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The House of Urine Rumor Is All Wet

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A Tough Read

The City Park West Gazette chooses its battles -- lots of them.

Denver Post names alleged penis exposer Michael Garcia as mayoral candidate

At this writing, "Mayor Move Would Roil City's Politics," a Denver Post piece by Christopher Osher, lists "several city council members" as possible Denver mayoral candidates should John Hickenlooper be appointed to fill the senate seat presently occupied by Secretary of the Interior-designate Ken ... More >>

The Beatdown

We built this city on rock and roll.

The Beatdown

In Denver, it seems, smokers can't get no respect.

The 'House of Urine' Rumor Evaporates

In Denver, it seems, smokers can't get no respect.

A New Movement

Why can't we all just get along? Oh, and stop throwing poo and pee at one another.

Off Limits

Age before duty

Off Limits

Let us eat cake

Off Limits

He's gone country

Off Limits

Cholo contendere

Centers of Attention

Denver is selling its community centers, leaving the people who work there wondering why.

Will the makeover of Writer Square be for the better or the worse?

Denver is selling its community centers, leaving the people who work there wondering why.

Wake-Up Call: Parking meter monitors

​As Denver struggles to close its budget gap, ideas are flying. In his monthly e-mail to constituents, Doug Linkhart, an at-large member of Denver City Council, offers this: "How can a bunch of quarters help fill our $120 million budget gap? By doing what Chicago recently did, and letting some ... More >>

Live blog: Denver City Council considers medical-marijuana regulations

Charlie Brown wants to put medical-marijuana businesses on a tighter leash.​Today, Councilman Charlie Brown is presenting his proposal for regulating the city's medical marijuana dispensaries to the Denver City Council's Safety committee. We live blogged the meeting. To read the account in chr ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Denver's pot pie still half-baked

​Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown has spent the last three months thinking about medical marijuana -- perhaps this city's only real growth industry -- and it showed yesterday, when council's safety committee approved his proposal for regulating dispensaries in Denver. The proposed ordinanc ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Where there's smoke, there's ire at Denver City Council's medical marijuana hearing

​Our throats were dry, our eyes were red. Blame it on pot. Specifically, on listening to four hours of pot testimony and discussion -- on top of the salute to the National Western Stock Show and another hour of civic housekeeping -- at last night's Denver City Council meeting. But there was ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: The Hick Up hiccup

​Worried about who'll be running Denver while John Hickenlooper is running for governor? Fear not: councilmember-at-large Doug Linkhart (who's rumored to be taking a look at running for mayor himself) is on the job, as he explains in his latest e-mail blast, "Hick Up! Not a Problem." Which end ... More >>

Marijuana zoning loophole: Denver wants to stop dispensaries from opening in residential areas

​Denver officials are scrambling to fix zoning-code loopholes that could let dispensaries open up shop in previously closed-off parts of town. The city has spent years crafting a new-and-improved version of the zoning code, the blueprint that will guide Denver's future growth and development a ... 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 fight: Dispensary owner shutting down, but suit against city promised

Altitude Organic Medicine.​In June, we told you about a Denver City Council amendment aimed at shutting down Altitude Organic Medicine, a Highlands dispensary, over a zoning technicality. When the amendment passed, owner Brian Cook pledged to sue the city -- and that's still his plan. But he's ... More >>

Doug Linkhart leads charge against $25 million jail expansion

Doug Linkhart.​At 2 p.m. today, Denver City Council members will be voting on a 384-bed expansion of the Smith Road jail, a bond-fueled construction contract worth about $25 million. But expect at least one strongly dissenting vote from Councilman Doug Linkhart.

