Even when times are good, fiscal conservatives often rail against public spending for the arts — because, apparently, life would be better if we lived in a joyless, monochromatic society modeled on George Orwell’s 1984. And when the economy turns south, such arguments only intensify. Given that, the only surprising…
Today and tomorrow, political heavy hitters of the progressive persuasion throughout the region are meeting at the Colorado History Museum as part of the 2009 Western Summit, sponsored by Project New West, an organization that describes itself as “the leading authority on the values, issues, and demographics that define America’s…
The crowd outside Representative Mike Coffman’s healthcare town hall in Littleton yesterday wasn’t as scary as some in recent days, for obvious reasons: Coffman, a Republican, is against many, if not most, of the ideas in the current plan, making him an ally of reform enemies who’ve seemed to be…
Can you identify a good blog? Send samples here. Nuggets interested in Wally Szczerbiak. Which, by the way, is a truly horrible idea. (Denver Stiffs) Man. You can’t even screw a cow any more without worrying about catching something. (5280) Scott McInnis: We didn’t name him Shmuck of the Week…
Senator Morgan Carroll, an Aurora Democrat who heads the interim committee looking into the 800-pound gorilla known as Pinnacol Assurance, knows plenty about the enterprise, which the Denver Business Journal describes as a “state political subdivision that operates as a mutual insurance company and serves as the workers’-compensation policy provider…
President Barack Obama will host a healthcare town hall meeting in Grand Junction on Saturday in an attempt to counter disinformation being circulated by citizens who apparently love the fact that millions of people remain uninsured and rates for the rest of us continue to grow at a shocking pace…
Our daily blog foraging. Send tips. Where we’re going (skiing), we just might need roads. Unless we want to catch on fire. (Colorado Independent) A plea for Southwest to fail. (Colorado Pols) The Nuggets bench continues to disintegrate. (Denver Stiffs) How to watch a Broncos preseason game without gouging your…
We’re in the cyber-outfield, shagging links. If we missed any, shout. Can the Rockies (or the Giants) actually catch the Dodgers? It’s not as far-fetched as you think. (Purple Row) Take our police chief. Please! (Lakewood Edge) Let’s go deep: A look at the NBA’s union contract. (Denver Stiffs)…
On Friday, we shared a video in which folks protesting healthcare reform in Pueblo compared Obamacare to Pol Pot and Adolph Hitler — and this brand of overheated rhetoric is hardly isolated to that community. Over the weekend at an event in Brighton, pro-healthcare reform rep Ed Perlmutter was greeted…
No question that the fiscal downturn in these United States has battered Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association, or PERA — and so have critics like the Denver Post’s Vince Carroll, who’s taken on the topic in column after column. As a result, plenty of folks who depend upon PERA are…
Despite this week’s Westword cover story detailing Sonia Sotomayor’s clear judicial bias against “numchuck sticks,” the Senate still voted to confirm the wise-Latina-loving nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 6. (Apparently the powerful pro-nunchaku lobby was too busy watching ass-kicking Bruce Lee clips on YouTube to mount serious…
Another fascinating look at the healthcare “debate,” this one reportedly from a Patients First rally in Pueblo, in which a speaker claims that proposed legislation would authorize “end-of-life orders” he likens to the atrocities of Pol Pot and Hitler. Does that mean federal stimulus dollars will be going to build…
Remember the Personhood Amendment? Promoted as the brainchild of then-21-year-old Kristi Burton, the subject of a Westword profile, the measure would have established that a human’s life begins at the moment of fertilization — and despite a big effort on its behalf by abortion foes, it was easily defeated in…
Sonia Sotomayor, whose ruling about nunchucks is part of this week’s Jared Jacang Maher feature article about Thornton cop Kevin Orcutt’s police-oriented nunchaku design, hasn’t been officially confirmed as a Supreme Court justice at this writing; Senate president Harry Reid has called for a vote at 1 p.m. mountain time…
Our Monday Denver Blogs post linked a Colorado Pols item about Bob Beauprez, who lost to Bill Ritter in a 2006 gubernatorial bid, and now seems eager to take on Senator Michael Bennet in 2010. A Politico article Colorado Pols references finds Big Bob denigrating the chances that either Aurora…
In July, at the end of a marathon twelve-plus hour hearing attended by hundreds, the state health board rejected contentious new restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries, including one that may have limited them to five patients each. But that doesn’t mean questions and controversies surrounding the state’s booming medical marijuana…
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House Democrats are playing nice again, and moving closer to finding compromise on a stripped down version of the president’s health-care plan. And wouldn’t you know it, just days after irking upperclassmen with his very-un-freshman-like stance on the bill, Rep. Jared Polis (D-A Big Pile of Money) showed up on…
We’re giving away three links every day. All you have to do is send them to us. The challenger for John Salazar’s House seat isn’t exactly rolling in dough at this point. (Colorado Independent) Corruption for a good cause in Longmont? (Face the State) Brekenridge might not even need to…
UPDATE: HuffPo is also looking for an editor in Los Angeles, LAWeekly.com reports. Rahm Emanuel’s daughter is said to be considering the job, but is “worried it might conflict with ballet practice.” ORIGINAL POST: On the off chance you were worried the Huffington Post would abandon its storied brand of…
Your daily recommended dose of blog. Send us links. Is Jared Polis a crony for his rich friends? (Colorado Pols) Or simply trying to help small businesses? (Square State) Tax-cutting petitions circulating. (Face the State)…
Politico reports this morning that the battle over President Obama’s health care-reform bill will be waged, and won, during the upcoming August recess. And Republicans is already identifying Colorado Democrats it believes it can persuade to stiff-arm the president come vote time. From Politico’s piece: “There’s a reason why they…
