Dear Mexican: I’m a white, college-educated, liberal, Democratic, socialist U.S. citizen. I don’t have a problem with Mexicans coming here to get good jobs. In fact, I don’t see the “problem.” Why are Republicans and redneck dickheads so into building that big fence on the border? If there are so…
Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders may be sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton’s damned e-mails, as he memorably announced during a recent debate — but the controversy shows no signs of going away. That’s especially true in light of a new Complete Colorado report detailing documents that appear…
Dear Mexican: I teach U.S. citizenship classes in both Spanish and English. Recently, some of my students corrected others in Spanish about race terms. How do I help my students talk about race progressively, so they don’t sound like racist grandmas? Denver, But Works in Littleton Dear Gabacha: Tough, ain’t…
As we’ve documented in this space, the Denver Sheriff’s Department has been at the center of numerous ugly incidents in recent years, many of dealing with accusations of excessive force or alleged lawbreaking by personnel. The accumulation of unpleasant headlines preceded Sheriff Gary Wilson’s resignation in 2014 — and when interim Sheriff…
Dear Mexican: First, some background. I am a U.S-born Mexican. Actually, until the time I was seven years old, I lived in Mexico. I’m now 24. I recently went to a Mexican nightclub to get my huapango on. I wore black lagarto boots, dark Wrangler jeans, a black shirt and…
For more than a decade, officials in southwest Colorado have been embroiled in a complex legal battle to regain access to a more direct route to public lands and recreational opportunities in San Miguel and Dolores counties, including hiking trails to Lone Cone, the westernmost peak in the San Juan…
In August, we told you about Go Topless Fort Collins, a campaign to goad the Fort Collins City Collins into removing the line “the breast or breasts of a female” from its public-indecency ordinance. Months later, the council is considering doing just that — among other things. As documented in a…
Dear Mexican: My boyfriend is Mexican, and I love him very much. We have a very good relationship, and most of the time he is sensitive to my needs and feelings. On some occasions, however, he will act in a VERY stubborn way. If something I said or did is…
After more than a decade behind bars, serving time for a crime she could never take back, Michelle was determined to make a new life for herself. She was going to stay clean, get a job, eventually get her own place. And this time, she told herself, she was not…
Dear Mexican: I’m white, and Donald Trump scares the crap out of me. Mexicans must be shaking in their boots. Dump Trump Dear Gabacho: Donald Trump is the best thing to happen to Mexicans since the bacon-wrapped hot dog. Oh, his rhetoric is straight out of The Turner Diaries, and…
Earlier this month, we noted that the new Denver Police Department body camera policy didn’t require off-duty officers to wear the devices despite a recommendation from the city’s Independent Monitor, Nicholas Mitchell. The rationale offered by the DPD: The cost of outfitting off-duty officers with body-worn cameras, shorthanded as BWCs, as well…
Three years ago, anti-virus pioneer John McAfee made several appearances in Westword — first as a major player in a feature article headlined “The Hot Yoga War” and later due to his status as a fugitive in Belize, where authorities wanted to question him in regard to a murder. These days, McAfee,…
Dear Mexican: I’m tired of debating these pasty whitebreads that the Camino Real has had people back and forth across the border for over 500 years, and that a fence is redundant and that people will always be crossing our southern border. The whitebreads insist that the wall can end…
Aurora City Councilwoman Sally Mounier is a car person. The 77-year-old came of age in a time when drag racing was the pinnacle of cool and owning a car meant freedom. These days, the grandmother of twelve drives a twenty-year-old Cadillac, which she describes as “a big boat.” But it’s…
Dear Mexican: Why is it that Mexican immigrants like my parents, who have done well enough in this country to provide a home (a house, paid off in ten years, in white Orange County), an education, food, clothes and toys for their children, can complain about El Hombre Gringo and…
It’s probably not all that surprising that officials in oh-so-health-conscious Snowmass Village decided a few weeks ago to remove fluoride from the town’s water supply, deeming that the additive offered more risks than benefits. What is surprising is that the humble villagers (median household income: $81,362) beat the residents of…
Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently in the rancho, scheming about how to get close enough to Donald Trump to smear a bean burrito in his face — HA! But I did want to share two cosas. A couple weeks back, I published a letter from one Dickhead in Denver,…
Dear Mexican: I recently received the biography of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. While reading about his friendship with Jimi Hendrix, I came to a part in which Ronnie describes Jimi as part black, Cherokee and Mexican. I’ve always read about Jimi’s grandmother being Cherokee, but this was the first…
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has big problems with Colorado’s marijuana laws — and as a recent open letter to Trump shared in this space makes clear, not everyone in these parts is down with what comedian Andy Jett describes as his “xenophobic, irrational perspective on immigration.” But he’s got a big fan in Grand…
It’s one of the more bizarre series of events in recent Colorado municipal history. Joshua Canvasser was appointed to serve on the board of the Longmont Housing Authority. But when it came time for him to do so, the City of Longmont couldn’t find him. One possible reason: Canvasser is…
Dear Mexican: I’m a gabacho, but I’ve been loving menudo for about 45 years. What are your thoughts on why menudo is the Food of the Gods? I Ain’t Mexican but Mi Estómago Damn Well Is Dear No Soy Mexicano But My Stomach Sí Es: You are one smart gabacho!…
Bureaucrats aren’t terribly fond of employees who go behind their backs and over their heads to expose waste, fraud, corruption, or just plain incompetence. That’s why there are laws in place that are supposed to protect government whistleblowers from retaliation. But according to Representative Mike Coffman, the Department of Veteran…
