Wednesday was a tough day for independent Denver restaurants. Virgilio Urbano closed his original Virgilio’s near Belmar ; he’s concentrating on the second place he opened earlier this year in Littleton, Virgilio’s Pizzeria and Wine Bar. And David Pellegrin and his wife, Rebekah Donovan Pellegrin, closed Eco-Burger, the joint they…
The massive Better Denver bonds project that voters approved in 2007 has resulted in one much better Denver Animal Shelter, replacing an almost forty-year-old pound that was definitely a dog. And when it celebrates its official opening tomorrow, it will also celebrate one of the city’s great animal lovers: Carla…
Can the big dog ever win a mayoral election in Denver? Since 1983, the victor has always been an underdog, someone who barely registered a blip on the radar five months before the first round of voting. Chris Romer was definitely the big dog in this mayor’s race, and he…
Michael Hancock wasn’t the only big winner last night. His campaign headquarters at 1100 Bannock Street just scored another major victory. This could be the luckiest address in town, a golden spot in the Golden Triangle…
Even after millions of dollars have been poured into the Denver mayoral campaign, and endless words poured out at debate after debate, I kept hearing from friends yesterday who were still undecided on who they should vote for…
Two city crews descended on the triangular park bounded by Broadway, 22nd and Lawrence just after 6 a.m., the eight workers gingerly picking up the trash — bags and bags of trash, stuffed with everything from human feces to used syringes — before the park started filling again. But it…
Dear Mexican: There are many who give lip service to border security. You may or may not be one of them. You may be an open-borders advocate. But for the moment, put on your secure-borders hat and tell us how you would secure the borders if your job depended on…
Old swinger stories never die. Late Thursday, Complete Colorado broke a story about Michael Hancock allegedly being one of the clients of Denver Players, the prostitution/escort business that three years ago ended the career of Chief Judge Edward Nottingham — the only name that came out at the time, although…
Denver County has never had a Denver County Fair — but that century-in-the-making event will finally come to the National Western Stock Show facility July 28-31. Denver does have a County Fair, though, and today it will celebrate the life of councilwoman Carla Madison…
Turns out that Tom Tancredo was not the only Michael Hancock supporter to start shouting “Viva Romer.” State representative Crisanta Duran gave $100 to the Hancock campaign, a donation recorded on May 10 — the day before she endorsed Chris Romer and became deputy manager of his campaign…
Movers and shakers usually donate to political campaigns so that they can get the ear of an office-holder. But at today’s debt-retirement fundraiser for Doug Linkhart, they’ll be lucky if they get this lousy T-shirt… and the thanks of a longtime public servant…
The end of the endless Denver mayor’s race is just a week away, and no matter how Chris Romer or Michael Hancock may feel about creationism, there’s little evidence that this campaign has evolved. A Romer-supporting 527 is still wallowing in the mud…
Dear Mexican: I’m new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing has become incredibly bothersome to me, though: the plight of pet overpopulation. With so many resources available for spay/neuter assistance, I’m not certain why this continues…
Memorial Day is still three days away, but all week I have been carried away by memories. The extended Westword family lost one of its members this week when Chris Power Bain, who’d served as advertising manager in the early ’80s, passed away. There’s much more to her story than…
“Viva Romer!” That was the word from Tom Tancredo yesterday morning on Peter Boyles’s radio show, responding to the dirty-tricks campaign designed to turn Latino voters against Michael Hancock by claiming that Tancredo has endorsed Hancock. Except, of course, that Tancredo has never endorsed Hancock…
In a Denver mayoral campaign that was supposed to be so clean, the dirtiest deed yet is tied to a man who does not even live in Denver and has not actually talked to either candidate. “That’s what you get for going to lunch with Peter Boyles,” says Tom Tancredo…
Dear Mexican: I’m a Spanish court interpreter in Santa Bárbara, California; I’ve also worked in Los Angeles courts. I just read your column regarding the promotion of the learning and practicing of English by Latinos in the United States. Generally, I agree with your view. But my question is, why…
Just when you thought this mayoral campaign couldn’t blow any harder, Tom Tancredo enters the ring. Not that the five-term congressman, one-time presidential aspirant, one-time gubernatorial candidate and all-time House Crazy asked to get in on the action. But once the negative ads start, how much lower can you go?…
My official ballot for the City and County of Denver’s municipal run-off election was shoved through my mail chute yesterday and I picked it up gingerly, wondering if the slime would come off on my hand. Increasingly, this campaign has made me long for a John Hickenlooper-like no-negative-campaigning shower…
“Police Brutality is Killing Us.” That was the stark message, laid out in black-and-white, in the editorial pages of the Denver Post yesterday. But this wasn’t an editorial: It was an ad placed by the America Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, part of a new Race to Justice campaign designed…
The Chris Romer campaign is finally stopping that ubiquitous ad attacking Michael Hancock for voting for a city council pay raise. Pundits are guessing that criticism from Governor John Hickenlooper, name-checked in the commercial, inspired the move; the Romer campaign is saying that the ad had simply run its course…
Let the guessing games begin! “The Most Awkward Meeting” in today’s Wall Street Journal outlines how elevator technology in certain high-rises has changed business etiquette, almost eliminating the “elevator pitch,” as execs are dispatched to their own cars — and, in one Denver building, keeping attorneys separate from IRS agents…
