Locally Incorrect

[criminal justice]
Not Enough Degrees of Separation
Wesley Francis Cox has got his legal briefs in a bunch. He says he can’t get a fair trial because he is distantly related to Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett; he is the cousin of Garnett’s brother-in-law. Cox wants a special prosecutor—not his cousin-in-law—to handle the pending case stemming from charges that he broke into several women’s homes to steal their panties, bras, thongs and even a Boulder High cheerleader uniform. He allegedly videotaped himself playing with his stolen goods, masturbating with them and even returned to secretly videotape the undergarments’ owners having sex. Family ties can be strong, but we think DA Garnett probably won’t be doing any favors in this case.

[recreation]
It’s Not Dead…Yet!
Dandelions, two feet of white cement, and the twisted spectacle of human-powered machines wallowing in the muck at Boulder Reservoir used to be signs of spring . But global warming has thrown a wrench into the first two and prudish greed—as in too much beer and not enough money—has rendered the Kinetic Sculpture Challenge brain-dead. Or fun-dead, anyway. Just as the bacchanalian Halloween Mall Crawl was given a wooden stake to the heart by grown-ups at city hall nearly 20 years ago, Kinetics had its plug pulled by sponsor KBCO. Citing a lack of attendance and increased costs, the World Class Rock station scrubbed sponsorship in 2007. Die-hards cobbled together a last-minute parking lot version that was noble in its effort—but lame just the same. This year, the same heroic efforts to keep the event alive are underway, this time as a parade of sorts proposed for the bike path out near the Stazio Softball Fields. But without the music, madness, mud and, yes, beer, this last vestige of Boulder’s high-tech humor is as good as over. The mantle of mocking merriment has been snatched by the deeply hippie (and juvenile) whack-jobs up the canyon. Long live the Frozen Dead Guy!

[criminal justice]
Not Enough Degrees of Separation
Wesley Francis Cox has got his legal briefs in a bunch. He says he can’t get a fair trial because he is distantly related to Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett; he is the cousin of Garnett’s brother-in-law. Cox wants a special prosecutor—not his cousin-in-law—to handle the pending case stemming from charges that he broke into several women’s homes to steal their panties, bras, thongs and even a Boulder High cheerleader uniform. He allegedly videotaped himself playing with his stolen goods, masturbating with them and even returned to secretly videotape the undergarments’ owners having sex. Family ties can be strong, but we think DA Garnett probably won’t be doing any favors in this case.