Colorado has a rich history of colorful outlaws, ruthless gunman, and swindlers. The list of Colorado’s notorious crooks and outlaws includes Soapy Smith; The Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon during the 1920s, Dr. John Galen Locke; the Smaldone family; our very own local mafia with great names like Cadillac Jack Abranoff, Charles Ponzi, and of course with representation in Colorado, the talented Bernie Madoff. Now enter the dragon.
Victor Marx, a Republican gubernatorial candidate who is pushing amazing tales of his alleged accomplishments. While Colorado’s mainstream media looks the other way, a group of citizen journalists and investigators are raising significant questions about Marx’s claims. Many of these new investigators and detractors were once supporters of Marx.
And a couple of Saturday nights ago I put together a dinner at The Butchery in Arvada. It was a gathering of all the young Turks who led the surpassing of the petrified mainstream media of Denver. A sadness has befallen our state where these once acknowledged media investigators have simply sat down awaiting retirement. And I would like to recognize these new investigators for the job they did:…