More dispensaries than Starbucks stores in Denver? So what?

Back in the fall of 2009, trying to get a handle on the growing medical marijuana business, Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown visited Los Angeles, where he discovered that there were more dispensaries than Starbucks outlets. In January 2010, the Denver Post reported that there were now more dispensaries than…

Dan Maes was Running Without Cowboy Boots, got kicked to the curb

A year ago, one-time gubernatorial favorite Scott McInnis was grappling with charges of plagiarism — leaving the path clear for darkest of dark-horse candidates Dan Maes to win the Republican nomination for governor. He was soundly trounced in November by John Hickenlooper, but at least he has something to show…

Go back to Mexico, you wetbacks

Dear Ask a Wetback: You and your fellow law-breaking wetbacks don’t like Arizona’s SB 1070? Too damn bad. Trot back to Make Sick O and protest there, see where it gets you. If you’d work half as hard cleaning up your dump nation as you do sneaking in here, your…

Arts & Venues Denver merger not a hit with critics

Michael Hancock hasn’t yet taken office as mayor of Denver. That’s on tap for later today. But Hancock’s already being pressured by some arts advocates to take another look at the recent merger of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and the Division of Theatres & Arenas into Arts &…

Why do Mexicans hate Landon Donovan?

Dear Readers: Ever since the Mexican national soccer team thrashed the American side 4-2 in last month’s Gold Cup final, Know Nothings have railed about how Mexis in the U.S. root for El Tri against the norteamericanos. They’ve invaded the Mexican’s mailbox with preguntas sobre fútbol, so rather than answer…

The Spanish for Adam and other biblical names

Dear Mexican: Just suppose that all of the southwestern United States had remained in Mexican hands. Would the Mexicans have done any better with it than they have with the present confines of Mexico? Reversible Reconquista? Dear Gabacho: The gran parlor game! If we turned back the clock and changed…