Yesterday, I predicted that the Colorado Senate vote on a bill to eliminate the death penalty in the state wouldn’t be a nail biter, Senator Morgan Carroll’s suggestions to the contrary. But her command of math proved far superior to mine. In the end, the measure fell just one vote…
You got to love the way officials in this state think. According to this item in the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Colorado Department of Corrections has decided to ban visitors and volunteers from state and private prisons for at least a week, describing the move as a “precautionary” step to…
Related: Matt Snyders and Bradley Campbell report on the recent Craigslist murders and how lawmakers — and Craigslist itself — are responding. During separate stints as a talk-show host on KOA and KTLK, George Weber was frequently referred to as a “shock jock” — and he had a habit of…
First the airlines stopped letting you carry on your nail scissors and shampoo, forcing travelers to check bags or buy new stuff at their destination. Then they started charging $15 for the privilege of checking that bag ($25 for two). And now, after a second baggage handler at Denver International…
“Secret Garden,” Joel Warner, April 30 Hoe, Hoe, Hoe I enjoyed Joel Warner’s piece about urban homesteading. My wife also read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and I’m bearing the brunt of that now, currently taking a break from building a couple of beehives. We also anticipate getting several chickens in the…
Hungry yet? Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Cracovia. • MiniBAR mini-opening; grand opening this weekend. • James Mazzio set to open the Icehouse Tavern. • Eat Your Beer With Old Chub Bread. • Our Weekly Bread: Snarf’s, mmmm, Snarf’s. • Win $500 from El Monterey for a good…
This afternoon, dozens of 16th Street Mall walkers had this experience: You’re walking along, sipping on a Frappucino and poking at your iPhone, trying to look busy and important enough so the panhandlers won’t bother you but unable to suppress a smile because of the gorgeous sun and the fact…
Our daily spin through the blogosphere. Send thy tips. Has the state ethics commission been acting unethically? Because that would be bad. Goddamn hilarious, and crazy ironic, but bad. (Colorado Independent) The death penalty’s death is still alive after all. (Colorado Pols) How the Nuggets got here. It wasn’t pretty,…
It’s not hard to fall under the spell of that psychedelic-poster show currently wrecking the walls at the Denver Art Museum. The Victor Moscosos alone brought me to my knees they’re so trippy — but let’s not belittle the rest of the artists on display there. Included among them is…
A report about the tenth anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School that was originally slated to run on Oprah’s April 20 program, but host Oprah Winfrey ordered it yanked at the last minute. In a statement, Winfrey says she made the decision because the footage focused too heavily…
Bet you thought you’d seen the last of this face — or at least that you hoped you had… Christina Elizabeth Szele has been recognized as Westword’s Shmuck of the Week more often than anyone else. She first won this “honor” in June 2008, after an argument over a cigarette…
It’s fashionable these days for conservatives to suggest that the troubles currently afflicting daily newspapers can be traced to the persistent left-wing slant of most pubs in this category — an ideologically driven argument that Boston Globe columnist dismantles in a piece headlined “Liberal Bias Isn’t Killing Newspapers.” His examples…
From hype to happy in every spritz…..
Before today, according to KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper hadn’t appeared on his program for years — not since an on-air confrontation that followed the 2005 murder of Denver police officer Donnie Young by a nineteen-year old Mexican native. But the streak was broken when Hickenlooper…
Yesterday, King Soopers employees represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7 rejected the chain’s latest proposal, laying the groundwork for a potential May 9 strike. Taking such an action in this employment environment is risky, as witnessed by the long lines of folks who’ve applied…
Hard to ignore a press release with this headline: “Brighton High School Senior Excluded From Prom Because Her Date ‘Smelled Like Medical Marijuana.'” According to the release, the incident in question involved Brighton High senior Sarah Heideman, who wasn’t allowed to go to prom because her date, Jason Schweinsberg, allegedly…
During the first half of last night’s playoff matchup against the Dallas Mavericks, the Nuggets lacked focus. Moments when they exhibited the scorching intensity of the New Orleans series would be followed by static offensive possessions or blown defensive assignments of the sort that have been blessedly rare of late…
Despite Monday’s move to strip a death-penalty ban out of legislation designed to divert funds to investigating cold cases, Morgan Carroll, a state Senator sponsoring the bill, isn’t giving up. As the current session ticks toward its conclusion, she plans to reintroduce the original language with the hope of bringing…
Officials in charge of the Denver Bike Sharing Program told members of the City Council yesterday that they’ve opted to push back the official launch of the pay-per-ride enterprise until the spring of 2010 rather than this summer as originally planned. But when they do, the program’s scope will be…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. His first piece appeared in print this week. Check…
Potential is flowering. Today in Cafe Society: • Something’s cooking in Summit County. • Cinco or swim today. • Drinking Goat at the Goat. • Frasca finally opens for lunch — for two days only. • Denver’s best female chefs wowed at Women Cook! Today in Backbeat Online: • Black…
A cruise through the local blogosphere. Enjoy, and send links. How the Nuggs win Game 2 and begin to put that goofy German out of his floppy-haired misery. (Pickaxe and Roll) Old King Coal sticks to his coal-fired goals. (Colorado Independent) Republicans are not getting their way. And that makes…
