Plenty o’ Republicans decried the removal of tax exemptions on soda, candy and several other products that Governor Bill Ritter signed into law yesterday. Gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis released a statement declaring, “This is a sad day for jobs, economic recovery and Colorado families.” When it comes to soda, at…
Fans of the venerable Garry Trudeau strip “Doonesbury” who get their daily dose online know that each offering is accompanied by a feature called “Say What?” — a comically embarrassing quote from a public figure. Trudeau is best known for whacking the vernacular of conservatives like George W. Bush, whose…
Denver blog-trolling made easy. Nate Timmons at Denver Stiffs reports that even though Nuggets super-rookie Ty Lawson injured his thumb yesterday, that hasn’t stopped him from tweeting. Thank goodness for that. Former Rocky Mountain News media critic Jason Salzman, writing at BigMedia.org, thinks that the Denver Post is giving Republican…
Editor’s note: This week’s Westword cover story is a cartoon by Kenny Be, who examines the race to become Colorado’s next governor. Round One: Jobs and the Economy Don’t let the McInnis vs. Hickenlooper wrestling match get you down. The Colorado governor’s race is still an eight-candidate contest! Each candidate…
Last week, we shared the story of Seth Brigham, who decided to speak at a Boulder city council meeting wearing just his boxer shorts — a comment on a proposal that threatened to criminalize nipples. The measure’s intended to throw a towel over annual events like the Naked Pumpkin Run…
#8 of the 22 Major Arcana: Terrance Carroll, the Chariot…..
Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams isn’t shy about speaking plainly. Note that as other leaders were tip-toeing around the controversy involving Governor Bill Ritter and his U.S. Attorney nominee, Stephanie Villafuerte, Wadhams called them both liars. Neither does he mince words concerning Amendment 54, a voter-approved measure banning campaign…
We’ve gathered together three blogs about Denver topics for your perusal. In his recap of the Nuggets victory over the Boston Celtics yesterday, which immediately followed a humiliating defeat to the woeful Washington Wizards, Denver Stiffs’ Nate Timmons writes, “The players themselves are admitting the team is inconsistent at times.”…
Colorado’s Michael Bennet is widely seen as being among the most vulnerable Democratic senators in advance of the November 2010 election — hence President Barack Obama’s fundraising visit to Denver last week before a primary vote — timing that upset supporters of challenger Andrew Romanoff even as it brought some…
Three Denver blogs, handpicked for you. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein calls the Nuggets’ overtime victory over the Cavs in Cleveland, with Melo hitting the winning shot with only seconds on the clock, an “instant classic.” Bet it made George Karl feel better, too. Coyote Gulch brings us the latest snowpack…
Talk about the planets coming into alignment. Yesterday afternoon, during an appearance at the Fillmore Auditorium to pitch for Senator Michael Bennet, President Barack Obama warmed up the crowd by gabbing about medal-winning Olympians with Colorado connections, including snowboarding wizard Shaun White. Obama noted that he not only wonders how…
Denver Post owner/publisher Dean Singleton seems to have trouble with the word bankruptcy, especially when it pertains to his company, MediaNews Group. But he’s extremely loquacious about other topics, as he’s proving this morning during an extended appearance on the morning show of KHOW’s Peter Boyles. (He’s still chatting at…
President Barack Obama’s visit to Denver today is prompting more spectacles than just a medical marijuana protest featuring Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente, which is scheduled to be underway at this writing. For instance, there’s also “Rally ‘Round Romanoff!,” which criticizes the prez for raising money on behalf of Senator Michael…
Earlier this month, the Boulder City Council considered an ordinance that would have criminalized the displaying of nipples — at least those belonging to a woman — by way of trying to undermine events such as the Naked Pumpkin Run and Naked Bike Ride. In the end, the council kept…
Three, count ’em, three blogs about Denver, assembled just for you. At Mile High Report, T.J. Johnson writes: “We can be sure of a few things.First, Al Davis eats children on Halloween. Second, Kyle Orton is coming back for another year (at least) as the QB for the Broncos.” Let…
No one can question Polly Baca’s Democratic bona fides. She was elected as a Dem to both houses of the Colorado legislature and served on the Democratic National Committee, including an eight year stint as vice chair. So she was in unfamiliar territory at a press conference yesterday in front…
Earlier this week, the state legislature spent many long hours hashing over Senator/Shmuck emeritus Dave Schultheis’s latest brainstorm: a “Religious Bill of Rights.” As Education News Colorado noted, the measure would have allowed “high school students and parents of younger students to opt out of classes for religious reasons, permitted…
Execs at the liberal ProgressNow Colorado organization wanted to ridicule Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis for, in their view, sticking it to the middle class rather than eliminating tax loopholes for fat cats. So they assembled what they referred to as a McLobbyist Happy Meal for delivery to the Capitol,…
During a recent visit to Colorado, Larry Schweiger, president and chief executive of the National Wildlife Federation, said Colorado was in the bull’s eye for negative consequences from climate change. What exactly does that mean? Unfortunately, Schweiger has examples aplenty of environmental damage to our square state, and it’s not…
The 2010 census gives states a new option for how to count their prison population, a move that could provide additional political leverage to urban areas — which, in Colorado, means more power to the Front Range and less to places like Fremont, Logan and Crowley counties. In the past,…
On Friday, backers of the Personhood Amendment, which says the term “person” applies to humans from their biological starting point, announced that they’d collected enough signatures to put the measure on the 2010 ballot. Of course, a very similar initiative, promoted by 21-year-old Westword profile subject Kristi Burton, was soundly…
Three Denver blogs for the price of one. Nate Timmons at Denver Stiffs calls the $4.5 million, one-year contract extension the Nuggets just gave coach George Karl a “no brainer.” Agreed. Just hope he doesn’t lose his head and kill J.R. Smith. Becca Blond at the Colorado Independent writes that…
