Who Had the Worst Week?

• The union representing Denver Post reporters received a contract proposal from the paper’s hedge-fund owners that included a 0% raise.
• The new below-ground I-70 corridor failed its first test when first responders had to rescue 11 people during torrential rains this past weekend. Pumps designed to drain the roadway failed to automatically turn on.
• Red Rocks settled a lawsuit with the Department of Justice alleging that the concert venue had overcharged for wheelchair-accessible seats by $48,000 over the past four years.
• Fans of Casa Bonita are sweating new reports that the restaurant still doesn’t know when it will re-open. New owners Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South park fame. The two told The Denver Post they “had no clue what they were getting themselves into when they picked up the landmark.”
• RTD’s BroncosRide remains on hold as executives determine whether the service violated federal regulations, including the Americans with Disability Act.
• The attempt by Domino’s to rule the Italian pizza market came to an entirely predictable end. The chain pulled the plug on the last of its 29 locations in the country this week after learning the hard way that Italians aren’t idiots.
• Legendary baseball player Pete Rose declined to discuss allegations of statutory rape, telling a female reporter, “I’m not here to talk about that. … It was 55 years ago, babe.”
• Actress Anne Heche died from injuries sustained in a car accident.
• Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck at a lecture event, 33 years after the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a religious decree calling for Rushdie’s death for writing a novel considered blasphemous.

So, who won the week?

• Denver officials removed a plaque at 20th & Blake streets that misrepresented brutal attacks on Chinese residents as the “Hop Alley/Chinese Riot of 1880.” 
• 9News meteorologist Kathy Sabine returned to the airwaves this week following surgery for skin cancer. She shared her experience as a warning to others about the importance of taking precautions.
• Longtime 9News anchor Gary Shapiro announced he is retiring after four decades at the station.
• Little League batter Isaiah Jarvis walked from first base to the mound to hug pitcher Kaiden Shelton when he realized the pitcher was visibly distraught after hitting Jarvis in the head with a pitch.