Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho and Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers’ Robert Chase succeeded in getting the Department of Revenue to postpone the first meeting of its new medical marijuana advisory working group because it wasn’t open to the public. But they don’t want to stop there. The activists…
There’s been lotsa entertainment value in Colorado’s primary races, from Tom Tancredo’s guv run to Scott McInnis’s plagiarism problems — and now, Dan Maes’s declaration that Denver’s B-Cycle program might turn the city into “the United Nations” via wrongheaded environmental do-goodism. What other seemingly harmless things might cause us to…
Did you know that a month ago, actor Michael Cera nearly died near Red Rocks? Us either! But he told the tale on last night’s ep of Late Night with David Letterman before pimping Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World. Seems that during an ill-considered night hike, Cera and pals got…
Update below: It only took a day for the Department of Revenue to blink. The DOR had planned for this morning’s first meeting of its new medical marijuana advisory working group to be closed to the public. But thanks to complaints from two notable MMJ advocates, Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura…
Do medical marijuana dispensaries have double-secret, underground agreements with the dorms at the University of Colorado in Boulder? Is there a secret plot to get all the innocent, cherub-faced freshmen at the nation’s sixth-best reefer hot spot school hooked on the ganja? Thanks to one paranoid mother who called to…
We knew Carmelo Anthony and Lala Vazquez’s NYC wedding was expensive. I mean, they had to pay for a photo booth, so Kim Kardashian could take a picture of her ass. But did it really cost so much that Lala needed to put her pink Range Rover up for sale…
Back on July 24, Ted Haggard, as part of his continuing rehabilitation campaign built around the launch of his new church, told the Wall Street Journal that he “over-repented” when apologizing for his extra-marital shenanigans with male escort Mike Jones. A week-plus later, the quote’s hardly fading away…
Triple your Denver blog post pleasure. The most passionate-ever defense of Josh McDaniels wasn’t penned by his mom. It was written by Mile High Report fan poster GJcontingent-rAd. Big Media’s Jason Saltzman on Scott McInnis’s boast of getting a zero rating from NARAL — true some years, untrue in others…
Yesterday, Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff touted his upcoming debate in Pueblo, where he was set to face an empty chair subbing for Senator Michael Bennet, who’d passed due to a scheduling conflict. “When you debate an empty chair, you’re very likely to win, unless you’re a really bad debater,”…
Yesterday, actor Charlie Sheen came to Aspen to learn his punishment for pleading guilty to misdemeanor third-degree assault against wife Brooke Mueller on Christmas Day — and it’s pretty damn sweet. He’s being allowed to serve his sentence at Promises of Malibu, a rehab center so gorgeous that other Aspen…
Yesterday, a U.S. District judge allowed a Virginia lawsuit attacking the new federal health-care law to move forward. The ruling surprised those certain that suits like one joined by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers would be laughed out of court — and cheered the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara, who’s pushing…
The proliferation of large items seen lining Denver alleys would seem to indicate that residents are just itching to complain about the lack of pickup service. Budget cuts have forced the city’s solid-waste-management department to scale back service from once every six weeks to once every nine. The money that…
In January, registered sex offender Gino Rael was accused of trying to recruit young girls in letters sent from Boulder County jail. Division Chief Larry Hank told Westword he thought such a situation could be prevented by restricting inmates to sending only postcards. But if this policy solved one problem,…
This year, Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family got unprecedented publicity for a Super Bowl ad starring Tim Tebow and his mom. But the attention the soon-to-be-Broncos quarterback brought to the organization didn’t attract enough dollars to prevent another round of layoffs…
Last week, the Colorado Department of Health found itself in hot water after Westwordreported that one of the members of its new Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, Ken Weaver, was a Texas ex-con with a secret life. Now the Department of Revenue has announced its advisory group, and while Weaver isn’t…
At 2 p.m. today, Denver City Council members will be voting on a 384-bed expansion of the Smith Road jail, a bond-fueled construction contract worth about $25 million. But expect at least one strongly dissenting vote from Councilman Doug Linkhart…
According to the Denver Post, Republican guv hopeful Scott McInnis’s fundraising numbers during the second half of July plunged in the wake of his plagiarism problems — i.e., revelations about the $300,000 he accepted for writing water articles partially nicked from a Colorado Supreme Court justice. But that’s not the…
The enthusiasm for newly minted Bronco Tim Tebow is positively off the charts. If it’s not record attendance at Broncos training camp, it’s the cover of 5280 magazine, which features a head shot of Timbow and the provocative headline, “The Second Coming?” But Les Shapiro, afternoon co-host for new radio…
Every Colorado dispensary and associated business had to apply for a state license by August 1 — which means we finally have a total number of Colorado pot shops willing to navigate the state’s new rules and fees. The tally: 717 dispensaries, 271 marijuana-infused product manufacturers and 1,071 grow facilities…
Jailers in Boulder and Colorado Springs have cracked down on inmate mail, banning personal letters and limiting prisoners to postcards that staff can monitor and intercept if the communication is objectionable. County officials say the practice saves money and makes their operations more secure. But it’s also a pretty good…
As noted by Penny Parker, the historic Richthofen Castle — built in the late 1800s by the uncle of the Red Baron — has been on sale for four-years plus. That means even before the real estate slump, no one was interested in plunking down $3.9 million (not counting memorabilia)…
Start the week by sampling three Denver blog posts. At Mile High Report, Joe Kayser some reasons for pessimism about the 2010-2011 Broncos. Beyond all this injured running backs, that is. Colorado Pols shares audio of Dan Maes saying Scott McInnis is short on positions, integrity and character. But not…
