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Court orders passers-by to jury duty

Almost six dozen passers-by in downtown Greeley have been tapped on the shoulder and ordered to report for jury duty – immediately, in a fiasco that still hasn't been explained fully.

Source: WorldNetDaily, January 18, 2008

SWAT officers invade home, take 11-year-old at

Nearly a dozen members of a police SWAT team in western Colorado punched a hole in the front door and invaded a family's home with guns drawn, demanding that an 11-year-old boy who had had an accidental fall accompany them to the hospital, on the order of Garfield County Magistrate Lain Leoniak.

Source: WorldNetDaily, January 7, 2008

Principal demands access to student text messages

A school district in Colorado is being asked to rein in administrators because they have been confiscating and searching student cell phones, transcribing the text messages they find.

Source: WorldNetDaily, October 13, 2007

Law requires teaching condom use to children

Public schools soon will be required to teach students how to use condoms "or other means of contraception" under a plan already approved by the Legislature and heading towards the desk of Gov. Bill Ritter, who has expressed support.

Source: WorldNetDaily, April 17, 2007

Condo owners lose right to smoke in own home

[Golden] Colorado smokers grousing about no longer being able to light up in bars should consider the plight of a couple banned by a judge from smoking in their own home.

Source: Rocky Mountain News, November 17, 2006

Teacher Placed On Leave For Hanging Foreign Flags

A Jefferson County geography teacher was placed on paid administrative on the second day of school for hanging several flags from other countries in his classroom.

Source: The Denver Channel 7, August 23, 2006

Illegal Immigration Bills Passed in Colo.

State lawmakers approved a measure late Monday that would force a million people receiving state or federal aid to verify their citizenship, part of a package of bills dealing with illegal immigration that Democrats called the toughest in the nation.

Source: Breitbart, July 11, 2006

Hate hotline puts speech on hold

Tuesday, the Boulder City Council will take up the matter of allocating public funding for a "hate hotline," which would give residents an opportunity to report incidents in which Boulderites use tactless language.

Source: The Denver Post (online), May 15, 2006

Denver plan for Spanish libraries hammered

A plan by the city of Denver's library system to make some branches specifically cater to Spanish-language speakers has some residents and English-only advocates seeing red.

Source: WorldNetDaily, August 10, 2005

Argument Over 'For Sale' Sign Ban Heads To Court

A ban on "for sale" signs in cars in Arvada has prompted a federal lawsuit.

Source: Denver's ABC 7, May 19, 2005

Judge to Christian mom: No 'homophobic' teaching

A Colorado mother is appealing a child custody decision in which a court barred her from teaching homosexuality is wrong.

Source: WorldNetDaily, October 31, 2003

Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

What was supposed to be a joyous occasion – the birth of their first child – turned out to be an Orwellian nightmare for a young Colorado couple whose newborn was vaccinated for hepatitis B over their religious and philosophical objections, while armed guards stood by to prevent them from intervening.

Source: WorldNetDaily, June 18, 2003

Denver Police Spied on Activists, ACLU Says

The American Civil Liberties Union charged Thursday that Denver police illegally searched a local activist group's office and confiscated membership lists to include them in the department's secret files.

Source: Los Angeles Times (online), March 22, 2002

Satellites to Track City Workers

In the wake of allegations that some Denver employees are loafing on the job, officials plan to put global-positioning-system tracking units on city vehicles to keep better tabs on the workforce.

Source: Denver Post, May 23 [no year given]