Today, Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), called for a boycott of Starbucks, saying the coffee chain supported the Colorado Drug Investigators Association, a lobbying group that has opposed to medical marijuana. The CDIA, which listed Starbucks as a sponsor on its website alongside such vendors…
On December 1, Colorado’s ban against texting while driving went into effect, and in an interview with Westword, Representative Claire Levy, who co-sponsored the original bill, defended the measure despite complaints by Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle about the difficulty of enforcing it. “When confronted with the difficulty of enforcement,…
There are lots of blogs about Denver. But here are three good ones. Sayre Bedinger at Mile High Report wonders if keeping Brandon Marshall and trading for Anquan Boldin is a viable option for the Broncos. Probably not — but it sure as hell would be sweet. Colorado Pols asks:…
Moments ago, we published the latest in our series of “Mile Highs and Lows” dispensary reviews — a critique of Apothecary of Colorado by William Breathes. But this piece is only the beginning of our coverage — and one of the best ways to find more of it is by…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…
Stories of alleged neglect don’t get much more horrific than the one related by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in regard to Joseph Trujillo, 23. Shortly after midnight, according to the JCSO, Trujillo’s mother heard crying, which makes sense given that she lives with her son and his five-month-old child…
After the closure of the Rocky Mountain News last February, E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne publicly promised a job to Rocky editor/publisher/president John Temple — but he turned it down to explore other opportunities. Since then, he’s consulted and blogged on his own website, Temple Talk. But an offer finally…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 47. University Hills. Plaster pooch and hidden Hondabago tethered to a tree. The German Shepard statue chained to a tree would suggest that the display pictured above is the work of a yard artist with a keen sense of humor. The…
Legislators such as Representative Tom Massey are eager to rein in Colorado’s booming medical marijuana industry — but despite their best efforts, word has gotten out to Weed Nation that Colorado, and specifically Denver, are pot-friendly places. Take this recent post on RollItUp.org by a guy who calls himself “Mr…
Schools are closed for lots of reasons: snowstorms, tornado warnings, cherry-bombed toilets. But yesterday was likely the first-ever school closure caused by Kermit the Frog. Not that Kermit deserves the blame. Sounds like he was more of a victim. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, an employee at Peak to…
Last month, we told you about Golden mayor Jacob Smith’s opposition to the Jefferson Parkway, a project he described as a “weird, disconnected road to nowhere.” Nonetheless, the Denver Regional Council of Governments, popularly known as DRCOG, officially made the parkway part of its long-range transportation plan at a meeting…
Hardly a day goes by without Mason Tvert, head of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), going after some individual or institution standing in the way of legalizing marijuana use for adults in Colorado and beyond. Still, his latest target is a surprise: Starbucks, the ubiquitous peddler of a highly…
Last Friday, Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano granted temporary protected status to undocumented Haitians living in the United States — a move that deep-sixes deportations to the country, allowing individuals to stay here up to eighteen months. Approximately 200,000 Haitians are expected to submit TPS applications. Given that Haiti has…
MediaNews Group, the Dean Singleton-led company that owns the Denver Post and dozens of other newspapers around the country, recently announced that its holding company, Affiliated Media, would seek bankruptcy protection — although the firm and the Post did their level best to downplay the B-word. Shortly thereafter, a source…
Plea bargains are a necessary evil given how overtaxed our judicial system is these days. But it’s still frustrating when someone who seems to deserve a long, long sentence gets a lighter one simply because he made a deal saving the state the time and expense of putting him on…
The Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force is rightly championed for the clever names it assigns to wanted men and women, including the Hopping Hooded Bandits, the $83 Bandit, the Shaggy Bandit and, of course, Bonnie and Clyde. Now, the Aurora Police Department has gotten into the act, putting out…
He knows if you’ve been naughty. He knows if you’ve been nice. And now Denver County Juvenile Court Judge Kerry Hada is giving bad kids a chance to get on the court’s good side with a post-Christmas present: On February 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Hada is running an amnesty…
“Let the Game Begin!,” Joel Warner, January 7 Go, LEGO I’m playing tourist in Denver and read “Let the Game Begin!” while I was eating some tacos in Morrison. Great article. I think I’m gonna go out and buy some LEGOs this week. Dr. David W. Powers Surfside Beach, South Carolina…
After almost a decade — starting with Blueprint Denver in 2002 and getting a big push from Mayor John Hickenlooper and planning director Peter Park in 2005 — the Herculean effort to update Denver’s 1956 zoning rules is almost complete. The fourth and final draft of the city’s new zoning…
Prisoners send me all kinds of weird crap. I’ve gotten medical records sealed with toothpaste. Lists of DEA informants on toilet paper. Hair samples from a supermax inmate who wanted them tested to prove that the staff was trying to poison him. And lots of bad drawings, some even intentionally…
Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado and co-chair of a new organization called Sensible Patient and Provider Coalition, is understandably pleased by the results of a new ABC/Washington Post poll showing that 81 percent of respondents supported legalizing marijuana for medical use. “People are really leading on this issue,”…
Making light of sexual assault and rape isn’t usually the best way to get a job — or an invitation into the family living room. But for shock cartoonist Andrew Woods, a few lewd depictions of rape scenarios and all-out sexism gave him a one-way ticket to local stardom. After…
