SAFER Board Member Aaron Houston has been all over cable. The Marijuana Policy Project lobbyist was featured in the documentary, "In Pot We Trust," which has been airing on Showtime this past month. Then he appeared on the Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" last week. 

In May 2007,  Citizens for a Safer Denver  kicked off a petition drive to place a new citywide measure on the November 2007 ballot in Denver. The initiative would create a city ordinance designating private adult marijuana possession Denver's lowest law enforcement priority. Just 30 days later, the proponents submitted a petition with more than 10,500 signatures to the Denver Election Commission --more than twice the number necessary to qualify for the ballot. 

Election officials verified the new Denver initiative petition on July 23rd, and on July 24th the measure was transmitted to the Denver City Council for its consideration. It will now be assigned to a committee, and then it will be presented to the entire council, at which time it will either be enacted or referred to the November ballot.

You can find out more about the initiative and the campaign at:

www.SaferDenver.com

This initiative campaign is a project of the SAFER Voter Education Fund. We encourage you to consider helping out the campaign by visiting Citizens for a Safer Denver to sign up as a volunteer or make a financial contribution. With your help we can end arrests for adult marijuana possession in  Colorado's capital city and make Denver SAFER!

The Colorado media has been following the story of a Denver woman who got drunk about a commercial flight, slapped and punched her young children, then assaulted a flight attendant.

According to the complaint, when denied additional alcohol, Freeman threw a drink on the ground at the flight attendant.

The flight attendant asked a correction officer who was a passenger on the plane to assist by sitting near Freeman. The flight attendant also got duct tape and had to physically restrain the woman, according to the criminal complaint.

Freeman was arrested when the flight landed in Denver. According to the complaint, she admitted to slapping her children and drinking.

 Yep, you read that right. Duct tape. Here's the confirmation from another story, which came out the next day.

An affadavit by the Federal Bureau of Investigation says Freeman told the flight attendant who intervened to mind her own business and even threw a drink at her. The affidavit also stated the children were crying and trying to hide in a corner on the floor.

Storin says it wasn't until the flight attendant got duct tape that the woman got the message.