How Colo. News Orgs Are Covering Ritter’s Extended Hospital Stay
The governor’s recovery from a bicycle accident earlier this week continues. Here’s how the media are covering the story.
Westword: One of the more unusual aspects to the story about Bill Ritter’s bicycle accident yesterday is the fact that the four people with whom he was riding when he fell — a tumble that resulted in [...]
House Ethics Committee votes to dismiss complaint against Rep. King
Friday, the House Ethics Committee voted to dismiss the ethics complaint filed by Ethics Watch against Rep. Steve King (R-HD-54), but also voted to send a letter outlining their concerns regarding Rep. King’s conduct. Colorado Ethics Watch Director Luis Toro made the following statement in response:
“Given that the members of the Ethics Committee had concerns [...]
Telluride landmark bakery burns to the ground
TELLURIDE – The Telluride Fire Protection District plans to begin its investigation into the cause of the fire that burned the town’s oldest eatery, Baked In Telluride, to the ground, on Friday.
The investigation of the fire that began late Tuesday night and by early Wednesday morning had completely destroyed the Telluride icon will be done [...]
AG Suthers releases statement underlining his concerns with the Massey-Romer medical marijuana legislation
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers released a letter to members of the Colorado Assembly last week summarizing his position on medical marijuana legislation, which is scheduled to be presented before a House committee next week. Suthers’ letter underlines his and the law enforcement community’s concerns that the Massey-Romer bill clearly goes beyond what the voters intended when they passed Amendment 20 in 2000.
Fort Lupton Press: Train runs over man’s body on railroad tracks
KEENESBURG – The man whose body was on railroad tracks two miles east of here Thursday may be a missing person from Denver.
That word came from Weld County Undersheriff Margie Martinez. The man’s body was on the tracks when it was hit by a westbound Burlington Northern freight train about 10 a.m. The incident happened [...]
Ritter And Legislature To Ask Supreme Court For Guidance On Citizens United
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission last month dramatically changed the rules for campaign finance by lifting restrictions on corporations’ independent campaign spending. The Colorado Bar Association-CLE in Colorado held a program 10-days after the landmark decision to help lawyers understand the impact on the state’s laws.
Smoke screen: Brighton medical marijuana incident illustrates confusion, gray area in laws
By Kevin Denke/Gene Sears
BRIGHTON – The Jan. 16 bust of a medical marijuana “assembly line” at a Brighton chiropractor’s office is indicative of the challenges law enforcement agencies face with the advent of medical marijuana facilities across the metro area.
Chiropractor Jeffrey Gappa, his wife, Christy, and a third individual, Forrest Charlesworth, were arrested at Gappa’s [...]
Jeffco enacts 6-month ban on pot dispensaries
Entrepreneurs aspiring to open medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated Jeffco were dealt a formal setback last week when the county commissioners approved a six-month zoning moratorium on the businesses.
“We are going to review this and make a decision within 180 days,” Commissioner Kathy Hartman said. “And that decision could be that our current zoning ordinance [...]
