The Colorado Republicans held their caucuses last month. The Colorado Democrats have launched a caucus locator to help members find their caucus sites tonight. And the American Constitution Party, the state’s third major party? “We’re going to do the best job we can,” says Doug Campbell. “Let the chips fall…
Dear Mexican: I’m so perplexed by my Mexican neighbor. For one, he already has four girls, and I just saw his wife, and it looks like she’s pregnant AGAIN! What really bothers me is that I live in an affordable-housing unit. The rent is cheap and based on our income…
They like us! They really like us! Denver has long seemed like the Sally Field of cities, eager for any national recognition. And this past weekend, Denver got plenty, for everything from its beer to its beer-drinking governor….especially its beer-drinking governor…
There is no question that Joe Garcia is a cool guy, as Governor John Hickenlooper pronounced in his State of the State speech; he called his lieutenant governor the “ever-cooler.” And he’s probably the coolest Colorado lieutenant governor ever, as Hickenlooper has suggested. No insult to Barbara O’Brien or Gail…
The February 26 Denver Post featured a lengthy article on Joneen Mackenzie and how she became a crusader for abstinence education — a crusade she leads through her Center for Relationship Education, which is funded by a pair of grants, including one approved by the Colorado Board of Education even…
Dear Mexican: Aunqué soy Boricua, mi corazón está al lado del pueblo mejicano, aquí en Arizona. ¿Porqué no hablas contra “La Bruja Mala del Oeste,” Gobernadora Jan Brewer; “El Leon Cobarde,” Ex-Senador Russell Pearce; “El Hombre Hecho de Lata,” Alguacil del Condado Maricopa Joe Arpaio; “El Hombre Hecho de Paja,” Abogado…
WTF, Fruita? The Western Slope town already has a festival devoted to Mike the Headless Chicken, so was it such a stretch to put out a WTF welcome mat? But before the debate was over — how welcoming was it, really, to greet tourists with a hearty “what the fuck?”…
Governor John Hickenlooper met with newspaper reps in town for the Colorado Press Association’s annual convention at the Governor’s Mansion yesterday. There, he talked about Iowa, Christo, the coolness of Lieutenant Governor Joe Garcia…and how Westword was a very good neighbor during the Wynkoop Brewing Co.’s early years — since…
Are we stuck with the Denver boot? Yesterday, in advance of Mayor Michael Hancock flipping a Denver omelet to promote Denver Restaurant Week, we wondered what better items were named for this city, which seems to be officially memorialized by nothing more than the Denver boot, a clamp devised to…
You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet — as Michael Hancock is quickly learning as mayor of Denver. (You may have to knock a few heads, too.) And today, Hancock put those egg-breaking talents to good use as he flipped a Denver omelet in the ultimate…
Happy thirtieth birthday to Marlowe’s, which opened in February 1982 on 16th Street — before there was even a 16th Street Mall. We’d gotten to know Phil “Zoom” Roberts as the owner/operator of Govnr’s Park, a ’70s fern-bar hangout that remains a sports bar hangout today, and when he and…
Is lying about being a decorated combat vet particularly heinous? Or is 2005’s Stolen Valor Act, which made it a misdemeanor offense to make false claims about receiving service medals and awards, unconstitutional because it violates the wannabe warrior’s First Amendment rights?…
Dear Mexican: I’ve tried and failed to learn the Spanish language for the last two years. During high school and college, I took both Spanish I and Spanish II, but nothing really stuck with me. Last year, I visited a Spanish-speaking church to help immerse myself in the language, but…
If it’s Presidents Day, the First Lady must be in Colorado, skiing. Last year, Michelle Obama took the two First Daughters to Vail over the same weekend — and our first clue that she had returned to the slopes was a flurry of hits on that piece. This time, Michelle…
The Justice Department could be in federal court today, filing a motion to lift the roadblock that Superior (joined by Golden) put in the path of the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife’s plan to transfer a 300-foot right-of-way on the east side of Rocky Flats to the Jefferson Parkway…
After two months of renovations, Club 404 will officially reopen today as the Denver Wheel Club 404. The watering hole that Jerry Feld bought back in 1951 is now in the hands of Craig and Andrew Caldwell, and Brad Evans, the designer who also keeps the Denver Cruisers rolling, has…
From my window on the edge of Highland, I can see the headlights of all the cars racing by on I-25, the psychedelic Ferris wheel at Elitch’s, the glowing signs of Xcel, the Sheraton, Century Link and even a church stretching across downtown and the Platte Valley. But Sports Authority…
Early on May 18, 2008, a car full of Crips drove into Park Hill. They were were young gangbangers who’d just beefed with some Bloods in LoDo, and they were still spoiling for a fight: Michael Asberry, co-founder of the Denver Crips, had been shot and killed in Aurora just…
The Colorado Legislature has a date with cupid a day after Valentine’s Day. At 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider the Colorado Civil Union Act in the old Supreme Court Chambers. The bill would provide same-sex couples the same legal protections and benefits now…
Dear Mexican: This question was inspired by the recent video you did on the Republicanos and the Latina/o vote. What’s your opinion of Cuban-American and Tea Party cariñito Marco Rubio? All this talk about him being the “Hispanic” savior of the Republican Party by being the vice-presidential nominee is getting…
Mohammed Zazi was reaching for the American dream — and wound up in a nightmare. A native of Afghanistan, he’d emigrated to the United States, driving a taxi to support his family and becoming an American citizen in October 2007. Two years later, his son, Najibullah Zazi, was accused of…
Terrorism hit home in September 2009, when Aurora shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi was accused of conspiring to blow up the New York City subway system with homemade bombs made from beauty supplies in an al Qaida-authorized “martyrdom operation.” Today, Mohammed Zazi, his father, will be sentenced for his role…
