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SMITH/FORTUITOUS PHOTOGRAPHY “BULLISH ON BROADWAY,” CATIE CHESHIRE, AUGUST 29 B R O A D W A Y M A L A D Y Big things coming. The plan: Build more luxury condos and $30 hamburger shacks! Can’t wait for another axe-throwing lane to replace Mutiny Cafe. I live in Baker; it’s all we have left. Colfax and the Highlands are shadows of what they once were. It’s disheartening. Kyle Marc Denver I will be shocked if we don’t see more migration to the suburbs. In this case, the near-in ’urbs. It has only just begun. Mike Segler Denver I go to Mutiny every Wednesday, but I can never fi nd parking. Got $100 tickets last month for parking in a loading zone while I ran in to grab my comics and coffee. I look forward to the move. Brent Alexander Englewood Mutiny no longer deserves the support of the “countercultural stewards of Denver” that it begged from on its GoFundMe page just two years ago. Those two you proudly graced on the cover of Westword begged for money, about 42K, because it was in arrears in paying its taxes. The community stepped up and covered the tax assessment. Now they are moving from the area that saved Mutiny. Goodbye, good riddance. Walk the plank with lead shoes. Douglas Champiny Denver Jim and Matt will kill it wherever they go, but they defi nitely brought and fought hard to maintain the indie vibes on Broadway. Matt Alt Denver South Broadway, or SoBo, is an awesome area. Still sleepy but some great shops, bars and restaurants. I love living there. Amy Campbell Englewood So funny how people who have moved here and contributed to the overcrowding of Colorado are now complaining about what comes with it. Like crime, traffi c, trash everywhere, unaffordable housing, etc. Brian Egan Denver “CANCELING BUFFALO BILL,” MICHAEL ROBERTS, AUGUST 22 N O H O R S I N G A R O U N D To the cheers of cancelistas, the top-heavy statues of our once-honored icons continue to topple. As to the case of Mr. Cody, I think we should honor the prescient words of a nearly forgotten poet, writing this in 1920: Buffalo Bill’s defunct who used to ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreefourfi ve pigeons- justlikethat Jesus he was a handsome man and what i want to know is how do you like your blue-eyed boy Mister Death — e. e. cummings Cap Hamilton Denver “THE BIG SLEEP,” ALAN PRENDERGAST, AUGUST 15 R E M E M B E R I N G E L I J A H On the fi fth anniversary of the day when Aurora offi cials injected Elijah McClain with ketamine, resulting in his death six days later, I reread Alan Prendergast’s amazing story on how little has changed. Thank you for staying on these important issues. Joe Mason Denver
