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Rubbed the Right Way

Masseuse Carla Madison keeps in touch with the Denver music scene.

The Matrix

Can a white woman with ties to Dune, Keanu Reeves and Burning Man effectively represent Denver’s historically black city council district?

Eats Colfax

Can a white woman with ties to Dune, Keanu Reeves and Burning Man effectively represent Denver’s historically black city council district?

Urbavore's Dilemma: Denver's convoluted livestock laws lead to renegade chickens

Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Chec ... More >>

For two decades, pit bulls have been public enemy #1 in Denver. But maybe it's time for a recount.

Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Chec ... More >>

The dog days of summer have arrived for the vacant Church in the City

Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Chec ... More >>

Medical marijuana showdown: City council members target Altitude Organic Medicine

Altitude Organic Medicine.​Altitude Organic Medicine received a rave as part of our Mile Highs and Lows dispensary reviews. But AOM may get a much more negative critique at today's city council meeting. Owner Brian Cook says two members are trying to shut down his business over what he sees as ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary closure: City council's Carla Madison defends amendment

Carla Madison.​Last Friday, Altitude Organic Medicine's Highlands location held a combination goodbye party and going-out-of-business sale after being forced to close due to a controversial amendment that essentially zoned AOM out of existence. Owner Brian Cook promises a lawsuit -- but city ... More >>

Medical marijuana fight: AOM's Brian Cook takes on city council over dispensary shutdown

Altitude Organic Medicine.​Yesterday, Denver City Council member Carla Madison explained the rationale behind an amendment that forced Altitude Organic Medicine, a successful Highlands dispensary, out of business. AOM's Brian Cook has responded with a virtual manifesto about the situation. Re ... More >>

LoHi Cannabis Club had nothing to do with closure of nearby dispensary, co-owner says

From Lo Hi's website.​On July 2, Altitude Organic Medicine shut down after a city council zoning measure doomed it -- an outcome council member Carla Madison said was regrettable but unavoidable. Before he closed up shop, AOM co-owner Brian Cook implied that another nearby dispensary, LoHi Ca ... More >>

Medical marijuana advocates to run TV ad fighting possible El Paso County dispensary ban

From the ad.​In August, we told you about a move on the part of El Paso county commissioners to place a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the November ballot. The plan's subsequent approval means voters will decide the fate of approximately seventy centers, grow operations and the like. But ... More >>

Alley oops: Mod Livin' cleaned up a grim block of Colfax, but the neighbors hate its food truck

From the ad.​In August, we told you about a move on the part of El Paso county commissioners to place a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the November ballot. The plan's subsequent approval means voters will decide the fate of approximately seventy centers, grow operations and the like. But ... More >>

DIA's "Train Call" makes a post-election transition

From the ad.​In August, we told you about a move on the part of El Paso county commissioners to place a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the November ballot. The plan's subsequent approval means voters will decide the fate of approximately seventy centers, grow operations and the like. But ... More >>

Smooth Talking

From the ad.​In August, we told you about a move on the part of El Paso county commissioners to place a medical marijuana dispensary ban on the November ballot. The plan's subsequent approval means voters will decide the fate of approximately seventy centers, grow operations and the like. But ... More >>

Pit bull protest photo gallery: Could service-dog rule put a bite in Denver's ban?

Big pics below.​At a rally Friday against Denver's ban on pit bulls, the lone city council member in favor of the overturning the measure told a cheering crowd of about a hundred people that an upcoming federal lawsuit focusing on a loophole established by the Americans with Disabilities Act c ... More >>

Gourmet food trucks collide with confusing Denver regulations

​Gourmet food trucks were the surprise hit of 2010 -- by December, over 150 mobile food vendors had been licensed in Denver, which almost put the movement on par with the medical-marijuana dispensary business. And like dispensaries, the food trucks have been causing some headaches for the city ... More >>

The trucks stopped here: City council committee tries to bring clarity to the rules

The Steuben's truck was the first of the next generation of food trucks to hit the road.​"Let's make sure we all understand what the rules are before we change them," said Denver City Council president Chris Nevitt, after a council committee had been discussing the rules now regulating this ci ... More >>

Food-truck bureaucracy could put the brakes on rolling kitchens

The Steuben's truck was the first of the next generation of food trucks to hit the road.​"Let's make sure we all understand what the rules are before we change them," said Denver City Council president Chris Nevitt, after a council committee had been discussing the rules now regulating this ci ... More >>

