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February 17, 2011
Bill Vidal has said he won't run for mayor, but a petition aims to change his mind
Bill Vidal.Mayor Bill Vidal made some noise yesterday -- without calling a press conference. It might have been hard to hear over the roaring of all those rescued lions (and the media hubbub), but his recording welcoming travelers to Denver is now live on the train at Denver International Air ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Theresa Spahn: A Denver mayor's race profile
Theresa Spahn.With John Hickenlooper having taken office as Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor this year, and the race is wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Theresa Spahn. "I'm not an elected official," ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Can a gringo run for president of Mexico?
Theresa Spahn.With John Hickenlooper having taken office as Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor this year, and the race is wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Theresa Spahn. "I'm not an elected official," ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
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 >>
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March 3, 2011
Photo finish: John Fielder's photographs will spruce up John Hickenlooper's office
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 >>
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March 8, 2011
Ken Simpson: A Denver mayor's race profile
Ken Simpson.With John Hickenlooper serving as Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor this year, and the race is wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Ken Simpson. "I believe that one person can make a differenc ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Gays and porn big issues in Colorado Springs elections, according to Focus on the Family
Are gays and porn really two of the biggest issues in the upcoming Colorado Springs municipal elections? According to Focus on the Family, they are. As noted by the Colorado Springs Gazette, FOTF has assembled a candidate survey in advance of the April 5 vote -- and three of its eight questi ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
John Hickenlooper has more fun at reunion than dealing with billion-dollar budget shortfall
Hickenlooper.Fresh from another round of eco-devo meetings and a quick side trip to a Craig hospital to get five stitches after he bumped his head in his state car, John Hickenlooper landed back in Denver in time for a reunion party at El Diablo with campaign staffers and supporters who worke ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Tom Mauser and the Fix Gun Checks Tour: Disarming lunatics isn't such a crazy idea
Tom Mauser Grief alters people. It can devastate and give a new sense of purpose. The murder of his son Daniel in the Columbine shootings has set Tom Mauser on a crusade against gun violence that, over twelve years, has yielded small victories and gradual change -- and plenty of blowback from ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
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 >>
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March 30, 2011
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.
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April 6, 2011
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 >>
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April 27, 2011
Medical marijuana: Does U.S. Attorney John Walsh's letter signal end of federal MMJ truce?
John Walsh.HB 1043, a bill sponsored by Representative Tom Massey and Senator Pat Steadman to clean up last year's medical marijuana regulations, seemed to be quietly moving toward passage -- but no more. A letter from U.S. Attorney John Walsh attacking aspects of the legislation call into qu ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Medical marijuana letter from U.S. Attorney worrisome to business, says Sen. Pat Steadman
Pat Steadman.Earlier today, we shared a letter from U.S. Attorney John Walsh attacking elements of HB 1043, a bill intended to clean up aspects of last year's medical marijuana legislation. Senator Pat Steadman, who's co-sponsoring the measure with Representative Tom Massey, confesses to bein ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Chris Romer is the Lady Gaga of the mayor's race: Kenny Be's Speed Candidating
Ballots for the 2011 General Municipal Election are due on May 3, 2011. With less than a week left to vote and nine candidates running for Denver mayor, voters will need to keep a "cheat sheet" handy. My Speed Candidating profiles cut through the political song-and-dance to find the mayoral ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Is Mexico the true home of the Tea Party?
Ballots for the 2011 General Municipal Election are due on May 3, 2011. With less than a week left to vote and nine candidates running for Denver mayor, voters will need to keep a "cheat sheet" handy. My Speed Candidating profiles cut through the political song-and-dance to find the mayoral ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Aurora City Council members will earn more after they retire than on council
Duane SennWhile Denver City Council's vote to raise councilmembers' salaries continues to raise questions -- and tempers -- on the Denver mayoral campaign trail, an activist in cash-strapped Aurora has determined that retiring councilmembers there will get an even bigger payday.
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May 23, 2011
Marijuana legalization: Read eight initiatives filed for 2012 Colorado ballot consideration
Brian Vicente.Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente has been talking about a 2012 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for adult use here since at least this November 2009 post. But his effort to accomplish this feat is one step closer to reality now that he's submitted eight variations on a ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Scott Tipton apologizes for daughter's improper e-mails as spokesman goes after Nancy Pelosi
Scott Tipton.Shortly after winning praise for getting the ban on the military expansion of Pinon Canyon restored, Representative Scott Tipton faces potential embarrassment over letters sent by his daughter, Elizabeth, in which she dropped daddy's name to seek business for the family-connected ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Chris Romer: Could big dog have transformed into underdog to win Denver mayor's race?
