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Might of Monsanto
Duane Slocum ("People still rule," Letters, March 4) never fails to amuse and enlighten! By which I mean enlighten us to the true extent of his political naïveté.
First, he says "progressives don't like to be called 'liberals'"; well, true, but because the right and its think tanks have defiled the word, like they're now attempting with "community organizers." Sadly, when a term's rendered an epithet, there's no choice but to find a new one, given the uncritical corporate Wurlitzer Machine...
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Star treatment
As Sheriff Terry Maketa runs for a third term, his personnel decisions deserve a second look
A detective brandished a gun at lawmen and landed in jail but is still working for the sheriff. A budget analyst received a 49 percent pay raise within five months of being hired. One dispatcher posed nude multiple times, played a prank that resulted in an Internal Affairs reprimand — then got promoted, herself. All those things have happened on Maketa's watch.
UPDATE: follow IndyBlog for updates about this story. Most recent update here.
Heavy as Horses
The equine-obsessed Biffy Clyro goes for the gallop
Clyro's 2007 album, Puzzle, reveled in dark lyrics and flowery filigrees, performed with Helmet-sharp stop-on-a-dime precision; it quickly went gold overseas and rocketed the band to stadium-sized superstardom.
Sesame wide open
Post bus-shelter ad ban, Avenue Q set to attack more Springs' sensibilities with melodic puppet raunch
Q isn't grown-up Sesame Street; it's Sesame Street for grown-ups.
Pikes Peak Environmental Forum
A meeting with featured speaker Mina Liebert of LiveWell Colorado Springs who will discuss “Creating Sustainable Healthy Communities.”
RSVP by March 23 for the March 26 event.
Margarita at PineCreek, 7350 Pine Creek Road
Urban Experience Journeys
All-day walking tours through the places many of Colorado Springs' homeless are served. Register in advance to attend.
Sat., Feb. 27, 9 a.m., Sat., March 6, 9 a.m. and Sat., March 20, 9 a.m.
Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, 332 W. Bijou St. #106
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Flogging for Molly
What could be more exciting than a soundcheck — besides, you know, abacus lessons, business webinars and, oh yeah, those “magic eye” pictures that… -
Headline police
Hi there, and welcome to chapter two of the J. Adrian Stanley, headline police series. That's right, because I'm a nit-picky nag who can't… -
SXSW or bust
Austin’s South By Southwest music festival began today, and while we don’t know of any local bands playing there this year (do you?), we… -
Now there's a sharp tongue
This blue-tongued skink is up for adoption at the Colorado Reptile Humane Society. In an e-mail blast from the Longmont nonprofit, this breed of… -
Unconventional garden space
When flipping through environmental and gardening magazines and books over the years, I've always been drawn to living roofs — I hope to some… -
D49-related survey raises an eyebrow
A concerned local e-mailed the Indy after taking a telephone survey about a possible Falcon School District 49 bond issue. "What I found interesting is that the final question is how often someone attends religious services,"… -
G-whiz, what a rip-off
We at the Indy long ago got accustomed to the local daily lifting our story ideas — usually these rip-offs show up weeks, or…
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