News of an immigration raid at Morgan County’s Wildcat Dairy, where 89 percent of employees weren’t authorized to work in the United States, caused fear among documented and undocumented residents alike, says immigrant-rights advocate Damaris Cooksey. That’s especially true of children wondering why their fathers are in jail, she adds…
On Friday, we pointed to a CompleteColorado.com post claiming that mayoral frontrunner Michael Hancock’s name and number had been linked to Denver Players, the prostitution ring that ensnared Judge Edward Nottingham. This morning, we’d hoped to talk to the site’s Todd Shepherd about his reporting methodology, but he now says…
This week’s immigration raid on Wildcat Dairy led to eleven arrests, with nine additional workers sought, as well as the announcement that 89 percent of employees weren’t authorized to work in the United States. But Damaris Cooksey, a Fort Morgan-based volunteer for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition says the impact…
The Denver mayor’s race has grown unexpectedly nasty, with frontrunner Michael Hancock being targeted with false claims that Tom Tancredo endorsed him and more. The latest? A Complete Colorado report that attempts to link Hancock to the Denver Players prostitution ring that spelled doom for Judge Edward Nottingham. Hancock’s campaign…
Albus Brooks and Wil Alston have been involved in the development of the District 8 community, and now both would like to step that up by becoming the area’s next city councilman. They weren’t the only candidates with this dream: 38 people competed for the seat previously held by Carla…
There’s no shortage of irony in news about a large immigration-related bust at Morgan County’s Wildcat Dairy A whopping 89 percent of staffers there were not authorized to work in the U.S. — but only the employees have been charged with a crime, while the business owner is being credited…
Yesterday, we shared pics of mayoral frontrunner Michael Hancock belting out “Jailhouse Rock” with Jonny Barber & the Living Deads at Jonesy’s EatBar over the weekend — see the shots below. Don’t interpret the song choice as his fantasy about where he’d like to send rival Chris Romer following a…
Lawmakers can’t make up their minds about America’s wild horses. While one congressman recently introduced a resolution celebrating the birthday of a stallion made famous by a Colorado filmmaker, the state’s own legislature has declared its opposition to any expansion of range for the iconic, imperiled or overpopulated (take your…
A recent poll shows Michael Hancock with a ten-point lead over Chris Romer in the Denver mayor’s race. That kind of thing makes politicians feel like singing — and sing Hancock did, belting out “Jailhouse Rock” with Jonny Barber & the Living Deads at Jonesy’s EatBar over the weekend. Who…
The evolving Democratic strategy for victory in 2012? Portraying Republicans — and especially Tea Party types — as Grinch-hearted zealots determined to cut programs like Social Security. And a new poll showing that 71 percent of Coloradans across the ideological spectrum oppose such slashing should add fuel to this theory…
Shortly after winning praise for getting the ban on the military expansion of Pinon Canyon restored, Representative Scott Tipton faces potential embarrassment over letters sent by his daughter, Elizabeth, in which she dropped daddy’s name to seek business for the family-connected telecommunications firm where she works. But even as Tipton…
Gerardo Noriega, a twenty-year-old Smoky Hill High School graduate, will be able to stay with his family until at least December 5. He was granted a continuation at his second deportation hearing in Federal Immigration Court today. Noriega moved to Colorado when he was nine and is the only member…
Under pressure from ranchers to take as strong a stand against Army expansion in southern Colorado as his Democrat predecessor, freshman Republican congressman Scott Tipton managed to get a funding ban reinstated in a bill yesterday, earning him kudos from some of his sharpest critics. “Congressman Tipton backed up his…
Call it a decision that doesn’t hold water. The Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel has found no grounds to impose disciplinary measures on former congressman Scott McInnis — even though the fact he received $300,000 from a private foundation for plagiarized writings on water law was enough…
The wives of Denver’s mayoral hopefuls entered the fray this week, sending out dueling e-mails to promote their husbands as the June 7 runoff election approaches. But though Laurie Romer and Mary Louise Lee Hancock are on opposite sides, their notes had a common theme: My husband is a dork…
A Washington Post editorial reprinted today in the Denver Post calls for a moratorium on the deportation of gay immigrants who are legally married or in civil unions until after federal courts decide the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)…
When tax revenues are down, state legislators can feel marginalized, even redundant. Unable to fund — hence debate, manipulate and gerrymander — pet projects, they retreat to committee rooms or watering holes to wait for the economy to recover. In their quest for relevance, they resort to busy work that…
Ranchers in southeast Colorado battling the Army’s grand expansion schemes for the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site watched in dismay this week as a congressional subcommittee removed from its budget bill a provision that has kept the military from acquiring additional land for the 367 square-mile site for the past four…
Readers are still commenting on the last Dan Maes missive posted here — “Good grief, people, ignore this NothingBurger,” wrote one commenter — and now up pops another one. Actually, this is the one Maes says he meant to write before he got sidetracked by “calling a spade a spade”…
During a recent mayoral candidate debate, Chris Romer forced Michael Hancock to stumble through a confused admission (and later retraction) for allowing the teaching of creation science and/or intelligent design in public-school classrooms. Perhaps looking at a few DPS Creation Science Fair projects will help the pro-education-reform candidates see the…
Jeanette Vizguerra, a small business owner, community leader and mother of three citizen children, will have to wait until 8:30 a.m. on July 13 to find out if she will be allowed to stay in this country. Vizguerra’s final deportation hearing was scheduled to take place at 8:30 this morning,…
What did I do during my spring vacation? Watched my son graduate from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., during a Saturday ceremony at which Speaker of the House and well-known public crier John Boehner received an honorary degree. When I heard about Boehner’s appearance, I said a…