Chris Romer.Can the big dog ever win a mayoral election in Denver? Since 1983, the victor has always been an underdog, someone who barely registered a blip on the radar five months before the first round of voting. Chris Romer was definitely the big dog in this mayor's race, and he wound up ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Scott Tipton back in ethics spotlight over use of telecommunications biz owned by his nephew
Scott Tipton.In late May, Representative Scott Tipton apologized to the House Ethics Committee for his daughter Elizabeth's tactic of dropping daddy's name while seeking clients for Broadnet, the family-related telecommunications firm where she works. Although Tipton's staff denied that Eliza ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Marijuana legalization debate preview: Meet the advocates who'll be hashing it out
Free me.It's fitting that Wednesday night's debate between Colorado cannabis activists has been dubbed "Round One." The event is being advertised as a "lively and friendly" debate -- but if it's as impassioned and fiery as the comments on our marijuana blogs have been, it might be closer to ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Proponents of marijuana legalization know that where there's smoke, there's ire
Free me.It's fitting that Wednesday night's debate between Colorado cannabis activists has been dubbed "Round One." The event is being advertised as a "lively and friendly" debate -- but if it's as impassioned and fiery as the comments on our marijuana blogs have been, it might be closer to ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Marijuana legalization: Legalize 2012 objects to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act name
Tvert & Vicente.The firestorm of invective at the Great Legalization Debate suggested that parties behind competing marijuana-reform measures for the 2012 ballot might not be exactly rooting for each other. More evidence: Legalize2012.com has created a guideline for reporters that objects to ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Lesbian couple fights deportation: Will judge allow undocumented partner to stay in U.S.?
In May, we told the stories of two GLBT immigrants living in Colorado and seeking asylum to stay in the United States forever. Their stories of discrimination and abuse in their home countries tested the limits of asylum law. On Friday, another local GLBT immigrant, a lesbian woman named Mrs ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
National Western Stock Show: Will Aurora give Gaylord Entertainment the right to vote?
What's next? Cows will get to cast ballots in Aurora? The Libertarian Party -- like the National Western Stock Show, an institution that got its start in Colorado -- is concerned that Aurora is about to give voting rights to a corporation: Gaylord Entertainment, the out-of-state company tryin ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Dan Baum's book in the making, Guns Gone Wild, already has gun guys up in arms
Boulder author Dan Baum is a gun owner, and his most recent work, a companion piece to his upcoming book Guns Gone Wild that was released as a Kindle Single, makes an argument that most gun owners would seemingly support: that the AR-15 rifle is fun, a beacon of hope in a sinking gun market t ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Occupy Denver asks John Hickenlooper to allow camping, invites him to general assembly
John Hickenlooper.Earlier today, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman said the law-enforcement approach to Occupy Denver's tent city is evolving, and could be finalized soon. But rather than waiting to see how agencies might try to enforce Governor John Hickenlooper's apparent wish to end overni ... More >>
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October 22, 2011
At Mayor Michael Hancock's first public forum, education and communication issues popular
Michael Hancock Concerns about public education and the need to improve communication between city officials and citizens about everything from parking to park usage were hot topics this morning at Mayor Michael Hancock's first community forum. Comments such as "City personnel need to be more ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Marijuana activists ask John Suthers to take ethics pledge after Dan Hartman criticism
John Suthers.At noon today, Mason Tvert and other Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act backers will stage an event at Attorney General John Suthers's office. Why? Suthers feels a letter by (outgoing?) Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division head Dan Hartman published in places mulling MMJ retai ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Carol Harvey out as Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs' executive secretary
Carol Harvey.If Thanksgiving is approaching, it must be time for another controversy at the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, which is overseen by the state's lieutenant governor. Back in 1988, then-lite guv Mike Callihan created a ruckus with his plans for a feast in a Mayflower moving ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Thanks Obamacare! website aims to turn partisan slur into positive term (VIDEO)
Obama caring.The term "Obamacare" was originally conceived by opponents of President Barack Obama's health-care reforms as a way of hanging what they saw as a political albatross around his neck. But now, a group of Colorado activists have embraced the word with ThanksObamacare.org, a website ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Drug Policy Alliance backs Good Samaritan bill aimed at ending busts after 911 overdose calls
Art Way.Art Way, who manages Colorado's branch of the Drug Policy Alliance, is currently hard at work on an intriguing piece of legislation set for introduction in the next session: a Good Samaritan bill intended to prevent those who call 911 when a friend is overdosing from being arrested fo ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Marijuana: 2 guvs petition feds to reclassify pot, but John Hickenlooper not ready to do so -- yet
John Hickenlooper.This week, governors in Rhode Island and Washington asked the federal government to concede that marijuana has medical uses. A Colorado official is required to send a similar message by year's end -- but would John Hickenlooper consider following the lead of these fellow gov ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Does the war between drug cartels and the Mexican government constitute another revolution?
