1/7th of your entire life is a Friday, but somehow it’s still easy to get excited about it each time it rolls around.
Me? I’m literally going roller skating tonight to celebrate. You? You can hit a pumpkin celebration with Snoopy, a Halloween parade at Union Station, get cheap snacks from Starbucks or (or just ).
Let’s. Get. To. It.
The Rundown
+ Today’s Weather: .
+ Today’s Editorial: “”
+ Today’s Poll: “” (more on that below)
+ Today’s Simpsons gif: .
The Great Ballot Selfie Battle of 2016
“We’re asking him to retract his statement. Itap a threat of prosecution as far as I can tell.”
Mark Silverstein, ACLU Colorado
“I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a threat to prosecute voters. Itap a friendly reminder that an old state law is still on the books.”
Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for DA Mitch Morrissey
First: have you voted yet? . Second, if you were planning on showing off your ballot through the oh-so-modern-art-form of the selfie, Denver DA Mitch Morrissey has a message: . Technically, under that same law, it’s illegal to even show your ballot to another person. The ACLU is not having it, especially because just a few weeks ago, . Noelle Phillips .
+ Meanwhile, things got awkward at .
+ The GOP is still trying to figure out .
+ Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams on the “near impossible” chance of voter fraud and “rigging:” ““
Lighting strikes, faulty crossings and stoppage after stoppage: Six months with the
If you plan on taking the highly touted A-Line out to DIA this holiday season, you may want a backup plan. When the train works, it’s like living in the future, but as John Aguilar writes in , electrical problems, lightning strikes and a crossing in need of constant babysitting have bruised RTD’s once-stellar reputation.
By The Numbers
8TD, 8 INT
That’s Brock Osweiler’s stat sheet since he betrayed Denver and fled to Houston before the Super Bowl rings were even sized. He’s , and the Broncos defense wants a couple of things to happen: . (Though it might not be a good idea to get too cocky considering ).
Ridiculously good deal: . There is literally no better deal on the internet.
Crime Corner
“We don’t want anyone retaliating over this. We want everyone to get along on the trails. Itap hunting season and we’ve got trail joggers who have issues with mountain bikers who have issues with hunters and horseback riders. But setting a malicious trap like this, we are not going to take lightly.”
Amber Barrett, Eagle County Sheriff’s spokeswoman
+ happened again. Just before the Colorado High School mountain bike championships kicked off in Eagle, .
+ Three times, a Pueblo street gang — and managed to shoot him on two different occasions — but he’s still alive and kicking. Don’t miss .
+ The machete-wielding man who was shot on the CU campus in Boulder , according to a new report from Boulder’s police chief.
+ Our portod crim r gets updated every Thursday with the latest reported crimes, .
Quick Hits
+ “The raccoon was electrocuted,” reads one of the paragraphs in .
+ The government says that .
+ , which is a good thing.
+ Ally Bank, in a shameless bit of self promotion, .
+ I know at least one person .
+ , according to a federal judge.
+ 2016 is going to be .
+ , which would make a pretty good base of operations for a mid-level supervillain.
+ !
+ Trinidad will pay $775,000 to settle two lawsuits alleging that .
What We’re Reading
+ Take your time and read this stirring story from Kevin Simpson about . The first four paragraphs will have you hooked.
+ Are you one of those people who worry that the government is tracking you and we’re headed for a Minority Report-style tech dystopia? Then you don’t need to read this article: ““
+ While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were debating Wednesday night, (this is one of the most bizarre photo galleries I’ve seen in a while).
+ The Fort Collins Coloradoan . One interesting note: Hughes was one of the first college stadiums to sell beer, and it was done in 1978 to prevent a ritual by students who .
+ Well, this is certainly .
+ The WNBA is super-fun to watch. Last night, in the tiebreaker game of the Finals, the to lift the trophy, . I’d advocate that Denver get a WNBA franchise, but .
+ Nintendo has come a long way since the days of the NES, as evidenced by the company’s announcement of their new console, the Switch, .
+ To help you wind down from the week, here’s . Trust me, it’s soothing.
Song of the Day
Song: ““
Artist: Spoon
Sounds like: Perfect “soundtrack to walking confidently into a room” music, complete with handclaps. I’ll be playing it in my head while I visualize myself roller skating in slow motion tonight.
Head over to our , or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .
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