As we reported several moons ago in a Westword feature entitled “The Zen of Ken,” one of Ken Salazar’s first official acts as Secretary of the Interior was to visit the Lakewood office of the Minerals Management Service and vow to clean up the place. The obscure but vital agency,…
Our daily blog roundup. Missing something? Send it here. Consider yourself stimulated: Federal dollars have created dozens of new transportation jobs in Colorado. (Face the State) Marilyn Musgrave’s loss had more to do with Marilyn Musgrave, less to do than that other bullshit she’s been trying to sell. (Colorado Pols)…
No need for Mike Coffman to thumb through “Ethics Roundup: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2009,” a new report by Colorado Ethics Watch, in order to look for his name. Even though CEW brought a complaint against the congressman for actions he took while serving as Colorado’s Secretary…
For political junkies, and the sort of folks who can’t resist slowing down as they pass car wrecks, the sight of South Carolina Governor Mark Sandford revealing that he’d spent the better part of a week canoodling with his Argentinian mistress was riveting comedy-drama. So, too, were the ultra-sincere, equally…
Our daily cruise through the Colorogosphere. Are we missing a worthy blog? Let us know. A lot of fuss over a very little mouse. (5280) With the 34th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Nuggets select… (Denver Stiffs) The rise (and rise and rise) of the downtown Four Seasons…
Denver clerk and recorder Stephanie O’Malley’s announcement that the November 3 election in Denver will be conducted entirely by mail didn’t prompt rioting in the streets, protests from political heavyweights or much more than a shrug from the populace at large, and for good reason. Off-year elections like the one…
Yesterday, Judge Catherine A. Lemon granted a temporary injunction against Amendment 54, a measure passed by Colorado voters in 2008 that makes it illegal for any entity that gets a six-figure or higher no-bid government contract to make donations to candidates or political parties — and according to satirical advertisements…
A leisurely stroll through the local blogosphere. Send tips. Jared Polis and Diana DeGette don’t ask but tell Obama to kill Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. (Colorado Independent) In Aurora, a curious play to discourage new construction. (Face the State) A Denver illustrator whose work you should know. Or at least…
Go ahead. Pretend you’re Mayor John Hickenlooper. It’s your job to cut $70 million from the 2010 city budget proposal and you’ve got a list of chopping-block contenders in front of you. Do you cut back on watering the grass in city parks? Charge more for rec-center memberships? Reduce the…
The daily blog roundup. Send links. Who will the Broncos turn to if Marshall gets traded? (Mile High Report) The governor’s chief of staff is still his chief of staff, according to him. Do you believe him? (Colorado Pols) Guns, booze, and Joe the Plummer. My kind of party. (Face…
Activists with the radical environmentalist outfit EarthFirst! have apparently taken a hiatus from monkeywrenching logging trucks and boiling pine cones for sustenance during three-month tree-sits to run a campaign in urban Denver against the various proposals to widen or reroute Interstate 70. So far, “High Country EarthFirst!” — a recently…
As noted in a previous blog, “Doing the Math on Christo’s Arkansas River Wrap,” Colorado art mavens and opinion leaders are just crrraaaazy about Over the River, the proposal by husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude to suspend six miles of silvery fabric over the river between Canon City and Salida…
Our daily blog round-up. Send tips. New fiscal forecasts for the state are due in Monday. Anyone have some Paxil? (Face the State) Who’s that new tight end? Oh, that’s the third-string quarterback. (Mile High Report) Legends of Tom Tancredo’s douchebaggery continue to grow. (Colorado Independent)…
The front page of the Denver Post declares, “Hard Times Getting Harder for Coloradans” — and Delta County, located in a particularly beautiful part of the state’s Western Slope, isn’t immune from such problems. It’s especially ironic, then, that officials there recently wound up giving $1 million in social-services money…
A cruise through the local blogosphere. Send thy tips. What do fans want the Broncos to do with Brandon Marshall? (Mile High Report) Jared Polis is pissed about the Defense of Marriage Act. But not pissed enough to piss off his fellow Democrats. (Colorado Independent) At CU, being true to…
Blogs: We read the good ones so you don’t have to read the bad ones. Send tips. Polis tells Obama to sack up and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Colorado Pols) Colorado kids are really, really poor. They should get jobs or something. (Kidding!) (Colorado Independent) Wait, what? The…
Some local blogs worth reading. Send links if you’ve got’em. A retreat’s not a retreat without some Republicans. So why did you pay for it? (Colorado Pols) Hey! We’re getting a 13-1 return on our investment in tourism marketing! Unless, that is, if you ask an economist! (Face the State)…
Our daily tour of the local blogoshpere. Send tips. Is Bill Ritter passing the buck on health care? (5280) More Ritter: He really, really likes his bike. (Face the State) The ethanol industry descends on Denver to try to save itself. (Colorado Independent)…
Our recent rash of severe weather included the funnel cloud seen in the video above, which seemed to hover directly over the State Capitol building yesterday. “Too bad it didn’t touch down,” writes the YouTuber who captured these images. “Could have been a crazy place for a tornado.” True –…
Links. Click on them. And send some if you feel like it. Tensions over new drilling regulations continue to burn hot. Did Zach Morris teach us nothing? (Colorado Independent) What Sonia Sotomayor can and can’t do for the West. (5280) A look at the future Rockies who could help down…
Our daily look at local blogs. Send tips. Picket signs and screaming workers: Coming to a grocery store near you? (5280) Colorado leads the way in green jobs. (Colorado Pols) Tom Lucero gets down and dirty in Loveland. (Colorado Independent)…
President Obama and I disagree… about the awesomeness of CNN’s YouTube-y reality show Freshman Year, starring Colorado’s own freshman congressman, Jared Polis of Boulder. According to Polis, Obama “loves” his show. Me, not so much. (Although I do sorta love to hate it.) If you’re not familiar with Freshman Year,…
