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1995 Stories by Michelle Johnston

• NEWT'S LOCAL LINK

  published December 20, 1995

  In 1984, then Colorado Republican Party Chairman Bo Callaway set up a charitable corporation ostensibly to fund speech contests for Colorado high... More >>

• WHO'S THE BOSS?

  published December 6, 1995

  John Spearing thinks Colorado needs a parents' rights amendment because of a self-esteem test Pueblo School District No. 70 gave his... More >>

• CHARITY STOPS AT HOME

  published December 6, 1995

  What started out as an idealistic dream of employing inner-city youths to build a sanctuary for teen mothers and their children in Five Points has... More >>

• NO DOG HAS HIS DAY

  published November 15, 1995

  Denver Post columnist Chuck Green recently reported that he's raised $39,000 from his readers to, as he puts it, "sue the creep" who poisoned two... More >>

• INCOMPLETE ASSIGNMENT

  published November 8, 1995

  Mayor Wellington Webb threw around a lot of promises during his campaign for re-election last spring. But few have turned sour as quickly as the... More >>

• THE BARTENDER AS CONTENDER

  published November 1, 1995

  If you thought Paul Weissmann, the 31-year-old bartender candidate for U.S. Senate, was just another "Mr. Smith" trying to go to Washington, it's... More >>

• UNDER HIS SKIN

  published October 25, 1995

  Fred Kummer, the developer Denver just agreed to give $25 million to subsidize the Adam's Mark Hotel, lost a $5 million federal... More >>

• A RIVER OF ASPHALT RUNS THROUGH IT

  published October 18, 1995

  Ann Bonnell stands in front of a rusted steel gate at the Denver Botanic Garden's Chatfield Arboretum and stares at the No Trespassing sign. In... More >>

• MR. CLEAN

  published October 11, 1995

  part 2 of 2 Strickland sits in the darkness at the Trinity Grille and shakes his head almost imperceptibly when asked about the Coelho... More >>

• MR. CLEAN

  published October 11, 1995

  part 1 of 2 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tom Strickland has an image problem. And it seems he's not above using a little fiction to help... More >>

• JUST WHO IS ON THE PAYROLL?

  published October 11, 1995

  Even as Tom Strickland's campaign is in its infancy, questions continue to arise over his law firm's role as a clearinghouse for thousands of... More >>

• JUDGMENT DAZE

  published September 20, 1995

  Linda Donnelly is what you could call a lawyer cop. As head of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel for the Colorado Supreme Court, she's charged... More >>

• SEOUL BROTHER

  published September 6, 1995

  Republican congressman Scott McInnis of Glenwood Springs is fond of criticizing his Washington colleagues--especially Denver's Pat Schroeder--for... More >>

• GETTING A READ ON NEWT

  published August 30, 1995

  Newt Gingrich's "Earning by Learning" program caught heat recently when the Wall Street Journal reported that a close friend of the House... More >>

• THE CLIENTS

  published August 23, 1995

  part 2 of 2 Magistrate Melvin Okamoto runs Division 6 in Denver Juvenile Court. It's a place where families in crisis shuffle in and out, in... More >>

• THE CLIENTS

  published August 23, 1995

  part 1 of 2 Twelve-year-old Alicia remembers the date of her entry into Denver's juvenile court system by heart. "July 17, 1991," she says,... More >>

• ANOTHER CABLE FABLE

  published August 16, 1995

  Hold on to your TV remote: TeleCommunications Inc., the world's largest cable company, is ready to grant you absolution. Recently, the... More >>

• PAY BALL!

  published August 9, 1995

  In October 1991, Coors Field was still just a blueprint, and the talk of the town was about the lease of the unborn diamond to the Rockies... More >>

• DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

  published August 2, 1995

  part 1 of 2 The little girl on the videotape pulls on her ponytail and tries to remember all the things she misses about her Daddy's house.... More >>

• DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

  published August 2, 1995

  part 2 of 2 "Clare's book is poorly named," says Mark Everson, director of the Program on Childhood Trauma and Maltreatment at the University... More >>

• FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT

  published July 19, 1995

  The Wildcat, the rickety roller coaster at the old Elitch Gardens, was known for turning the world upside down--and for turning a few stomachs.... More >>

• PITCHING A BLUE STREAK

  published July 5, 1995

  Two weeks ago a young newspaper hawker named Robert Lewis caused a stir after he was handcuffed and jailed at Coors Field. Lewis's incarceration... More >>

• STRANGE BREW

  published June 21, 1995

  Coors Brewing Company recently became one of the country's most progressive corporations. It happened quietly on May 11, when the board of one of... More >>

• A FUND TRIP TO DENVER

  published June 14, 1995

  Ten days ago South Dakota senator Larry Pressler blew into Denver for a short overnight trip. When he left he was $25,000 richer, thanks to a... More >>

• AGAINST THE WIND

  published June 7, 1995

  Right now Colorado attorney general Gale Norton looks like she should be a shoo-in for Hank Brown's soon-to-be-empty U.S. Senate seat. She's won... More >>