National Hirschfeld has earned headlines in this space a couple of times in recent days. First up was the January 14 blog "National Hirschfeld's Impending Closure: The End of an Era -- and a Sign of the Times," followed by Patricia Calhoun's January 19 offering "A Look at Hirschfeld Back in its Heyday," which linked to our 1994 profile of the firm's Barry Hirschfeld and letters spawned by that piece, including one criticizing Hirschfeld's controversial labor relations.
Now, Lisa Jones (pictur
The video above, promoting Hick Town, a proposed documentary/reality series by director George Hickenlooper starring his cousin, Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, has been available on YouTube for months. Most of the footage was shot during the Democratic National Convention -- hence the presence of Barack Obama, among other political heavyweights. But in recent days, a much saucier trailer turned up on the website of Epoch Films, a firm with which George is associated. As noted in an Examiner.c
George Hickenlooper with Barack Obama during the filming of "'Hick' Town."
"John Hickenlooper and the Case of the Vanishing F-Bombs," published yesterday, told the tale of a trailer for 'Hick' Town, a proposed documentary/reality series by George Hickenlooper, Denver mayor John's cousin, that disappeared from its perch at the EpochFilms.com website shortly after I contacted the mayor's office to ask about two F-bombs it contained -- one courtesy of John, the other delivered by his chief of staf
Gotten enough marijuana (news) this week? No? Then you've come to the right place.
As reported in the Latest Word's extensive, twelve-hour live blog of Monday's packed Colorado Board of Health medical marijuana hearing, pot dispensaries in Colorado appear to be safe ... for the moment. The health board rejected a proposal that would have limited the number of patients that could be served by each caregiver -- including dispensaries -- to five. Some dispensaries currently serve up to 400 patien
