Opinion | Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Wake-Up Call: Calling all Colorado turkeys

Who's the biggest turkey in Colorado? We're accepting all nominations, fair or fowl, for the most unsavory characters in the state this year, and will post our Top Ten Turkeys of 2009 list here first thing Friday. And although it's hard to imagine anyone topping the antics of Richard Heene,...
By Patricia CalhounNovember 25, 2009
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Who’s the biggest turkey in Colorado? We’re accepting all nominations, fair or fowl, for the most unsavory characters in the state this year, and will post our Top Ten Turkeys of 2009 list here first thing Friday.

And although it’s hard to imagine anyone topping the antics of Richard Heene, whose Balloon Boy scheme had the entire world up in the air for hours, we’re willing to consider all comers. Post your nomination below.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame (probably for her bar tab). She’s received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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