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Fire Sale

The cost of cigarettes could go up in smoke this November.

By Stuart Steers
Apr 15, 2004

In Denver, a pack of Camels runs about three bucks; in New York City, smokers pay at least $7.50. The discrepancy is because Colorado still charges just twenty cents in tax on a pack, while New York raised its rates from that to $1.50 in July 2002. If the backers...
Under Beats Over

If Colfax is buried, will Civic Center rise again?

By Stuart Steers
Apr 1, 2004

Denver's Civic Center was born at the turn of the last century, when legendary mayor Robert W. Speer, creator of the "City Beautiful" concept, began pushing the idea of building a grand city hall and park facing the brand-new State Capitol. Speer's dream was greeted with jeers in the press...
It's Not Easy Being Green

Look who's mad at Dick Lamm now!

By Stuart Steers
Mar 18, 2004

It had been a long time since Dick Lamm last visited the Colorado Senate. Dressed in a dapper suit and tie, he glowed as he prepared to speak at a Senate event honoring the late Dr. Abe Kauvar, who created Denver's public-clinic system. As Lamm entered the chamber, the senators...
Cable Guy

Bill Daniels made a fortune bringing cable to the West. But would he agree with how his legacy is being spent?

By Stuart Steers
Feb 19, 2004

The opening of the Daniels Fund's new office building in Cherry Creek last November was a festive occasion. A who's who of Denver's prominent and powerful were in attendance to help christen the foundation's swank new headquarters. Bill Daniels, the legendary cable-TV entrepreneur who created the billion-dollar fund, had personally...
Bill's Crib

Cableland, past present and future.

By Stuart Steers
Feb 19, 2004

It's highly appropriate that the former home of one of Denver's most notorious playboys is now one of the city's best party spots. Cable magnate Bill Daniels built the mansion, which he dubbed Cableland, on Shangri-La Drive in the Hilltop neighborhood in 1986, and the place is as over the...

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