QUID HAS HEARD that the road to Hell isn’t the only one paid with good intentions. Seems the road to Fitzsimons and the Anschutz Campus, too, is easier said than done. After years, and years, and years of destruction and construction on I-225 north of East Colfax Avenue to build a new interchange — and let my people go on East 17th Place — the wait doesn’t seem to be quite over yet. That’s despite a big deal nabobs made Feb. 11 in cutting the ribbon on an overpass and bridge that took about as long to almost complete as it did to dig a hole for the Eisenhower Tunnel. After declaring the long-awaited road “done” and “open,” it promptly remained closed so construction workers could continue doing whatever it is they’ve been doing, or not, for the past several weeks. Tune in for Opening Part Deux soon.
AND QUID HAS HEARD that Henry “Corky” Kyle may be the LobbyNator on Colorado’s Capitol Hill, billing himself as the “Lobbying Pro,” but Quid has a tip for the king of arm twisting: keep it to yourself when you’re eating out. Seems Kyle was not so much spotted at City Grille in Denver last week as he was overheard by fellow patrons while trying futilely not to. Corky was commanding the attention of everyone in the place when he kept yelling into his smart phone, that lawmakers were “talking the bill to death.” For those unlucky fellow diners who weren’t sure if “they” were indeed “talking the bill to death,” Kyle kept his earphones in and repeated it at full volume for all to hear. It could have been any number of clients he was talking to, since state lawmakers do, indeed, talk most bills to death, and the cliché passes along the halls of the Capitol like bad suits and clicking heels. Yes, Corky, we can hear you now.
AND QUID HAS HEARD that since Colorado is becoming all grown up and legalizing pot, those who partake in the leaf need to follow suit. Seems that the smell of the good stuff was wafting at the state Capitol on Wednesday when state lawmakers were taking up the issues of creating a state of DUI for those driving and doing the THC. Getting stoned before a hearing on being high and driving is too close to showing up drunk at a MADD rally and makes it clear that at least some of those who toke and travel really ought not.
AND THAT’S ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS