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Scott Gessler pushes new bill that would allow him to remove non-citizen voters from the rolls

This week in print, we take an in-depth look at Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who has faced ongoing accusations of suppressing voters. We published the story the same day that Republican lawmakers at the start of the new legislative session put forth a bill they crafted with Gessler that would ... More >>

Scott Gessler is always right...right?

Why are Mexicans better at organizing their paperwork?

Scott Gessler calls effort to remove 300 more from voter rolls "good government"

Though Colorado residents have already begun voting, Secretary of State Scott Gessler says it's not too late for officials across the state to work together to try and remove potential non-citizens from the voter rolls. Two days after early voting began, he announced that a new round of checks has r ... More >>

Immigration advocate, legal citizen gets Scott Gessler's non-citizen letter

In the final weeks of the campaign, as we reported earlier today, Secretary of State Scott Gessler has continued his controversial anti-fraud campaign by tracking down individuals he believes are illegally registered to vote, because they are immigrants. Gessler sent them letters to 300 people askin ... More >>

Out of fourteen illegal voters banned after Scott Gessler's campaign, how many voted? Zero

Update: Yesterday, we reported that a total of fourteen people were removed from Colorado voting rolls following an extensive effort by Secretary of State Scott Gessler to potentially illegal voters; see our original post in its entirety below. Since sharing these results, we checked with Gessler's ... More >>

Scott Gessler registration drive errors cause confusion, more voter suppression claims

This is not quite how Scott Gessler's plan was supposed to go. When Colorado's Secretary of State announced an unprecedented voter registration initiative last month, he told reporters that the effort wasn't a direct response to criticisms of voter suppression, though he said it would hopefully di ... More >>

Scott Gessler: 141 registered voters aren't citizens

Last Tuesday, Scott Gessler held a press conference to announce an $850,000 voter registration campaign -- the largest in the state's history. He said he hoped the effort would disprove some of his critics' accusations that Gessler, a Republican, has been trying to intimidate voters. But days late ... More >>

Initiative 52: Signature collection slow for undocumented-immigrants license proposal

The backers of Initiative 52, which would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, have been collecting signatures for months. "It's going slow," says Homero, a volunteer. Thus far, they've gotten 15,000 signatures notarized and have hundreds of volunteers trying to collect 75,000 ... More >>

Ward Churchill's CU rehiring bid reaches Colorado Supreme Court

This afternoon, just over a year after the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to hear the Ward Churchill case, attorney David Lane will appear before the jurists to argue why the professor, who was fired by CU-Boulder for reasons he sees as payback for a controversial 911 essay, should get his old job ba ... More >>

Luke Chrisco's porta-potty creeping leads to toilet upgrade at yoga fest

Last year's yoga-centric Hanuman Festival in Boulder became known for a lot more than downward-facing dog thanks to Luke Chrisco, who a female attendee spotted hiding in a porta-potty's tank seconds before she had planned to make it rain, so to speak. This weekend's fest shouldn't suffer similar pr ... More >>

Five things Applebee's is already doing right

Applebee's just hired hot Boulder-based Crispin Porter Bogusky -- the same creative outfit that Arby's recently signed -- to give the ubiquitous American meat-starch-veg spot an image boost of some kind. But here's the rub: Unlike Arby's, Applebee's doesn't really need a facelift. If the chain's g ... More >>

Everything I know about real life I learned from John Waters

I am the product of weird parents. Okay, "weird" probably isn't the best word, considering it can describe everything from hairstyles to movies to that guy on the bus who always smells like day-old Whopper Jr.'s and mothballs. But my parents were definitely weirdos. My dad made Tang and Spam on Su ... More >>

Most memorable mug shots of 2011, part one

It's time at last. After preliminary roundups featuring a slew of mug shot collections, spotlighting tattoos, hairstyles, weirdness, intimidation, celebrities and notables, baby faces and women on the wrong side of the law, we offer up the most memorable images of the year -- an array so large that ... More >>

Fifteen weirdest mug shots of 2011

Photos below.​Things are about to get strange. In recent days, we've shared mug-shot roundups featuring intimidating images, celebrities and notables, tattoos and women. But now, here are the weirdest shots 2011 has had to offer. And as those who lived through it know, it was a mighty weird ye ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division's Dan Hartman reassigned in favor of Laura Harris

Dan Hartman.​Update below: Last week's reports from industry sources that Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division director Dan Hartman would be leaving his post have now been confirmed. However, Hartman's not out of a job. He's been reassigned within the Department of Revenue, with another Reve ... More >>

Bridezilla Campout: A night spent sleeping on city property for the perfect wedding venue

​The bridezillas were peaceful at first. So were the groomzillas, the maids-of-honor, the moms, the grandmas and, in at least one case, a man who volunteered to sleep outside the behemoth Wellington Webb municipal building so his mother's hairdresser could get the wedding date of her dreams. B ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Denver almost ready for dispenary applications to begin.

The dispensary application process seems a lot like a visit to the DMV. You show up knowing that it's going to be a pain in the ass, go through line after line, each time praying it will be the last. Finally, you cut a check to someone in the hope that the state has enough of its act together to sen ... More >>

Dennis Sieving, driving instructor, accused of passing drivers who failed or didn't take test

Dennis Sieving.​Here's a frightening thought: Around 1,500 drivers who didn't pass, or didn't even take, a driving test may have been on Colorado roads for months. That's the accusation against Dennis Sieving, 53, who's been indicted by a federal grand jury for male fraud and bribery. And tho ... More >>

Medical marijuana advocate predicts close vote in Grand Junction try to ban dispensaries

​By this evening, Grand Junction residents should know if the majority of residents voted to ban medical marijuana businesses within city limits. Since a prohibition against retail sales in unincorporated Mesa County passed last fall, such an outcome is a done deal, right? Not so, says ban opp ... More >>

Scott Gessler's push for voter verification is a solution in search of problem, says ProgressNow

Scott Gessler.​Thus far, Secretary of State Scott Gessler has made news most often when complaining about how little people in his position are paid -- gripes that led to a moonlighting scheme he subsequently dumped. But he stepped into the spotlight yesterday for a different reason -- his sup ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Rep. Claire Levy talks about HB 1261, which sets driving limits for THC

Claire Levy.​Last December, Representative Claire Levy floated the idea of a bill setting a marijuana-impairment standard for Colorado drivers. This notion has coalesced into HB 1261, which establishes an impairment limit of 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood; read it below. Levy's al ... More >>

Marijuana: Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers takes on THC and driving

Robert Chase.​Last week, Representative Claire Levy talked about introducing legislation to establish standards for driving under the influence of marijuana. Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers' Robert Chase, a well-known local marijuana advocate, opposes this notion, and in a lette ... More >>

Hometown kid T.J. Miller talks vomiting, giraffe expertise on Conan last night

​When you share a bill with Gwenyth Paltrow on Conan O'Brien's step-down-but-still-in-the-game TBS vehicle, you know you've sort of made it. Such was the case last night for T.J. Miller, the latest in an increasingly long line of semi-stars to come out of Denver's East High School that also in ... More >>

Tom Tancredo compares Scott McInnis's continuing campaign to the Hindenburg disaster

Tom Tancredo.​Earlier today, Patricia Calhoun shared a chat with Tom Tancredo at the Independence Institute's ATF event this past weekend. But I caught up with him yesterday when he was at an even more unusual place -- a fast-moving line at the DMV (and "fast-moving" isn't a misprint). But he ... More >>

What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship

Love, angst and something else are in the air in Remember Me

Tipping the scales: Be glad this cheapskate doesn't live in Denver

​During Denver Restaurant Week, one of the most comment complaints from servers is that bargain-hunting customers just don't tip. They should just be glad that Monica Covington does not live in Denver, Colorado. I'm not sure what would be worse: having to suffer through serving Covington and ... More >>

The Asian Brad Pitt gives out "screamin' deals" for juvies with warrants

Judge Kerry Hada: What do you think, Angelina?​A tall seventeen-year-old boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a pair of deejay earphones around his neck stood facing Judge Kerry Hada in Division 191-J of the Denver County Juvenile Court, a small wood-paneled courtroom that was packed this morni ... More >>

Youth in Revolt

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

Big Hoss Bar-B-Q

Smoking out another great barbecue joint – and something more.

El Toro Palomo

Better late than never.

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?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 26, 2006

Road Rage

What is a biker's life worth in Colorado?

Captured by Gypsies

Queenie and the Jester take a ride.

The Beatdown

In which yours truly auditions for Gimme the Mike.

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.

Backwash

Teetering on the edge of oblivion, COMA gets a wake-up call from its members.

License Revoked

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

Seems Like Olde Times

The Young and the Restless

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

Mouthing Off

Pulling a Fast One

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

Power Steering

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

Boomtown Rats

Disturbing the Piss

THOSE HIDE-BOUND TRADITIONS

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

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE LADY