the area’s economy sounded…
When reports surfaced that Governor Bill Ritter was considering diverting $1.3 million earmarked for extra drunk-driving patrols to help close the budget gap, I started a mental stopwatch to time how long it would be before he’d have to eat shit regarding this misbegotten plan. And lo and behold, after…
Fit-throwing, currently suspended Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall — our most recent Shmuck of the Week — is back in the news again, although not over accusations of slapping anyone around, surprisingly enough. Reports surfaced that the New York Jets want to see Marshall in green and white, if not quite…
Another month, another high-profile reference to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. Yesterday marked the start of a trial in London focusing on Matthew Swift, 18, and Ross McKnight, 16, who are accused of planning to blow up their school. This scheme would have triggered memories of Columbine under any…
The Colorado Springs Gazette’s parent company may have declared bankruptcy this week, but the paper’s still reporting the big news in its community, including details about layoffs at Springs-based Focus on the Family; 75 jobs, or about 8 percent of the total workforce, are being slashed. Although this development isn’t…