Doug Linkhart: A Denver mayor's race profile

Doug Linkhart.​With John Hickenlooper having been elected Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year, and the race promises to be wild and wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Doug Linkhart. "I want to be ... More >>

Michael Forrester: A Denver mayor's race profile

Michael Forrester.​With John Hickenlooper having been elected Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year, and the race promises to be wild and wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Michael Forrester. "I do ... More >>

Danny Lopez: A Denver mayor's race profile

​With John Hickenlooper having been elected Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor next year, and the race promises to be wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Danny Lopez. Danny Lopez hopes that not having an o ... More >>

Michael Hancock has a lucky address in his run for Denver mayor

Michael Hancock​And they're off! John Hickenlooper won't resign the office of Denver mayor until 8:30 a.m. next Tuesday (ninety minutes before he's sworn in as governor), but the ever-increasing group of candidates who'd like to occupy that office next will be holding open houses over the next ... 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 >>

Dancing with the stars of Denver Mayor's race: Kenny Be's Fotochop Friday

Click on image to enlarge.​ The antiquated mayoral forum is a terrible framework to learn about the unique talents of Denver's current 16 candidates. Michael Forrester, Doug Linkhart, James Mejia and Nancy Spahn prove that the ballroom dance competition would be a far more captivating way to i ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Doug Linkhart stretching grow reviews but wishes there was no limit

Doug Linkhart.​The controversy over medical marijuana grow operation regulations -- which now includes a threatened lawsuit targeting developer Mickey Zeppelin and councilwoman Judy Montero -- comes to a head at tonight's Denver City Council meeting. There, councilman Doug Linkhart hopes to st ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Council's new grow rules will push ops out of Denver, attorney predicts

​Despite a threatened lawsuit aimed at councilwoman Judy Montero and developer Mickey Zeppelin, the Denver City Council approved new medical marijuana grow operation regulations last night with no changes. But MMJ attorney Warren Edson predicts that the bill on view below will backfire, with b ... More >>

Doug Linkhart, Denver mayoral candidate, is pro-pot legalization & he's got Rob Corry's vote

Doug Linkhart.​The other night a pothead friend was complaining to me about the lack of any candidate he could support in the Denver mayor's race. I noted that Doug Linkhart, the Denver city councilman who tried to extend reviews on MMJ grows but couldn't muster the votes, has said he supports ... More >>

Medical marijuana: Jared Polis stars in National Cannabis Industry Association event (PHOTOS)

More pics below.​An event last night illustrates the growing power of the medical marijuana biz not just in Colorado, but nationwide. The stars of the show were Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, a new, Washington, D.C.-based lobbying organization, a ... More >>

Doug Linkhart's Teapot Party endorsement: Does his pro-pot platform hurt or help him?

Doug Linkhart​In the crowded Denver mayoral race, one candidate has pulled ahead with the pro-cannabis constituency: Doug Linkhart. The Denver city councilman has gone on record as favoring the legalization of marijuana, and has fought attempts to increase zoning restrictions on patient grows. ... More >>

Chris Romer, Doug Linkhart among 7 mayoral hopefuls deemed "sufficient:" How many more?

​Thus far, the campaign to become Denver's next mayor is less a race than a scrum. The city's website lists seven candidates whose petitions have been deemed "sufficient," meaning that they featured at least 300 valid signatures: Carol Boigon, Michael Hancock, Doug Linkhart, Danny Lopez, James ... More >>

Denver City Council District 1: Which hopefuls survived the post-Paula Sandoval scramble?

​The race for the District 1 City Council seat in Northwest Denver has gone from snoozer to scramble. Paula Sandoval's March 2 announcement that she wouldn't seek reelection gave hopefuls just eight days to gather the 100 signatures needed to get on the ballot.

Doug Linkhart tops Denver mayor ballot: Ten names appear, at least one contesting rejection

Doug Linkhart.​And then there were ten -- Denver mayoral candidates approved to be on the ballot, that is. Doug Linkhart, the Teapot Party fave, wound up in the coveted first slot. And at least one of the hopefuls left behind plans to contest his exclusion.

