Party Town

Denver's municipal entertainment budget takes a big jump:

From the Rocky Mountain Snooze

"Denver police are stocking up on guns that fire a pepper spray-like substance instead of bullets - a less-lethal weapon used to disperse crowds - in advance of the Democratic National Convention."

The Mk IV is semi-automatic. Yup, gonna be a hot time in the old town.

Additionally, one can expect some aggressive panhandling to go with the "dancing in the streets".

The article says Gov Ritter has been "blocking out periods of time each week to help raise funds to put on the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August." Presumably so that when he makes calls from his office, he's "off duty" or "on break", and thus not in violation of laws forbidding use of state facilities for partisan political purposes. Or maybe he walks across the street and uses the phone at the Quorum bar. I'm sure it's all on the up-and-up since Mr Ritter was Denver DA before becoming governor and knows all the loopholes, arguing at one time that the State constitution does not apply to the City of Denver.

Last I looked, the jury was still out on that one although it's been successfully argued before.