Don't read while driving! Here's the latest Food Truck Guide from Denver

then-mayor John Hickenlooper stopped by a food truck at last summer's Civic Center Eats.​The city has just issued its revised Food Truck Guide -- a new document that pulls together all the old rules that still regulate the operation of mobile food vendors in this city. Yes, some seem contradic ... More >>

Truck stop: Meeting on mobile food vendors at the Downtown Denver Partnership tomorrow

The 16th Street Mall has food vendors, but no trucks.​As far as Brian Phetteplace can determine, the last time the city revised the rules for mobile food vendors -- at least the rules as they applied to downtown -- was back in 1996, long before anyone anticipated the current race of food truck ... More >>

Food-truck task force looking at fast fixes for spring

Then-mayorJohn Hickenlooper visited a food truck in Civic Center Park.​With the warm weather rolling into Denver, can a fleet of gourmet food trucks be far behind? Last year, the truck trend took the town by storm -- but by the end of 2010, things were looking stormy, with Sean and Denon Moore ... More >>

Denver's final Food Truck Guide -- for now

John Hickenlooper at last summer's Civic Center Eats.​As mayor, John Hickenlooper frequented the gourmet food trucks that parked outside City Hall for Civic Center Eats. Now Denver City Council representative Carla Madison, as head of the city's truck task force, is overseeing a study of the ... More >>

Carla Madison, Denver City councilwoman, dies after cancer battle: Colleagues pay tribute

Carla Madison.​District 8 councilwoman Carla Madison has been battling colon cancer for about two years, but the fight didn't seem to slow her down. That's why her sudden death yesterday came as such a surprise. Below, read the city's official goodbye to Madison, featuring remembrances from co ... More >>

Carla Madison: With city councilwoman's death, Denver is a little less colorful

Carla Madison.​Carla Madison, who died on Tuesday, wasn't just Denver City Council's most colorful member. She wasn't just the most likable, someone who's inspired an outpouring of heartfelt comments and fond memories. She might also have been its hardest-working, the go-to choice when there w ... More >>

Gerald Whitman: If Denver Police chief goes, next mayor shouldn't ignore DPD candidates

Tracie Keesee.​Here's your chief's hat, what's your hurry? With many of the mayoral candidates saying that Denver Police Chief Gerald Whitman should go -- and Whitman himself saying he would resign if asked -- some people, including the author of today's Denver Post editorial, are calling for ... More >>

Reader: Councilwoman Carla Madison changed my idea of what a local politician could be

Carla Madison.​Patricia Calhoun's tribute to city councilwoman Carla Madison, who lost her fight against cancer this week, prompted one reader to share memories of a most uncommon politician. Here's the kind of eulogy that Madison would no doubt have loved.

Carla Madison, late Denver city councilwoman, saluted with ride as candidates target her seat

​Across town this weekend, people were mourning the loss of Denver City Councilwoman Carla Madison, not just the council's most colorful representative, but also one of its active and involved, always appearing at community events, even as her cancer advanced. And now there will be an event in ... More >>

Carla Madison's death leaves a big Denver City Council opening & questions about write-in stuff

​At their meeting last night, Denver City Council members wore orange in honor of their colleague, Carla Madison, who died last week. But Madison was not just in their hearts and thoughts: She was on the agenda, because people are lining up to run for her seat -- even as soon-to-be City Attorn ... More >>

Carla Madison is still on ballot, with two dozen eyeing her empty Denver City Council seat

Carla Madison​Denver ballots arrived in mailboxes across town this past weekend -- and those that went to residents of District 8 still include the name of incumbent councilwoman Carla Madison, who was running unopposed when she passed away on April 5, after the ballots for this all mail-in el ... More >>

Warren Edson, District 8 candidate, says he's 1st politician born of medical marijuana movement

Warren Edson.​The list of candidates hoping to win the District 8 City Council seat that opened up due to councilwoman Carla Madison's death is a long one -- more than twenty to date. Among the more noteworthy? Warren Edson, who's best known for his advocacy of medical marijuana. Although he s ... More >>

Carla Madison's District 8 City Council seat opening attracts a whopping 39 candidates

Carla Madison.​Thirty-nine. That's how many people had registered with the Denver Elections Division by last night's deadline as write-in candidates for the District 8 seat previously occupied by Carla Madison, who passed away two weeks ago today. She was running unopposed, but 39 people were ... More >>

Carla Madison District 8 seat: To win it, make sure 2,500 people know how to spell your name

Carla Madison​It only seems like every resident of District 8 is running for Carla Madison's spot on Denver City Council. But even with 39 candidates jumping into the write-in race for the seat, that represents less than .001 percent of the 47,265 eligible voters in the district.

