Saturday, May 25, 2013
News
Still screwed
Two years later, the Warrior Transition Unit appears less a shining success than a public-relations smokescreen, behind which the Army continues breaking its promise to care for wounded soldiers.
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Long story short
The Army created Warrior Transition Units two years ago, after it was throttled by media reports of horrific conditions facing wounded soldiers.
Run-on sentencing
"It's going to be a big pissing match."
Baiting game
There's nothing like a good old-fashioned payoff to get the ball rolling. But when it comes to paying companies to move in or simply stick around in Colorado Springs, the stakes are enormous and competition fierce.
Chavez testing audit uncovers cheating
For nearly a decade now, people have talked about alleged cheating at Cesar Chavez Academy in Pueblo. The rumors persisted even as the charter school grew into a network. Now, a state-commissioned audit has sorted fact from fiction.
Gifts wrapped into budget
The season for generosity is upon us. Citizens are giving to charity, the president is pardoning turkeys, and, on Tuesday, City Council commuted the death sentences for the Pioneers Museum, the city's pools and the Mayor's 100 Teens program.
Limited addition
Health care, higher education and water are on the minds of Coloradans two state senators found during a statewide listening tour that started in August and continued sporadically before ending last week in Colorado Springs.
Gazette parent faces possible sale
Also in Noted: no more Stormwater Enterprise, CSS poet controversy, Memorial budget approved and more.
Columns
Hey, Council: It's raining
Nobody had talked about the city's $17 million in reserves being in play, but since it now is, why not undo earlier decisions and continue bus service on nights and weekends, especially for the most-used routes?
Why others Palin comparison
Not much can get me out of bed at 6:30 in the morning. Despite the best of intentions, not even a shot at seeing Sarah Palin in the flesh.
DPS bliss at The Broadmoor
When a marriage counselor and the entire Denver Public Schools Board of Education are stuffed into a meeting room at the Broadmoor in an effort to curtail the board's bickering, you're left with a few questions.
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Letters
Menu note at Maggie Mae's, thoughts on more troops to Afghanistan, question to the city attorney and more.
IQ: Shark-filled waters
With the "situation on the ground" deteriorating, accusations of Afghani corruption rife, and American politicians split, President Obama has committed to sending an additional 30,000 troops overseas.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
We may still be at war, but who wins?
Except for a few hundred thousand soldiers being rotated in and out of the war again and again (plus their anxious and often-struggling families), the vast majority of us are making no sacrifices whatsoever.
Let's have a perfect world
One of these years, America will decide that the Bowl Championship Series must go away. One of these years, the people — obviously not the establishment — will get their way.
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Advice Goddess
Yes, nothing to make small-town life less socially awkward than standing up at some event, clinking your glass with a butter knife, and announcing, "Guess whose wife I had sex with!"
Food & Drink
Dragons and wagons
It needs to widen some rolls and tighten some ingredient ratios, but Bara offers enough standouts — bacon-blessed and otherwise.
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Side dish
Return of Maxi's Lounge (sort of), National Restaurant Association hot list, Wild Cañon Harvest Wine released and more.
Music
Long live the bull
The band's name, roughly translated, means the Bull of Death. It's a somewhat odd moniker for a band better known for intricate harmonies and epic instrumentation than the speed, power or darkness that the English translation might have you believe.
Epiphanies of Glenn Jones
In the late '90s, Glenn Jones' band Cul de Sac recorded an album with John Fahey. As a high school student, Jones had become obsessed with the legendary guitarist after his art teacher introduced him to one of Fahey's early albums.
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Reverb
I apologize for the rapid-fire delivery of this week's report, but there are simply far too many events to focus on one place this weekend. Hopefully, you all will take my lead!
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Playing around listings
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Push Play
"I don't think I'm usually mistaken for a Jonas Brother, but I know that our guitar player, he has dimples, so people sometimes mistake him for Nick Jonas."
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Sound advice
Rihanna, Them Crooked Vultures, Hank Williams
Film
Good sports
Just try not to think of Invictus as cultural colonialism, and everything will be fine.
Warts and all
Is it too churlish to complain about Princess and the Frog? Disney finally gives us a black princess ... and she spends most of the movie as an amphibian?
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Opening this week
Invictus, The Princess and the Frog, Larger than Life in 3D: Dave Matthews Band and more.
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Cinefiles
Takashi Miike's Gozu, The Cove, Frat Party: Unrated!
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
Back in black
Earlier this year, the urban art festival seemed primed to fizzle, but returns anew with artists like Rafa Jenn.
Calendar
Special Section
Unexpectedly Progressive
Progressive Insurance embraces its namesake in an edgy new show celebrating personal diversity.
