Political observers have spent a lot of time har-dee-har-ing at Scott McInnis over the years — and indeed, he’s made plenty of errors and gaffes during his time in the public eye. Note his prediction that fellow Republican Bob Schaffer would lose the 2008 Senate race to Mark Udall –…
The explosion of violence that took place in Westminster yesterday harks back to the days when the law rode horses and gunmen died young ‘n’ purty. As the Westminster Police Department tells it, a thus-far-unidentified man and woman stuck up the First Bank on 120th Avenue, then tried to make…
The Job, as posted online: Santa Claus Qualifications: You must look the part and have a jovial personality to thrill the kids. Responsibilities: Being Santa Fri, Sat & Sun evenings from 12/4 through 12/20 and the 21st, 22nd & 23rd in downtown Denver. Costume furnished. Pay: N/A, but a contract…
Say, you know what makes a boring city council meeting less boring? Furries. Just ask the Durango City Council, which was visited by a human-sized hen Tuesday night during a debate about a chicken ordinance. Watch the faux feathers fly above. All in favor of live personifications of agenda items…
View Larger Map There’s been a rash of killings in the metro area this week, with the Denver Police Department discovering the fourth a few hours ago. A body was found by a dumpster in the 4300 block alley between York Street and Josephine Street, an area captured in the…
Editor’s note: This year’s Starz Denver Film Festival, November 12-22, features more than 200 films. To help navigate this cinematic abundance of riches, we asked fest artistic director Brit Withey to highlight some worthy selections off the beaten screening-room path. Look for Brit’s Picks each weekday through the extravaganza’s close…
These are some Denver-centric blogs we enjoyed reading today. Bronco Talk’s Kyle Montgomery notes that the Post’s Woody Paige dismissed him as “some kid in Arizona who is a Broncos fan and writes a blog, without proper grammar or punctuation or understanding, from his mom’s laundry room.” Of course, Woody’s…
Today’s sudden death of Jeanne-Claude — wife of fellow artist Christo, and his principal collaborator — prompted expressions of condolence from a range of Colorado officials, including Governor Bill Ritter, Senator Gail Schwartz and Denver mayor John Hickenlooper. The reason (other than that they thought it’d be a nice thing…
The holiday season is in full swing, and even Denver’s monthly Tweetup is getting in on the action. The November meeting of the Twitter faithful is pairing up with the Denver Santa Claus Shop for the latest event, to help ensure a merry Christmas (or other culturally appropriate winter holiday)…
Yesterday, in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, American Civil Liberties Union attorney Chris Hansen argued on behalf of a lawsuit filed by Leslie Weise and Alex Young, who were prevented by White House personnel from attending a March 2005 town hall about Social Security reform starring then-President George W…
Denverite Brian Crecente is sort of the Rupert Murdoch of video games. As the editor-in-chief of the influential video game blog Kotaku, Crecente, a former Rocky Mountain News scribe, was recently named of the twenty most influential people in the video-game industry by GamePro magazine. Crecente has decided to put…
A lot’s happened in Tom Tancredo’s world during the past week. Last Thursday, Tancredo said in this space, “I fully intend to run” for governor in 2010, adding that he planned to formally announce his intentions once he took care of some housekeeping matters. He also confirmed that he was…
The wish lists are out, and with only five more weeks until Santa’s arrival, here’s a preview of the season’s most popular playthings… Baby Teabagger® Exersaucer: Kids will also enjoy the Easy-Money printer and Little Tokes marijuana playset, on view below:…
Floridians just don’t get us Coloradans. Take this comment posted to a 9News story about the Arvada Senior High School mascot — Barrelman — that aired yesterday on First Coast News in Jacksonville. rustyjax wrote: this could’a been a funny story if they had given more key details such as,…
It only took a day for evidence that speculation about Mike Shanahan following the doomed Dan Hawkins as head coach for CU to crumble. NFL.com’s Vic Carucci reports that Shanny’s likely to talk next week with the braintrust of the Buffalo Bills, who just sacked Dick Jauron. Carucci points out…
It’s a sad truth that sexual abuse and assault sometimes goes unreported for years. That’s reportedly the case with 62-year-old James C. Bird — and while there are currently four counts of sexual assault on a child pending against him, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office thinks there could be more…
Beware of sending an e-mail to Jann Scott. The longtime public-access gadfly (profiled by yours truly back in 1992, prior to the launch of our online archives) tends to forward his correspondence to anyone and everyone — and that’s precisely what happened in the case of an exchange about marijuana…
The saga of former ICE agent Cory Voorhis seems to get messier with each passing day. Voorhis was dismissed from his job for allegedly accessing a federal database for political rather than law-enforcement reasons — the very thing his supporters accuse U.S. Attorney-nominee Stephanie Villafuerte of doing. But Voorhis, who…
Don’t know if the Colorado Rockies had inside information about Jim Tracy being named the National League manager of the year yesterday — and even if there was no heads-up, execs certainly could have guessed. Who was more deserving of the honor than Tracy, who transformed a Rockies squad headed…
Editor’s note: Catch up with Nicole Fox’s journey to America’s Next Top Model cycle thirteen victory by reading all our cycle thirteen recaps. Click to revisit episode two (with Lauren Conrad), episode three (when Nicole channels Gollum), episode four (the show Nicole barely survived), episode five (remember the “soulless fetus”…
Louisville’s Nicole Fox has looked like the sure winner of America’s Next Top Model, cycle thirteen, for weeks now, and that presented a major problem for the show. How to maintain the suspense when Nicole was clearly head and shoulders above her fellow competitors (despite being a petite five-seven)? The…
“Independence Instituters Are Still Shooting From the Lip,” Kenny Be, November 12 Comic Relief Kenny Be gave the Independence Institute exactly what that batch of blowhards deserved for a 25th anniversary present! But what did Colorado do to deserve the Independence Institute? Jill Hoover Denver I have to admit I…