Paul Noel Fiorino drops out of mayor's race to run for District 8 city council seat

Big pic below.​Paul Noel Fiorino's run for Denver mayor was bumpy, with so many signatures disallowed that he failed to make the ballot. He announced that he'd carry on as a write-in candidate -- but now he's dropped that plan to join the 39 hopefuls for the late Carla Madison's District 8 cit ... More >>

Carla Madison, late District 8 councilwoman, was steering the city's food truck task force

​Food truck season is rolling right in, but Carla Madison is no longer in the driver's seat. Who's steering the process now?

Light beer ban at restaurants to be lifted?: Last chance for Colorado House to see the light

​One last beer bill is still alive at the legislature -- which means legislators still have a chance to do the light stuff. Although proposals involving which stores can sell what beers have all died, Senate Bill 60 would allow restaurants and bars to sell any beer.

Denver mayor's and District 8 races just 36 hours away -- from the end of election round one

​In just over 36 hours, the polls -- or at least the hands collecting mail-in ballots -- will close, and this first, endless round of the municipal election will finally be over. And then it will start all over again, as we move on to round two and the runoff.

Gary Faulkner: Five new missions for the Osama bin Laden hunter

Gary Faulkner​The death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of an elite American strike team sure put a crimp in the travel plans of Gary Faulkner, the Greeley man detained on the Pakistan-Afghan border last June. Armed with sword and pistol, Faulkner told authorities he'd been hunting the terrori ... More >>

Wil Alston, Albus Brooks make District 8 runoff -- each with fewer than 800 votes

Albus Brooks.​Carla Madison's death threw the District 8 race into turmoil. Eventually, 38 candidates sought her seat, with predictions that 2,500 votes would win the day. Turns out, though, that far fewer were needed. According to "unofficial final" results, Wil Alston and Albus Brooks will ... More >>

Denver mayor's race to turn on Latino vote? Women's vote? Denver does not vote by bloc...

James Mejia​Update: Who will get the Latino vote now that James Mejia is out of the race for mayor? That was the question on Colorado Public Television's Studio 12 last night. But following this morning's e-mail blast in which Mejia told supporters he's officially bowing out, the real questio ... More >>

Alston and Brooks race for District 8

Both Wil Alston and Albus Brooks have been involved in the development and well-bring of the District 8 community, and now both would like to step that up by becoming the next city councilman to represent that area.

Denver Animal Shelter's new headquarters upgrades the experience of going to the dogs

​The massive Better Denver bonds project that voters approved in 2007 has resulted in one much better Denver Animal Shelter, replacing an almost forty-year-old pound that was definitely a dog. And when it celebrates its official opening tomorrow, it will also celebrate one of the city's great ... More >>

Chemo101: Denver-based website puts chemotherapy education in patients' hands

​Chemo101.com, a Denver-based website designed to educate patients and caregivers about chemotherapy drugs, has welcomed over 125,000 unique visitors since it's launch in December 2010. That's equal parts impressive and sad for its president and founder, Kristin Gustafson.

Rock Around the Block

​Chemo101.com, a Denver-based website designed to educate patients and caregivers about chemotherapy drugs, has welcomed over 125,000 unique visitors since it's launch in December 2010. That's equal parts impressive and sad for its president and founder, Kristin Gustafson.

Goin’ Uptown

​Chemo101.com, a Denver-based website designed to educate patients and caregivers about chemotherapy drugs, has welcomed over 125,000 unique visitors since it's launch in December 2010. That's equal parts impressive and sad for its president and founder, Kristin Gustafson.

The trucks stop here: Final Civic Center Eats of the season

Then-mayor John Hickenlooper at the first Civic Center Eats.​It was fun while it lasted, but the last Civic Center Eats of the season gets rolling in Civic Center Park at 11 a.m. today. The gathering of gourmet food trucks and carts has been a movable feast all summer, but after today the even ... More >>