Archive for the ‘ Denver Politics ’ Category
Tommorrow is inaugural Tuesday! It’s time to celebrate the change and Denver has plenty of offerings. One delicious choice is the Inaugural celebration over at Denver’s popular sweets store, The Shoppe (3103 E. Colfax). Cupcakes will mark the historic day, and the party is free for all! Early arrivers might find the best seats, [ READ MORE ]
Whoa! This year marks the first full calendar year I’ve been a denzien of the Denver area. So much stuff happened! Art! Politics! Music! Hobos! So here are my musings on some of my favorite events and activities and sights from the year. I’m sure I’ll leave out [ READ MORE ]
OH MY GOB. It felt like this day would never, ever come. I was beginning to dread waking up in the morning as all I could hear everywhere was the chatter of pundits reciting banal lines and party points. Websites were stinging in their vitriol. Even the voices in my head [ READ MORE ]
A lot seems to be happening to our northerly neighbor, my old ‘burg of FTC. This Sunday, Barack Obama will be making a stop there to talk to the good folks at Colorado State University. Obama will lead an “Early Vote for Change” beginning at 3:30PM at The Oval on the CSU campus, [ READ MORE ]
You heard me right. I just spoke to an election insider and he said estimated time to get through the ballot in Colorado is TWENTY MINUTES. Big problem. Solution: mail in ballot. Click this link to get a Colorado mail in ballot. Even if you think 20 minutes isn't bad, when you see the inevitably horribly long lines this monster ballot will cause you'll be wishing you could row the ballot in. From Quebec[ READ MORE ]
This debate should be a snickery good time, and I intend to take in its full glory at Hamburger Mary’s (700 E. 17th Street) Debate Watch Party tonight from 6:30-9PM. Happy hour runs during that time, as does Margarita Madness. So let’s get margarita mad and fired up for this VP debate-a-palooza! [ READ MORE ]
Schadenfreude can be the sweetest thing. Denver attorney and local dickweed (as evidenced by this gag-inducing video) Gabriel Schwartz was robbed of his fancy lady-jewelry while attending the Republican National Convention Listen to him expound upon how we should bomb “the hell” out of people in other countries, and how taking their resources is [ READ MORE ]
Sometimes, an unwanted pregnancy can put too much strain on an already struggling woman or family. An error in judgement or an error in birth control usage that leads to an unexpected or unwanted pregnancy is difficult, costly, and traumatizing for many. But a technical error in a Congressional law may have made [ READ MORE ]
Perhaps some readers of this blog will weigh in on this subject. Are there any other EcoPass users out there? Anyone work for a small business with this pass? If you are a user or work in a small, local business that utilizes this pass, you know how important it is for several [ READ MORE ]
Politics. It’s the thing I am most weary of at the moment, but the one thing I can’t keep from jawing on about pretty much everywhere. Someone mentions something, anything, and I’ll jump right into the political rabbit hole, delving deeper and deeper until a discussion on education policy suddenly takes a loop into [ READ MORE ]
Yay, Obama!! I did not have tickets to see the historic Obama speech at Mile High (*weep*) but I peddled my fastest to local hangout Gabor’s where Denver and the presidential nominee were on every TV. Yay! It was great to see the rapt attention of all eyes turned towards the TV, and [ READ MORE ]
It was driving next to the Commons Skate Park as part of a 2-vehicle convoy, 8 or so urban-combat troops in black holding on runners externally on both vehicles. All the young skateboarders turned to look. The message was unmistakable, but probably different for each of us who saw it. [ READ MORE ]
So my convention fever has about run its course, and left me with lingering symptoms similar to a cold or allergies. Yesterday saw a pretty massive but seemingly well organized and (from a viewer’s distant perspective) peaceful march. SO many people, though! Crossing 17th Avenue, the protest did unfortunately back up the [ READ MORE ]
There was a loud contingency of anti-Bush protesters around 3 in the afternoon trucking on the Mall, but otherwise, it was just the crush of people in suits we’ve been seeing all week. Buses were apparently diverted from 15th Street and had to circle around, and most were running pretty late. But otherwise, eh? It was [ READ MORE ]
From the Rocky Mountain News DOWNTOWN — Police mistook an 80-year-old man as an anarchist Monday night while he walked from the Denver library to his bus stop. Of medium height and an aging frame, Cecil Bethea became trapped in a tide of protesters near Civic Center and was then detained by police. Briefcase in hand, the elderly [ READ MORE ]
So as of the moment, it’s fairly quiet. Maybe the ennui has set in and hangovers abound for many of the conventioneers. Or maybe everyone’s wiped out from yesterdays run-ins. I know I’m getting Convention Fatigue- so many signs telling me what to do, who to vote or not to vote for, what I [ READ MORE ]
Some minor kerfuffle out on the mall. A tight little collective of men holding “Homo sex is a sin” signs and signs asking that I inquire as to why I as a evil non-believer am going to burn in hell for all eternity (I’m sure they will also gladly offer to kindly spit on [ READ MORE ]
