An HIV positive Denver man has been preliminarily charged with second-degree Assault with a Deadly Weapon by the Denver district attorney’s office for allegedly spitting on another man during a dispute. A spokesperson for the DA’s office said staffers are currently examining the case to determine whether the charge is appropriate.
Right-wing pundit Matt Barber writes at WorldNetDaily today in favor of retaining the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” ban on gay members of the military serving openly. Barber likens gayness to “a host of malignant behaviors” like “illicit drug use…
Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, a medical marijuana advocacy group, has said the federal charges filed against Highlands Ranch resident pot grower Chris Bartkowicz takes the whole medical marijuana defense off the table. Bartkowicz is screwed,…
Colorado Springs Republican Sen. Dave Schultheis has announced he will not seek re-election in 2010. The staunch conservative posted a blog with the news at his website Monday night and emailed a statement to the Colorado Springs Gazette.…
The GOP is doing its best to address the concerns of the state’s growing Latino population. Or not at all. State Senator Dave Schultheis, for example, twittered his response to pro-immigration reform rallies held across the state yesterday, and…
Not likely. But Republican Senate Candidate Tom McDowell is determined to try. He wants to move the dial in Colorado Springs away from a social politics that puts abortion, gay rights and illegal immigration front and center and toward a…
The U.S. House voted down an amendment to the Labor, Health, and Human Services bill on Friday that sought to ban all public funding for Planned Parenthood. A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, who voted against the amendment, said given the state of the economy, “it’s not the time to be focusing on divisive issues like this.”
Local chefs and celebrities will square off Nov. 29 in the Cook-Off for a Cause, which will benefit the Women’s Lighthouse Project, a nonprofit organization supporting women living with HIV/AIDS.
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