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The Circle Game
A "prisoner of war" plays ball with the feds--and gets beaned.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: December 19, 1996
Oscar Lopez Rivera knew what he had to do to get out of the toughest penitentiary in the entire federal system. He had to endure 22-hour-a-day solitary confinement, demonstrate...
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Mental Anguish
Rescuing the mentally ill has brought millions to the Mental Health Corporation of Denver--as well as complaints of coercion, mismanagement and neglect.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: December 5, 1996
Ask Sam Haigler how things are going and he'll give you that perplexed look, the one that seems to ask: What planet are you from, pal? Twenty years of battling chronic mental...
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The Fall Guy
For scam artist Jake Stone, it's been a long, strange trip.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: December 5, 1996
One might suppose that Jacob Stone is the king of klutz, the big kahuna of bad luck. That would explain how, back in March 1991, he happened to drop his keys in a Denver...
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Unfinished Business
Keeping track of the political--and personal--agendas at stake in RTD board races.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: October 31, 1996
In past years, the Regional Transportation District board elections have had all the political excitement and heart-pounding suspense of a Ross Perot infomercial. But this...
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Motion to Dismiss
Should Judge Lynne Hufnagel be benched? Ask the bankrupt cabbies, bullied witnesses and banished lawyers who've tasted her bitter brand of justice.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: October 24, 1996
Attorney Tom Handley remembers the case: a hand-to-hand drug deal behind Argonaut Liquors on East Colfax. Another lawyer in his office had worked out a routine plea bargain...
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Last Ditch Effort
A famed naturalist battles a proposed diversion of the High Line Canal.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: October 3, 1996
Growing up in the 1950s on the outskirts of what was then east Aurora, Robert Michael Pyle discovered a child's paradise a short walk from his home: a wide ditch brimming with...
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Virtual Ruckus
A Denver company tries a fresh approach to home-care services--and loses a $2 million city contract.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: September 26, 1996
C. Lodge, executive director of Adult Care Management, considers himself an innovative guy. He talks about breaking away from "the patriarchal relationship between provider and...
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Shut Up and Deal
CU's secret plan to expand has Boulder in an uproar-- and city officials eager to condemn.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: September 19, 1996
Ruth Blackmore leads a few of her south Boulder neighbors on a field trip, down a path she's taken many, many times before. The excursion begins in a vacant field a few blocks...
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Wheels of Fortune
RTD has lovely parting gifts for stressed-out employees.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: August 29, 1996
Down at the Regional Transportation District's lofty LoDo headquarters, good help has never been hard to find. The pay at the troubled transit agency is competitive, the...
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Taking It to the Max
One inmate's quest for safety at the highest-security prison in the land.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: August 22, 1996
The attorney for the plaintiff wore a khaki jumpsuit and leg irons. Most of the witnesses were merely disembodied voices in the air. The audience, made up chiefly of agents...
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This Jail for Hire
Colorado's cheap solution to prison overcrowding has cost inmates plenty. It could cost the state millions.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: August 8, 1996
The Insiders The Colorado Department of Corrections has spent millions of dollars in recent years to accommodate its new crop of "special needs" inmates--youthful offenders...
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The Sins of Youth
Colorado gambles millions on a second last chance for violent teens
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 18, 1996
The Insiders In the overcrowded Colorado prison system, corrections officials face a new breed of customer: the special-needs inmate. Much as public schools are now expected...
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See Dick Run. Run, Dick, Run!
The looniness of Colorado's long-distance runner.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 18, 1996
"Look, on this whole issue of running for President, I'm not trying to be coy at all. In fact, I want to be very direct with you. Running for President is being in the...
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Isn't It Romantic?
A CU investigation finds no evidence that a professor is harassing students but recommends a refresher course in "appropriate behavior."
By Alan Prendergast
Published: July 4, 1996
In one of the stranger tests of the University of Colorado's new get-tough policy on sexual harassment, an internal committee has found "no concrete evidence" to support...
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Speak No Evil
Why a federal whistleblower was taken off the case at DIA.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: June 20, 1996
John Deans learned a hard lesson about office politics: Be careful what you say about your boss. Particularly if you're a federal employee investigating possibly illegal fund...
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Guarding the Private Parts of a Public University
By Alan Prendergast
Published: June 6, 1996
The spate of sexual-harassment controversies on the Boulder campus may have tarnished the University of Colorado's reputation, but there's still one area of endeavor in which...
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Fear and Groping in Boulder
Power, politics and patronage--three reasons why CU's "zero tolerance" sexual-harassment policy could be one big nothing.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: June 6, 1996
Jennifer Miller had put up with all she was going to take. An employee of the University of Colorado for almost thirty years, she'd risen from the ranks of the typing pool to a...
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Mystery Train
Squabbles and spin control at RTD's light-rail lovefest.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 16, 1996
The sun refused to appear last Thursday morning at the Regional Transportation District's light-rail station at I-25 and Broadway, but nobody seemed to mind. There were plenty...
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Adding Insult to Injury
Pulling the plug on attorney advertising could get somebody sued -- including the State of Colorado
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 9, 1996
We help injured people...that's our job!" "I know how to handle insurance companies; I used to be their attorney!" "I will fight for your rights!" "Been in an...
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Dear *#%&!!
Loose talk leads to harassment complaints at a Boulder research firm.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: April 25, 1996
When Karen Jenkins went to work for a market-research company a few years ago, she expected to spend her time talking to consumers about their lifestyles and purchasing habits....
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