QUID HAS HEARD the best place in Aurora to practice your hockey kick saves, karate leg sweeps, or real-life “Frogger” skills may be the corner of East Iliff Avenue and South Peoria Street. The intersection, which was once home to the best little coffee shop not in Texas (Perky Cups, but it’s not like Quid misses it or anything), has nearly taken out two Sentinel staffers so far. That’s not cause for alarm in itself, but the sheer volume of traffic on the road and the number of school-aged children crossing the street is. Running down Perry in the parking lot may be admirable, but running down pedestrians in the crosswalk of a busy intersection is not. Slow down, Aurora.
QUID HAS HEARD the hacks downtown are patting themselves on the back for their appearance on “Jeopardy!” the other night. The answer from the show’s smarmy Canadian taskmaster was: “Won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Aurora Theater Shooting in 2012” to which the answer was “The Denver Post.” Quid can’t stand you Alex Trebeck, partly for the mustache then no mustache, but also because you’re hosting a show that’s perilously close to the “Running Man” with nerds instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger and no Jesse Ventura. Back to the Post, for their coverage and tenacity, Quid tips his hat to staffers who worked tirelessly during the shooting. For their lame-o paywall idea and nonstop Broncos coverage instead of, say, news: We wave something else.
QUID HAS HEARD governor-to-be-running George Brauchler and running-for-governor Scott Gessler are a couple of high-fivin’ dudes these days thanks to their incessant dedication to stopping threats — mostly perceived — wherever they aren’t. First, Gessler’s hunt to find fewer than five voters who shouldn’t cast ballots, out of millions. Congratulations on finding the needle in our haystacks, no matter the expense, and that no one really asked you to do so anyway. And a big thank you to George Brauchler, who despite prosecuting three capital cases — including the biggest one in the state’s history — in one of the state’s biggest and busiest judicial districts, found time to devote six official investigators to more than a week’s worth of work to call a small handful of voters to ask if they “hab-lah Eeeng-lays?” so he could hammer home those Republican talking points come primary season. Thanks guys.
AND THAT’S ALL THE NEWS FIT TO PRINT