Chris "Birdman" Andersen isn't the only Nugget flying high following Carmelo Anthony trade

Birdman.​Ready, set, read Denver blog posts! Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein marvels at the Nugs' balance post-Melo while recapping last night's defeathering of the Hawks. "John Salazar: Dream Boss?" -- an appropriate headline for a post by 5280's Michael de Yoanna about the big-bonus-giving ... More >>

James Mejia: Ex-safety manager Fidel "Butch" Montoya endorses him, dumps on Chris Romer

Butch Montoya.​Former Denver Manager of Safety Fidel "Butch" Montoya is switching his endorsement in the upcoming mayoral election to James Mejia. In a strongly-worded letter e-mailed to friends Monday evening, Montoya writes that he originally intended to endorse former state senator Chris Ro ... More >>

Needle exchanges: City council approves making Denver ordinance allowing them more flexible

​Update: Last night, the city council voted 10-0 to approve amendments to the city's 1997 needle-exchange ordinance. The decision thrilled Lisa Raville, director of Denver's Harm Reduction Action Center, whose mission is to empower and advocate for injection drug users.

Medical marijuana: Altitude Wellness Center puts its support of Doug Linkhart on the counter

Doug Linkhart.​Update below: Denver mayoral candidate Doug Linkhart has been embraced by the local MMJ community -- and earned a Teapot Party endorsement -- in part because of his pro-marijuana-legalization views. But will this help him or hurt him in the long run? Altitude Wellness Center's ... More >>

Doug Linkhart first Denver mayoral hopeful to hold fundraiser at a medical marijuana center

Doug Linkhart.​Doug Linkhart is definitely the most openly pro-medical marijuana of the candidates for mayor. Hence, his endorsement by the Teapot Party and embrace by local MMJ businesses. Now, the next step: This evening, Linkhart will headline the first-ever fundraising event for a Denver m ... More >>

Reader: Why is Carol Boigon belittling medical marijuana jobs (or any jobs) in this economy?

Carol Boigon.​Denver mayoral candidate Carol Boigon's new ad stresses that putting medical marijuana dispensaries "everywhere" is "not a jobs plan." This line, which seems on the surface to be a stealthy attack on Doug Linkhart, who supports the medical marijuana industry, and other hopefuls ... More >>

Carol Boigon dropping out of Denver mayor's race, endorsing Michael Hancock

Carol Boigon.​Denver City Councilwoman Carol Boigon has run one of the more aggressive mayoral campaigns to date -- but it's over. According to campaign spokeswoman C.L. Harmer, Boigon is dropping out of the race, and she'll endorse fellow councilman Michael Hancock at a 10:30 a.m. press conf ... More >>

Doug Linkhart has the grassiest grassroots in mayor's race: Kenny Be's Speed Candidating

​ Ballots for the 2011 General Municipal Election were mailed out to voters late last week. With nine candidates running for Denver mayor, voters will need to keep a "cheat sheet" handy. My Speed Candidating profiles cut through the political rhetoric to help uncover what is buried below. Toda ... More >>

Danny Lopez likes to think he is a mayor candidate: Kenny Be's Speed Candidating

​ Ballots for the 2011 General Municipal Election were mailed out to voters late last week. With nine candidates running for Denver mayor, voters will need to keep a "cheat sheet" handy. My Speed Candidating profiles cut through the political rhetoric to reveal the painful truth. Today, we fee ... More >>

Medical marijuana question for Doug Linkhart at mayoral debate a coincidence -- I swear!

Booted.​It was the 41st, or maybe the 42nd, possibly the 43rd, mayoral debate of the endless 2011 campaign season. Last night, I moderated a forum featuring all nine remaining mayoral candidates sponsored by a group of downtown/central Denver organizations at Coors Field, which was remarkable ... More >>

Doug Linkhart didn't make the Denver mayoral runoffs, but he's getting a party anyway

​Movers and shakers usually donate to political campaigns so that they can get the ear of an office-holder. But at today's debt-retirement fundraiser for Doug Linkhart, they'll be lucky if they get this lousy T-shirt... and the thanks of a longtime public servant.

5280 Shadow & Twitter: Who knows what lurks in heart of the Michael Hancock administration?

5280 Shadow.​Now that Michael Hancock is officially Denver's mayor, does he already have a mole... who tweets? That's the political guessing game surrounding 5280 Shadow, a mysterious Twitter feed that purports to offer inside scoop, most of it Hancock-related. Check out some examples.