What if shelters could adopt out 90 percent of their animals they care instead of putting them down? That’s the goal of Initiative 68, a proposal known as “Restrictions on Pet Animal Euthanasia” that would raise the resources necessary to help shelters reach that goal. If 68 makes it to…
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a big fan of gun-control measures passed in Colorado following the Aurora theater shooting. But he just handed opponents of the laws an easy way to dismiss him as an out-of-touch elitist unfamiliar with the West. To whit: In a just-published interview,…
August 4 is the deadline by which citizens-initiatives committees must turn in at least 86,105 valid signatures in order to get measures on the November ballot. There are at least a dozen proposals still in the works, and one of the hottest is Initiative 75, which would add local self-governing…
Last week, when we told you about Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle whose waitresses open-carry firearms on the job, we noted that the subsequent PR bonanza made sense because “plenty of guys think women with guns are hot.” CBS obviously understands this truism, too, because the powerful network has…
King George III was “a Tyrant…unfit to be the ruler of a free people,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence 238 years ago last week. He had it right — and ever since then, Americans have been calling out their leaders. “Tyrant” was just the start; we’ve moved…
A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has affirmed that developer-turned-gadfly Mike Zinna is entitled to substantial legal fees in his long-running feud with Jefferson County officials — who, he claimed, tried to intimidate him, put him under surveillance and violated his constitutional right…
Because Scott Gessler decided to make a run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination (tough luck, Honey Badger), the Colorado Secretary of State’s office is up for grabs in November. On the Democratic ticket is Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado’s second district for the University of Colorado Board of Regents (read…
Think fracking will make a lot of noise at the ballot box on November 4 — and on TV and computer screens before that? Of all the initiatives vying for a place on the ballot, Initiative #48 could be the most controversial — and expensive, with opponents (think Monsanto) prepared…
Back in May, our Melanie Asmar told you about Chipotle’s request that customers not bring guns to restaurants in the chain after members of the group Open Carry Texas posed for pics with semi-automatic rifles at one eatery. We have a feeling these dudes would be welcome at Shooters Grill…
The general election is November 4, and initiatives on such hot topics as fracking and genetically modified food are vying for a place on the ballot. But a proposal focusing on the hottest topic of all — gun control — won’t be on the ticket. Late last week Safe Campus…
This week, future presidential candidate (we’re pretty damn sure) Hillary Clinton and her hubby, Bill, are in Denver hosting discussions and events for the Clinton Global Initiative — a display of political star power that recalls the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Photographer Jake Shane was on hand at one of…
Moments ago, the Republican National Committee announced that it had narrowed its list of finalists to host the 2016 GOP convention to two: Dallas and Cleveland. That means Denver’s out (along with Kansas City). That’s undoubtedly good news to the guy who called the Mile High City a “liberal shithole”…
Last night, despite a protest rally by homeless advocates, the Denver City Council approved a $1.8 million security plan that will add ten new police officers to patrol the Ballpark neighborhood, LoDo and the 16th Street Mall. The group Denver Homeless Out Loud opposed the proposal under the theory that…
Today is primary election day, when voters in Colorado will determine which Republican gubernatorial hopeful will try to unseat Governor John Hickenlooper in November — and to set the stage, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow capped her show last night with a segment interpreting one technique Hick supporters are using to try…
Tomorrow is the Colorado primary, which will set much of the November 4 ballot. But there are dozens of campaigns for state and local initiative efforts already under way around Colorado, and they could determined what issues we’ll be voting on four months from now. At the moment, only one…
Last week, we wrote about advocacy organization Denver Homeless Out Loud’s argument that a $1.8 million security plan to add ten new police officers to patrol the Ballpark neighborhood, LoDo and the 16th Street Mall represents a new effort to criminalize homelessness. This evening, the Denver City Council is expected…
As Scott “Honey Badger” Gessler stepped away from another run for the Secretary of State seat in order to go for governor, Joe “I go by Joe” Neguse stepped into the race for that position, as the sole Democratic candidate. Neguse believes that young people should be as involved in…
Updated with correction: Governor John Hickenlooper brought out the big verbal weapons during a Friday meeting of Colorado law enforcers on Friday, saying, “What the fuck?” after Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith didn’t immediately accept his apology for failing to consult with the group before signing gun laws they oppose…
Most politicians like to hear themselves talk, but Mayor Michael Hancock may have taken an appreciation for his own voice to a new level over the past three years. During that time, the mayor has recorded at least seventeen messages that been played inside the terminal trains at Denver International…
The group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is celebrating a victory after Chipotle requested that its customers not bring guns into its restaurants. The group had pressured the Colorado-based chain to take a stand following an incident in which open-carry supporters brought assault rifles into a Texas…
Imagine, in a moment of suspended disbelief, that your job pays 174 grand a year. And comes with a $1.3 million expense account. And a staff of eighteen Ivy League yes-men whose sole duty is to bray loud and wide about the miracle that is you — when they’re not…
Chipotle, a chain founded in Denver by CU grad Steve Ells, is asking that customers not bring guns into its restaurants following an incident in which open-carry supporters brought assault rifles into one of its restaurants in Texas. “Historically, we felt it enough to simply comply with local laws regarding…
