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Local LGBT funny people on marijuana, social media and making fun of Highlands Ranch
I commented to my friend about the party guests’ bizarre disjuncture — he rolled his eyes at me said that the older guys were either sugar daddies or drug dealers. Whether or not it was true, this wasn’t the party I’d expected.
Finding the space to grow a dozen Mary Jane plants is only half the hurdle. What’s really withering my plans is Mr. Waste himself. He absolutely refuses to have pot growing in the house.
Psychoactive plants are very common in nature, and while cannabis isn’t known for much else besides its effects on the brain, many plants used for mundane purposes have little-known mind-altering properties — and they’re cultivated in parks, gardens or windowsills across Colorado, or found in our fields and forests.
Phil Nash, Brianna Matthews and George K. Gramer, Jr. weigh in on this week’s question.
Moments after a raucous rally on the east steps of Denver City and County building…
The executive director of One Colorado, the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization, has found himself sandwiched in time between his biggest political victory – the passage of the Colorado Civil Union Act – and an undetermined day, that, when it arrives, will set in motion a series of events that will solidify plans to usher in marriage equality here.
The stakes were high a year ago when the Colorado House Judiciary Committee met to discuss the Colorado Civil Union Act. Now, its mostly smooth sailing.
Whether it’s destiny or poetic justice, Ferrandino will replace Highlands Ranch Republican Frank McNulty, who became the public face of opposition to state relationship recognition for same-sex couples, after Democrats took back control of the state House by nine seats after the 2012 election.
Longate sells her mantra, “You matter,” with as much gusto as she sells her kitchen storage solutions. And if her sales of “fine quality plastic crap,” are any indication of her success as an inspiration, just look at the numbers: Last year she sold more than $200,000 in Tupperware at her parties across the U.S., on cruise ships – and, for the first time, London.
