Friday, May 24, 2013
News
Strong win for Bach
Commercial real estate broker Steve Bach secured an easy victory Tuesday night in the race to become Colorado Springs' first strong mayor.
'Gulf Coast Syndrome'
"This is the best-hidden secret perhaps in the history of our nation."
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Long story short
Several months ago, Lou Mellini approached the Independent and shared a crazy idea.
Council: The 'other' city leaders
Shooting ranges, sharrows, stormwater ... they all get a mention in chats with Council's freshmen
Bach stays silent
Mayoral candidate declines to talk to the Indy about divorces and finances.
Power play
Colorado Springs vies for the latest 'big thing' in economic development — data centers.
The 'right' in righteous
As controversial bills pass the Legislature, Republicans turn on each other.
Good morning, Afghanistan
Local radio stalwart Lou Mellini comes back from a five-day Middle East embed, singing a song of success and appreciation.
Noted: Express Inn closes
Also: Legislature wraps up, $80,000 for city brand, council OKs sharrows and more.
Columns
Strange stories from afar
Then Megan got busy, lifting her skirt and using the razor to, as they say at Pebble Beach, "mow the fairway."
The new mayor's challenge
Build, and be remembered. Fight with the employees, and be forgotten.
Will this be an election lost, not won?
This battle has turned sour, plagued by regrettable mistakes on one side and by unanswered questions on the other.
CannaBiz: Fed laws still fuzzy
Also: House Bill 1043 headed for passage.
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Letters
Final endorsements for mayor, county commissioners still under fire, trail etiquette and more.
Broncos show new personality
How a franchise's brain trust acts and reacts during the annual NFL Draft tells you more about them than what you see during the season.
Fuming over fueling
Farewell, gas pedal; hello, bike pedal?
Billionaires are hiding out in the hedges
Thanks to a loophole big enough to drive an armored truck through, billionaire hedge fund dealers escape the usual 35 percent tax rate.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
You should make sure your partner isn't your second greatest love, after your love of being right.
Food & Drink
Star bright, Star light
A look at the ever-changing Blue Star dynasty under its new head chef.
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Dine & Dash
Admittedly, we haven't known most of Pueblo very well.
Side dish: Notes on The Rabbit Hole
Also: The lowdown on whoopie pies from a local baker, Crystal Park Cantina now open and more.
Music
Gotta have faith
The spiritually inclined Fray and U2 share more than a stadium
Animal magnetism
Sims, Dessa, and assorted Doomtree Collective colleagues search for the soul of underground rap
Giant Steps
Flying Lotus has the skills and connections to become electronic music's Coltrane
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Sound advice
The Jolly Boys, Emmylou Harris, Bowling for Soup
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Reverb
The "Ridin Thru the City" video could, in a perfect world, do for the 719 what E-40's Hyphy movement did for the 415.
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
Nasty girls: Bridesmaids
We're squarely inside an era where cinematic comedy is often built on R-rated can-you-top-this gross-outs. Can America handle distaff disgust?
The longest yard: Everything Must Go
On paper, Everything Must Go has everything going for it.
Less is more: Priest
No movie that I can recall has appropriated more beautifully and more fittingly the graphic-novel style.
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Opening this week
Bridesmaids, Everything Must Go, Priest
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Cinefiles
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, The Illusionist, Bunny and the Bull
Stage
Point blank
After more than 20 years, Tae Bo's much-loved founder and pitchman Billy Blanks keeps on kickin' on.
'What in hell are you waiting for?'
The FAC takes on the country's slow slog toward sovereignty in 1776.
Calendar
Special Section
Campaigns picking up ballots? All good
Despite some concern, it is completely legal for campaign workers to pick up ballots for voters and deliver them to the polls.
New recording from local artists IslatiTheRevo and Chris Bullock
In our May 19 Reverb column, we've promised to post a SoundCloud recording of “Where the Glory Flows,” a new song Chris Bullock produced for local rapper IslatiTheRevo. And here it is...
Tri-Lakes names executive director
Dr. Michael Maddox, who has been serving as the interim director at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts for six months, has been named as the center's permanent ED.
Who's in charge?
Makes you wonder who's really running county government when the recommended reading list comes from the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce.
