“My name is Darryl Glenn, and I’m an unapologetic Christian-Constitutional-conservative-pro-life-Second-Amendment loving American.” That’s how Glenn, an El Paso County Commissioner, introduced himself at this year’s Colorado Republican Convention — and as you’ll see in a video on view below, the crowd went wild. This reaction carried over to yesterday’s primary,…
Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks went to his Facebook page to share some life-changing news. A month ago, the District 9 representative was running the Bolder Boulder when he noticed stiffness in a muscle near his pelvis. A few meetings with doctors later, he found out he had a rare…
While some of this state’s Republicans have been dropping out of their party, it hasn’t been easy to be a registered Democrat in the days leaving up to the June 28 primary, either. The race to replace term-limited Mitch Morrissey as Denver District Attorney has become increasingly ugly, with endless…
What’s better than adding 15 percent more land to Red Rocks Park? Doing so at no extra cost to taxpayers. Yes, it’s true. On Wednesday, June 29, at a meeting of the Denver City Council infrastructure and culture committee, Denver Parks and Recreation will officially present a proposal to designate…
Longtime residents of Colorado may remember Dick Lamm as Governor Gloom, the somewhat affectionate nickname he acquired during his three terms as the state’s governor. But before he ascended to that office, he was a brash, obscure, thirty-something state representative bent on stopping the 1976 Winter Games, which were supposed…
Anyone who’s watched Denver television in recent years has likely seen commercials featuring attorney Frank Azar, who’s branded himself “The Strong Arm” — and who makes it clear that he’s willing to grill insurance companies on behalf of his clients. But Azar’s the one on the hot seat now —…
Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration has faced tough criticism in recent months over how Denver is approaching the issue of homelessness. Many advocates have condemned crowded shelters and enforcement actions, like the controversial street sweeps that made headlines during March and April of this year, charging that the city would do…
On Monday Denver City Council approved a short-term rental bill 11-2 largely out of respect for the two years it took to craft the ordinance, which was spearheaded by council member Mary Beth Susman. The bill legalizes and taxes STRs in Denver’s residential neighborhoods and requires operators to get a business license…
We recently noted that a list of the U.S. Zip Codes that have donated the most money to Donald Trump includes one in Denver. The Zip in question: 80237, which encompasses part of the Denver Tech Center. Most of our readers didn’t seem to view this as a point of…
Posting about every crazy thing said by Colorado State Representative Gordon Klingenschmitt would be a full time job. But some pronouncements from Klingenschmitt, who’s currently running for the state senate in District 12, are simply impossible to ignore. Including his claim that transgender icon Caitlyn Jenner “needs an exorcism.” Back in…
Colorado’s million-plus unaffiliated voters now outnumber registered Democrats as well as registered Republicans. And while none of those voters had a chance to participate in a presidential primary this year, the fun isn’t over yet: The Colorado primary is coming June 28. Not only that, but “unaffiliated voters may affiliate…
Denverites will gather at the Denver Zoo from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, June 3, for a candlelight vigil in honor of Harambe, the seventeen-year-old gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo this week after a four-year-old boy slid into his enclosure. “This gorilla was a prisoner who spent his whole…
Denver is usually thought to be one of the more liberal communities in Colorado. But one area of the city in particular turns out to be a hotbed of love for presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump. The source of the information is the Wall Street Journal, which compiled…
In August 2015, an organization called Go Topless Fort Collins challenged that city to remove the line “the breast or breasts of a female” from its public-indecency ordinance. After controversy aplenty, the so-called Free the Nipple effort, spearheaded by Brittiany Hoagland, fell short. The following October, the Fort Collins city…
Governor John Hickenlooper was back where it all began last night, signing copies of The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics, as fans flooded the Wynkoop Brewing Company. This is where Hickenlooper’s public life began, at least. As the book he cowrote with Max Potter details — and…
Not many elected officials would swig a beer on national TV, but that’s exactly what Governor John Hickenlooper did Monday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers. On ostensibly to tout his book, The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics, Hickenlooper and Meyers talked everything from marijuana legalization…
Sonny Lawson Park, in the 2300 block between California and Welton streets, is home to Denver’s most famous ballpark: Sonny Lawson Field. Jack Kerouac watched baseball games here, and the Negro League played in the park before the game was integrated and the field was named after Sonny Lawson, the first…
For months, Denver has been engaged in a sustained crackdown on homeless encampments. Since the sweeps began along Park Avenue West on March 8, homeless individuals have described being chased around the city by police officers, who cite Denver’s urban-camping-ban ordinance when prohibiting them from sleeping under cover anywhere in…
Passing cars honked in support of Ditch the Ditch advocates who gathered Tuesday afternoon outside the Mile High United Way offices at 711 Park Avenue West. Inside the building, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was meeting with Mayor Michael Hancock and his team to hear Denver’s Smart City Challenge proposal. Denver…
Transportation issues could create a real traffic jam in Denver today. A coalition of local and national business, environmental and transportation groups are hosting the second annual Live.Ride.Share, a conference devoted to the growing technology-driven transportation trends, at the Colorado Convention Center. Meanwhile, Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will be…
Last week, we told you about an Anonymous video warning Denver mayor Michael Hancock that if he didn’t resign, the organization would expose his alleged ties to the Denver Players prostitution ring. This clip followed one in March that ripped Denver (and threatened doxxing) over the city’s homeless policies. Now,…
A former Trinidad district attorney has abruptly dropped out of the race to replace Frank Ruybalid, the embattled top prosecutor in Las Animas and Huerfano counties, saying that the office is so badly underfunded by state and county officials that “the safety of the citizens of this district is at…
