While Denver City Council’s vote to raise councilmembers’ salaries continues to raise questions — and tempers — on the Denver mayoral campaign trail, an activist in cash-strapped Aurora has determined that retiring councilmembers there will get an even bigger payday…
While Governor John Hickenlooper was wrapping up his first legislative session and Tom Tancredo was riding the right-wing blogosphere last week, the also-ran in that race, Dan Maes, was demonstrating that if you only get 11 percent of the vote, it doesn’t matter if you topple a thicket of political…
In the beginning, Michael Hancock had a very good start to Thursday: Coming off a smooth performance in a bumpy mayoral debate, he survived an appearance on Peter Boyles’s show and then learned he was ahead of Chris Romer in two polls — one by RBI, one by his own…
“You’re the fun cousins,” radio host Dan Caplis told the Denver Republicans, hosts of last night’s mayoral debate between Michael Hancock and Chris Romer. But this discussion was not all fun and games; while Romer said (over and over) that as mayor he would “ruffle feathers,” Hancock plucked plenty with…
Before there was an Internet, there were people with long memories — and two of them, former lawmakers John Bermingham and Jerry Kopel, have amazing stories of the last time Colorado grappled with the issues of adultery and fornication — if there is any difference between the two…
Pardon our dust! Boulder County has signed off on a controversial deal that brings the proposed Jefferson Parkway closer to concrete reality. And that worries LeRoy Moore — because the deal involves buying a corner of land right by Rocky Flats…
At 8 a.m. yesterday, Michael Hancock was going mano-a-mano against Chris Romer in the first debate of the mayoral runoff. Twelve hours later, he was pressing the flesh at a packed Cinco de Mayo party at Lola. And his day wasn’t done yet: After months of slogging through the political…
Update: Who will get the Latino vote now that James Mejia is out of the race for mayor? That was the question on Colorado Public Television’s Studio 12 last night. But following this morning’s e-mail blast in which Mejia told supporters he’s officially bowing out, the real question is: What…
Wanda James, who owns 8 Rivers Cafe with her chef/husband, Scott Durrah, isn’t the only entrepreneur upset with the Yelp review filter. A couple of other restaurateurs have weighed in on Laura Shunk’s story about her campaign against Yelp, including Leo: I would love to join a class action lawsuit…
Two Colorado boys made very good yesterday — and no, I’m not talking about Chris Romer and Michael Hancock. If all politics is local, art can be out-of-this-world, as shown by The Book of Mormon, created by former University of Colorado students Trey Parker and Matt Stone…
Colorado has awarded its new tourism contract — and surprise, surprise, a Colorado company has the key role in a deal that’s now been split between several companies: Karsh/Hagan, founded in 1977, when John Denver tunes were enough to attract tourists…
In just over 36 hours, the polls — or at least the hands collecting mail-in ballots — will close, and this first, endless round of the municipal election will finally be over. And then it will start all over again, as we move on to round two and the runoff…
In early 2010, the media circus surrounding the trial of Willie Clark for the murder of Darrent Williams completely overlooked a real show in a nearby courtroom — but law-enforcement authorities didn’t miss the irony. The case of Eric Torrez and his crimes against Kristen and Will Stillman was worse…
One last beer bill is still alive at the legislature — which means legislators still have a chance to do the light stuff. Although proposals involving which stores can sell what beers have all died, Senate Bill 60 would allow restaurants and bars to sell any beer…
Food truck season is rolling right in, but Carla Madison is no longer in the driver’s seat. Who’s steering the process now?…
I started the day chatting on a plane from Tucson with a local bar manager, who had no idea who to vote for in the upcoming Denver election, because he just hadn’t been paying attention. I ended it chatting with my poker group, most of whom had no idea who…
Loved by walkers, loathed by drivers, the Barnes Dance — the diagonal crosswalk system embraced by downtown Denver six decades ago — will come to an end next month. But it’s still being introduced in other cities, including a recent pilot project in Washington, DC…
It was the 41st, or maybe the 42nd, possibly the 43rd, mayoral debate of the endless 2011 campaign season. Last night, I moderated a forum featuring all nine remaining mayoral candidates sponsored by a group of downtown/central Denver organizations at Coors Field, which was remarkable for two things: how very…
One last beer bill is still alive at the legislature — and it could be good news for bars and restaurants, not to mention their customers. Although earlier this week Senator Betty Boyd essentially killed her bill that would have allowed convenience stores to sell any beer, not just 3.2,…
It only seems like every resident of District 8 is running for Carla Madison’s spot on Denver City Council. But even with 39 candidates jumping into the write-in race for the seat, that represents less than .001 percent of the 47,265 eligible voters in the district…
Does any other day carry as heavy a load as April 20? The day’s fate was sealed in 1889, when Adolf Hitler was born in a small village in Austria. In the early ’70s, April 20 also became an underground stoner holiday, now so aboveground that it’s celebrated across the…
Thirty-nine. That’s how many people had registered with the Denver Elections Division by last night’s deadline as write-in candidates for the District 8 seat previously occupied by Carla Madison, who passed away two weeks ago today. She was running unopposed, but 39 people were apparently running in place, ready to…
