Denver blog posts? Three of them just crossed our path. Mile High Report’s John Bena notes that Champ Bailey’s belated invite to the Pro Bowl breaks the all-time record for cornerbacks. Isn’t that the kinda guy you want around here, John Fox? Wanna go on a walking tour of the…
You know that birthday present you bought for Scott Gessler? He sold it. And that bottle of wine you brought to the party? He sold that, too. In fact, Gessler, Colorado’s new Secretary of State, has no problem looking a gift horse in the mouth — and then extracting the…
Update: Opponents of Senator Kent Lambert’s immigration bills have dismissed them as Arizona-imitating, Latino-alienating and budget-busting. As for proponents of the measures, they’ve now got a rallying cry in the hit-and-run accident that killed Jose Medina near the Rockstar Lounge this past weekend. All four people busted in the incident…
Camouflaged as an emergency response vehicle, the gourmet food truck pictured above is able to move and park freely throughout the city without being hassled by Denver code enforcement officers. With rolling panels pulled shut, the Lunchtime Emergency Unit escapes the attention of city regulators even as it feeds hordes…
Update below: The second day of Department of Revenue public hearings about medical marijuana regulations — MMJ rules that attorney Rob Corry called death by 1,000 cuts in a preview yesterday — are about to get underway at this writing. During yesterday’s session, representatives of the Cannabis Therapy Institute made…
This morning, Highlands Ranch’s Chris Bartkowicz was sentenced to five years in prison, to be followed by eight years on supervised probation, for federal marijuana cultivation charges. Bartkowicz will also undergo mandatory drug and mental health programs…
It’s not often that cops give drivers a heads-up about a speed trap — but tomorrow is an exception. The Denver Police Department has announced that it’s conducting “speed-enforcement activities” near Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 beginning at 7 a.m. and continuing through early afternoon. Thanks for letting us know,…
This week, reports about the New York Knicks being back in the Carmelo Anthony trade hunt have gotten big play — as have rumblings that possible Knicks trade component Wilson Chandler doesn’t want to wind up in Denver. Amid this chatter, New York managed to beat the highly touted Miami…
Our recent post about Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin appearing at an education-reform event during the time when President Barack Obama was delivering his State of the Union speech set off a vigorous debate about fixing broken public schools. One reader wondered why we’re even debating the positive attributes of…
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you, the saying goes. But biting the hand that doesn’t give you beer has drawbacks, too, as Stephen Edward Siebold, age nineteen, is finding out in regard to an incident that’s already crossed the pond thanks to coverage in London’s Daily Mail. Here’s the…
Last night’s hilarious episode of 30 Rock came with a local bonus: the opportunity to hear Robert DeNiro somberly declare that Denver has been wiped off the map! The DeNiro subplot involved a scheme to prerecord disaster announcements, with Bobby D roped in after Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) threatens to…
The Denver Chapter of Moms for Marijuana plans to rally in support of Chris Bartkowicz, the Highlands Ranch medical marijuana grower facing federal cultivation charges. Tomorrow, Bartkowicz will find out if a judge will accept a plea-deal for a five year sentence…
This week’s cover story, “Special Delivery,” tells the story of Indra Lusero, a home-birth-mom-turned-lawyer who has thrust herself into a legislative battle between midwives and doctors. After giving birth at home with a midwife eight years ago, Lusero became an advocate for the age-old profession. And she’s not alone…
In a crowded field of folks vying to be Denver’s next mayor, Eric Jon Zinn has one particular candidate in his sights that he’s hoping to beat: Mayor McCheese. The 17th Street tax attorney wants Denverites to forsake the junk food, get on the bike or into the gym and…
Governor John Hickenlooper welcomed press, exhibitors, buyers and industry execs to the opening of the Snowsports Industries America annual trade show, an event formerly held in Sin City. As everyone in Colorado understands, Denver is a much more appropriate home for SIA — and the trade show is marking its…
Last night, residents living on or near the 9600 block of Maribou Court in Littleton were asked not to leave their houses for several hours — except for those police escorted out. The reason? A standoff between the Douglas County SWAT team and a suicidal man who barricaded himself in…
Update below: Susan Greene resigned from the Denver Post late last year after being told her column would be canceled — and while she was clearly saddened by the circumstances of her departure, she had only positive things to say about colleagues and didn’t criticize the paper as a whole…
We calculate that this item features three Denver blog posts. Predominantly Orange’s Kim Constantinesco credits John Elway with lighting the fire of change under the Broncos. Who definitely need some. Face the State’s Peter Blake considers Scott Gessler by moonlight. Denver Egotist: A Friday event cuts to the core of…
William Breathes found Local Product of Colorado, the subject of his latest medical marijuana dispensary review, to have pros and cons. But there are plenty of other options to be found in our newly updated MMJ listings. Click here to access our medical-marijuana dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. The storefront and decor at Local Product of Colorado have been set up with the utmost care. But their actual local product and its pricing may need some attention…
The picture above proves that Senator Mark Udall’s civility push is spreading from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the neighborhoods of Denver. Where the “No whiners” doctrine reigned supreme in the Highland neighborhood, now comes the sign that “winers welcome.” Below, the notoriously snobbish City Park neighborhood is…
The last thing a parent wants to worry about when sending a child to the dentist is that an assistant will do terribly inappropriate things while the young patient is drugged or defenseless. But that’s one possible interpretation of info released thus far about Roohallah Mobarez, twenty, who’s been arrested…