John Hickenlooper.This week, governors in Rhode Island and Washington asked the federal government to concede that marijuana has medical uses. A Colorado official is required to send a similar message by year's end -- but would John Hickenlooper consider following the lead of these fellow gov ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Occupy Denver: Why did city not cite conference call about occupiers in open records request?
Michael Hancock.Update: Westword recently received a copy of Kilmer, Lane & Newman's updated CORA request from investigator Christopher Dodd. The document is blunt: In it, Dodd references the existence of an Occupy movement-related U.S. Conference of Mayors conference call involving Mayor Mic ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Ron Paul banners on overpasses slow traffic across Denver
Ron Paul.Shortly after Texas Governor Rick Perry invoked Tim Tebow at last night's Republican presidential debate, followers of another candidate, Ron Paul, delivered a message to Denver-area drivers -- one that may have pissed off as many of them as it inspired. Unknown Paul supporters hung ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Reader: Honk if you support Ron Paul
Last Friday morning, metro area highways were almost as crowded as a Republican presidential debate when supporters of Ron Paul unfurled banners, slowing traffic along the routes. And although the Colorado Department of Transportation says such advertisements are against the law, Paul propone ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Tim Tebow and Ron Paul: A point-by-point comparison
Tim Tebow.Tim Tebow's stock as a quarterback may be falling -- ESPN's Mike and Mike have less confidence in him than any other QB in the playoffs this weekend -- but he remains a cultural lightning rod. Note that even The New Yorker's Ben McGrath is weighing in on him, albeit by suggesting t ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Burma: A primer on recent political changes in the country also known as Myanmar
The government of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is undergoing a transformation of sorts. As explained in this week's cover story, "A World Away," Burma has been a dangerous place for decades due to civil wars and the oppressive policies of the former ruling military junta. In the past year, ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Give ’Em Heller
The government of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is undergoing a transformation of sorts. As explained in this week's cover story, "A World Away," Burma has been a dangerous place for decades due to civil wars and the oppressive policies of the former ruling military junta. In the past year, ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Wil Alston, ex-Denver communications director, takes finance gig created by Michael Hancock
Wil Alston.After six months at the head of Mayor Michael Hancock's communications staff, Wil Alston began a new position yesterday leading the same function for Denver's finance department. Hancock created the position specifically for Alston, who joined his administration in July 2011 and ha ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Mitt Romney plans CO caucus visit, Ron Paul likely, but what about Newt?
Mitt Romney.Earlier this month, Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call argued that this year's Colorado Republican Caucus will mean more than ever, in part because the date was moved up to February 7. When Mitt Romney looked poised to sweep Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, this c ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Marijuana at the Crossroads: Event asks if MMJ lawyers are breaking oath
According to keynote speaker and DU prof Sam Kamin, "Marijuana at the Crossroads," a Sturm College of Law symposium that starts tomorrow (see the schedule below), aims to get beyond the usual pot palaver. Sample subject: Are attorneys breaking their professional oath simply by specializing i ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Alex Martinez, Denver's new Manager of Safety and DPD overseer: What would you ask him?
Alex Martinez.Have something you want to ask Alex Martinez, Denver's new Manager of Safety? This is your chance: Westword writers will be meeting with the former Colorado Supreme Court justice this morning, to get an overview of the office and ask about some specific issues, including the r ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Ron Paul blasts Newt Gingrich as serial hypocrite in advance of Colorado appearances
Ron Paul.Ron Paul isn't the only presidential candidate in Colorado today; Rick Santorum is slated to speak at the Lone Tree Golf Club Lounge at 10 a.m. But Paul will certainly make a bigger splash, with three events on tap. And in advance, his surrogates are taking shots at one of his princi ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Newt Gingrich joins Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum on pre-caucus campaign trail
Newt Gingrich.When last we spoke with Colorado Republican Party head Ryan Call about the February 7 Colorado caucuses, he noted that Newt Gingrich had not scheduled any state events. But that's changed. At this hour, Gingrich is scheduled at a west-side rally, with another assembly juxtaposin ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
American Constitution Party has a major problem preparing for own caucus
Doug CampbellThe American Constitution Party has a major problem in Colorado. Because Republican renegade Tom Tancredo, who ran for governor on the ACP ticket in 2010, got more than 36 percent of the vote in 2010 in the race against Republican Dan Maes and Democrat John Hickenlooper, the ACP ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Marijuana initiative can't force John Suthers to sue feds over enforcement, his office says
John Suthers.In our post yesterday about the progress of Legalize 2012's Cannabis Re-legalization Act, proponent Laura Kriho noted that a section had been added to the proposal directing Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to sue the federal government if it attempts to enforce its marijua ... More >>
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