Kenny Be’s Hip Tip: Mike Coffman in Colorado politics 2010 tarot deck
#5 of the 22 Major Arcana: Mike Coffman, the Emperor…..
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No one can question Polly Baca’s Democratic bona fides. She was elected as a Dem to both houses of the Colorado legislature and served on the Democratic National Committee, including an eight year stint as vice chair. So she was in unfamiliar territory at a press conference yesterday in front…
Abortion provider Dr. Warren Hern: Trial for man who threatened him gives platform for “fascist ideology”
Last August, we told you about an indictment against Donald Hertz, a Washington man who made threats against Boulder’s Dr. Warren Hern, the last practitioner in the U.S. still doing late-term abortions. It looked as if Hertz would plead guilty to the charges against him — but yesterday, he unexpectedly…
Phil Anschutz brings us Random Acts of Kindness Week — but kindly don’t mention that he did
Denver gazillionaire Phil Anschutz is a media mogul thanks to his ownership of Examiner.com and many other properties. But he remains so zealously protective of his privacy that he doesn’t even want his name associated with something as positive as the ongoing Random Acts of Kindness Week. Anschutz funds the…
Religious Bill of Rights unfair to any religion but Dave Schultheis’s, says Rabbi Steven Foster
Earlier this week, the state legislature spent many long hours hashing over Senator/Shmuck emeritus Dave Schultheis’s latest brainstorm: a “Religious Bill of Rights.” As Education News Colorado noted, the measure would have allowed “high school students and parents of younger students to opt out of classes for religious reasons, permitted…
Marijuana advocate Mason Tvert calls for the ouster of Ernie Martinez, his Denver pot-panel colleague
In many ways the friction between Mason Tvert, head of Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) and Lieutenant Ernie Martinez, head of the Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA), personifies the ongoing clash between law enforcement and marijuana activists. While the two both sit on the mayor-appointed Denver Marijuana Policy Review…
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Andrew Gelston Graham, Mile High Murder No. 51, may have been killed by suspects in racially motivated assaults: See a gallery of possible suspects
Back in November, Andrew Gelston Graham was found dead on a lawn near his suburban home, and in the immediate aftermath of the crime, clues were scarce. Even videos taken of Graham and other passengers as they disembarked from the light rail shortly before he was attacked didn’t immediately lead…
George Karl cancer diagnosis: Will his fight help focus an unfocused team?
The news that Nuggets coach George Karl has a form of throat cancer and will miss a number of practices and games over the next month and a half came as a shock. After all, the last big news about Karl coming out of the Nuggets front office involved him…
Simulated bull semen: Clever political symbol or possible security threat?
Execs at the liberal ProgressNow Colorado organization wanted to ridicule Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis for, in their view, sticking it to the middle class rather than eliminating tax loopholes for fat cats. So they assembled what they referred to as a McLobbyist Happy Meal for delivery to the Capitol,…
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The Asian Brad Pitt gives out “screamin’ deals” for juvies with warrants
A tall, seventeen-year-old boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a pair of deejay earphones around his neck stood facing Judge Kerry Hada in Division 191-J of the Denver County Juvenile Court, a small wood-paneled courtroom that was packed this morning for RAP It Up, an amnesty program that allowed people…
Jay Cutler in Denver Blogs: Deep down, do we actually miss Sweet Baby Jay?
Here are a trio of blogs with a distinctly Denver flavor. Kim Constantinesco at Predominantly Orange links to a cyber-debate with a Chicago Bears blogger who thinks a season’s worth of Kyle Orton has made Broncos fans wish they had Jay Cutler back. But two wrongs don’t make a right…
Timothy Masters wins $4.1 million payment from Larimer County judicial district — and there’s probably more where that came from
Timothy Masters, whose 1999 murder conviction was tossed following revelations about DNA-shaped holes in the case reported by the Denver Post and other news organizations, will receive $4.1 million from the Eighth Judicial District of Larimer County and a handful of its district attorneys. And that may be only the…
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Marijuana grower Chris Bartkowicz charged with possession, intent to distribute 224 marijuana plants; read the criminal complaint here
Chris Bartkowicz, whose Highlands Ranch marijuana grow was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration last Friday after he was interviewed by 9News, has instantly become a major figure in the debate over medical marijuana in Colorado, with attorney Rob Corry calling for agents involved in the operation to be sacked,…
Marijuana raid in Highlands Ranch: “Harassment tactics” may undermine faith in DEA, says Matt Brown
The Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a home marijuana grow in Highlands Ranch, coming hot on the heels of similar actions at medical marijuana labs in Denver and Colorado Springs, spurred outcry from the likes of attorney Rob Corry, who called for agents involved in the Highlands Ranch matter to…
Kenny Be’s Hip Tip: Cary Kennedy in Colorado politics 2010 tarot deck
#4 of the 22 Major Arcana: Cary Kennedy, the Empress…..
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Max Karson’s satirical war against Asians begets Speak Out!, new social-justice campaign at CU
Today, CUIndependent.com, CU’s student-news site, is debuting Speak Out!, which Amy Herdy, the publication’s adviser, describes as “a new social-justice endeavor” that will address racism, sexism, homophobia and other campus ills. The project will be celebrated at noon today during a launch event on the south terrace of the University…
Nathan Bozonier, Mile High Murder No. 76: Thornton teen hit by a car, beaten afterward
Plenty of people apparently witnessed the murder of Nathan Bozonier, 16, early Monday morning. But how many of them have contracted a case of voluntary laryngitis remains a matter of debate. Bozonier was run down by a vehicle before being beaten by a group of people who were then confronted…
Narima Dzhulfayeva, Mile High Murder No. 75: Woman allegedly killed by Roberto Silva, who later committed suicide while in custody
Two people are dead as a result of a thoroughly unromantic incident that took place on Valentine’s Day in Glendale — Narima Dzhulfayeva, who was allegedly murdered by Roberto Silva, and Silva himself, who subsequently killed himself while at the Arapahoe County Detention Facility by jumping off a second-floor walkway…
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Global warming in Colorado: Changes are already happening for the worse, says National Wildlife Federation head Larry Schweiger
During a recent visit to Colorado, Larry Schweiger, president and chief executive of the National Wildlife Federation, said Colorado was in the bull’s eye for negative consequences from climate change. What exactly does that mean? Unfortunately, Schweiger has examples aplenty of environmental damage to our square state, and it’s not…
Woody Paige’s pitch for a Marcus Camby trade a leeetle too late
Daily newspapers’ continued fight for survival isn’t made easier by regular examples of how the old paper-on-the-driveway delivery method has become hopelessly antiquated. Case in point: One of the main pieces in today’s Denver Post sports section is Woody Paige’s column advising the Nuggets to trade for one of their…
Carmelo Anthony and La La Vazquez announce their wedding date with giant Valentine’s Day cards
Carmelo Anthony and La La Vazquez have set a date for their New York City nuptials: July 10, 2010. And to make sure none of their important guests schedule a backyard barbecue for the same day, the Nuggets star and former MTV veejay put a couple hundred Valentine’s Day-themed save-the-date…
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Boulder may be happy — but is it as green as it wants to be?
Some types of national publicity are better than others. At around the same time Boulder was named the happiest city in the country in a Gallup-Healthways survey (apparently without taking into account the impact of weed), the city was being tweaked for its difficulty in meeting targeted environmental standards in…