Rush to Judgement Regarding Patricia Calhoun's August 21 column, "Once Upon a Mattress": KOA should fire Keith Weinman. The only reason to listen to any Jacor station is to hear Rush. Don L. Lewis Aurora It's very appropriate that in last week's letters column, Mike Cooper compared Keith Weinman to...
Good Neighbor Sam Ward Harkavy's gem of an article, "Pipeline to Palestine" in the August 14 issue, about the group of Jewish men who decided they had to act instead of cowering in fear, hit a personal note with me. My father was a Slovak mountain Jew who fully realized...
Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out (Kill Rock Stars) When a band has been hyped as relentlessly as this one has, there's always a risk that heightened expectations will lead to profound disappointment. After all, Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker and Janet Weiss aren't doing anything that won't be done tonight at...
Lust Horizons The only thing more horrifying than reading Scott Yates's article about the Ava Owens case ("Little Boy Lust," July 3) was reading John Lombardi's letter about the article last week. I am appalled that anyone could think the Tran family looks at the situation as a "lottery win."...
Even though Tim Prudhomme, vocalist and guitarist for Fuck, has been a card-carrying member of the music industry for several years, he insists (in the most disingenuous manner possible) that he still does not understand how it works. "I watch the MTV and try to figure out what the hell's...
Taken for a Ride Regarding Alan Prendergast's "Beating the Train," in the July 24 issue: As a Colorado native who moved to New York City in 1979 and who has both driven in areas without decent mass transit and enjoyed effective mass-transit systems, I disagree with those who are anti-rail...
Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings Out-of-town visitors brought a copy of your sludge, the July 24 issue, to my shop. On the occasions I've read Westword, you've never failed to espouse the antiquated, liberal horseshit that thrives in Denver proper. You guys take yourselves soooo seriously; conservatives are soooo mean,...
Crossing the Line I couldn't believe my eyes as I was reading the first installment of the arrest saga of Kenny Be (Worst-Case Scenario, June 5). The same thing happened to me on Wednesday, June 4. I was walking to the evening Rockies game from my usual free parking spot...
Badge Company Regarding Patricia Calhoun's June 19 column, "Putting the Boulder Police on Report": Westword's persistence on the Ramseys and Boulder was a good thing in the beginning. But now, go after the parents or Boulder government and please, let this little child rest in peace. JonBenet Ramsey did nothing...
Child's Prey Bravo, Patricia Calhoun. Your column about Colorado's children ("Raised From the Dead," July 17) was right on the mark and had a very important message. If Renee Polreis is not convicted in the death of her son, it will be an outrage. And if no one is ever...
The Late Shift Excellent story by Karen Bowers about the murder of the security guard ("Graveyard Shift," June 5). The number of people at the Denver Wastewater facility saying "I can't believe this" probably hasn't decreased since the killing, either. Imagine the joyous commute to work (is someone going to...
Wolf Pack Regarding the treatment of Letty Milstein (Steve Jackson's "Mommy Dearest," May 22), it seems to me that the problem is not sibling rivalry, or the courts, or the judge, or the guardians, or the lawyers, but rather that this woman did not die before the sharks got to...
The vast majority of football-crazy, hoops-happy, golf-goofy American sports fans give their attention to horse racing just one day a year now. It's the first Saturday in May, when all eyes turn to Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. Most people will want to get right back to their...
Teacher's Petting Scott Yates's story about the Vietnamese boy victimized by his teacher ("Little Boy Lust," July 3) was the most frightening thing I have ever read. It almost broke my heart to see how the Tran family still honored Ava Owens, even after all the horrible things she had...
A Mutant Point I was struck by the volume of mindless, vitriolic mail from slavering mutants published by Westword in the May 15 issue. Hey, this is our paper! If you militant hatemongers don't want to get your sensibilities in an uproar, I suggest you return to your regular reading...i.e.,...
Three days before this year's Kentucky Derby, a TV crew and members of the sporting press visited the witty California trainer Bob Baffert and his dark-gray colt, Silver Charm, at the Churchill Downs stakes barn. When the mob arrived, they found the horse standing backward in his stall, head to...
The Wolf at the Door Steve Jackson's pseudo-expose of excruciating ennui on the Milstein-Wolf debacle ("Mommy Dearest," May 22) was a tragic waste of forests. I was acquainted with Judi and Marvin Wolf during my tenure as a social chronicler for the Rocky Mountain News; I found them to be...
It's Their Party Regarding Ward Harkavy's "God's Own Party," in the May 1 issue: I am not surprised that churches are wanting to take over politics and have ties to right-wing nut groups. How many more people will die in the name of their "God"? I doubt their God even...
Through a Glass, Dorkly Regarding Tony Perez-Giese's "Look Out, Sin City!" in the May 22 issue: What are people in Commerce City thinking? (If, in fact, people in Commerce City can think.) Putting strippers behind Plexiglas? What's the fun in that? Why don't they just cover the gals with Teflon?...
Throwing Fits Alan Prendergast's "All the News That Fits," in the April 10 issue, was both amusing and informative. Having worked in the editorial department at the Rocky Mountain News for three years, I saw firsthand the carnage that Prendergast describes so well. It is both depressing and sad to...
Put Up Your Dukes Scott Yates's article about Charles Duke ("Final Analysis," May 8) really is nothing more than a cheap shot. Are you ever going to do the same to loony left-wing legislators? No, I think not. Why is that? The only reason I can think of is Westword...
Nobody's Purrfect Regarding the March 27 Off Limits: C'mon--leave Natalie alone. Pujo explained the red dress by saying she had just come from an affair (the Denver Film Society's Academy Awards party) where that dress was appropriate. Meow! Dorsey Hudson Denver Rail Storm In Alan Prendergast's "It's the Rail Thing,"...
