Every day, we sift through local blogs in search of links worth clicking. What’d we miss? Send links this way. Channing Frye and other potential free agents that could sizzle for the Nugs. (Denver Stiffs) Rep. Betsy Markey: She’s a maverick! (no, really!) (Colorado Pols) Senator Bennet engages religious leaders…
When politicians make a gaffe, an army of online smart asses is ready, willing and able to make them feel stupid about it. Witness Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis, whose website went live with a photo on its home page picturing an area near Canada’s Lake Louise Ski Area rather…
Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s surprise announcement on Friday that she’ll be leaving her office eighteen months early because — well, just because — distressed many of the GOP faithful. But it didn’t upset Adam Brickley, the Colorado blogger credited with helping to land Palin on the 2008 Republican ticket alongside…
We went blog picking. These, as always, are the fruits of our labor. If we left something delicious hanging on the branch, drop it in our basket. My god, this metaphor is tired. Will the Birdman fly the coop? Here’s hoping no. (Pickaxe and Roll) Independence Day: A lovely day…
There’s not much respect and affection to be found between former colleagues David Shaklee and Jim Hibbard. The controversial Adams County coroner whose strained dealings with other agencies and his own staff is the subject of this week’s cover story, “The Body Shop,” Hibbard used to work for the county…
Today, former Saturday Night Live castmember Al Franken is the toast of the Democratic Party after the Minnesota Supreme Court confirmed his ultra-narrow November 2008 senatorial victory over Republican Norm Coleman, who’s finally conceded defeat. Given the hoopla, it’s easy to forget how shaky his status has been, in both…
Yesterday, Colorado Ethics Watch, a nonprofit watchdog group, leveled a formal complaint against Aurora City Council member Ryan Frazier with the to-do of a major political bombshell. Noting they’d filed a compliant with the Aurora City Clerk accusing Frazier, an up-and coming GOP hotshot who’s aiming for Michael Bennett’s Senate…
James Dobson’s February decision to step down as chairman of Focus on the Family doesn’t mean the organization is abandoning its ideological agenda. Indeed, his minions are as busy as ever attacking governmental actions that don’t represent Focus on the Family values, including pretty much anything having to do with…
If you think it’s time-consuming to maintain your own Facebook page, imagine how Mayor John Hickenlooper must feel. The guy’s got nearly 5,000 “friends” — or at least he will until the end of the day Tuesday, when they will all become simply “fans.” “I am deleting this personal profile…
Another look at local blog goodness. Missing something? Send links here. If you thought you were rid of the folks behind last election season’s anti-abortion movement, then…. Who am I kidding? We all knew they’d be back. (Colorado Pols) Rep. Betsy Markey probably didn’t mean she she reads the entire,…
A Flickr photo. Last year, Colorado lawmakers passed a bill calling for a biennial teacher survey they hoped would help them make decisions about school financing and education reform. The first statewide results of that move — dubbed the Teaching, Empowering, Leading & Learning Initiative, an incredibly long name predictably…
Rep. Laura Bradford has a pitchfork in her pantsuit, and she’s not afraid to use it. Our daily cruise through what’s decent in local blogs. What’d we miss? Tell us here. Republicans are breaking out the pitchforks over new drilling regulations. Hey, better than Palin and her shotgun. (Colorado Independent)…
Examiner.com, another enterprise bankrolled by Denver-based billionaire Phil Anschutz (currently in danger of losing a a button or two on his shirt related to an aborted Michael Jackson tour he bankrolled), attempts to rack up web hits with help from thousands of “examiners” — journalists with varying degrees of professional…
As we reported several moons ago in a Westword feature entitled “The Zen of Ken,” one of Ken Salazar’s first official acts as Secretary of the Interior was to visit the Lakewood office of the Minerals Management Service and vow to clean up the place. The obscure but vital agency,…
Our daily blog roundup. Missing something? Send it here. Consider yourself stimulated: Federal dollars have created dozens of new transportation jobs in Colorado. (Face the State) Marilyn Musgrave’s loss had more to do with Marilyn Musgrave, less to do than that other bullshit she’s been trying to sell. (Colorado Pols)…
No need for Mike Coffman to thumb through “Ethics Roundup: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2009,” a new report by Colorado Ethics Watch, in order to look for his name. Even though CEW brought a complaint against the congressman for actions he took while serving as Colorado’s Secretary…
For political junkies, and the sort of folks who can’t resist slowing down as they pass car wrecks, the sight of South Carolina Governor Mark Sandford revealing that he’d spent the better part of a week canoodling with his Argentinian mistress was riveting comedy-drama. So, too, were the ultra-sincere, equally…
Our daily cruise through the Colorogosphere. Are we missing a worthy blog? Let us know. A lot of fuss over a very little mouse. (5280) With the 34th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Nuggets select… (Denver Stiffs) The rise (and rise and rise) of the downtown Four Seasons…
Denver clerk and recorder Stephanie O’Malley’s announcement that the November 3 election in Denver will be conducted entirely by mail didn’t prompt rioting in the streets, protests from political heavyweights or much more than a shrug from the populace at large, and for good reason. Off-year elections like the one…
Yesterday, Judge Catherine A. Lemon granted a temporary injunction against Amendment 54, a measure passed by Colorado voters in 2008 that makes it illegal for any entity that gets a six-figure or higher no-bid government contract to make donations to candidates or political parties — and according to satirical advertisements…
A leisurely stroll through the local blogosphere. Send tips. Jared Polis and Diana DeGette don’t ask but tell Obama to kill Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. (Colorado Independent) In Aurora, a curious play to discourage new construction. (Face the State) A Denver illustrator whose work you should know. Or at least…
Go ahead. Pretend you’re Mayor John Hickenlooper. It’s your job to cut $70 million from the 2010 city budget proposal and you’ve got a list of chopping-block contenders in front of you. Do you cut back on watering the grass in city parks? Charge more for rec-center memberships? Reduce the…
