An image from Channel 4's coverage of a certain Joe Nacchio.
A judge has ruled that disgraced Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio must report to a Pennsylvania prison by noon on Tuesday, April 14, to begin serving his six-year insider-trading sentence, which he's asked the Supreme Court to review. What should he do between now and then? Some suggestions:
Today: Run up a really massive cell-phone bill.
Thursday: Propose to Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Friday: Spend the night drunk-dialing former Qwest investors.
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Face the State went all hotornot.com on us today.
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Some of Denver's hottest politicos... aren't very hot. (Face the State)
George Karl for Coach of the Year? That's an oddly sound idea. (Denver Stiffs)
How cool! Our own little Bernie Madoff wannabe! (Colorado Independent)
A photo from alleged cancer-faker Tausha Marsh's MySpace page.Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Clever Scam Week.
First, of course, it was reported that Shawn Merriman, a former Mormon Bishop, has for 15 years been snaking his friends' money in a Ponzi scheme that would make the horns on Bernie M
An early front-runner for Shmuck of the Year, Shawn Merriman this week was officially charged for his orchestration of a massive Ponzi scheme that made him rich, left friends and investors broke, and had Bernie Madoff saying to his prison boyfriend, "Hey, this guy stole my moves!"
President Jon Caldara helps celebrates 25 years as Denver's premier conservative free-market think tank.
Editor's note: This week's Westword cover story is a cartoon by Kenny Be that celebrates twenty-five years of the Independence Institute. Check it out in its entirety below:
