Bob Kendrick. Last week, I was invited to take part in a panel discussion at Thorton’s Everest College about the impact of the media on crime victims. In front of a criminal justice class, I joined the Denver Post’s Miles Moffeit, 9News anchor Bob Kendrick and June Menger, whose son’s…
Don’t go nuts at the sight of this sign. The other day, I was supposed to meet a friend at an estate sale to which I’d received a “pre-sale” invitation to attend. She, like me, is an avid collector and seller of vintage clothing, and she drove over an hour…
Kevin Vetter wants you. Gotta love the confidence of Denver’s Kevin Vetter. “Date Kevin Vetter,” his entry on Meetup.com reads, “Ease back into dating with the company of a great guy — me! Share your insights and friendship — and have fun, too!” To that end, he’s scheduled a “Meetup”…
Executive Recycling CEO Brandon Richter as seen on 60 Minutes. “Damning 60 Minutes Report Focuses on Denver-area Recycler,” a blog published yesterday, offers a look at “The Wasteland,” an investigation overseen by CBS correspondent Scott Pelley into the illegal dumping of American e-waste. The de facto villain of the piece…
For the American Petroleum Institute, the campaign isn’t over. On election day a week ago, broadcast outlets were clogged with political ads intended to sway the opinions of folks taking the whole undecided-voter thing to extremes. Such content has dried up for the most part, but not entirely. After all,…
The farewell-to-Matt-Holliday image from the Colorado Rockies’ website. Tough to shake the sense that the Colorado Rockies shot their wad too soon when it comes to Matt Holliday, who the team traded to Oakland for pitchers Greg Smith and Huston Street and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. Let’s take it as a…
Bongo at work. The roster contained in the December 2007 blog “Best of Denver Winners from 1994” includes a nod to Bongo, an entertainer — nay, an artisan — who made balloon animals for children on the Pearl Street Mall. Little did I expect that fourteen years after receiving this…
Marnie Stern. Hope you’re hungry for an extra helping of blogs… Today in Backbeat Online: • A live review of Marnie Stern, Gang Gang Dance, Pictureplane and Slight Harp at the Larimer Lounge. • A concert review of the Giraffes, who also appeared at the Larimer Lounge. • 12 Cents…
“Liberal” isn’t the slur it used to be. The Republican Party tried to defeat Democrats in 2008 by painting them as liberals. A prime example is BoulderLiberalMarkUdall.com, which continues to linger online at this writing. But while this tactic has proven effective in recent decades, it didn’t work this time…
Marilyn Musgrave. In the November 7 blog “When Is Marilyn Musgrave Going to Concede Defeat to Betsy Markey,” I noted that incumbent Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, who lost her latest re-election bid in the 4th District to Democrat Betsy Markey, still hadn’t delivered a concession speech — and her office didn’t…
Colonel John M. Chivington, who led the raid known as the Sand Creek Massacre. In “Rocky Mountain News’ 150th Anniversary Project Gets Off to a Stumbling Start,” an October 31 blog, I wrote about a new series in which the Rocky looks back on major events during the past century…
Look closely at the text of this scan from 1 Mag Denver to see a reference to “Sacks Fifth Avenue.” A new fashion-centric glossy recently delivered to upscale zip codes in the Denver area, 1 Mag Denver touts itself as “a world-class, high-end, out-of-the-ordinary magazine that strives to bring you…
If you’re already counting the days until Friday, perhaps it would be wiser to throw your daydreaming in reverse. Relive the weekend gone by with Aaron Thackeray’s series of nightlife photos at westword.com/slideshow…
Scott Pelley introduces “The Wasteland.” Last night’s 60 Minutes featured “The Wasteland,” a report by correspondent Scott Pelley about the highly illegal export of discarded computers, cell phones and other electronic-age gadgets from America to Hong Kong, where the act of extracting gold and the like from this rubbish has…
Governor Lynch? I know Coloradans love their Broncos. And I know Republicans love their wildly unqualified, out-of-thin-air candidates. Yet still, I’m a little surprised by the recent news out of the reeling Colorado GOP. Apparently they’re floating former Broncos safety John Lynch as a possible gubernatorial candidate in 2010. From…
Philip J. Berg, Esquire. As mainstream Republicans in Colorado and beyond try to figure out what went wrong on election day, conservatives on the fringes continue to hype stories that didn’t quite scare the electorate enough prior to the vote — and local talk radio is still giving them a…
Fred, Fae and friend. Hey, kids! Is it a blue Monday? Well, cheer up with a little help from Fred ‘n’ Fae, who were among the earliest Denver television stars — especially in the eyes of local children, who watched their tuneful antics on channels 2 and 9 for a…
Looks like the president-elect just finished dinner at Jorge’s Sombrero. Bloggin’ for the weekend. Today in Cafe Society: • George Ayala talks about the Obama family’s visit to his restaurant, Jorge’s Sombrero in Pueblo. • Spud Bros. in Boulder offers discounts for parking tickets. • The Candy Girls sample Sunkist…
UPDATED BELOW The Colorado department that oversees EMT certification in the state is investigating a veteran paramedic for forging documents and working for six months without proper authorization at Denver Health Medical Center. Westword has learned that Robert Loop, who began working as a paramedic at Denver Health thirteen years…
Layoffs aplenty at other Scripps properties — but not at the Rocky. The Reuters headline “E.W. Scripps Posts Loss, Cuts Jobs, Suspends Dividends” is undeniably bleak — and it accurately reflects the article that follows. Today, Scripps, which owns the Rocky Mountain News among many other print and broadcast properties,…
Block the vote. Mike Coffman, Colorado’s secretary of state and the Republican candidate for the 6th Congressional District seat, beat out Democratic rival Hang Eng this week in an election that Coffman himself supervised. Weird? Yes. A conflict of interest? Perhaps. And it’s one of several voting- and election-related charges…
Bill Cardona. Back in 2002, the Junior League of Denver’s Colorado Colore cookbook sold for about twenty bucks. But a firefighter’s effort to replace a copy lost at a local Safeway five years ago set off a chain of events that is going to end up costing the city close…
