Ronald Hoodenpyle gets jail time for bogus lien on IRS agent's home
One gutsy Colorado Springs man is facing hard time after he filed a fraudulent lien against the home of an IRS agent in retaliation for a lien the IRS placed on his home. Ronald Roy Hoodenp...
View ArticleScott McInnis: The waterlogged years (Pt. 1)
The blogosphere has been abuzz of late about the news that gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis picked up a $300,000 paycheck as a two-year fellow at the Hasan Family Foundation, mainly fo...
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensaries in L.A. go up in smoke
Industry insiders have predicted that Colorado's new medical-marijuana laws might nearly halve the number of dispensaries in the state, and some of Denver's dispensaries are on the hit list....
View ArticleChristopher Hanson, Jesse Rodriguez busted in alleged murder-for-hire plot
If the Weld County Sheriff's Office is correct, Christopher Hanson, 21, has been a busy -- and bad -- man. He was already in custody on kidnapping and sexual assault beefs. But now, he's a...
View ArticleMedical marijuana fight: Dispensary owner plans suit after shutdown amendment...
Yesterday, we told you about a city council amendment aimed at shutting down Altitude Organic Medicine over what owner Brian Cook sees as an improper reading of an outmoded zoning rule. Th...
View ArticleBill Sullivan, the target of Operation Cock Block, to be deposed in court...
Bill Sullivan, the subject of our recent feature article about Operation Cock Block, will have some explaining to do this morning. He's scheduled to be deposed by lawyers for Jamie White, ...
View ArticleMarijuana ministry plans injunction to treat dispensaries like churches
Roger Christie, head of Hawaii's THC Ministry, is in Colorado for a series of events to promote using religious exemptions to get around new medical marijuana laws. And he hopes to take act...
View ArticleKen Buck a new Tea Party star, says Time magazine
Ken Buck's looking more and more like your likely Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, and the national media establishment is starting to notice. No less a magazine of record than Time...
View ArticleColorado's departure from the Big 12: Good riddance, says Baylor
Last week, my wife and I accompanied our seventeen-year-old twin daughters on tours of four Big 12 campuses. Included among them were Texas and Baylor -- and at both of these stops, counsel...
View ArticleTeri G. Sanchez is suburban superhero Brightonator: Kenny Be's Hip Tip
Brightonator Real Name: Teri G. Sanchez; Occupation: Empire Builder; Suburb of Operations: Brighton; Hair: Electric; Eyes: Bright Suburban superhero skills: Brightonator is a mutant with t...
View ArticleMarijuana advocate files police report against Joel Judd for jabbing him...
At Pridefest this weekend, marijuana advocate Robert Chase says he used a megaphone to address state senatorial candidate Joel Judd -- and he alleges that Judd responded by poking him in th...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber: Please, please come to Longmont!
Plenty of cities romance corporations looking for a new home. But few go to the extremes of Longmont, which so wants Google Fiber to set up housekeeping there that it's created a photo from...
View ArticleTim Tebow, Brady Quinn have a long way to go to catch Kyle Orton, says Josh...
A mini-Denver blogs roundup. Mile High Report catches Josh McDaniels on Jim Rome's show saying Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn have a long way to go to catch Kyle Orton in the QB contest. The ra...
View ArticlePeeps trial: Carol Burdick told "one person's artwork is another person's mess"
At last, the moment has arrived. At this writing, the trial of Carol Burdick, who says she was evicted from her apartment for putting a Peeps display over her door last Easter, is underway....
View ArticleJohn McCain protester Carol Kreck files lawsuit over 2008 arrest
Back in 2008, librarian and former Denver Post reporter Carol Kreck was busted at a John McCain appearance for displaying a sign reading "McCain = Bush." Which was hardly a shocking stateme...
View ArticleSex and babymaking resolution passed by DPS board: Study hard, kids
Denver's public schoolchildren could soon be learning a lot more about the art of babymaking (and presumably, how to avoid it). The DPS Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution l...
View ArticleScott McInnis: The waterlogged years (Pt. 2)
We may never know what inspired the Hasan Family Foundation to shell out $300,000 for a series of remarkably slipshod "Musings on Water" by Scott McInnis. But as I pointed out in the firs...
View ArticleMichael Roberts wins 5280 Top Blogger award
5280 is out with its annual Top of the Town issue, and Michael Roberts -- the powerhouse behind the Latest Word -- has been named the town's Top Blogger. He deserves the honor...and then so...
View ArticleBill Ritter's top 5 accident-related announcements on Bike to Work day
At 7:30 a.m. this morning, just over three months after his rib-rattling bicycle accident, Governor Bill Ritter is scheduled to talk about Bike to Work Day at the Civic Center breakfast sta...
View ArticleScott McInnis zipping lips about jobs -- if they have to do with medical...
If elected, Scott McInnis pledges that he will be a jobs governor. But if those jobs are related to the burgeoning medical marijuana industry, he -- or at least his spokesman, Sean Duffy -...
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