Subject: Department of Motor Vehicles

• To ID or Not to ID

  August 1, 2007

• ID Victory

  August 14, 2007

• Last Night: The Last Town Chorus and The Weakerthans @ Marquis Theater

  September 28, 2007

• Day 2: Wherein I Press a Series of Nines and Ones on My Phone and Get Paid

  October 30, 2007

• Positive signs at the Colorado DMV and courthouse

  September 12, 2008

• Seems Like Olde Times

  July 8, 1999

• License Revoked

  A new bill could call a halt to the state's specialty plates.

  February 8, 2001

• Swing Shift

  Unhappiness over a newsroom shuffle is only the latest sign of malaise at the Post.

  February 14, 2002

• Scratch and Dent Sale: The Box Where I Lived

  Most of us live our lives in closed boxes... home, work, the DMV, our car, the bar, a hospital room, a dressing room at the mall. And then, when we die, we get to spend eternity (depending on your belief system) in another closed box.I realize this.So pardon me, in advance, for writing a mundane little tale about THE BOX WHERE I LIVED FOR THE PAST FIVE DAYS. I'm sure your box is interesting too. Please write me and tell me all about it. But right now, I want to tell you about MY BOX.

  November 28, 2008

• Backwash

  January 23, 2003

• The Beatdown

  January 27, 2005

• After vegan requests LVTOFU license plate, the DMV reveals its dirty mind

  April 9, 2009

• Take It for a Ride!

  Who keeps an eye on Colorado's car dealers? The dealers themselves.

  February 5, 1998

• Letters from the week of April 16

  April 16, 2009

• Big Hoss Bar-B-Q

  Smoking out another great barbecue joint – and something more.

  January 31, 2008

• Identity Crisis

  Utah is not to be trusted.

  July 26, 2007

• El Toro Palomo

  Better late than never.

  December 14, 2006

• Head Games

  At least one out of every five Colorado prisoners is mentally ill -- some violent, some undetected or untreated. How did the Big House become the Bug House?

  September 21, 2006

• License to Kill

  Oh, the humanity!

  June 8, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of February 2, 2006

  February 2, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of January 26, 2006

  January 26, 2006

• Road Rage

  What is a biker's life worth in Colorado?

  January 19, 2006

• Cirque du Something

  The Secret Circus brings in the (offbeat) clowns.

  September 29, 2005

• Captured by Gypsies

  Queenie and the Jester take a ride.

  June 30, 2005

• The Alternative Voter’s Guide

  The Legislative Council’s ballot-analysis booklet has inspired so many fights, it should be called the black-and-blue book. Here’s our cure.

  October 21, 2004

• The Rippin' Word

  Writer Jason Flores-Williams seeks a literary orgy.

  February 26, 2004

• Your Quarter Life Crisis!

  Lots of drugs, not much sex, and a general fear and loathing mark these tales of twenty-something angst.

  January 2, 2003

• Deeper Into Columbine

  The settlements. The spin. The remaining secrets.

  October 31, 2002

• Three the Hard Way

  Several high-profile columnists leave the media scene in very different ways.

  May 16, 2002

• The Young and the Restless

  As the turks of Denver's black politics grow old, what's to be made of their legacy?

  April 1, 1999

• Mouthing Off

  October 15, 1998

• Pulling a Fast One

  A cluster of cities eager to cash in on photo-radar speed traps decides to sue the state.

  September 3, 1998

• Power Steering

  Last session legislators gambled on a new program that lobbyists claimed would make Colorado's roads safer. Don't bet on it.

  November 13, 1997

• Rush to Judgment

  Commerce City lets a private company issue speeding tickets--and causes a pileup.

  April 10, 1997

• Boomtown Rats

  December 26, 1996

• I Know Nothing

  German immigrant Peter Schmitz, artist to Denver's trust-funders, won't say who killed Greg Lopez. It isn't his only secret.

  May 30, 1996

• Disturbing the Piss

  May 9, 1996

• THOSE HIDE-BOUND TRADITIONS

  CAN A BUNCH OF LEATHER GUYS BE SWAYED BY IRATE DRAG QUEENS? WE THINK NOT.

  April 12, 1995

• A DRIVING ISSUE

  A WAITRESS IS CLEARED OF A DUI CHARGE BUT STILL LOSES HER LICENSE.

  March 15, 1995

• BLOWING SMOKE

  THE FIRM HIRED TO RUN COLORADO'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW EMISSIONS PROGRAM HAS MADE A KILLING GAUGING THE POLITICAL WINDS.

  January 25, 1995

• SOUNDS OF SILENCE

  A GAG ORDER LEAVES TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUIGLEY-ARONSON FEUD.

  January 18, 1995

• LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE LADY

  April 13, 1994

• KEEPING HIS OWN COUNSEL

  February 2, 1994

• How to get screwed by new vehicle registration fees at the DMV

  At the DMV this morning, Colorado drivers assume the position for new registration fees. So being the financial masochist that I am, I decided to renew my car's delinquent registration at 8 a.m. this morning, on the exact day that new fees and fines went into effect. The cost in March when my registration ran out: $87. The cost today: $283. But Jared, you ask: Why didn't you just register your car three months ago using the massive salary you receive as a staff writer for Denver's premier al

  July 1, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 1 edition

  Photo by Kiernan MaletskyYou'll love these Meeses to pieces. Hotter than July? Or exactly as hot as July? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night's Show: Meese at Twist & Shout. • DJ Vajra announces new project, offers free mix for download. • Flier of the Week: Get Down at Beta Friday, July 3. • Remembering Tickle Me Pink's Johnny Schou one year later. • SP Double returns with mixtape and upcoming projects. • 3OH!3 grace the cover(s) of AP. Again. Today in Cafe Society: • Parisi

  July 1, 2009

• The 10 Manliest Candies Ever

  When a candy specifies bodily harm in its name, it's pretty much manly.​ In the most recent Esquire, Chris Jones extols the virtues of Jujubes, calling them "the only candy a man should eat." This, of course, is utter bullshit, as are his claims that they should be pronounced "joo-joobs," which is only slightly less precious than referring to Target as "Tar-zhay." Jujubes are about as manly as a Reba marathon on Lifetime. This isn't to say there's no such a thing as a manly candy. There

  August 26, 2009

• Wake-Up Call: Steer clear of this DMV office!

  ​I've always had good luck at the Division of Motor Vehicles office at 2736 Welton Street. Sure, the tiny parking lot is a nightmare, but the DMV employees are friendly, if not always fast -- and you can always take a quick stroll around Five Points if there's a wait. Which I did on Friday afternoon, when the place was standing-room-only and the crowd overflowed into that nightmare parking lot and ran down to the Wells Fargo ATM -- who knew that if your dealer takes two months to send you

  October 5, 2009

• I-300 is out to put the brakes on illegal immigration

  October 29, 2009

• No waiting at the DMV... during a snowstorm, that is

  ​Standing in lines at Division of Motor Vehicles offices is typically like participating in the Bataan Death March -- long and agonizing, with no guarantee of survival. But there's one notable exception to that rule, which my wife discovered yesterday. As a principal of a school that's been closed for two days, she had time on her hands, so she decided to brave the elements to visit the DMV office at 6004 S. Kipling to take care of some paperwork she'd been putting off. And lo and behold,

  October 30, 2009