Our post about the arrest of a suspect for allegedly splashing green paint on the Big Blue Bear outside the Convention Center, and the subsequent decision not to charge him with the crime, drew varied responses. Among them was the following post, in which a reader casts doubt on the estimated $11,000 cost to clean up Big Blue.
Yesterday, Patricia Calhoun offered up some alternative Denver tour stops for a group from Virginia, including the urinals at the Oxford Hotel, which have been around so long that Bat Masterson is said to have drained his lizard in them. Plenty of readers expressed affection for this unusual attraction, including this one.
Yesterday, we noted that former Broncos' quarterback and controversy lightning rod Tim Tebow had been cut by the New York Jets, prompting Memes Nation to pile on. The post generated a lot of opinions about Tebow's odds of ever becoming a first-rate NFL quarterback. Here's one from a reader who suggests another career path.
Tim Tebow.
Our post yesterday about the weekend murder of Chris Haney, a longtime employee of the Gothic Theatre said to have been breaking up a fight when he was shot, prompted a number of heartfelt, grief-stricken posts.
Chris Haney.
Here's a note from one of Haney's many admirers.
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Our post about avalanche victim Mark McCarron focused on his many attributes and not the marijuana he had with him when he died -- and which authorities noted for dubious reasons.
McCarron.
One reader appreciated the memorial, but not the way McCarron was used.
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Patricia Calhoun's reporting about the model-train layouts that have graced Union Station for decades, and the prospect of them losing their longtime home, has triggered a mixture of nostalgia and resolve that the situation must be fixed. Here's one example -- a reader for whom the trains have a special place in his heart.-thumb-205x205.jpg)
Yesterday, we wrote about a campaign flier that opposed a voting-rights bill by implying that it would hurt white people by altering or erasing two African Americans from the photo it repurposed.
The post left one reader exasperated but not exactly surprised.
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William Breathes's post about the area left trashed on Earth Day in the wake of this past weekend's High Times Cannabis Cup drew a huge response from our readers. Fingers of blame were pointed out promoters, organizers and venue supervisors -- but this comment focuses on attendees, as well as fans of a certain back-in-the-day band.
Last week, we wrote about the death of a snowboarder in an avalanche near Vail Pass, as well as the strange decision by the Eagle County Sheriff's Office to mention that the men involved had been smoking marijuana. The responses to the item mingled grief and anger, as exemplified by the following heartfelt post.
We're still getting reactions to our post earlier this month about a travel writer who called Colorado the fifth most overrated travel destination and said Denver is weird and bland. Amid the vitriol directed at the author was this post from a Colorado lover who nonetheless thinks the writer isn't entirely off-base.
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