Steve Horner, on the Rocks

Could it have been just a year ago that news of Steve Horner’s anti-ladies’ night crusade first appeared in the Rocky Mountain News? Just a year ago that he first threatened to sue us? Just a year ago that I met him for an interview in a bar that he...
By Patricia Calhoun
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Could it have been just a year ago that news of Steve Horner’s anti-ladies’ night crusade first appeared in the Rocky Mountain News? Just a year ago that he first threatened to sue us? Just a year ago that I met him for an interview in a bar that he later sued for offering ladies’ nights – just as he sued Westword for running ads promoting ladies’ nights?

A long morning in court and a few thousand dollars in legal fees later, Horner’s suit against Westword was tossed. But from the sounds of these messages left on our office voicemail last week (click below to listen), Horner will be giving us plenty of reason to drink in the new year. – Patricia Calhoun

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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